Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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Kentucky
Average Temperature Rankings, December 1985
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Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Warmest/Coolest Since |
Record |
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December 1985 1-Month |
30.4°F (-0.9°C) | 36.2°F (2.3°C) |
-5.8°F (-3.2°C) | 13th Coolest | Coolest since: 1983 | 1989 |
114th Warmest | Warmest since: 1984 | 2015 | ||||
Ties: 1950 | ||||||
Nov–Dec 1985 2-Month |
41.7°F (5.4°C) | 40.8°F (4.9°C) |
0.9°F (0.5°C) | 78th Coolest | Coolest since: 1983 | 1917 |
49th Warmest | Warmest since: 1984 | 2015 | ||||
Ties: 1897 | ||||||
Oct–Dec 1985 3-Month |
48.0°F (8.9°C) | 46.2°F (7.9°C) |
1.8°F (1.0°C) | 97th Coolest | Coolest since: 1983 | 1917 |
30th Warmest | Warmest since: 1984 | 1931 | ||||
Sep–Dec 1985 4-Month |
52.8°F (11.6°C) | 51.8°F (11.0°C) |
1.0°F (0.6°C) | 88th Coolest | Coolest since: 1983 | 1976 |
39th Warmest | Warmest since: 1984 | 1931 | ||||
Ties: 1906, 1940, 1965, 1978, 1986, 1991 | ||||||
Aug–Dec 1985 5-Month |
56.9°F (13.8°C) | 56.4°F (13.6°C) |
0.5°F (0.2°C) | 73rd Coolest | Coolest since: 1983 | 1976 |
54th Warmest | Warmest since: 1984 | 1931 | ||||
Ties: 1975, 1987 | ||||||
Jul–Dec 1985 6-Month |
60.0°F (15.6°C) | 59.7°F (15.4°C) |
0.3°F (0.2°C) | 59th Coolest | Coolest since: 1981 | 1976 |
68th Warmest | Warmest since: 1984 | 1931 | ||||
Ties: 1915, 1928, 1930, 1942, 1948, 1953 | ||||||
Jun–Dec 1985 7-Month |
61.5°F (16.4°C) | 61.5°F (16.4°C) |
0.0°F (0.0°C) | 49th Coolest | Coolest since: 1981 | 1976 |
78th Warmest | Warmest since: 1984 | 1931 | ||||
Ties: 1926, 1927, 1964, 2003 | ||||||
May–Dec 1985 8-Month |
62.0°F (16.7°C) | 61.9°F (16.6°C) |
0.1°F (0.1°C) | 51st Coolest | Coolest since: 1983 | 1976 |
76th Warmest | Warmest since: 1984 | 1931 | ||||
Ties: 1915, 1926, 2006 | ||||||
Apr–Dec 1985 9-Month |
61.6°F (16.4°C) | 61.1°F (16.2°C) |
0.5°F (0.2°C) | 72nd Coolest | Coolest since: 1984 | 1976 |
55th Warmest | Warmest since: 1977 | 1931 | ||||
Ties: 1897, 1914, 1915, 1923, 1944, 1947, 1952, 1955, 2020 | ||||||
Mar–Dec 1985 10-Month |
60.4°F (15.8°C) | 59.6°F (15.3°C) |
0.8°F (0.5°C) | 86th Coolest | Coolest since: 1984 | 1917 |
41st Warmest | Warmest since: 1977 | 1921 | ||||
Ties: 1905, 1942, 1954 | ||||||
Feb–Dec 1985 11-Month |
57.8°F (14.3°C) | 57.5°F (14.2°C) |
0.3°F (0.1°C) | 69th Coolest | Coolest since: 1984 | 1917 |
58th Warmest | Warmest since: 1984 | 1921 | ||||
Ties: 1945, 1984 | ||||||
Jan–Dec 1985 12-Month |
55.0°F (12.8°C) | 55.5°F (13.1°C) |
-0.5°F (-0.3°C) | 37th Coolest | Coolest since: 1983 | 1917 |
90th Warmest | Warmest since: 1984 | 1921 | ||||
Ties: 1929, 1951, 1970, 1983, 1993, 2013 | ||||||
Jul 1984–Dec 1985 18-Month |
56.9°F (13.8°C) | 56.9°F (13.8°C) |
0.0°F (0.0°C) | 48th Coolest | Coolest since: 1984 | 1977 |
78th Warmest | Warmest since: 1984 | 2016 | ||||
Ties: 1903, 1916, 1965, 1983, 1984, 1992, 2010, 2013 | ||||||
Jan 1984–Dec 1985 24-Month |
55.2°F (12.9°C) | 55.5°F (13.1°C) |
-0.3°F (-0.2°C) | 37th Coolest | Coolest since: 1984 | 1979 |
89th Warmest | Warmest since: 1984 | 1922 | ||||
Ties: 1903, 1971, 1983, 1984, 1994 | ||||||
Jan 1983–Dec 1985 36-Month |
55.1°F (12.8°C) | 55.4°F (13.0°C) |
-0.3°F (-0.2°C) | 31st Coolest | Coolest since: 1983 | 1978, 1980 |
94th Warmest | Warmest since: 1984 | 2018 | ||||
Ties: 1958, 1972, 1996 | ||||||
Jan 1982–Dec 1985 48-Month |
55.2°F (12.9°C) | 55.5°F (13.1°C) |
-0.3°F (-0.2°C) | 32nd Coolest | Coolest since: 1984 | 1979 |
92nd Warmest | Warmest since: 1976 | 2019 | ||||
Ties: 1926, 1929, 1976, 1995 | ||||||
Jan 1981–Dec 1985 60-Month |
55.0°F (12.8°C) | 55.5°F (13.1°C) |
-0.5°F (-0.3°C) | 25th Coolest | Coolest since: 1984 | 1980 |
98th Warmest | Warmest since: 1977 | 2020 | ||||
Ties: 1906, 1907, 1996 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published February 2021, retrieved on March 5, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/