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Sumter County, Alabama

Average Temperature Rankings, January 1979

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
January 1979 1-Month	37.8°F (3.2°C)	45.8°F (7.7°C)	-8.0°F (-4.5°C)	5th Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1940
				124th Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	1950
	Ties: 1985
Dec 1978–Jan 1979 2-Month	42.2°F (5.7°C)	46.5°F (8.1°C)	-4.3°F (-2.4°C)	12th Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1977
				116th Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	1950
	Ties: 1902
Nov 1978–Jan 1979 3-Month	48.2°F (9.0°C)	49.1°F (9.5°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	44th Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1977
				84th Warmest	Warmest since: 1975	1932
	Ties: 1945, 1990
Oct 1978–Jan 1979 4-Month	51.7°F (10.9°C)	52.9°F (11.6°C)	-1.2°F (-0.7°C)	36th Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1977
				92nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	1932
Sep 1978–Jan 1979 5-Month	56.9°F (13.8°C)	57.5°F (14.2°C)	-0.6°F (-0.4°C)	46th Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1977
				82nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1974	1932
Aug 1978–Jan 1979 6-Month	60.9°F (16.1°C)	61.4°F (16.3°C)	-0.5°F (-0.2°C)	47th Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1977
				81st Warmest	Warmest since: 1974	1932
	Ties: 1930, 1954, 1997, 2018
Jul 1978–Jan 1979 7-Month	63.9°F (17.7°C)	64.2°F (17.9°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	54th Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1977
				74th Warmest	Warmest since: 1974	1932
	Ties: 1931, 2018
Jun 1978–Jan 1979 8-Month	65.8°F (18.8°C)	66.0°F (18.9°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	53rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1977
				75th Warmest	Warmest since: 1974	1932
	Ties: 1948, 1960, 1985, 1992, 2003, 2013
May 1978–Jan 1979 9-Month	66.3°F (19.1°C)	66.6°F (19.2°C)	-0.3°F (-0.1°C)	45th Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1977
				83rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1974	1999
	Ties: 1945, 1948, 1963, 1966, 1971, 2004, 2009
Apr 1978–Jan 1979 10-Month	66.1°F (18.9°C)	66.3°F (19.1°C)	-0.2°F (-0.2°C)	45th Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1977
				83rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	1999, 2017
	Ties: 1941, 1953, 1978, 1983, 2004
Mar 1978–Jan 1979 11-Month	64.8°F (18.2°C)	65.4°F (18.6°C)	-0.6°F (-0.4°C)	31st Coolest	Coolest since: 1977	1977
				97th Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	2017
	Ties: 1905, 1940, 1958, 1975, 1985, 1988, 2001
Feb 1978–Jan 1979 12-Month	62.7°F (17.1°C)	64.0°F (17.8°C)	-1.3°F (-0.7°C)	13th Coolest	Coolest since: 1977	1977
				115th Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	2017
	Ties: 1980
Aug 1977–Jan 1979 18-Month	61.8°F (16.6°C)	63.2°F (17.3°C)	-1.4°F (-0.7°C)	11th Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1969, 1977
				116th Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	2017
	Ties: 1918
Feb 1977–Jan 1979 24-Month	63.3°F (17.4°C)	64.0°F (17.8°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	22nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1970
				105th Warmest	Warmest since: 1975	1923
	Ties: 1902, 1903, 1925, 1995
Feb 1976–Jan 1979 36-Month	62.6°F (17.0°C)	64.1°F (17.8°C)	-1.5°F (-0.8°C)	5th Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1970
				121st Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	2019
	Ties: 1978
Feb 1975–Jan 1979 48-Month	62.7°F (17.1°C)	64.1°F (17.8°C)	-1.4°F (-0.7°C)	6th Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1970
				119th Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	2020
Feb 1974–Jan 1979 60-Month	62.8°F (17.1°C)	64.0°F (17.8°C)	-1.2°F (-0.7°C)	6th Coolest	Coolest since: 1973	1971
				118th Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	2020, 2021
	Ties: 1973

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: County Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 6, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/