Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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Iowa
Average Temperature Rankings, December 1918
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Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Warmest/Coolest Since |
Record |
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December 1918 1-Month |
30.9°F (-0.6°C) | 22.7°F (-5.2°C) |
8.2°F (4.6°C) | 120th Coolest | Coolest since: 1917 | 1983 |
7th Warmest | Warmest to Date | 2015 | ||||
Nov–Dec 1918 2-Month |
34.5°F (1.4°C) | 29.2°F (-1.6°C) |
5.3°F (3.0°C) | 115th Coolest | Coolest since: 1917 | 1985 |
12th Warmest | Warmest since: 1913 | 2001 | ||||
Oct–Dec 1918 3-Month |
41.0°F (5.0°C) | 36.6°F (2.6°C) |
4.4°F (2.4°C) | 121st Coolest | Coolest since: 1917 | 1985 |
6th Warmest | Warmest to Date | 1931 | ||||
Ties: 1953 | ||||||
Sep–Dec 1918 4-Month |
45.1°F (7.3°C) | 43.2°F (6.2°C) |
1.9°F (1.1°C) | 103rd Coolest | Coolest since: 1917 | 1985 |
24th Warmest | Warmest since: 1913 | 1931 | ||||
Ties: 1920 | ||||||
Aug–Dec 1918 5-Month |
51.1°F (10.6°C) | 48.9°F (9.4°C) |
2.2°F (1.2°C) | 113th Coolest | Coolest since: 1917 | 1985 |
14th Warmest | Warmest since: 1913 | 1931 | ||||
Ties: 1936 | ||||||
Jul–Dec 1918 6-Month |
54.6°F (12.6°C) | 53.0°F (11.7°C) |
1.6°F (0.9°C) | 108th Coolest | Coolest since: 1917 | 1985 |
19th Warmest | Warmest since: 1913 | 1931 | ||||
Ties: 1922 | ||||||
Jun–Dec 1918 7-Month |
56.9°F (13.8°C) | 55.3°F (12.9°C) |
1.6°F (0.9°C) | 105th Coolest | Coolest since: 1917 | 1985 |
22nd Warmest | Warmest since: 1913 | 1931 | ||||
Ties: 1930, 1947, 1971, 1988, 2005 | ||||||
May–Dec 1918 8-Month |
57.8°F (14.3°C) | 55.9°F (13.3°C) |
1.9°F (1.0°C) | 112th Coolest | Coolest since: 1917 | 1917 |
15th Warmest | Warmest since: 1913 | 1931 | ||||
Ties: 1938, 1987 | ||||||
Apr–Dec 1918 9-Month |
56.3°F (13.5°C) | 55.0°F (12.8°C) |
1.3°F (0.7°C) | 99th Coolest | Coolest since: 1917 | 1917 |
28th Warmest | Warmest since: 1913 | 1931 | ||||
Ties: 1953, 1963 | ||||||
Mar–Dec 1918 10-Month |
54.8°F (12.7°C) | 52.9°F (11.6°C) |
1.9°F (1.1°C) | 111th Coolest | Coolest since: 1917 | 1951 |
16th Warmest | Warmest to Date | 2012 | ||||
Ties: 1977 | ||||||
Feb–Dec 1918 11-Month |
51.8°F (11.0°C) | 50.2°F (10.1°C) |
1.6°F (0.9°C) | 108th Coolest | Coolest since: 1917 | 1917 |
19th Warmest | Warmest to Date | 2012 | ||||
Ties: 1922, 1991, 2015 | ||||||
Jan–Dec 1918 12-Month |
48.1°F (8.9°C) | 47.5°F (8.6°C) |
0.6°F (0.3°C) | 83rd Coolest | Coolest since: 1917 | 1917 |
44th Warmest | Warmest since: 1914 | 2012 | ||||
Ties: 1956 | ||||||
Jul 1917–Dec 1918 18-Month |
48.7°F (9.3°C) | 49.4°F (9.7°C) |
-0.7°F (-0.4°C) | 34th Coolest | Coolest since: 1917 | 1951 |
92nd Warmest | Warmest since: 1915 | 2012 | ||||
Ties: 1965, 1970, 1986, 2008 | ||||||
Jan 1917–Dec 1918 24-Month |
46.0°F (7.8°C) | 47.5°F (8.6°C) |
-1.5°F (-0.8°C) | 6th Coolest | Coolest since: 1917 | 1951 |
120th Warmest | Warmest since: 1916 | 1931 | ||||
Jan 1916–Dec 1918 36-Month |
46.1°F (7.8°C) | 47.5°F (8.6°C) |
-1.4°F (-0.8°C) | 6th Coolest | Coolest since: 1917 | 1952 |
119th Warmest | Warmest since: 1916 | 2017 | ||||
Jan 1915–Dec 1918 48-Month |
46.3°F (7.9°C) | 47.5°F (8.6°C) |
-1.2°F (-0.7°C) | 4th Coolest | Coolest since: 1917 | 1905 |
120th Warmest | Warmest since: 1917 | 1934 | ||||
Ties: 1906, 1907, 1917 | ||||||
Jan 1914–Dec 1918 60-Month |
46.7°F (8.2°C) | 47.5°F (8.6°C) |
-0.8°F (-0.4°C) | 11th Coolest | Coolest since: 1908 | 1907 |
112th Warmest | Warmest since: 1917 | 1934, 2002 | ||||
Ties: 1908, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1979, 1982, 1996 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published February 2021, retrieved on February 25, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/