Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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North Carolina
Average Temperature Rankings, December 1897
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Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Warmest/Coolest Since |
Record |
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December 1897 1-Month |
42.8°F (6.0°C) | 41.5°F (5.3°C) |
1.3°F (0.7°C) | 79th Coolest | Coolest since: 1896 | 1917 |
48th Warmest | Warmest to Date | 2015 | ||||
Nov–Dec 1897 2-Month |
46.6°F (8.1°C) | 45.4°F (7.4°C) |
1.2°F (0.7°C) | 80th Coolest | Coolest since: 1895 | 1917 |
47th Warmest | Warmest since: 1896 | 2015 | ||||
Ties: 1938, 1961, 2008, 2013 | ||||||
Oct–Dec 1897 3-Month |
51.7°F (10.9°C) | 50.2°F (10.1°C) |
1.5°F (0.8°C) | 93rd Coolest | Coolest since: 1896 | 1917 |
34th Warmest | Warmest to Date | 2015 | ||||
Ties: 1933 | ||||||
Sep–Dec 1897 4-Month |
56.4°F (13.6°C) | 55.2°F (12.9°C) |
1.2°F (0.7°C) | 94th Coolest | Coolest since: 1896 | 1917 |
33rd Warmest | Warmest to Date | 2015 | ||||
Ties: 1975 | ||||||
Aug–Dec 1897 5-Month |
60.1°F (15.6°C) | 59.2°F (15.1°C) |
0.9°F (0.5°C) | 90th Coolest | Coolest since: 1896 | 1917 |
37th Warmest | Warmest to Date | 2015 | ||||
Ties: 1906, 1927, 1938, 2004 | ||||||
Jul–Dec 1897 6-Month |
63.0°F (17.2°C) | 62.2°F (16.8°C) |
0.8°F (0.4°C) | 92nd Coolest | Coolest since: 1896 | 1917 |
35th Warmest | Warmest to Date | 2015 | ||||
Ties: 1902, 1932, 1946, 1949, 1975, 1991, 1994, 2003 | ||||||
Jun–Dec 1897 7-Month |
64.7°F (18.2°C) | 63.9°F (17.7°C) |
0.8°F (0.5°C) | 95th Coolest | Coolest since: 1896 | 1917 |
32nd Warmest | Warmest to Date | 2015 | ||||
Ties: 1923, 1926, 1932, 1942, 1949, 1970, 1978, 1994 | ||||||
May–Dec 1897 8-Month |
64.6°F (18.1°C) | 64.1°F (17.8°C) |
0.5°F (0.3°C) | 72nd Coolest | Coolest since: 1895 | 1917 |
55th Warmest | Warmest since: 1896 | 2015 | ||||
Ties: 1906, 1946, 1978, 2003, 2009, 2014 | ||||||
Apr–Dec 1897 9-Month |
63.9°F (17.7°C) | 63.5°F (17.5°C) |
0.4°F (0.2°C) | 76th Coolest | Coolest since: 1895 | 1917 |
51st Warmest | Warmest since: 1896 | 2015 | ||||
Ties: 1912, 1926, 1932, 1938, 1946, 1973, 1975, 1987 | ||||||
Mar–Dec 1897 10-Month |
62.6°F (17.0°C) | 62.0°F (16.7°C) |
0.6°F (0.3°C) | 80th Coolest | Coolest since: 1895 | 1917 |
47th Warmest | Warmest since: 1896 | 2015 | ||||
Ties: 1949, 1956, 1999, 2005, 2008 | ||||||
Feb–Dec 1897 11-Month |
60.9°F (16.1°C) | 60.2°F (15.7°C) |
0.7°F (0.4°C) | 84th Coolest | Coolest since: 1895 | 1917 |
43rd Warmest | Warmest since: 1896 | 2019 | ||||
Ties: 1918, 1919, 1932, 1941, 2005 | ||||||
Jan–Dec 1897 12-Month |
58.9°F (14.9°C) | 58.5°F (14.7°C) |
0.4°F (0.2°C) | 74th Coolest | Coolest since: 1895 | 1917 |
53rd Warmest | Warmest since: 1896 | 2019 | ||||
Ties: 1923, 1973, 2009 | ||||||
Jul 1896–Dec 1897 18-Month |
60.1°F (15.6°C) | 59.7°F (15.4°C) |
0.4°F (0.2°C) | 75th Coolest | Coolest to Date | 1904 |
51st Warmest | Warmest since: 1896 | 2016, 2017 | ||||
Ties: 1911, 1937, 1938, 1941, 1943, 1972, 2000, 2013 | ||||||
Jan 1896–Dec 1897 24-Month |
59.1°F (15.1°C) | 58.6°F (14.8°C) |
0.5°F (0.3°C) | 91st Coolest | Coolest since: 1896 | 1967 |
35th Warmest | Warmest to Date | 2020 | ||||
Ties: 1921, 1931, 1938, 1987, 2009 | ||||||
Jan 1895–Dec 1897 36-Month |
58.3°F (14.6°C) | 58.5°F (14.7°C) |
-0.2°F (-0.1°C) | 34th Coolest | Coolest to Date | 1968, 1969 |
91st Warmest | Warmest to Date | 2019, 2020 | ||||
Ties: 1914, 1977, 1984 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published January 2021, retrieved on January 20, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/