Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
Look up monthly rankings for 1-12, 18, 24, 36, 48, and 60-month time periods using the options below. Data and statistics are as of April 2022. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
Iowa
Average Temperature Rankings, December 1898
View Period (Months):All12345678910111218243648
Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Warmest/Coolest Since |
Record |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
December 1898 1-Month |
16.8°F (-8.4°C) | 22.7°F (-5.2°C) |
-5.9°F (-3.2°C) | 13th Coolest | Coolest since: 1897 | 1983 |
115th Warmest | Warmest since: 1896 | 2015 | ||||
Nov–Dec 1898 2-Month |
23.8°F (-4.6°C) | 29.2°F (-1.6°C) |
-5.4°F (-3.0°C) | 7th Coolest | Coolest to Date | 1985 |
121st Warmest | Warmest since: 1897 | 2001 | ||||
Ties: 1955 | ||||||
Oct–Dec 1898 3-Month |
31.4°F (-0.3°C) | 36.6°F (2.6°C) |
-5.2°F (-2.9°C) | 4th Coolest | Coolest to Date | 1985 |
124th Warmest | Warmest since: 1897 | 1931 | ||||
Sep–Dec 1898 4-Month |
39.6°F (4.2°C) | 43.2°F (6.2°C) |
-3.6°F (-2.0°C) | 5th Coolest | Coolest to Date | 1985 |
123rd Warmest | Warmest since: 1897 | 1931 | ||||
Aug–Dec 1898 5-Month |
46.0°F (7.8°C) | 48.8°F (9.3°C) |
-2.8°F (-1.5°C) | 5th Coolest | Coolest to Date | 1985 |
123rd Warmest | Warmest since: 1897 | 1931 | ||||
Jul–Dec 1898 6-Month |
50.5°F (10.3°C) | 53.0°F (11.7°C) |
-2.5°F (-1.4°C) | 8th Coolest | Coolest to Date | 1985 |
120th Warmest | Warmest since: 1897 | 1931 | ||||
Ties: 1903 | ||||||
Jun–Dec 1898 7-Month |
53.4°F (11.9°C) | 55.3°F (12.9°C) |
-1.9°F (-1.0°C) | 13th Coolest | Coolest since: 1896 | 1985 |
115th Warmest | Warmest since: 1897 | 1931 | ||||
Ties: 1989 | ||||||
May–Dec 1898 8-Month |
54.1°F (12.3°C) | 55.9°F (13.3°C) |
-1.8°F (-1.0°C) | 14th Coolest | Coolest to Date | 1917 |
114th Warmest | Warmest since: 1897 | 1931 | ||||
Ties: 1972, 1989 | ||||||
Apr–Dec 1898 9-Month |
53.3°F (11.8°C) | 55.0°F (12.8°C) |
-1.7°F (-1.0°C) | 13th Coolest | Coolest to Date | 1917 |
115th Warmest | Warmest since: 1897 | 1931 | ||||
Ties: 1909, 1976 | ||||||
Mar–Dec 1898 10-Month |
51.6°F (10.9°C) | 53.0°F (11.7°C) |
-1.4°F (-0.8°C) | 15th Coolest | Coolest to Date | 1951 |
113th Warmest | Warmest since: 1897 | 2012 | ||||
Ties: 1907, 1945, 1960, 1976, 1989 | ||||||
Feb–Dec 1898 11-Month |
49.0°F (9.4°C) | 50.2°F (10.1°C) |
-1.2°F (-0.7°C) | 21st Coolest | Coolest to Date | 1917 |
107th Warmest | Warmest since: 1897 | 2012 | ||||
Ties: 1899, 1902, 1907, 1916, 1945, 1969 | ||||||
Jan–Dec 1898 12-Month |
46.7°F (8.2°C) | 47.5°F (8.6°C) |
-0.8°F (-0.4°C) | 36th Coolest | Coolest since: 1897 | 1917 |
92nd Warmest | Warmest since: 1896 | 2012 | ||||
Ties: 1915, 1961, 1965, 2009, 2013 | ||||||
Jul 1897–Dec 1898 18-Month |
48.8°F (9.3°C) | 49.4°F (9.7°C) |
-0.6°F (-0.4°C) | 39th Coolest | Coolest since: 1897 | 1951 |
88th Warmest | Warmest since: 1896 | 2012 | ||||
Ties: 1909, 1968, 1994, 2019 | ||||||
Jan 1897–Dec 1898 24-Month |
46.6°F (8.1°C) | 47.5°F (8.6°C) |
-0.9°F (-0.5°C) | 22nd Coolest | Coolest to Date | 1951 |
105th Warmest | Warmest since: 1897 | 1931 | ||||
Ties: 1899, 1962, 1966, 1980, 1994 | ||||||
Jan 1896–Dec 1898 36-Month |
46.9°F (8.3°C) | 47.5°F (8.6°C) |
-0.6°F (-0.3°C) | 26th Coolest | Coolest since: 1897 | 1952 |
100th Warmest | Warmest to Date | 2017 | ||||
Ties: 1903, 1950, 1963, 1968, 1970, 2010 | ||||||
Jan 1895–Dec 1898 48-Month |
46.7°F (8.2°C) | 47.5°F (8.6°C) |
-0.8°F (-0.4°C) | 16th Coolest | Coolest to Date | 1905 |
109th Warmest | Warmest to Date | 1934 | ||||
Ties: 1920, 1963, 1969, 1980, 1997 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published May 2022, retrieved on May 27, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/