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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 1986

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Period	Value	1981-2010 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
January 1986 1-Month	30.9°F (-0.6°C)	29.0°F (-1.7°C)	1.9°F (1.1°C)	60th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1981
				28th Warmest	Warmest since: 1979	2002
Dec 1985–Jan 1986 2-Month	30.9°F (-0.6°C)	31.8°F (-0.1°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	39th Coolest	Coolest since: 1984	1981
				48th Warmest	Warmest since: 1985	2016
Nov 1985–Jan 1986 3-Month	35.6°F (2.0°C)	36.1°F (2.3°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	43rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1984	1977, 1981
				44th Warmest	Warmest since: 1985	2016
	Ties: 2005
Oct 1985–Jan 1986 4-Month	40.4°F (4.7°C)	40.5°F (4.7°C)	-0.1°F (0.0°C)	47th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1977
				40th Warmest	Warmest since: 1983	2002
	Ties: 1939, 1952
Sep 1985–Jan 1986 5-Month	45.3°F (7.4°C)	45.4°F (7.4°C)	-0.1°F (0.0°C)	47th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1977
				40th Warmest	Warmest since: 1984	2012, 2016
	Ties: 1980, 2010
Aug 1985–Jan 1986 6-Month	49.4°F (9.7°C)	49.8°F (9.9°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	40th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1977
				47th Warmest	Warmest since: 1984	2016
Jul 1985–Jan 1986 7-Month	52.8°F (11.6°C)	53.2°F (11.8°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	40th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1977
				47th Warmest	Warmest since: 1985	2012
	Ties: 1985, 2005
Jun 1985–Jan 1986 8-Month	54.2°F (12.3°C)	54.9°F (12.7°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	29th Coolest	Coolest since: 1982	1977
				58th Warmest	Warmest since: 1985	2012
	Ties: 1937, 1955, 1956, 1969, 1976
May 1985–Jan 1986 9-Month	54.7°F (12.6°C)	55.3°F (12.9°C)	-0.6°F (-0.3°C)	31st Coolest	Coolest since: 1983	1977
				56th Warmest	Warmest since: 1985	2012
	Ties: 1939, 1945, 1976, 1983, 2004
Apr 1985–Jan 1986 10-Month	54.1°F (12.3°C)	54.5°F (12.5°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	37th Coolest	Coolest since: 1983	1941, 1968
				50th Warmest	Warmest since: 1985	2012, 2022
	Ties: 1939, 1966
Mar 1985–Jan 1986 11-Month	52.8°F (11.6°C)	53.0°F (11.7°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	40th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1941
				47th Warmest	Warmest since: 1984	2022
	Ties: 1937
Feb 1985–Jan 1986 12-Month	51.1°F (10.6°C)	51.2°F (10.7°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	47th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1968
				40th Warmest	Warmest since: 1984	2022
	Ties: 1955, 1956
Aug 1984–Jan 1986 18-Month	50.5°F (10.3°C)	50.8°F (10.4°C)	-0.3°F (-0.1°C)	45th Coolest	Coolest since: 1983	1941
				41st Warmest	Warmest since: 1985	2013
	Ties: 1947, 1956, 2015
Feb 1984–Jan 1986 24-Month	51.0°F (10.6°C)	51.2°F (10.7°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	43rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1983	1941
				43rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1985	2022
	Ties: 1959, 1961, 1975, 1991
Feb 1983–Jan 1986 36-Month	51.3°F (10.7°C)	51.2°F (10.7°C)	0.1°F (0.0°C)	53rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1941, 1970
				32nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1956	2013
Feb 1982–Jan 1986 48-Month	51.1°F (10.6°C)	51.2°F (10.7°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	49th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1941
				35th Warmest	Warmest since: 1958	2014
	Ties: 1958, 1993, 1994
Feb 1981–Jan 1986 60-Month	51.0°F (10.6°C)	51.2°F (10.7°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	46th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1941
				37th Warmest	Warmest since: 1958	2022
	Ties: 1996, 1998

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: City Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 30, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/