Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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Iowa
Average Temperature Rankings, December 1921
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Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Warmest/Coolest Since |
Record |
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December 1921 1-Month |
26.4°F (-3.1°C) | 22.7°F (-5.2°C) |
3.7°F (2.1°C) | 90th Coolest | Coolest since: 1920 | 1983 |
37th Warmest | Warmest since: 1918 | 2015 | ||||
Ties: 1940, 1956 | ||||||
Nov–Dec 1921 2-Month |
29.2°F (-1.6°C) | 29.3°F (-1.5°C) |
-0.1°F (-0.1°C) | 58th Coolest | Coolest since: 1920 | 1985 |
69th Warmest | Warmest since: 1920 | 2001 | ||||
Ties: 1906, 1920, 1970 | ||||||
Oct–Dec 1921 3-Month |
37.2°F (2.9°C) | 36.6°F (2.6°C) |
0.6°F (0.3°C) | 74th Coolest | Coolest since: 1919 | 1985 |
53rd Warmest | Warmest since: 1920 | 1931 | ||||
Ties: 1958, 2005 | ||||||
Sep–Dec 1921 4-Month |
44.4°F (6.9°C) | 43.2°F (6.2°C) |
1.2°F (0.7°C) | 85th Coolest | Coolest since: 1919 | 1985 |
42nd Warmest | Warmest since: 1920 | 1931 | ||||
Ties: 1949, 1982, 1990, 2003, 2012 | ||||||
Aug–Dec 1921 5-Month |
49.8°F (9.9°C) | 48.8°F (9.3°C) |
1.0°F (0.6°C) | 86th Coolest | Coolest since: 1920 | 1985 |
41st Warmest | Warmest since: 1920 | 1931 | ||||
Ties: 1920, 1940, 1973, 2012, 2020 | ||||||
Jul–Dec 1921 6-Month |
54.4°F (12.4°C) | 53.0°F (11.7°C) |
1.4°F (0.7°C) | 105th Coolest | Coolest since: 1920 | 1985 |
22nd Warmest | Warmest since: 1918 | 1931 | ||||
Ties: 1923, 1934, 1975, 2006 | ||||||
Jun–Dec 1921 7-Month |
57.2°F (14.0°C) | 55.3°F (12.9°C) |
1.9°F (1.1°C) | 112th Coolest | Coolest since: 1920 | 1985 |
15th Warmest | Warmest since: 1913 | 1931 | ||||
Ties: 1933 | ||||||
May–Dec 1921 8-Month |
57.9°F (14.4°C) | 55.9°F (13.3°C) |
2.0°F (1.1°C) | 113th Coolest | Coolest since: 1920 | 1917 |
14th Warmest | Warmest since: 1913 | 1931 | ||||
Apr–Dec 1921 9-Month |
57.2°F (14.0°C) | 55.0°F (12.8°C) |
2.2°F (1.2°C) | 115th Coolest | Coolest since: 1920 | 1917 |
12th Warmest | Warmest since: 1913 | 1931 | ||||
Ties: 1913 | ||||||
Mar–Dec 1921 10-Month |
55.6°F (13.1°C) | 52.9°F (11.6°C) |
2.7°F (1.5°C) | 123rd Coolest | Coolest since: 1920 | 1951 |
4th Warmest | Warmest to Date | 2012 | ||||
Ties: 1987 | ||||||
Feb–Dec 1921 11-Month |
53.3°F (11.8°C) | 50.3°F (10.2°C) |
3.0°F (1.6°C) | 121st Coolest | Coolest since: 1920 | 1917 |
6th Warmest | Warmest to Date | 2012 | ||||
Jan–Dec 1921 12-Month |
51.0°F (10.6°C) | 47.5°F (8.6°C) |
3.5°F (2.0°C) | 123rd Coolest | Coolest since: 1920 | 1917 |
4th Warmest | Warmest to Date | 2012 | ||||
Jul 1920–Dec 1921 18-Month |
51.8°F (11.0°C) | 49.3°F (9.6°C) |
2.5°F (1.4°C) | 119th Coolest | Coolest since: 1920 | 1951 |
7th Warmest | Warmest to Date | 2012 | ||||
Jan 1920–Dec 1921 24-Month |
49.0°F (9.4°C) | 47.5°F (8.6°C) |
1.5°F (0.8°C) | 107th Coolest | Coolest since: 1920 | 1951 |
19th Warmest | Warmest to Date | 1931 | ||||
Ties: 1991, 1998 | ||||||
Jan 1919–Dec 1921 36-Month |
48.5°F (9.2°C) | 47.5°F (8.6°C) |
1.0°F (0.6°C) | 97th Coolest | Coolest since: 1920 | 1952 |
28th Warmest | Warmest to Date | 2017 | ||||
Ties: 1987, 2004, 2016 | ||||||
Jan 1918–Dec 1921 48-Month |
48.4°F (9.1°C) | 47.5°F (8.6°C) |
0.9°F (0.5°C) | 95th Coolest | Coolest since: 1920 | 1905 |
29th Warmest | Warmest to Date | 1934 | ||||
Ties: 1939, 1987, 2015, 2020 | ||||||
Jan 1917–Dec 1921 60-Month |
47.5°F (8.6°C) | 47.4°F (8.6°C) |
0.1°F (0.0°C) | 59th Coolest | Coolest since: 1920 | 1907 |
64th Warmest | Warmest since: 1914 | 1934, 2002 | ||||
Ties: 1950, 1959 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published February 2021, retrieved on February 28, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/