Climate at a Glance
National 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 May 2022. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
Contiguous U.S.
Average Temperature Rankings, January 1986
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Warmest/Coolest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
January 1986 1-Month |
34.68°F (1.49°C) | 30.12°F (-1.04°C) |
4.56°F (2.53°C) | 121st Coolest | Coolest since: 1985 | 1979 |
| 8th Warmest | Warmest since: 1953 | 2006 | ||||
|
Dec 1985–Jan 1986 2-Month |
31.74°F (-0.14°C) | 31.42°F (-0.32°C) |
0.32°F (0.18°C) | 63rd Coolest | Coolest since: 1985 | 1979 |
| 65th Warmest | Warmest since: 1983 | 2020 | ||||
|
Nov 1985–Jan 1986 3-Month |
34.33°F (1.29°C) | 34.86°F (1.59°C) |
-0.53°F (-0.30°C) | 39th Coolest | Coolest since: 1985 | 1977 |
| 89th Warmest | Warmest since: 1983 | 2002 | ||||
|
Oct 1985–Jan 1986 4-Month |
39.32°F (4.07°C) | 39.67°F (4.26°C) |
-0.35°F (-0.19°C) | 44th Coolest | Coolest since: 1985 | 1977 |
| 84th Warmest | Warmest since: 1983 | 2016 | ||||
|
Sep 1985–Jan 1986 5-Month |
44.01°F (6.67°C) | 44.72°F (7.07°C) |
-0.71°F (-0.40°C) | 29th Coolest | Coolest since: 1985 | 1977 |
| 99th Warmest | Warmest since: 1983 | 2016 | ||||
|
Aug 1985–Jan 1986 6-Month |
48.51°F (9.17°C) | 49.28°F (9.60°C) |
-0.77°F (-0.43°C) | 22nd Coolest | Coolest since: 1979 | 1977 |
| 106th Warmest | Warmest since: 1985 | 2022 | ||||
|
Jul 1985–Jan 1986 7-Month |
52.16°F (11.20°C) | 52.75°F (11.53°C) |
-0.59°F (-0.33°C) | 28th Coolest | Coolest since: 1979 | 1977 |
| 100th Warmest | Warmest since: 1985 | 2022 | ||||
|
Jun 1985–Jan 1986 8-Month |
54.15°F (12.31°C) | 54.72°F (12.62°C) |
-0.57°F (-0.31°C) | 28th Coolest | Coolest since: 1979 | 1977 |
| 100th Warmest | Warmest since: 1985 | 2022 | ||||
|
May 1985–Jan 1986 9-Month |
55.03°F (12.79°C) | 55.33°F (12.96°C) |
-0.30°F (-0.17°C) | 40th Coolest | Coolest since: 1985 | 1977 |
| 88th Warmest | Warmest since: 1983 | 2022 | ||||
|
Apr 1985–Jan 1986 10-Month |
54.97°F (12.76°C) | 54.90°F (12.72°C) |
0.07°F (0.04°C) | 59th Coolest | Coolest since: 1985 | 1918 |
| 69th Warmest | Warmest since: 1982 | 2022 | ||||
| Ties: 1958 | ||||||
|
Mar 1985–Jan 1986 11-Month |
53.92°F (12.18°C) | 53.68°F (12.04°C) |
0.24°F (0.14°C) | 71st Coolest | Coolest since: 1985 | 1918 |
| 57th Warmest | Warmest since: 1982 | 2013 | ||||
| Ties: 1926, 1931 | ||||||
|
Feb 1985–Jan 1986 12-Month |
52.00°F (11.11°C) | 52.01°F (11.12°C) |
-0.01°F (-0.01°C) | 59th Coolest | Coolest since: 1985 | 1918 |
| 69th Warmest | Warmest since: 1982 | 2017 | ||||
|
Aug 1984–Jan 1986 18-Month |
50.90°F (10.50°C) | 51.09°F (10.61°C) |
-0.19°F (-0.11°C) | 46th Coolest | Coolest since: 1985 | 1918 |
| 81st Warmest | Warmest since: 1984 | 2017 | ||||
|
Feb 1984–Jan 1986 24-Month |
51.88°F (11.04°C) | 52.00°F (11.11°C) |
-0.12°F (-0.07°C) | 51st Coolest | Coolest since: 1985 | 1918 |
| 76th Warmest | Warmest since: 1983 | 2018 | ||||
| Ties: 1951 | ||||||
|
Feb 1983–Jan 1986 36-Month |
51.76°F (10.98°C) | 51.99°F (11.11°C) |
-0.23°F (-0.13°C) | 41st Coolest | Coolest since: 1985 | 1918 |
| 85th Warmest | Warmest since: 1984 | 2018 | ||||
| Ties: 1901, 1953 | ||||||
|
Feb 1982–Jan 1986 48-Month |
51.80°F (11.00°C) | 51.98°F (11.10°C) |
-0.18°F (-0.10°C) | 38th Coolest | Coolest since: 1980 | 1918 |
| 87th Warmest | Warmest since: 1985 | 2019 | ||||
|
Feb 1981–Jan 1986 60-Month |
51.96°F (11.09°C) | 51.97°F (11.09°C) |
-0.01°F (0.00°C) | 56th Coolest | Coolest since: 1983 | 1918 |
| 68th Warmest | Warmest since: 1985 | 2020, 2021 | ||||
| Ties: 1951 | ||||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, published June 2022, retrieved on June 29, 2022 from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/cag/