Climate at a Glance

• Global
• National
• Regional
• Statewide
• Divisional
• County
• City

• Mapping
• Time Series
• Rankings
• Haywood Plots
• Data Information
• Background

City Rankings

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

Month: January February March April May June July August September October November December

State: Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Puerto Rico Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington Washington, D.C. West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming

City: Blue Hill Boston Worcester

---

« December 1986

February 1987 »

Boston, Massachusetts

Average Temperature Rankings, January 1987

View Period (Months):All1234567891011121824364860

Download:

• Record Coolest
• Bottom 1/10
• Bottom 1/3
• Normal
• Top 1/3
• Top 1/10
• Record Warmest

Period	Value	1981-2010 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
January 1987 1-Month	28.5°F (-1.9°C)	29.1°F (-1.6°C)	-0.6°F (-0.3°C)	42nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1981
				46th Warmest	Warmest since: 1986	2002
Dec 1986–Jan 1987 2-Month	31.8°F (-0.1°C)	31.8°F (-0.1°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	46th Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1981
				41st Warmest	Warmest since: 1983	2016
Nov 1986–Jan 1987 3-Month	35.1°F (1.7°C)	36.1°F (2.3°C)	-1.0°F (-0.6°C)	38th Coolest	Coolest since: 1984	1977, 1981
				49th Warmest	Warmest since: 1986	2016
Oct 1986–Jan 1987 4-Month	39.7°F (4.3°C)	40.5°F (4.7°C)	-0.8°F (-0.4°C)	31st Coolest	Coolest since: 1984	1977
				56th Warmest	Warmest since: 1986	2002
Sep 1986–Jan 1987 5-Month	44.3°F (6.8°C)	45.4°F (7.4°C)	-1.1°F (-0.6°C)	26th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1977
				61st Warmest	Warmest since: 1986	2012, 2016
	Ties: 1985, 1996, 2001
Aug 1986–Jan 1987 6-Month	48.6°F (9.2°C)	49.8°F (9.9°C)	-1.2°F (-0.7°C)	25th Coolest	Coolest since: 1982	1977
				62nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1986	2016
	Ties: 1978, 2001
Jul 1986–Jan 1987 7-Month	51.7°F (10.9°C)	53.2°F (11.8°C)	-1.5°F (-0.9°C)	16th Coolest	Coolest since: 1982	1977
				71st Warmest	Warmest since: 1986	2012
	Ties: 1946, 1990, 1994, 2001
Jun 1986–Jan 1987 8-Month	53.5°F (11.9°C)	55.0°F (12.8°C)	-1.5°F (-0.9°C)	13th Coolest	Coolest since: 1982	1977
				74th Warmest	Warmest since: 1986	2012
	Ties: 1946, 1970, 1993
May 1986–Jan 1987 9-Month	54.0°F (12.2°C)	55.3°F (12.9°C)	-1.3°F (-0.7°C)	16th Coolest	Coolest since: 1982	1977
				71st Warmest	Warmest since: 1986	2012
	Ties: 1970
Apr 1986–Jan 1987 10-Month	53.4°F (11.9°C)	54.6°F (12.6°C)	-1.2°F (-0.7°C)	16th Coolest	Coolest since: 1982	1941, 1968
				71st Warmest	Warmest since: 1986	2012, 2022
	Ties: 1948, 1990, 2001
Mar 1986–Jan 1987 11-Month	52.2°F (11.2°C)	53.1°F (11.7°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	25th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1941
				62nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1986	2022
	Ties: 1985, 2004
Feb 1986–Jan 1987 12-Month	50.2°F (10.1°C)	51.3°F (10.7°C)	-1.1°F (-0.6°C)	24th Coolest	Coolest since: 1981	1968
				63rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1986	2022
	Ties: 1937, 1943, 1969
Aug 1985–Jan 1987 18-Month	49.9°F (9.9°C)	50.8°F (10.4°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	27th Coolest	Coolest since: 1983	1941
				59th Warmest	Warmest since: 1986	2013
	Ties: 1962, 1980, 2004
Feb 1985–Jan 1987 24-Month	50.7°F (10.4°C)	51.3°F (10.7°C)	-0.6°F (-0.3°C)	34th Coolest	Coolest since: 1983	1941
				52nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1986	2022
	Ties: 1943, 1989, 1990
Feb 1984–Jan 1987 36-Month	50.8°F (10.4°C)	51.3°F (10.7°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	35th Coolest	Coolest since: 1983	1941, 1970
				50th Warmest	Warmest since: 1986	2013
	Ties: 1947, 1948, 1972, 1994
Feb 1983–Jan 1987 48-Month	51.0°F (10.6°C)	51.2°F (10.7°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	45th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1941
				39th Warmest	Warmest since: 1986	2014
	Ties: 1957, 1961, 1985
Feb 1982–Jan 1987 60-Month	50.9°F (10.5°C)	51.1°F (10.6°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	43rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1941
				40th Warmest	Warmest since: 1986	2022
	Ties: 1962, 1994

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: City Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 29, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/