Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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Kentucky
Average Temperature Rankings, December 1948
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Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Warmest/Coolest Since |
Record |
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December 1948 1-Month |
39.2°F (4.0°C) | 36.2°F (2.3°C) |
3.0°F (1.7°C) | 93rd Coolest | Coolest since: 1947 | 1989 |
34th Warmest | Warmest since: 1946 | 2015 | ||||
Ties: 1967, 1987 | ||||||
Nov–Dec 1948 2-Month |
43.8°F (6.6°C) | 40.8°F (4.9°C) |
3.0°F (1.7°C) | 107th Coolest | Coolest since: 1947 | 1917 |
20th Warmest | Warmest since: 1946 | 2015 | ||||
Ties: 2003 | ||||||
Oct–Dec 1948 3-Month |
47.0°F (8.3°C) | 46.1°F (7.8°C) |
0.9°F (0.5°C) | 76th Coolest | Coolest since: 1945 | 1917 |
51st Warmest | Warmest since: 1947 | 1931 | ||||
Sep–Dec 1948 4-Month |
52.4°F (11.3°C) | 51.7°F (10.9°C) |
0.7°F (0.4°C) | 74th Coolest | Coolest since: 1945 | 1976 |
53rd Warmest | Warmest since: 1947 | 1931 | ||||
Ties: 1899, 1954 | ||||||
Aug–Dec 1948 5-Month |
56.7°F (13.7°C) | 56.4°F (13.6°C) |
0.3°F (0.1°C) | 68th Coolest | Coolest since: 1945 | 1976 |
59th Warmest | Warmest since: 1947 | 1931 | ||||
Ties: 1928, 1953, 1986, 2012, 2017 | ||||||
Jul–Dec 1948 6-Month |
60.0°F (15.6°C) | 59.7°F (15.4°C) |
0.3°F (0.2°C) | 59th Coolest | Coolest since: 1945 | 1976 |
68th Warmest | Warmest since: 1947 | 1931 | ||||
Ties: 1915, 1928, 1930, 1942, 1953, 1985 | ||||||
Jun–Dec 1948 7-Month |
61.9°F (16.6°C) | 61.5°F (16.4°C) |
0.4°F (0.2°C) | 72nd Coolest | Coolest since: 1945 | 1976 |
55th Warmest | Warmest since: 1947 | 1931 | ||||
Ties: 1959, 1980, 2004, 2006 | ||||||
May–Dec 1948 8-Month |
62.1°F (16.7°C) | 61.9°F (16.6°C) |
0.2°F (0.1°C) | 55th Coolest | Coolest since: 1947 | 1976 |
72nd Warmest | Warmest since: 1947 | 1931 | ||||
Ties: 1932, 1940, 1943, 1947, 1957, 1964, 1977, 1978, 1994 | ||||||
Apr–Dec 1948 9-Month |
61.8°F (16.6°C) | 61.2°F (16.2°C) |
0.6°F (0.4°C) | 81st Coolest | Coolest since: 1947 | 1976 |
46th Warmest | Warmest since: 1946 | 1931 | ||||
Ties: 1930, 1977, 2006 | ||||||
Mar–Dec 1948 10-Month |
60.5°F (15.8°C) | 59.6°F (15.3°C) |
0.9°F (0.5°C) | 90th Coolest | Coolest since: 1947 | 1917 |
37th Warmest | Warmest since: 1946 | 1921 | ||||
Ties: 1899, 1953, 2002 | ||||||
Feb–Dec 1948 11-Month |
58.4°F (14.7°C) | 57.4°F (14.1°C) |
1.0°F (0.6°C) | 90th Coolest | Coolest since: 1947 | 1917 |
37th Warmest | Warmest since: 1946 | 1921 | ||||
Ties: 1913, 1925, 1956, 2005, 2010 | ||||||
Jan–Dec 1948 12-Month |
55.7°F (13.2°C) | 55.5°F (13.1°C) |
0.2°F (0.1°C) | 70th Coolest | Coolest since: 1947 | 1917 |
57th Warmest | Warmest since: 1946 | 1921 | ||||
Ties: 1935, 1942, 2000 | ||||||
Jul 1947–Dec 1948 18-Month |
57.3°F (14.1°C) | 56.9°F (13.8°C) |
0.4°F (0.3°C) | 79th Coolest | Coolest since: 1947 | 1977 |
47th Warmest | Warmest since: 1946 | 2016 | ||||
Ties: 1908, 1909, 1952, 1974, 1990, 2015 | ||||||
Jan 1947–Dec 1948 24-Month |
55.3°F (12.9°C) | 55.5°F (13.1°C) |
-0.2°F (-0.2°C) | 43rd Coolest | Coolest since: 1929 | 1979 |
83rd Warmest | Warmest since: 1947 | 1922 | ||||
Ties: 1906 | ||||||
Jan 1946–Dec 1948 36-Month |
55.9°F (13.3°C) | 55.5°F (13.1°C) |
0.4°F (0.2°C) | 79th Coolest | Coolest since: 1947 | 1978, 1980 |
46th Warmest | Warmest since: 1947 | 2018 | ||||
Ties: 1915, 1927, 1941, 1947, 2014 | ||||||
Jan 1945–Dec 1948 48-Month |
55.8°F (13.2°C) | 55.4°F (13.0°C) |
0.4°F (0.2°C) | 70th Coolest | Coolest since: 1945 | 1979 |
54th Warmest | Warmest since: 1947 | 2019 | ||||
Ties: 1899, 1909, 1914, 1916, 1945, 1952, 1953 | ||||||
Jan 1944–Dec 1948 60-Month |
55.9°F (13.3°C) | 55.5°F (13.1°C) |
0.4°F (0.2°C) | 74th Coolest | Coolest since: 1947 | 1980 |
49th Warmest | Warmest since: 1947 | 2020 | ||||
Ties: 1947, 1950, 1990, 1999 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published February 2021, retrieved on February 27, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/