Denver Monthly Temperature, Rainfall and Snowfall Extremes for December

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Top 20 Warmest December's			Top 20 Wettest December's			Top 20 Snowiest December's
(1872-Present)			(1872-Present)			(1882-Present)
Rank	Avg	Year	Rank	Total	Year	Rank	Total	Year
1	43.8	1933	1	5.21	1913	1	57.4	1913
2	41.2	1980	2	2.84	1973	2	30.8	1973
3	40.9	1939	3	2.34	1982	3	29.4	2006
4	40.5	1889	4	2.32	1883	4	27.1	1982
5	39.7	1906	5	1.70	1876	5	21.5	1987
6	39.6	1946	6	1.56	1891	6	20.9	2007
7	39.5	1957	7	1.50	1960	7	19.6	1918
	39.5	1881	8	1.42	1924	8	18.4	1924
9	39.2	1890	9	1.40	1918	9	17.8	1960
10	38.8	1896	10	1.32	1892	10	17.5	1891
	38.8	1875	11	1.30	1987	11	16.5	2011
12	38.4	2021	12	1.21	2006		16.5	1979
13	38.2	1893	13	1.08	1885	13	16.3	1916
14	38.0	1917	14	1.06	1979	14	16.2	1892
15	37.5	1975		1.06	1967	15	15.5	1898
16	37.3	1888	16	1.05	1878	16	15.3	1923
17	37.1	1929	17	1.04	1988	17	14.8	1926
18	37.0	1942		1.04	1926	18	14.4	1953
19	36.5	1959	19	1.03	1941	19	14.2	1978
	36.5	1936	20	1.02	1953	20	13.3	1925
20	36.5	1885		1.02	1916


Top 20 Coldest December's			Top 20 Driest December's			Top 20 Least Snowiest December's
(1872-Present)			(1872-Present)			(1882-Present)
Rank	Avg	Year	Rank	Total	Year	Rank	Total	Year
1	17.4	1983	1	0.00	1881	1	T	2002
2	21.2	1909	2	T	1905		T	1906
3	22.1	1878	3	0.01	1906		T	1905
4	22.7	1873		0.01	1895	4	0.1	1928
5	23.1	1913	5	0.03	2018	5	0.4	1890
6	23.7	1932		0.03	1977	6	0.5	2018
7	24.1	2009		0.03	1931		0.5	1935
8	24.3	1914	8	0.04	2004	8	0.6	1995
9	24.6	1978		0.04	1890	9	0.7	1977
10	24.8	1884	10	0.05	2002		0.7	1895
11	24.9	1972		0.05	1995	11	0.8	1957
12	25.4	1992	12	0.06	1996		0.8	1931
13	25.5	1924		0.06	1957		0.8	1888
14	25.7	1990		0.06	1928	14	0.9	1970
15	25.8	1898	15	0.09	1970	15	1.2	1980
16	25.9	1927		0.09	1946		1.2	1962
17	26.5	1967		0.09	1888		1.2	1945
	26.5	1960	18	0.10	1980	18	1.8	1996
	26.5	1916		0.10	1945		1.8	1887
20	26.6	2011		0.10	1880	20	1.9	1991
	26.6	2008					1.9	1966

- Temperatures in degrees Fahrenheit.
- Precipitation and Snowfall amounts in inches.

- Average December Temperature is 31.2 degrees (from 1991-2020 DIA data).
- Average December Precipitation is 0.35 inches (from 1991-2020 DIA data).

- Average December Snowfall is 8.0 inches (from 1882-2020 Historical Record).
- Average December Snowfall is 6.6 inches (from 1991-2020 Stapleton data).

- Official Snowfall Observations, for DIA, didn't start until the 2007-2008 snow season, so no
30 Year Average is available.

# Snowiest Month in Denver History.

- Data collected at the Downtown City Office from 1872-December 1949, then
  at the Stapleton Airport Office from January 1950-February 1995, then at
  Denver International Airport from March 1995-Present.


UPDATED 1/9/2022