Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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South Carolina
Average Temperature Rankings, December 1973
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Warmest/Coolest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
December 1973 1-Month |
45.9°F (7.7°C) | 45.6°F (7.6°C) |
0.3°F (0.1°C) | 73rd Coolest | Coolest since: 1969 | 1917 |
| 54th Warmest | Warmest since: 1972 | 2015 | ||||
| Ties: 1974 | ||||||
|
Nov–Dec 1973 2-Month |
51.2°F (10.7°C) | 49.3°F (9.6°C) |
1.9°F (1.1°C) | 96th Coolest | Coolest since: 1970 | 1917 |
| 31st Warmest | Warmest since: 1972 | 2015 | ||||
|
Oct–Dec 1973 3-Month |
55.8°F (13.2°C) | 54.0°F (12.2°C) |
1.8°F (1.0°C) | 103rd Coolest | Coolest since: 1972 | 1917 |
| 24th Warmest | Warmest since: 1971 | 2015 | ||||
| Ties: 1918, 1927, 2018 | ||||||
|
Sep–Dec 1973 4-Month |
60.8°F (16.0°C) | 58.9°F (14.9°C) |
1.9°F (1.1°C) | 107th Coolest | Coolest since: 1972 | 1917 |
| 20th Warmest | Warmest since: 1971 | 1931, 2015 | ||||
| Ties: 2001 | ||||||
|
Aug–Dec 1973 5-Month |
64.3°F (17.9°C) | 62.9°F (17.2°C) |
1.4°F (0.7°C) | 102nd Coolest | Coolest since: 1972 | 1917 |
| 25th Warmest | Warmest since: 1971 | 2007 | ||||
| Ties: 1926 | ||||||
|
Jul–Dec 1973 6-Month |
66.8°F (19.3°C) | 65.7°F (18.7°C) |
1.1°F (0.6°C) | 100th Coolest | Coolest since: 1972 | 1917 |
| 27th Warmest | Warmest since: 1971 | 2015 | ||||
| Ties: 1911, 1925, 1934, 2006 | ||||||
|
Jun–Dec 1973 7-Month |
68.2°F (20.1°C) | 67.3°F (19.6°C) |
0.9°F (0.5°C) | 94th Coolest | Coolest since: 1972 | 1976 |
| 33rd Warmest | Warmest since: 1971 | 2015 | ||||
| Ties: 1902, 1922, 1999, 2002, 2004, 2006 | ||||||
|
May–Dec 1973 8-Month |
68.2°F (20.1°C) | 67.7°F (19.8°C) |
0.5°F (0.3°C) | 81st Coolest | Coolest since: 1972 | 1917, 1976 |
| 46th Warmest | Warmest since: 1971 | 2015 | ||||
| Ties: 1898, 1932, 1939, 1946, 1948, 1959, 1975, 1984, 1999, 2006, 2009, 2014 | ||||||
|
Apr–Dec 1973 9-Month |
67.3°F (19.6°C) | 67.1°F (19.5°C) |
0.2°F (0.1°C) | 59th Coolest | Coolest since: 1972 | 1976 |
| 68th Warmest | Warmest since: 1971 | 2015 | ||||
| Ties: 1938, 1951, 1975, 1984, 2008 | ||||||
|
Mar–Dec 1973 10-Month |
66.3°F (19.1°C) | 65.7°F (18.7°C) |
0.6°F (0.4°C) | 79th Coolest | Coolest since: 1972 | 1917 |
| 48th Warmest | Warmest since: 1970 | 2015 | ||||
| Ties: 1978 | ||||||
|
Feb–Dec 1973 11-Month |
64.3°F (17.9°C) | 64.1°F (17.8°C) |
0.2°F (0.1°C) | 71st Coolest | Coolest since: 1972 | 1917 |
| 56th Warmest | Warmest since: 1970 | 2016 | ||||
| Ties: 1899, 1942, 1955, 1984, 2003, 2014 | ||||||
|
Jan–Dec 1973 12-Month |
62.6°F (17.0°C) | 62.4°F (16.9°C) |
0.2°F (0.1°C) | 72nd Coolest | Coolest since: 1972 | 1901, 1917, 1958, 1963, 1966, 1969 |
| 55th Warmest | Warmest since: 1959 | 2017 | ||||
| Ties: 1899, 1923, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1942, 1951, 1993, 2010 | ||||||
|
Jul 1972–Dec 1973 18-Month |
63.7°F (17.6°C) | 63.5°F (17.5°C) |
0.2°F (0.1°C) | 63rd Coolest | Coolest since: 1970 | 1968 |
| 63rd Warmest | Warmest since: 1972 | 2017 | ||||
| Ties: 1907, 1908, 1916, 1941, 1943, 1948, 1950, 1995, 2009, 2010 | ||||||
|
Jan 1972–Dec 1973 24-Month |
62.3°F (16.8°C) | 62.4°F (16.9°C) |
-0.1°F (-0.1°C) | 47th Coolest | Coolest since: 1972 | 1969 |
| 79th Warmest | Warmest since: 1971 | 2017 | ||||
| Ties: 1920, 1948, 1971, 1993, 2014 | ||||||
|
Jan 1971–Dec 1973 36-Month |
62.3°F (16.8°C) | 62.3°F (16.8°C) |
0.0°F (0.0°C) | 38th Coolest | Coolest since: 1972 | 1968, 1969 |
| 87th Warmest | Warmest since: 1972 | 2017, 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1907, 1910, 1920, 1958, 1972, 1976, 1985 | ||||||
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Jan 1970–Dec 1973 48-Month |
62.3°F (16.8°C) | 62.4°F (16.9°C) |
-0.1°F (-0.1°C) | 34th Coolest | Coolest since: 1972 | 1969 |
| 90th Warmest | Warmest since: 1959 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1901, 1958, 1977, 1997 | ||||||
|
Jan 1969–Dec 1973 60-Month |
62.0°F (16.7°C) | 62.4°F (16.9°C) |
-0.4°F (-0.2°C) | 25th Coolest | Coolest since: 1972 | 1969, 1970 |
| 98th Warmest | Warmest since: 1960 | 2020 | ||||
| Ties: 1903, 1916, 1920 | ||||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published April 2021, retrieved on April 10, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/