Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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Arkansas
Average Temperature Rankings, December 1988
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Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Warmest/Coolest Since |
Record |
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December 1988 1-Month |
42.7°F (5.9°C) | 41.5°F (5.3°C) |
1.2°F (0.6°C) | 80th Coolest | Coolest since: 1986 | 1983 |
47th Warmest | Warmest since: 1987 | 1984 | ||||
Ties: 2002 | ||||||
Nov–Dec 1988 2-Month |
47.0°F (8.3°C) | 45.6°F (7.6°C) |
1.4°F (0.7°C) | 85th Coolest | Coolest since: 1986 | 2000 |
42nd Warmest | Warmest since: 1987 | 2015 | ||||
Ties: 1900, 1902, 2005 | ||||||
Oct–Dec 1988 3-Month |
50.6°F (10.3°C) | 51.0°F (10.6°C) |
-0.4°F (-0.3°C) | 46th Coolest | Coolest since: 1986 | 1976 |
81st Warmest | Warmest since: 1987 | 1931 | ||||
Ties: 1906, 1910, 1912, 1926, 1992 | ||||||
Sep–Dec 1988 4-Month |
56.3°F (13.5°C) | 56.5°F (13.6°C) |
-0.2°F (-0.1°C) | 49th Coolest | Coolest since: 1987 | 1976 |
78th Warmest | Warmest since: 1986 | 1931 | ||||
Ties: 1907, 1955 | ||||||
Aug–Dec 1988 5-Month |
61.2°F (16.2°C) | 61.1°F (16.2°C) |
0.1°F (0.0°C) | 66th Coolest | Coolest since: 1986 | 1976 |
61st Warmest | Warmest since: 1987 | 1931 | ||||
Ties: 1916, 2020 | ||||||
Jul–Dec 1988 6-Month |
64.2°F (17.9°C) | 64.2°F (17.9°C) |
0.0°F (0.0°C) | 50th Coolest | Coolest since: 1985 | 1976 |
77th Warmest | Warmest since: 1987 | 1931, 1998 | ||||
Ties: 1901, 1912, 1915, 1944, 1949, 1955, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1985, 1991, 1994 | ||||||
Jun–Dec 1988 7-Month |
66.0°F (18.9°C) | 66.0°F (18.9°C) |
0.0°F (0.0°C) | 53rd Coolest | Coolest since: 1985 | 1976 |
74th Warmest | Warmest since: 1987 | 1998 | ||||
Ties: 1924, 1948, 1952, 1982 | ||||||
May–Dec 1988 8-Month |
66.3°F (19.1°C) | 66.4°F (19.1°C) |
-0.1°F (0.0°C) | 50th Coolest | Coolest since: 1985 | 1976 |
77th Warmest | Warmest since: 1987 | 1998 | ||||
Ties: 1915, 1948, 1985, 1994, 2002, 2020 | ||||||
Apr–Dec 1988 9-Month |
65.6°F (18.7°C) | 65.7°F (18.7°C) |
-0.1°F (0.0°C) | 51st Coolest | Coolest since: 1983 | 1976 |
76th Warmest | Warmest since: 1987 | 1998 | ||||
Ties: 1932, 1957, 1981 | ||||||
Mar–Dec 1988 10-Month |
64.1°F (17.8°C) | 64.3°F (17.9°C) |
-0.2°F (-0.1°C) | 48th Coolest | Coolest since: 1984 | 1917, 1976 |
79th Warmest | Warmest since: 1987 | 2012 | ||||
Ties: 1907, 1945, 1970, 1981, 1984 | ||||||
Feb–Dec 1988 11-Month |
62.0°F (16.7°C) | 62.3°F (16.8°C) |
-0.3°F (-0.1°C) | 45th Coolest | Coolest since: 1983 | 1917 |
82nd Warmest | Warmest since: 1987 | 2012 | ||||
Ties: 1898, 1923, 1959 | ||||||
Jan–Dec 1988 12-Month |
59.8°F (15.4°C) | 60.5°F (15.8°C) |
-0.7°F (-0.4°C) | 30th Coolest | Coolest since: 1985 | 1979 |
97th Warmest | Warmest since: 1987 | 2012 | ||||
Ties: 1915, 1950, 1985 | ||||||
Jul 1987–Dec 1988 18-Month |
61.3°F (16.3°C) | 61.7°F (16.5°C) |
-0.4°F (-0.2°C) | 38th Coolest | Coolest since: 1984 | 1968 |
88th Warmest | Warmest since: 1987 | 2012 | ||||
Ties: 1950, 1966, 1973, 1992 | ||||||
Jan 1987–Dec 1988 24-Month |
60.4°F (15.8°C) | 60.4°F (15.8°C) |
0.0°F (0.0°C) | 55th Coolest | Coolest since: 1985 | 1979 |
71st Warmest | Warmest since: 1987 | 2012, 2017 | ||||
Ties: 1949, 1974, 1981, 1990, 1995, 2003 | ||||||
Jan 1986–Dec 1988 36-Month |
60.8°F (16.0°C) | 60.4°F (15.8°C) |
0.4°F (0.2°C) | 84th Coolest | Coolest since: 1987 | 1905 |
41st Warmest | Warmest since: 1987 | 2012, 2017, 2018 | ||||
Ties: 1928, 1944, 1945, 1947, 1987, 1998 | ||||||
Jan 1985–Dec 1988 48-Month |
60.5°F (15.8°C) | 60.4°F (15.8°C) |
0.1°F (0.0°C) | 54th Coolest | Coolest since: 1986 | 1905, 1906, 1979 |
70th Warmest | Warmest since: 1987 | 2018 | ||||
Ties: 1901, 1912, 1926, 1929, 1942, 1991, 1992 | ||||||
Jan 1984–Dec 1988 60-Month |
60.4°F (15.8°C) | 60.4°F (15.8°C) |
0.0°F (0.0°C) | 51st Coolest | Coolest since: 1987 | 1906 |
72nd Warmest | Warmest since: 1958 | 2019, 2020 | ||||
Ties: 1909, 1992 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published January 2021, retrieved on January 24, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/