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 July 2022. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
Contiguous U.S.
Average Temperature Rankings, April 2020
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Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Warmest/Coolest Since |
Record |
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April 2020 1-Month |
50.88°F (10.49°C) | 51.05°F (10.58°C) |
-0.17°F (-0.09°C) | 55th Coolest | Coolest since: 2018 | 1920 |
74th Warmest | Warmest since: 2019 | 2006 | ||||
Mar–Apr 2020 2-Month |
48.48°F (9.16°C) | 46.28°F (7.93°C) |
2.20°F (1.23°C) | 108th Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1975 |
21st Warmest | Warmest since: 2017 | 2012 | ||||
Feb–Apr 2020 3-Month |
44.38°F (6.88°C) | 42.12°F (5.62°C) |
2.26°F (1.26°C) | 109th Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1899 |
20th Warmest | Warmest since: 2017 | 2012 | ||||
Jan–Apr 2020 4-Month |
42.17°F (5.65°C) | 39.12°F (3.96°C) |
3.05°F (1.69°C) | 119th Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1912 |
10th Warmest | Warmest since: 2017 | 2012 | ||||
Dec 2019–Apr 2020 5-Month |
41.02°F (5.01°C) | 37.84°F (3.24°C) |
3.18°F (1.77°C) | 122nd Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1979 |
6th Warmest | Warmest since: 2017 | 2012 | ||||
Nov 2019–Apr 2020 6-Month |
41.04°F (5.02°C) | 38.50°F (3.61°C) |
2.54°F (1.41°C) | 120th Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1899 |
8th Warmest | Warmest since: 2017 | 2012 | ||||
Oct 2019–Apr 2020 7-Month |
42.61°F (5.89°C) | 40.73°F (4.85°C) |
1.88°F (1.04°C) | 114th Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1899 |
14th Warmest | Warmest since: 2017 | 2017 | ||||
Sep 2019–Apr 2020 8-Month |
45.84°F (7.69°C) | 43.74°F (6.52°C) |
2.10°F (1.17°C) | 118th Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1899 |
10th Warmest | Warmest since: 2017 | 2016 | ||||
Aug 2019–Apr 2020 9-Month |
48.94°F (9.41°C) | 46.89°F (8.27°C) |
2.05°F (1.14°C) | 119th Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1899 |
9th Warmest | Warmest since: 2017 | 2016 | ||||
Jul 2019–Apr 2020 10-Month |
51.51°F (10.84°C) | 49.57°F (9.76°C) |
1.94°F (1.08°C) | 119th Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1899 |
9th Warmest | Warmest since: 2017 | 2012 | ||||
Ties: 2021 | ||||||
Jun 2019–Apr 2020 11-Month |
53.07°F (11.71°C) | 51.28°F (10.71°C) |
1.79°F (1.00°C) | 117th Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1917 |
11th Warmest | Warmest since: 2017 | 2017 | ||||
May 2019–Apr 2020 12-Month |
53.61°F (12.01°C) | 52.03°F (11.13°C) |
1.58°F (0.88°C) | 116th Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1917 |
12th Warmest | Warmest since: 2017 | 2017 | ||||
Ties: 1992 | ||||||
Nov 2018–Apr 2020 18-Month |
48.68°F (9.27°C) | 47.50°F (8.61°C) |
1.18°F (0.66°C) | 105th Coolest | Coolest since: 2015 | 1913 |
22nd Warmest | Warmest since: 2019 | 2017 | ||||
May 2018–Apr 2020 24-Month |
53.48°F (11.93°C) | 52.01°F (11.12°C) |
1.47°F (0.81°C) | 113th Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1918 |
14th Warmest | Warmest since: 2018 | 2017 | ||||
May 2017–Apr 2020 36-Month |
53.42°F (11.90°C) | 52.00°F (11.11°C) |
1.42°F (0.79°C) | 110th Coolest | Coolest since: 2015 | 1918 |
16th Warmest | Warmest since: 2019 | 2017 | ||||
May 2016–Apr 2020 48-Month |
53.84°F (12.13°C) | 51.99°F (11.11°C) |
1.85°F (1.02°C) | 121st Coolest | Coolest since: 2016 | 1918 |
4th Warmest | Warmest since: 2019 | 2018, 2019 | ||||
May 2015–Apr 2020 60-Month |
54.08°F (12.27°C) | 51.98°F (11.10°C) |
2.10°F (1.17°C) | 123rd Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1920 |
1st Warmest | Warmest to Date | 2020 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, published August 2022, retrieved on August 16, 2022 from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/cag/