Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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Maryland
Minimum Temperature Rankings, December 1972
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2019) |
Warmest/Coolest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
December 1972 1-Month |
32.8°F (0.4°C) | 26.7°F (-2.9°C) |
6.1°F (3.3°C) | 116th Coolest | Coolest since: 1970 | 1989 |
| 10th Warmest | Warmest since: 1971 | 2015 | ||||
|
Nov–Dec 1972 2-Month |
33.4°F (0.8°C) | 30.8°F (-0.7°C) |
2.6°F (1.5°C) | 104th Coolest | Coolest since: 1970 | 1917 |
| 22nd Warmest | Warmest since: 1971 | 2015 | ||||
| Ties: 1927, 1984, 1987, 2018 | ||||||
|
Oct–Dec 1972 3-Month |
36.2°F (2.3°C) | 35.4°F (1.9°C) |
0.8°F (0.4°C) | 71st Coolest | Coolest since: 1969 | 1917 |
| 55th Warmest | Warmest since: 1971 | 2015 | ||||
| Ties: 1996 | ||||||
|
Sep–Dec 1972 4-Month |
41.6°F (5.3°C) | 40.7°F (4.8°C) |
0.9°F (0.5°C) | 78th Coolest | Coolest since: 1969 | 1917 |
| 48th Warmest | Warmest since: 1971 | 2015 | ||||
| Ties: 1922, 1936, 1991, 1992, 1996, 2013 | ||||||
|
Aug–Dec 1972 5-Month |
45.6°F (7.6°C) | 45.1°F (7.3°C) |
0.5°F (0.3°C) | 69th Coolest | Coolest since: 1969 | 1917 |
| 57th Warmest | Warmest since: 1971 | 2018 | ||||
| Ties: 1912, 1922, 1948, 1987, 1993 | ||||||
|
Jul–Dec 1972 6-Month |
48.9°F (9.4°C) | 48.4°F (9.1°C) |
0.5°F (0.3°C) | 72nd Coolest | Coolest since: 1969 | 1917 |
| 54th Warmest | Warmest since: 1971 | 2018 | ||||
| Ties: 1978 | ||||||
|
Jun–Dec 1972 7-Month |
50.1°F (10.1°C) | 50.0°F (10.0°C) |
0.1°F (0.1°C) | 58th Coolest | Coolest since: 1969 | 1917 |
| 68th Warmest | Warmest since: 1971 | 2015, 2018 | ||||
| Ties: 1899, 1919, 1938, 1992 | ||||||
|
May–Dec 1972 8-Month |
50.2°F (10.1°C) | 50.1°F (10.1°C) |
0.1°F (0.0°C) | 56th Coolest | Coolest since: 1969 | 1917 |
| 70th Warmest | Warmest since: 1971 | 2018 | ||||
| Ties: 1899, 1912, 1938, 1968 | ||||||
|
Apr–Dec 1972 9-Month |
48.9°F (9.4°C) | 49.1°F (9.5°C) |
-0.2°F (-0.1°C) | 41st Coolest | Coolest since: 1967 | 1917 |
| 85th Warmest | Warmest since: 1971 | 2015 | ||||
| Ties: 1908, 1920, 1945, 1965, 1981, 1988, 1992 | ||||||
|
Mar–Dec 1972 10-Month |
47.2°F (8.4°C) | 47.4°F (8.6°C) |
-0.2°F (-0.2°C) | 37th Coolest | Coolest since: 1969 | 1917 |
| 89th Warmest | Warmest since: 1971 | 2011 | ||||
| Ties: 1897, 1905, 1910, 1935, 1944, 1988, 1989, 1992 | ||||||
|
Feb–Dec 1972 11-Month |
45.0°F (7.2°C) | 45.3°F (7.4°C) |
-0.3°F (-0.2°C) | 35th Coolest | Coolest since: 1968 | 1917 |
| 91st Warmest | Warmest since: 1971 | 2012, 2018 | ||||
| Ties: 1902, 1930, 1935, 1968, 1980 | ||||||
|
Jan–Dec 1972 12-Month |
43.4°F (6.3°C) | 43.5°F (6.4°C) |
-0.1°F (-0.1°C) | 48th Coolest | Coolest since: 1969 | 1904 |
| 78th Warmest | Warmest since: 1971 | 2012 | ||||
| Ties: 1929, 1941, 1951, 1961, 1982 | ||||||
|
Jul 1971–Dec 1972 18-Month |
46.0°F (7.8°C) | 45.2°F (7.3°C) |
0.8°F (0.5°C) | 92nd Coolest | Coolest since: 1970 | 1904 |
| 33rd Warmest | Warmest since: 1971 | 2012 | ||||
| Ties: 1957, 1974, 1987, 1995 | ||||||
|
Jan 1971–Dec 1972 24-Month |
43.8°F (6.6°C) | 43.6°F (6.4°C) |
0.2°F (0.2°C) | 73rd Coolest | Coolest since: 1971 | 1905 |
| 52nd Warmest | Warmest since: 1971 | 2012 | ||||
| Ties: 1946, 1952, 1955, 1971 | ||||||
|
Jan 1970–Dec 1972 36-Month |
43.7°F (6.5°C) | 43.5°F (6.4°C) |
0.2°F (0.1°C) | 67th Coolest | Coolest since: 1971 | 1905 |
| 57th Warmest | Warmest since: 1959 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1934, 1938, 1946, 1959, 1976, 1989 | ||||||
|
Jan 1969–Dec 1972 48-Month |
43.6°F (6.4°C) | 43.5°F (6.4°C) |
0.1°F (0.0°C) | 56th Coolest | Coolest since: 1971 | 1905 |
| 67th Warmest | Warmest since: 1959 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1899, 1901, 1935, 1940 | ||||||
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Jan 1968–Dec 1972 60-Month |
43.4°F (6.3°C) | 43.5°F (6.4°C) |
-0.1°F (-0.1°C) | 39th Coolest | Coolest since: 1971 | 1905 |
| 83rd Warmest | Warmest since: 1961 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1914, 1915, 1937, 1938, 1940, 1947, 1961, 1978, 1983 | ||||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published November 2020, retrieved on December 2, 2020 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/