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 August 2022. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
Contiguous U.S.
Minimum 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 |
26.02°F (-3.32°C) | 19.75°F (-6.81°C) |
6.27°F (3.49°C) | 127th Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1977 |
| 2nd Warmest | Warmest since: 2006 | 2006 | ||||
|
Dec 2019–Jan 2020 2-Month |
26.40°F (-3.11°C) | 21.20°F (-6.00°C) |
5.20°F (2.89°C) | 127th Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1977 |
| 1st Warmest | Warmest to Date | 2020 | ||||
|
Nov 2019–Jan 2020 3-Month |
27.56°F (-2.47°C) | 24.37°F (-4.24°C) |
3.19°F (1.77°C) | 117th Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1977 |
| 11th Warmest | Warmest since: 2017 | 2016 | ||||
|
Oct 2019–Jan 2020 4-Month |
30.64°F (-0.76°C) | 28.63°F (-1.87°C) |
2.01°F (1.11°C) | 111th Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1977 |
| 17th Warmest | Warmest since: 2017 | 2016 | ||||
|
Sep 2019–Jan 2020 5-Month |
35.77°F (2.09°C) | 33.29°F (0.72°C) |
2.48°F (1.37°C) | 118th Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1977 |
| 10th Warmest | Warmest since: 2017 | 2016 | ||||
|
Aug 2019–Jan 2020 6-Month |
39.99°F (4.44°C) | 37.58°F (3.10°C) |
2.41°F (1.34°C) | 120th Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1977 |
| 8th Warmest | Warmest since: 2017 | 2016 | ||||
|
Jul 2019–Jan 2020 7-Month |
43.15°F (6.19°C) | 40.86°F (4.92°C) |
2.29°F (1.27°C) | 119th Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1977 |
| 9th Warmest | Warmest since: 2017 | 2016 | ||||
|
Jun 2019–Jan 2020 8-Month |
44.79°F (7.11°C) | 42.71°F (5.95°C) |
2.08°F (1.16°C) | 118th Coolest | Coolest since: 2018 | 1977 |
| 10th Warmest | Warmest since: 2019 | 2016 | ||||
|
May 2019–Jan 2020 9-Month |
45.16°F (7.31°C) | 43.23°F (6.24°C) |
1.93°F (1.07°C) | 119th Coolest | Coolest since: 2018 | 1977 |
| 9th Warmest | Warmest since: 2019 | 2016 | ||||
| Ties: 2012 | ||||||
|
Apr 2019–Jan 2020 10-Month |
44.72°F (7.07°C) | 42.77°F (5.98°C) |
1.95°F (1.09°C) | 120th Coolest | Coolest since: 2018 | 1918 |
| 8th Warmest | Warmest since: 2019 | 2016 | ||||
| Ties: 2006 | ||||||
|
Mar 2019–Jan 2020 11-Month |
43.31°F (6.28°C) | 41.60°F (5.33°C) |
1.71°F (0.95°C) | 114th Coolest | Coolest since: 2015 | 1918 |
| 14th Warmest | Warmest since: 2019 | 2017 | ||||
|
Feb 2019–Jan 2020 12-Month |
41.53°F (5.29°C) | 40.03°F (4.46°C) |
1.50°F (0.83°C) | 112th Coolest | Coolest since: 2015 | 1918 |
| 16th Warmest | Warmest since: 2019 | 2017 | ||||
| Ties: 2000 | ||||||
|
Aug 2018–Jan 2020 18-Month |
40.95°F (4.97°C) | 39.21°F (4.01°C) |
1.74°F (0.96°C) | 114th Coolest | Coolest since: 2015 | 1918 |
| 13th Warmest | Warmest since: 2019 | 2017 | ||||
|
Feb 2018–Jan 2020 24-Month |
41.81°F (5.45°C) | 40.02°F (4.46°C) |
1.79°F (0.99°C) | 115th Coolest | Coolest since: 2015 | 1918 |
| 12th Warmest | Warmest since: 2019 | 2017 | ||||
|
Feb 2017–Jan 2020 36-Month |
42.03°F (5.57°C) | 40.01°F (4.45°C) |
2.02°F (1.12°C) | 122nd Coolest | Coolest since: 2016 | 1918 |
| 4th Warmest | Warmest since: 2019 | 2018 | ||||
|
Feb 2016–Jan 2020 48-Month |
42.34°F (5.74°C) | 40.00°F (4.44°C) |
2.34°F (1.30°C) | 122nd Coolest | Coolest since: 2017 | 1918 |
| 3rd Warmest | Warmest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
|
Feb 2015–Jan 2020 60-Month |
42.41°F (5.78°C) | 39.99°F (4.44°C) |
2.42°F (1.34°C) | 123rd Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1918 |
| 1st Warmest | Warmest to Date | 2020 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, Minimum Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 26, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/