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 December 2020. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
Kentucky
Average Temperature Rankings, December 1973
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Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Warmest/Coolest Since |
Record |
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December 1973 1-Month |
36.6°F (2.6°C) | 36.2°F (2.3°C) |
0.4°F (0.3°C) | 58th Coolest | Coolest since: 1969 | 1989 |
69th Warmest | Warmest since: 1972 | 2015 | ||||
Ties: 1947, 1997 | ||||||
Nov–Dec 1973 2-Month |
42.4°F (5.8°C) | 40.7°F (4.8°C) |
1.7°F (1.0°C) | 87th Coolest | Coolest since: 1972 | 1917 |
40th Warmest | Warmest since: 1971 | 2015 | ||||
Ties: 2009 | ||||||
Oct–Dec 1973 3-Month |
48.5°F (9.2°C) | 46.2°F (7.9°C) |
2.3°F (1.3°C) | 106th Coolest | Coolest since: 1972 | 1917 |
21st Warmest | Warmest since: 1971 | 1931 | ||||
Ties: 1922 | ||||||
Sep–Dec 1973 4-Month |
54.2°F (12.3°C) | 51.8°F (11.0°C) |
2.4°F (1.3°C) | 115th Coolest | Coolest since: 1972 | 1976 |
12th Warmest | Warmest since: 1971 | 1931 | ||||
Ties: 1922 | ||||||
Aug–Dec 1973 5-Month |
58.2°F (14.6°C) | 56.4°F (13.6°C) |
1.8°F (1.0°C) | 113th Coolest | Coolest since: 1972 | 1976 |
14th Warmest | Warmest since: 1971 | 1931 | ||||
Ties: 1984 | ||||||
Jul–Dec 1973 6-Month |
61.1°F (16.2°C) | 59.7°F (15.4°C) |
1.4°F (0.8°C) | 108th Coolest | Coolest since: 1972 | 1976 |
19th Warmest | Warmest since: 1971 | 1931 | ||||
Ties: 2018, 2020 | ||||||
Jun–Dec 1973 7-Month |
62.9°F (17.2°C) | 61.6°F (16.4°C) |
1.3°F (0.8°C) | 108th Coolest | Coolest since: 1972 | 1976 |
19th Warmest | Warmest since: 1971 | 1931 | ||||
Ties: 1922, 2005 | ||||||
May–Dec 1973 8-Month |
62.5°F (16.9°C) | 61.9°F (16.6°C) |
0.6°F (0.3°C) | 82nd Coolest | Coolest since: 1972 | 1976 |
45th Warmest | Warmest since: 1971 | 1931 | ||||
Ties: 1897, 1923, 1944, 1965, 1984 | ||||||
Apr–Dec 1973 9-Month |
61.5°F (16.4°C) | 61.1°F (16.2°C) |
0.4°F (0.2°C) | 59th Coolest | Coolest since: 1972 | 1976 |
68th Warmest | Warmest since: 1971 | 1931 | ||||
Ties: 1905, 1978, 1984 | ||||||
Mar–Dec 1973 10-Month |
60.6°F (15.9°C) | 59.5°F (15.3°C) |
1.1°F (0.6°C) | 99th Coolest | Coolest since: 1972 | 1917 |
28th Warmest | Warmest since: 1946 | 1921 | ||||
Ties: 1911, 1919, 1939, 1977, 1986, 1987, 2001, 2020 | ||||||
Feb–Dec 1973 11-Month |
58.3°F (14.6°C) | 57.4°F (14.1°C) |
0.9°F (0.5°C) | 84th Coolest | Coolest since: 1972 | 1917 |
43rd Warmest | Warmest since: 1957 | 1921 | ||||
Ties: 1897, 1949, 1957 | ||||||
Jan–Dec 1973 12-Month |
56.3°F (13.5°C) | 55.5°F (13.1°C) |
0.8°F (0.4°C) | 84th Coolest | Coolest since: 1972 | 1917 |
43rd Warmest | Warmest since: 1954 | 1921 | ||||
Ties: 1936, 1944 | ||||||
Jul 1972–Dec 1973 18-Month |
57.2°F (14.0°C) | 56.9°F (13.8°C) |
0.3°F (0.2°C) | 72nd Coolest | Coolest since: 1972 | 1977 |
54th Warmest | Warmest since: 1971 | 2016 | ||||
Ties: 1897, 1925, 1930, 1936, 1971 | ||||||
Jan 1972–Dec 1973 24-Month |
55.5°F (13.1°C) | 55.5°F (13.1°C) |
0.0°F (0.0°C) | 51st Coolest | Coolest since: 1972 | 1979 |
75th Warmest | Warmest since: 1965 | 1922 | ||||
Ties: 1901, 1907, 1912, 1940, 2015 | ||||||
Jan 1971–Dec 1973 36-Month |
55.5°F (13.1°C) | 55.5°F (13.1°C) |
0.0°F (0.0°C) | 51st Coolest | Coolest since: 1972 | 1978, 1980 |
74th Warmest | Warmest since: 1957 | 2018 | ||||
Ties: 1902, 1910, 1942, 1951, 1974, 1990 | ||||||
Jan 1970–Dec 1973 48-Month |
55.4°F (13.0°C) | 55.5°F (13.1°C) |
-0.1°F (-0.1°C) | 41st Coolest | Coolest since: 1972 | 1979 |
83rd Warmest | Warmest since: 1957 | 2019 | ||||
Ties: 1898, 1902, 1910, 1915, 1927 | ||||||
Jan 1969–Dec 1973 60-Month |
55.1°F (12.8°C) | 55.5°F (13.1°C) |
-0.4°F (-0.3°C) | 29th Coolest | Coolest since: 1972 | 1980 |
94th Warmest | Warmest since: 1959 | 2020 | ||||
Ties: 1904, 1917, 1919, 1976, 1977 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published January 2021, retrieved on January 25, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/