Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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Louisiana
Average Temperature Rankings, December 1972
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Warmest/Coolest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
December 1972 1-Month |
50.0°F (10.0°C) | 50.9°F (10.5°C) |
-0.9°F (-0.5°C) | 48th Coolest | Coolest since: 1968 | 1989 |
| 79th Warmest | Warmest since: 1971 | 1984 | ||||
| Ties: 1943, 1966, 1977 | ||||||
|
Nov–Dec 1972 2-Month |
51.6°F (10.9°C) | 54.2°F (12.3°C) |
-2.6°F (-1.4°C) | 16th Coolest | Coolest since: 1968 | 1976 |
| 111th Warmest | Warmest since: 1971 | 2015 | ||||
| Ties: 1930, 1935, 1968 | ||||||
|
Oct–Dec 1972 3-Month |
56.9°F (13.8°C) | 58.6°F (14.8°C) |
-1.7°F (-1.0°C) | 19th Coolest | Coolest since: 1952 | 1976 |
| 108th Warmest | Warmest since: 1971 | 2015 | ||||
|
Sep–Dec 1972 4-Month |
62.7°F (17.1°C) | 63.2°F (17.3°C) |
-0.5°F (-0.2°C) | 37th Coolest | Coolest since: 1969 | 1976 |
| 90th Warmest | Warmest since: 1971 | 1931 | ||||
| Ties: 1958, 1969, 1995 | ||||||
|
Aug–Dec 1972 5-Month |
66.4°F (19.1°C) | 66.9°F (19.4°C) |
-0.5°F (-0.3°C) | 35th Coolest | Coolest since: 1969 | 1976 |
| 92nd Warmest | Warmest since: 1971 | 2015 | ||||
| Ties: 1935 | ||||||
|
Jul–Dec 1972 6-Month |
68.6°F (20.3°C) | 69.4°F (20.8°C) |
-0.8°F (-0.5°C) | 24th Coolest | Coolest since: 1968 | 1976 |
| 103rd Warmest | Warmest since: 1971 | 2015 | ||||
| Ties: 1930, 1953, 2000 | ||||||
|
Jun–Dec 1972 7-Month |
70.2°F (21.2°C) | 70.8°F (21.6°C) |
-0.6°F (-0.4°C) | 23rd Coolest | Coolest since: 1968 | 1976 |
| 104th Warmest | Warmest since: 1971 | 1998 | ||||
| Ties: 1901, 1932, 1940, 2000 | ||||||
|
May–Dec 1972 8-Month |
70.5°F (21.4°C) | 71.2°F (21.8°C) |
-0.7°F (-0.4°C) | 20th Coolest | Coolest since: 1968 | 1976 |
| 107th Warmest | Warmest since: 1971 | 1998 | ||||
| Ties: 1901, 1904, 1920, 1930, 1997 | ||||||
|
Apr–Dec 1972 9-Month |
70.2°F (21.2°C) | 70.7°F (21.5°C) |
-0.5°F (-0.3°C) | 28th Coolest | Coolest since: 1968 | 1976 |
| 99th Warmest | Warmest since: 1971 | 2015 | ||||
| Ties: 1929, 1966 | ||||||
|
Mar–Dec 1972 10-Month |
69.2°F (20.7°C) | 69.5°F (20.8°C) |
-0.3°F (-0.1°C) | 37th Coolest | Coolest since: 1970 | 1976 |
| 90th Warmest | Warmest since: 1971 | 2015 | ||||
| Ties: 1904, 1926, 1957, 1967, 1987, 1996 | ||||||
|
Feb–Dec 1972 11-Month |
67.7°F (19.8°C) | 67.9°F (19.9°C) |
-0.2°F (-0.1°C) | 43rd Coolest | Coolest since: 1970 | 1968, 1976 |
| 84th Warmest | Warmest since: 1971 | 2016 | ||||
| Ties: 1899, 1943, 1996 | ||||||
|
Jan–Dec 1972 12-Month |
66.5°F (19.2°C) | 66.4°F (19.1°C) |
0.1°F (0.1°C) | 68th Coolest | Coolest since: 1971 | 1976 |
| 59th Warmest | Warmest since: 1971 | 1921 | ||||
| Ties: 1910, 1923, 1941, 1962, 1971, 1974, 1994, 2010 | ||||||
|
Jul 1971–Dec 1972 18-Month |
67.9°F (19.9°C) | 67.4°F (19.7°C) |
0.5°F (0.2°C) | 90th Coolest | Coolest since: 1971 | 1968 |
| 36th Warmest | Warmest since: 1957 | 2016 | ||||
| Ties: 1916, 1939, 1950, 1954, 1974 | ||||||
|
Jan 1971–Dec 1972 24-Month |
66.5°F (19.2°C) | 66.4°F (19.1°C) |
0.1°F (0.1°C) | 61st Coolest | Coolest since: 1971 | 1979 |
| 65th Warmest | Warmest since: 1957 | 2017 | ||||
| Ties: 1996, 2003 | ||||||
|
Jan 1970–Dec 1972 36-Month |
66.1°F (18.9°C) | 66.4°F (19.1°C) |
-0.3°F (-0.2°C) | 32nd Coolest | Coolest since: 1971 | 1968, 1970 |
| 93rd Warmest | Warmest since: 1965 | 2017 | ||||
| Ties: 1901, 1941, 1943, 1964, 1993 | ||||||
|
Jan 1969–Dec 1972 48-Month |
66.0°F (18.9°C) | 66.4°F (19.1°C) |
-0.4°F (-0.2°C) | 27th Coolest | Coolest since: 1971 | 1979 |
| 97th Warmest | Warmest since: 1967 | 2018 | ||||
| Ties: 1917, 1966, 1967 | ||||||
|
Jan 1968–Dec 1972 60-Month |
65.7°F (18.7°C) | 66.4°F (19.1°C) |
-0.7°F (-0.4°C) | 12th Coolest | Coolest since: 1971 | 1979, 1980 |
| 111th Warmest | Warmest since: 1967 | 2019, 2020 | ||||
| Ties: 1905, 1963, 1964, 1982 | ||||||
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/