Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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Kentucky
Average Temperature Rankings, December 1987
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Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Warmest/Coolest Since |
Record |
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December 1987 1-Month |
39.2°F (4.0°C) | 36.2°F (2.3°C) |
3.0°F (1.7°C) | 93rd Coolest | Coolest since: 1986 | 1989 |
34th Warmest | Warmest since: 1984 | 2015 | ||||
Ties: 1948, 1967 | ||||||
Nov–Dec 1987 2-Month |
44.2°F (6.8°C) | 40.7°F (4.8°C) |
3.5°F (2.0°C) | 113th Coolest | Coolest since: 1986 | 1917 |
14th Warmest | Warmest since: 1982 | 2015 | ||||
Ties: 1956 | ||||||
Oct–Dec 1987 3-Month |
46.5°F (8.1°C) | 46.2°F (7.9°C) |
0.3°F (0.2°C) | 67th Coolest | Coolest since: 1983 | 1917 |
60th Warmest | Warmest since: 1986 | 1931 | ||||
Ties: 1964, 2005 | ||||||
Sep–Dec 1987 4-Month |
52.0°F (11.1°C) | 51.8°F (11.0°C) |
0.2°F (0.1°C) | 61st Coolest | Coolest since: 1983 | 1976 |
66th Warmest | Warmest since: 1986 | 1931 | ||||
Ties: 1926, 1953, 1975, 2006 | ||||||
Aug–Dec 1987 5-Month |
56.9°F (13.8°C) | 56.4°F (13.6°C) |
0.5°F (0.2°C) | 73rd Coolest | Coolest since: 1986 | 1976 |
54th Warmest | Warmest since: 1985 | 1931 | ||||
Ties: 1975, 1985 | ||||||
Jul–Dec 1987 6-Month |
60.2°F (15.7°C) | 59.7°F (15.4°C) |
0.5°F (0.3°C) | 74th Coolest | Coolest since: 1985 | 1976 |
53rd Warmest | Warmest since: 1986 | 1931 | ||||
Ties: 2003, 2004, 2010 | ||||||
Jun–Dec 1987 7-Month |
62.3°F (16.8°C) | 61.6°F (16.4°C) |
0.7°F (0.4°C) | 88th Coolest | Coolest since: 1986 | 1976 |
39th Warmest | Warmest since: 1986 | 1931 | ||||
Ties: 1908, 1918, 1946, 1949, 1986, 1990, 2012 | ||||||
May–Dec 1987 8-Month |
63.2°F (17.3°C) | 61.9°F (16.6°C) |
1.3°F (0.7°C) | 106th Coolest | Coolest since: 1986 | 1976 |
21st Warmest | Warmest since: 1941 | 1931 | ||||
Ties: 1899, 1939, 2010, 2012 | ||||||
Apr–Dec 1987 9-Month |
62.1°F (16.7°C) | 61.2°F (16.2°C) |
0.9°F (0.5°C) | 96th Coolest | Coolest since: 1985 | 1976 |
31st Warmest | Warmest since: 1986 | 1931 | ||||
Ties: 1908, 1938, 1970, 2005, 2017 | ||||||
Mar–Dec 1987 10-Month |
60.6°F (15.9°C) | 59.5°F (15.3°C) |
1.1°F (0.6°C) | 99th Coolest | Coolest since: 1986 | 1917 |
28th Warmest | Warmest since: 1986 | 1921 | ||||
Ties: 1911, 1919, 1939, 1973, 1977, 1986, 2001, 2020 | ||||||
Feb–Dec 1987 11-Month |
58.7°F (14.8°C) | 57.5°F (14.2°C) |
1.2°F (0.6°C) | 102nd Coolest | Coolest since: 1985 | 1917 |
25th Warmest | Warmest since: 1986 | 1921 | ||||
Ties: 1939, 1953, 1990, 2020 | ||||||
Jan–Dec 1987 12-Month |
56.5°F (13.6°C) | 55.5°F (13.1°C) |
1.0°F (0.5°C) | 92nd Coolest | Coolest since: 1985 | 1917 |
35th Warmest | Warmest since: 1986 | 1921 | ||||
Ties: 1908, 1927, 1934, 1952 | ||||||
Jul 1986–Dec 1987 18-Month |
57.8°F (14.3°C) | 56.9°F (13.8°C) |
0.9°F (0.5°C) | 98th Coolest | Coolest since: 1986 | 1977 |
28th Warmest | Warmest since: 1954 | 2016 | ||||
Ties: 1898, 1913, 1938, 1946, 1953, 2008 | ||||||
Jan 1986–Dec 1987 24-Month |
56.5°F (13.6°C) | 55.4°F (13.0°C) |
1.1°F (0.6°C) | 102nd Coolest | Coolest since: 1986 | 1979 |
24th Warmest | Warmest since: 1954 | 1922 | ||||
Ties: 2000, 2008, 2011 | ||||||
Jan 1985–Dec 1987 36-Month |
56.0°F (13.3°C) | 55.4°F (13.0°C) |
0.6°F (0.3°C) | 86th Coolest | Coolest since: 1986 | 1978, 1980 |
39th Warmest | Warmest since: 1957 | 2018 | ||||
Ties: 1898, 1900, 1913, 1943, 1957, 1988 | ||||||
Jan 1984–Dec 1987 48-Month |
55.9°F (13.3°C) | 55.5°F (13.1°C) |
0.4°F (0.2°C) | 77th Coolest | Coolest since: 1986 | 1979 |
47th Warmest | Warmest since: 1957 | 2019 | ||||
Ties: 1911, 1925, 1937, 1940, 1942, 2011 | ||||||
Jan 1983–Dec 1987 60-Month |
55.7°F (13.2°C) | 55.5°F (13.1°C) |
0.2°F (0.1°C) | 65th Coolest | Coolest since: 1986 | 1980 |
58th Warmest | Warmest since: 1957 | 2020 | ||||
Ties: 1901, 1915, 1944, 1952, 1988 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published March 2021, retrieved on March 9, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/