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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

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Abilene, Texas

Average Temperature Rankings, January 1956

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Period	Value	1981-2010 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
January 1956 1-Month	43.2°F (6.2°C)	45.9°F (7.7°C)	-2.7°F (-1.5°C)	20th Coolest	Coolest since: 1949	1978
				55th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2006
	Ties: 2011
Dec 1955–Jan 1956 2-Month	44.9°F (7.2°C)	46.2°F (7.9°C)	-1.3°F (-0.7°C)	24th Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1984
				50th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2022
Nov 1955–Jan 1956 3-Month	47.7°F (8.7°C)	49.3°F (9.6°C)	-1.6°F (-0.9°C)	18th Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1977
				56th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2022
	Ties: 2010
Oct 1955–Jan 1956 4-Month	52.6°F (11.4°C)	53.6°F (12.0°C)	-1.0°F (-0.6°C)	24th Coolest	Coolest since: 1954	1977
				50th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2022
	Ties: 1954, 1975
Sep 1955–Jan 1956 5-Month	58.1°F (14.5°C)	58.2°F (14.6°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	35th Coolest	Coolest since: 1954	1977
				39th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2022
	Ties: 1951, 1972
Aug 1955–Jan 1956 6-Month	62.4°F (16.9°C)	62.4°F (16.9°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	36th Coolest	Coolest since: 1954	1977
				38th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2022
	Ties: 2007
Jul 1955–Jan 1956 7-Month	65.6°F (18.7°C)	65.5°F (18.6°C)	0.1°F (0.1°C)	40th Coolest	Coolest since: 1954	1977
				34th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2017, 2022
	Ties: 1954, 1983
Jun 1955–Jan 1956 8-Month	67.4°F (19.7°C)	67.4°F (19.7°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	40th Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1977
				34th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2012
	Ties: 1974, 1983, 2009
May 1955–Jan 1956 9-Month	68.3°F (20.2°C)	68.1°F (20.1°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	44th Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1977
				30th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	1999
Apr 1955–Jan 1956 10-Month	68.5°F (20.3°C)	67.8°F (19.9°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	49th Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1977
				25th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2012
	Ties: 1949, 2015
Mar 1955–Jan 1956 11-Month	67.5°F (19.7°C)	66.9°F (19.4°C)	0.6°F (0.3°C)	48th Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1977
				26th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2012
	Ties: 1989, 2011
Feb 1955–Jan 1956 12-Month	65.9°F (18.8°C)	65.4°F (18.6°C)	0.5°F (0.2°C)	49th Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1977
				25th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2012
	Ties: 1965, 2004, 2009
Aug 1954–Jan 1956 18-Month	65.5°F (18.6°C)	64.5°F (18.1°C)	1.0°F (0.5°C)	59th Coolest	Coolest since: 1954	1977
				13th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2012
	Ties: 1954, 1957
Feb 1954–Jan 1956 24-Month	66.8°F (19.3°C)	65.5°F (18.6°C)	1.3°F (0.7°C)	64th Coolest	Coolest since: 1954	1977
				8th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2013
Feb 1953–Jan 1956 36-Month	66.6°F (19.2°C)	65.4°F (18.6°C)	1.2°F (0.6°C)	61st Coolest	Coolest since: 1954	1960, 1961
				9th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2001, 2013
Feb 1952–Jan 1956 48-Month	66.6°F (19.2°C)	65.5°F (18.6°C)	1.1°F (0.6°C)	61st Coolest	Coolest since: 1954	1962
				7th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2002
	Ties: 2014, 2015
Feb 1951–Jan 1956 60-Month	66.6°F (19.2°C)	65.4°F (18.6°C)	1.2°F (0.6°C)	63rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1962
				3rd Warmest	Warmest to Date	1957, 2020
	Ties: 2013, 2016, 2021

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: City Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 24, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/