Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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Maryland
Minimum Temperature Rankings, December 1979
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Warmest/Coolest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
December 1979 1-Month |
29.3°F (-1.5°C) | 26.7°F (-2.9°C) |
2.6°F (1.4°C) | 91st Coolest | Coolest since: 1978 | 1989 |
| 37th Warmest | Warmest since: 1974 | 2015 | ||||
| Ties: 1964, 1974, 2008 | ||||||
|
Nov–Dec 1979 2-Month |
34.2°F (1.2°C) | 30.8°F (-0.7°C) |
3.4°F (1.9°C) | 117th Coolest | Coolest since: 1978 | 1917 |
| 11th Warmest | Warmest since: 1971 | 2015 | ||||
| Ties: 1971, 2003, 2009 | ||||||
|
Oct–Dec 1979 3-Month |
37.6°F (3.1°C) | 35.5°F (1.9°C) |
2.1°F (1.2°C) | 96th Coolest | Coolest since: 1978 | 1917 |
| 32nd Warmest | Warmest since: 1975 | 2015 | ||||
| Ties: 1918, 1949 | ||||||
|
Sep–Dec 1979 4-Month |
42.6°F (5.9°C) | 40.7°F (4.8°C) |
1.9°F (1.1°C) | 100th Coolest | Coolest since: 1978 | 1917 |
| 28th Warmest | Warmest since: 1975 | 2015 | ||||
| Ties: 1956, 1959, 1973, 1975 | ||||||
|
Aug–Dec 1979 5-Month |
46.8°F (8.2°C) | 45.1°F (7.3°C) |
1.7°F (0.9°C) | 97th Coolest | Coolest since: 1978 | 1917 |
| 31st Warmest | Warmest since: 1975 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jul–Dec 1979 6-Month |
49.6°F (9.8°C) | 48.4°F (9.1°C) |
1.2°F (0.7°C) | 92nd Coolest | Coolest since: 1978 | 1917 |
| 36th Warmest | Warmest since: 1977 | 2018 | ||||
| Ties: 1961, 1994, 2001, 2014 | ||||||
|
Jun–Dec 1979 7-Month |
50.6°F (10.3°C) | 50.0°F (10.0°C) |
0.6°F (0.3°C) | 74th Coolest | Coolest since: 1978 | 1917 |
| 54th Warmest | Warmest since: 1977 | 2015, 2018 | ||||
| Ties: 1913, 1920, 1939, 1942 | ||||||
|
May–Dec 1979 8-Month |
50.9°F (10.5°C) | 50.1°F (10.1°C) |
0.8°F (0.4°C) | 81st Coolest | Coolest since: 1978 | 1917 |
| 47th Warmest | Warmest since: 1977 | 2018 | ||||
| Ties: 1921 | ||||||
|
Apr–Dec 1979 9-Month |
49.8°F (9.9°C) | 49.1°F (9.5°C) |
0.7°F (0.4°C) | 80th Coolest | Coolest since: 1978 | 1917 |
| 48th Warmest | Warmest since: 1977 | 2015 | ||||
| Ties: 1957, 1993 | ||||||
|
Mar–Dec 1979 10-Month |
48.2°F (9.0°C) | 47.3°F (8.5°C) |
0.9°F (0.5°C) | 84th Coolest | Coolest since: 1978 | 1917 |
| 44th Warmest | Warmest since: 1977 | 2011 | ||||
| Ties: 2014 | ||||||
|
Feb–Dec 1979 11-Month |
45.2°F (7.3°C) | 45.3°F (7.4°C) |
-0.1°F (-0.1°C) | 46th Coolest | Coolest since: 1978 | 1917 |
| 82nd Warmest | Warmest since: 1977 | 2012, 2018, 2020 | ||||
| Ties: 1929, 1936, 1941, 1944, 1974, 1981, 1988 | ||||||
|
Jan–Dec 1979 12-Month |
43.3°F (6.3°C) | 43.5°F (6.4°C) |
-0.2°F (-0.1°C) | 42nd Coolest | Coolest since: 1978 | 1904 |
| 86th Warmest | Warmest since: 1977 | 2020 | ||||
| Ties: 1908, 1910, 1930, 1948, 1980 | ||||||
|
Jul 1978–Dec 1979 18-Month |
45.2°F (7.3°C) | 45.2°F (7.3°C) |
0.0°F (0.0°C) | 54th Coolest | Coolest since: 1978 | 1904 |
| 73rd Warmest | Warmest since: 1975 | 2012, 2020, 2021 | ||||
| Ties: 1929, 1946, 1955, 1960 | ||||||
|
Jan 1978–Dec 1979 24-Month |
42.8°F (6.0°C) | 43.5°F (6.4°C) |
-0.7°F (-0.4°C) | 13th Coolest | Coolest since: 1968 | 1905 |
| 114th Warmest | Warmest since: 1978 | 2021 | ||||
| Ties: 1896, 1902, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1962, 1965 | ||||||
|
Jan 1977–Dec 1979 36-Month |
43.1°F (6.2°C) | 43.5°F (6.4°C) |
-0.4°F (-0.2°C) | 27th Coolest | Coolest since: 1978 | 1905 |
| 99th Warmest | Warmest since: 1977 | 2021 | ||||
| Ties: 1914, 1942 | ||||||
|
Jan 1976–Dec 1979 48-Month |
42.9°F (6.1°C) | 43.5°F (6.4°C) |
-0.6°F (-0.3°C) | 19th Coolest | Coolest since: 1970 | 1905 |
| 106th Warmest | Warmest since: 1978 | 2020, 2021 | ||||
| Ties: 1970 | ||||||
|
Jan 1975–Dec 1979 60-Month |
43.3°F (6.3°C) | 43.5°F (6.4°C) |
-0.2°F (-0.1°C) | 36th Coolest | Coolest since: 1971 | 1905 |
| 88th Warmest | Warmest since: 1978 | 2021 | ||||
| Ties: 1912, 1943 | ||||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published May 2022, retrieved on May 23, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/