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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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City: Blue Hill Boston Worcester

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Boston, Massachusetts

Average Temperature Rankings, January 1962

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Period	Value	1981-2010 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
January 1962 1-Month	27.8°F (-2.3°C)	29.0°F (-1.7°C)	-1.2°F (-0.6°C)	36th Coolest	Coolest since: 1961	1981
				52nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1960	2002
Dec 1961–Jan 1962 2-Month	29.9°F (-1.2°C)	31.8°F (-0.1°C)	-1.9°F (-1.1°C)	32nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1961	1981
				55th Warmest	Warmest since: 1960	2016
Nov 1961–Jan 1962 3-Month	34.5°F (1.4°C)	36.1°F (2.3°C)	-1.6°F (-0.9°C)	29th Coolest	Coolest since: 1961	1977, 1981
				58th Warmest	Warmest since: 1960	2016
	Ties: 2001
Oct 1961–Jan 1962 4-Month	40.0°F (4.4°C)	40.5°F (4.7°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	36th Coolest	Coolest since: 1961	1977
				51st Warmest	Warmest since: 1960	2002
	Ties: 1985, 1988
Sep 1961–Jan 1962 5-Month	45.7°F (7.6°C)	45.3°F (7.4°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	54th Coolest	Coolest since: 1961	1977
				33rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1960	2012, 2016
	Ties: 1992
Aug 1961–Jan 1962 6-Month	50.1°F (10.1°C)	49.8°F (9.9°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	54th Coolest	Coolest since: 1961	1977
				33rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1960	2016
	Ties: 2015
Jul 1961–Jan 1962 7-Month	53.3°F (11.8°C)	53.2°F (11.8°C)	0.1°F (0.0°C)	50th Coolest	Coolest since: 1961	1977
				37th Warmest	Warmest since: 1960	2012
	Ties: 1942
Jun 1961–Jan 1962 8-Month	55.2°F (12.9°C)	54.9°F (12.7°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	52nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1961	1977
				35th Warmest	Warmest since: 1960	2012
	Ties: 1947
May 1961–Jan 1962 9-Month	55.3°F (12.9°C)	55.2°F (12.9°C)	0.1°F (0.0°C)	50th Coolest	Coolest since: 1961	1977
				37th Warmest	Warmest since: 1960	2012
	Ties: 1980, 1985, 2003
Apr 1961–Jan 1962 10-Month	54.3°F (12.4°C)	54.6°F (12.6°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	40th Coolest	Coolest since: 1961	1941, 1968
				47th Warmest	Warmest since: 1960	2012, 2022
	Ties: 1964, 1985
Mar 1961–Jan 1962 11-Month	52.7°F (11.5°C)	53.1°F (11.7°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	36th Coolest	Coolest since: 1961	1941
				51st Warmest	Warmest since: 1960	2022
	Ties: 1939, 1951, 1997
Feb 1961–Jan 1962 12-Month	50.8°F (10.4°C)	51.2°F (10.7°C)	-0.4°F (-0.3°C)	37th Coolest	Coolest since: 1961	1968
				50th Warmest	Warmest since: 1960	2022
	Ties: 1939
Aug 1960–Jan 1962 18-Month	49.9°F (9.9°C)	50.8°F (10.4°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	27th Coolest	Coolest since: 1959	1941
				59th Warmest	Warmest since: 1961	2013
	Ties: 1980, 1987, 2004
Feb 1960–Jan 1962 24-Month	50.6°F (10.3°C)	51.2°F (10.7°C)	-0.6°F (-0.4°C)	30th Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1941
				56th Warmest	Warmest since: 1961	2022
	Ties: 1949, 1974, 1997
Feb 1959–Jan 1962 36-Month	50.9°F (10.5°C)	51.2°F (10.7°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	40th Coolest	Coolest since: 1961	1941, 1970
				45th Warmest	Warmest since: 1960	2013
	Ties: 1949, 1996, 1998
Feb 1958–Jan 1962 48-Month	50.5°F (10.3°C)	51.2°F (10.7°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	25th Coolest	Coolest since: 1946	1941
				59th Warmest	Warmest since: 1961	2014
	Ties: 1963, 1977, 1988
Feb 1957–Jan 1962 60-Month	50.9°F (10.5°C)	51.1°F (10.6°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	43rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1961	1941
				40th Warmest	Warmest since: 1958	2022
	Ties: 1987, 1994

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/