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Average Temperature Rankings, January 2020

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Period Value 1901-2000
Mean		 Anomaly Rank
(1895-2022)		 Warmest/Coolest
Since		 Record
January 2020
1-Month 		35.55°F
(1.97°C)		 30.12°F
(-1.04°C)		 5.43°F
(3.01°C)		 124th Coolest
Coolest since:
 1979
5th Warmest
Warmest since:
 2006
Dec 2019–Jan 2020
2-Month 		35.99°F
(2.22°C)		 31.43°F
(-0.32°C)		 4.56°F
(2.54°C)		 127th Coolest
Coolest since:
 1979
1st Warmest
Warmest to Date
 2020
Nov 2019–Jan 2020
3-Month 		37.70°F
(3.17°C)		 34.87°F
(1.59°C)		 2.83°F
(1.58°C)		 117th Coolest
Coolest since:
 1977
11th Warmest
Warmest since:
 2002
Oct 2019–Jan 2020
4-Month 		41.28°F
(5.16°C)		 39.67°F
(4.26°C)		 1.61°F
(0.90°C)		 110th Coolest
Coolest since:
 1977
18th Warmest
Warmest since:
 2016
Sep 2019–Jan 2020
5-Month 		46.71°F
(8.17°C)		 44.71°F
(7.06°C)		 2.00°F
(1.11°C)		 116th Coolest
Coolest since:
 1977
12th Warmest
Warmest since:
 2016
Aug 2019–Jan 2020
6-Month 		51.22°F
(10.68°C)		 49.28°F
(9.60°C)		 1.94°F
(1.08°C)		 117th Coolest
Coolest since:
 1977
11th Warmest
Warmest since:
 2022
Jul 2019–Jan 2020
7-Month 		54.56°F
(12.53°C)		 52.75°F
(11.53°C)		 1.81°F
(1.00°C)		 115th Coolest
Coolest since:
 1977
13th Warmest
Warmest since:
 2022
Jun 2019–Jan 2020
8-Month 		56.33°F
(13.52°C)		 54.72°F
(12.62°C)		 1.61°F
(0.90°C)		 114th Coolest
Coolest since:
 1977
14th Warmest
Warmest since:
 2022
May 2019–Jan 2020
9-Month 		56.68°F
(13.71°C)		 55.33°F
(12.96°C)		 1.35°F
(0.75°C)		 110th Coolest
Coolest since:
 1977
18th Warmest
Warmest since:
 2022
Apr 2019–Jan 2020
10-Month 		56.30°F
(13.50°C)		 54.90°F
(12.72°C)		 1.40°F
(0.78°C)		 111th Coolest
Coolest since:
 1918
17th Warmest
Warmest since:
 2022
Mar 2019–Jan 2020
11-Month 		54.84°F
(12.69°C)		 53.67°F
(12.04°C)		 1.17°F
(0.65°C)		 106th Coolest
Coolest since:
 1918
22nd Warmest
Warmest since:
 2013
Feb 2019–Jan 2020
12-Month 		52.92°F
(11.62°C)		 52.01°F
(11.12°C)		 0.91°F
(0.50°C)		 96th Coolest
Coolest since:
 1918
32nd Warmest
Warmest since:
 2017
Aug 2018–Jan 2020
18-Month 		52.11°F
(11.17°C)		 51.10°F
(10.61°C)		 1.01°F
(0.56°C)		 105th Coolest
Coolest since:
 1918
22nd Warmest
Warmest since:
 2017
Ties: 2004
Feb 2018–Jan 2020
24-Month 		53.24°F
(11.80°C)		 52.00°F
(11.11°C)		 1.24°F
(0.69°C)		 108th Coolest
Coolest since:
 1918
19th Warmest
Warmest since:
 2018
Feb 2017–Jan 2020
36-Month 		53.64°F
(12.02°C)		 51.99°F
(11.11°C)		 1.65°F
(0.91°C)		 116th Coolest
Coolest since:
 1918
10th Warmest
Warmest since:
 2018
Feb 2016–Jan 2020
48-Month 		53.98°F
(12.21°C)		 51.98°F
(11.10°C)		 2.00°F
(1.11°C)		 122nd Coolest
Coolest since:
 1918
3rd Warmest
Warmest since:
 2019
Feb 2015–Jan 2020
60-Month 		54.05°F
(12.25°C)		 51.97°F
(11.09°C)		 2.08°F
(1.16°C)		 123rd Coolest
Coolest since:
 1918
1st Warmest
Warmest to Date
 2020, 2021
Ties: 2021

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