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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: Blue Hill Boston Worcester

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Boston, Massachusetts

Average Temperature Rankings, January 1946

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Period	Value	1981-2010 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
January 1946 1-Month	27.5°F (-2.5°C)	29.1°F (-1.6°C)	-1.6°F (-0.9°C)	29th Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1981
				59th Warmest	Warmest since: 1944	2002
	Ties: 1936, 2022
Dec 1945–Jan 1946 2-Month	27.6°F (-2.4°C)	31.8°F (-0.1°C)	-4.2°F (-2.3°C)	12th Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1981
				75th Warmest	Warmest since: 1944	2016
	Ties: 1940
Nov 1945–Jan 1946 3-Month	33.2°F (0.7°C)	36.0°F (2.2°C)	-2.8°F (-1.5°C)	15th Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1977, 1981
				72nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1944	2016
	Ties: 1961
Oct 1945–Jan 1946 4-Month	38.0°F (3.3°C)	40.5°F (4.7°C)	-2.5°F (-1.4°C)	12th Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1977
				75th Warmest	Warmest since: 1944	2002
	Ties: 1970
Sep 1945–Jan 1946 5-Month	43.8°F (6.6°C)	45.4°F (7.4°C)	-1.6°F (-0.8°C)	22nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1977
				65th Warmest	Warmest since: 1942	2012, 2016
	Ties: 1973
Aug 1945–Jan 1946 6-Month	48.3°F (9.1°C)	49.9°F (9.9°C)	-1.6°F (-0.8°C)	18th Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1977
				69th Warmest	Warmest since: 1942	2016
	Ties: 1973, 1979, 1990
Jul 1945–Jan 1946 7-Month	51.7°F (10.9°C)	53.2°F (11.8°C)	-1.5°F (-0.9°C)	16th Coolest	Coolest since: 1943	1977
				71st Warmest	Warmest since: 1945	2012
	Ties: 1987, 1990, 1994, 2001
Jun 1945–Jan 1946 8-Month	53.5°F (11.9°C)	54.9°F (12.7°C)	-1.4°F (-0.8°C)	13th Coolest	Coolest since: 1943	1977
				74th Warmest	Warmest since: 1945	2012
	Ties: 1970, 1987, 1993
May 1945–Jan 1946 9-Month	53.7°F (12.1°C)	55.3°F (12.9°C)	-1.6°F (-0.8°C)	10th Coolest	Coolest since: 1941	1977
				77th Warmest	Warmest since: 1945	2012
	Ties: 1973, 1975
Apr 1945–Jan 1946 10-Month	53.6°F (12.0°C)	54.6°F (12.6°C)	-1.0°F (-0.6°C)	23rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1944	1941, 1968
				64th Warmest	Warmest since: 1945	2012, 2022
	Ties: 1970, 1976
Mar 1945–Jan 1946 11-Month	52.9°F (11.6°C)	53.0°F (11.7°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	47th Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1941
				40th Warmest	Warmest since: 1942	2022
	Ties: 1956, 1964, 1978, 1998, 2010
Feb 1945–Jan 1946 12-Month	51.0°F (10.6°C)	51.3°F (10.7°C)	-0.3°F (-0.1°C)	42nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1968
				45th Warmest	Warmest since: 1942	2022
	Ties: 2001, 2015
Aug 1944–Jan 1946 18-Month	50.0°F (10.0°C)	50.8°F (10.4°C)	-0.8°F (-0.4°C)	31st Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1941
				55th Warmest	Warmest since: 1943	2013
	Ties: 1939, 1973
Feb 1944–Jan 1946 24-Month	50.5°F (10.3°C)	51.3°F (10.7°C)	-0.8°F (-0.4°C)	27th Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1941
				59th Warmest	Warmest since: 1943	2022
	Ties: 1973, 1983
Feb 1943–Jan 1946 36-Month	50.3°F (10.2°C)	51.2°F (10.7°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	18th Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1941, 1970
				67th Warmest	Warmest since: 1944	2013
	Ties: 1966, 1978, 1980
Feb 1942–Jan 1946 48-Month	50.3°F (10.2°C)	51.2°F (10.7°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	18th Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1941
				66th Warmest	Warmest since: 1945	2014
	Ties: 1945, 1964, 1976
Feb 1941–Jan 1946 60-Month	50.5°F (10.3°C)	51.2°F (10.7°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	22nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1941
				61st Warmest	Warmest to Date	2022
	Ties: 1948, 1964, 1978, 1984, 1985, 1990

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: City Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 4, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/