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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

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Minimum Temperature Rankings, April 1898

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
April 1898 1-Month	38.05°F (3.36°C)	38.61°F (3.67°C)	-0.56°F (-0.31°C)	42nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1898	1920
				87th Warmest	Warmest since: 1897	1981
Mar–Apr 1898 2-Month	33.90°F (1.06°C)	34.30°F (1.28°C)	-0.40°F (-0.22°C)	46th Coolest	Coolest since: 1897	1950
				83rd Warmest	Warmest to Date	2012
	Ties: 1959
Feb–Apr 1898 3-Month	30.59°F (-0.78°C)	30.47°F (-0.85°C)	0.12°F (0.07°C)	68th Coolest	Coolest since: 1897	1899
				61st Warmest	Warmest to Date	2012
Jan–Apr 1898 4-Month	28.08°F (-2.18°C)	27.79°F (-2.34°C)	0.29°F (0.16°C)	71st Coolest	Coolest since: 1897	1912
				58th Warmest	Warmest to Date	2012
	Ties: 1952
Dec 1897–Apr 1898 5-Month	26.64°F (-2.98°C)	26.76°F (-2.91°C)	-0.12°F (-0.07°C)	53rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1898	1899
				75th Warmest	Warmest since: 1897	2012
Nov 1897–Apr 1898 6-Month	27.12°F (-2.71°C)	27.42°F (-2.54°C)	-0.30°F (-0.17°C)	47th Coolest	Coolest since: 1896	1899
				81st Warmest	Warmest since: 1897	2017
	Ties: 1939, 2001
Oct 1897–Apr 1898 7-Month	29.32°F (-1.49°C)	29.43°F (-1.43°C)	-0.11°F (-0.06°C)	56th Coolest	Coolest since: 1897	1899
				72nd Warmest	Warmest to Date	2017
Sep 1897–Apr 1898 8-Month	32.25°F (0.14°C)	32.24°F (0.13°C)	0.01°F (0.01°C)	61st Coolest	Coolest since: 1897	1917
				67th Warmest	Warmest to Date	2016
	Ties: 1940
Aug 1897–Apr 1898 9-Month	35.13°F (1.74°C)	35.21°F (1.78°C)	-0.08°F (-0.04°C)	57th Coolest	Coolest since: 1897	1917
				71st Warmest	Warmest to Date	2017
Jul 1897–Apr 1898 10-Month	37.65°F (3.14°C)	37.75°F (3.19°C)	-0.10°F (-0.05°C)	54th Coolest	Coolest since: 1897	1917
				74th Warmest	Warmest to Date	2017
	Ties: 1978
Jun 1897–Apr 1898 11-Month	39.25°F (4.03°C)	39.37°F (4.09°C)	-0.12°F (-0.06°C)	49th Coolest	Coolest since: 1897	1917
				79th Warmest	Warmest to Date	2017
	Ties: 1902
May 1897–Apr 1898 12-Month	39.96°F (4.42°C)	40.04°F (4.47°C)	-0.08°F (-0.05°C)	52nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1896	1917
				76th Warmest	Warmest since: 1897	2016
	Ties: 1955
Nov 1896–Apr 1898 18-Month	35.68°F (2.04°C)	35.82°F (2.12°C)	-0.14°F (-0.08°C)	48th Coolest	Coolest since: 1897	1918
				79th Warmest	Warmest to Date	2017
	Ties: 1923
May 1896–Apr 1898 24-Month	39.99°F (4.44°C)	40.04°F (4.47°C)	-0.05°F (-0.03°C)	55th Coolest	Coolest since: 1897	1918
				72nd Warmest	Warmest to Date	2017
May 1895–Apr 1898 36-Month	39.71°F (4.28°C)	40.02°F (4.46°C)	-0.31°F (-0.18°C)	30th Coolest	Coolest since: 1898	1918
				96th Warmest	Warmest to Date	2017
	Ties: 1950, 1980

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, Minimum Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 3, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/