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Look up monthly rankings for 1-12, 18, 24, 36, 48, and 60-month time periods using the options below. Data and statistics are as of August 2022. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.

Parameter: Average Temperature Maximum Temperature Minimum Temperature Precipitation Cooling Degree Days Heating Degree Days Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI) Palmer Hydrological Drought Index (PHDI) Palmer Modified Drought Index (PMDI) Palmer Z-Index

Year: 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

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Houston, Texas

Average Temperature Rankings, January 1978

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Period	Value	1981-2010 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
January 1978 1-Month	43.7°F (6.5°C)	54.1°F (12.3°C)	-10.4°F (-5.8°C)	2nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1940	1940
				89th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	1950
Dec 1977–Jan 1978 2-Month	49.6°F (9.8°C)	55.1°F (12.8°C)	-5.5°F (-3.0°C)	6th Coolest	Coolest since: 1977	1984
				85th Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	2022
Nov 1977–Jan 1978 3-Month	54.5°F (12.5°C)	57.9°F (14.4°C)	-3.4°F (-1.9°C)	15th Coolest	Coolest since: 1977	1977
				76th Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	2017, 2022
	Ties: 1961
Oct 1977–Jan 1978 4-Month	58.9°F (14.9°C)	61.4°F (16.3°C)	-2.5°F (-1.4°C)	17th Coolest	Coolest since: 1977	1977
				69th Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	2022
	Ties: 1936
Sep 1977–Jan 1978 5-Month	63.6°F (17.6°C)	65.2°F (18.4°C)	-1.6°F (-0.8°C)	23rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1977	1977
				63rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	2017
	Ties: 1949, 1964
Aug 1977–Jan 1978 6-Month	67.0°F (19.4°C)	68.4°F (20.2°C)	-1.4°F (-0.8°C)	24th Coolest	Coolest since: 1977	1977
				62nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1975	2022
	Ties: 1942, 1988
Jul 1977–Jan 1978 7-Month	69.5°F (20.8°C)	70.7°F (21.5°C)	-1.2°F (-0.7°C)	22nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1977	1977
				63rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1975	2017
	Ties: 1939, 1942, 1951, 1964, 1981
Jun 1977–Jan 1978 8-Month	71.1°F (21.7°C)	72.1°F (22.3°C)	-1.0°F (-0.6°C)	25th Coolest	Coolest since: 1977	1977
				60th Warmest	Warmest since: 1975	2022
	Ties: 1956, 1963, 1964, 1969
May 1977–Jan 1978 9-Month	71.7°F (22.1°C)	72.7°F (22.6°C)	-1.0°F (-0.5°C)	25th Coolest	Coolest since: 1977	1977
				60th Warmest	Warmest since: 1975	2022
	Ties: 1959
Apr 1977–Jan 1978 10-Month	71.4°F (21.9°C)	72.4°F (22.4°C)	-1.0°F (-0.5°C)	26th Coolest	Coolest since: 1977	1977
				58th Warmest	Warmest since: 1975	2022
Mar 1977–Jan 1978 11-Month	70.7°F (21.5°C)	71.6°F (22.0°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	29th Coolest	Coolest since: 1977	1977
				55th Warmest	Warmest since: 1975	2017, 2022
	Ties: 2015
Feb 1977–Jan 1978 12-Month	69.5°F (20.8°C)	70.5°F (21.4°C)	-1.0°F (-0.6°C)	27th Coolest	Coolest since: 1977	1977
				56th Warmest	Warmest since: 1975	2017
	Ties: 1951, 1994, 2015
Aug 1976–Jan 1978 18-Month	67.2°F (19.6°C)	69.8°F (21.0°C)	-2.6°F (-1.4°C)	3rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1977	1941
				78th Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	2017, 2018, 2021
Feb 1976–Jan 1978 24-Month	68.3°F (20.2°C)	70.4°F (21.3°C)	-2.1°F (-1.1°C)	4th Coolest	Coolest since: 1977	1941
				74th Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	2022
	Ties: 1961, 1962, 1980
Feb 1975–Jan 1978 36-Month	68.6°F (20.3°C)	70.4°F (21.3°C)	-1.8°F (-1.0°C)	5th Coolest	Coolest since: 1962	1942
				69th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2022
	Ties: 1981
Feb 1974–Jan 1978 48-Month	69.0°F (20.6°C)	70.3°F (21.3°C)	-1.3°F (-0.7°C)	8th Coolest	Coolest since: 1964	1980
				62nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2022
	Ties: 1964
Feb 1973–Jan 1978 60-Month	69.2°F (20.7°C)	70.3°F (21.3°C)	-1.1°F (-0.6°C)	12th Coolest	Coolest since: 1977	1980, 1981
				55th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2021
	Ties: 1969, 1970, 1971, 1977

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: City Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 28, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/