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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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City: Dodge City Goodland Topeka Wichita

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Topeka, Kansas

Average Temperature Rankings, January 1986

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Period	Value	1981-2010 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
January 1986 1-Month	36.2°F (2.3°C)	30.2°F (-1.0°C)	6.0°F (3.3°C)	71st Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1979
				6th Warmest	Warmest to Date	2006
Dec 1985–Jan 1986 2-Month	30.9°F (-0.6°C)	31.4°F (-0.3°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	37th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1984
				40th Warmest	Warmest since: 1983	1992
	Ties: 1994
Nov 1985–Jan 1986 3-Month	33.0°F (0.6°C)	35.7°F (2.1°C)	-2.7°F (-1.5°C)	17th Coolest	Coolest since: 1984	1977
				60th Warmest	Warmest since: 1985	2002
	Ties: 2014
Oct 1985–Jan 1986 4-Month	39.0°F (3.9°C)	41.0°F (5.0°C)	-2.0°F (-1.1°C)	17th Coolest	Coolest since: 1984	1977
				60th Warmest	Warmest since: 1985	2002
	Ties: 1949, 1960, 1994
Sep 1985–Jan 1986 5-Month	44.6°F (7.0°C)	46.5°F (8.1°C)	-1.9°F (-1.1°C)	16th Coolest	Coolest since: 1984	1977
				61st Warmest	Warmest since: 1985	2022
Aug 1985–Jan 1986 6-Month	49.4°F (9.7°C)	51.8°F (11.0°C)	-2.4°F (-1.3°C)	11th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1977
				66th Warmest	Warmest since: 1985	2022
	Ties: 1993
Jul 1985–Jan 1986 7-Month	53.8°F (12.1°C)	55.8°F (13.2°C)	-2.0°F (-1.1°C)	15th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1977
				61st Warmest	Warmest since: 1985	1955
Jun 1985–Jan 1986 8-Month	56.1°F (13.4°C)	58.1°F (14.5°C)	-2.0°F (-1.1°C)	14th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1977
				62nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1985	1955
May 1985–Jan 1986 9-Month	57.3°F (14.1°C)	58.9°F (14.9°C)	-1.6°F (-0.8°C)	14th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1977
				62nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1985	2013
	Ties: 1974, 1996
Apr 1985–Jan 1986 10-Month	57.5°F (14.2°C)	58.6°F (14.8°C)	-1.1°F (-0.6°C)	24th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1962
				52nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1982	2013
	Ties: 1980, 2014
Mar 1985–Jan 1986 11-Month	56.7°F (13.7°C)	57.3°F (14.1°C)	-0.6°F (-0.4°C)	35th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1962
				41st Warmest	Warmest since: 1982	2013
	Ties: 1965, 1975, 1982
Feb 1985–Jan 1986 12-Month	54.2°F (12.3°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	-1.3°F (-0.8°C)	23rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1983	1979
				53rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1985	2013
	Ties: 1948, 1974
Aug 1984–Jan 1986 18-Month	53.1°F (11.7°C)	54.3°F (12.4°C)	-1.2°F (-0.7°C)	24th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1979
				52nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1984	2013
	Ties: 1973
Feb 1984–Jan 1986 24-Month	54.2°F (12.3°C)	55.4°F (13.0°C)	-1.2°F (-0.7°C)	24th Coolest	Coolest since: 1984	1962
				51st Warmest	Warmest since: 1985	2013
	Ties: 1978
Feb 1983–Jan 1986 36-Month	54.3°F (12.4°C)	55.4°F (13.0°C)	-1.1°F (-0.6°C)	23rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1963
				51st Warmest	Warmest since: 1984	2013
	Ties: 1950, 1978, 1995, 1996
Feb 1982–Jan 1986 48-Month	54.2°F (12.3°C)	55.4°F (13.0°C)	-1.2°F (-0.7°C)	20th Coolest	Coolest since: 1982	1962
				53rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1985	2002, 2019
	Ties: 1968, 1975, 1976
Feb 1981–Jan 1986 60-Month	54.3°F (12.4°C)	55.3°F (12.9°C)	-1.0°F (-0.5°C)	22nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1983	1963
				50th Warmest	Warmest since: 1985	2003
	Ties: 1975, 1976

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: City Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 27, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/