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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

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Southeast Climate Region

Average Temperature Rankings, January 1978

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
January 1978 1-Month	38.1°F (3.4°C)	45.4°F (7.4°C)	-7.3°F (-4.0°C)	4th Coolest	Coolest since: 1977	1940
				125th Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	1950
Dec 1977–Jan 1978 2-Month	41.8°F (5.4°C)	46.1°F (7.8°C)	-4.3°F (-2.4°C)	10th Coolest	Coolest since: 1977	1918
				118th Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	1932
Nov 1977–Jan 1978 3-Month	46.6°F (8.1°C)	48.7°F (9.3°C)	-2.1°F (-1.2°C)	24th Coolest	Coolest since: 1977	1918
				104th Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	1932
	Ties: 1911, 1915, 1945, 1984
Oct 1977–Jan 1978 4-Month	50.1°F (10.1°C)	52.5°F (11.4°C)	-2.4°F (-1.3°C)	11th Coolest	Coolest since: 1977	1977
				117th Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	1932
	Ties: 1963, 1964, 2011
Sep 1977–Jan 1978 5-Month	55.1°F (12.8°C)	56.7°F (13.7°C)	-1.6°F (-0.9°C)	18th Coolest	Coolest since: 1977	1977
				110th Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	1932
	Ties: 1915, 1944, 1961
Aug 1977–Jan 1978 6-Month	59.0°F (15.0°C)	60.2°F (15.7°C)	-1.2°F (-0.7°C)	17th Coolest	Coolest since: 1977	1977
				111th Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	1932
	Ties: 1936, 1945, 1958, 1961, 1969
Jul 1977–Jan 1978 7-Month	62.1°F (16.7°C)	62.9°F (17.2°C)	-0.8°F (-0.5°C)	24th Coolest	Coolest since: 1977	1977
				104th Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	1932
	Ties: 1966
Jun 1977–Jan 1978 8-Month	63.9°F (17.7°C)	64.6°F (18.1°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	28th Coolest	Coolest since: 1977	1977
				100th Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	1932
	Ties: 1945, 1948, 1981
May 1977–Jan 1978 9-Month	64.7°F (18.2°C)	65.2°F (18.4°C)	-0.5°F (-0.2°C)	35th Coolest	Coolest since: 1977	1977
				93rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	1932, 2017
	Ties: 1930, 1946, 1980, 1990, 2014
Apr 1977–Jan 1978 10-Month	64.6°F (18.1°C)	64.8°F (18.2°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	45th Coolest	Coolest since: 1977	1977
				83rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1974	2017, 2020
	Ties: 1899, 1914, 1915, 1924, 1944, 1948, 1980, 1988, 1996
Mar 1977–Jan 1978 11-Month	64.0°F (17.8°C)	63.9°F (17.7°C)	0.1°F (0.1°C)	61st Coolest	Coolest since: 1977	1918, 1977
				67th Warmest	Warmest since: 1974	2017
	Ties: 1899, 1953, 1955, 2009
Feb 1977–Jan 1978 12-Month	62.4°F (16.9°C)	62.5°F (16.9°C)	-0.1°F (0.0°C)	47th Coolest	Coolest since: 1977	1918
				81st Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	2017, 2020
	Ties: 1899, 1935, 1975, 1976, 1989, 1990, 1993
Aug 1976–Jan 1978 18-Month	60.0°F (15.6°C)	61.7°F (16.5°C)	-1.7°F (-0.9°C)	1st Coolest	Coolest since: 1905	1905, 1978
				126th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2017
	Ties: 1905
Feb 1976–Jan 1978 24-Month	61.4°F (16.3°C)	62.5°F (16.9°C)	-1.1°F (-0.6°C)	6th Coolest	Coolest since: 1977	1970
				121st Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2020
	Ties: 1977
Feb 1975–Jan 1978 36-Month	61.7°F (16.5°C)	62.5°F (16.9°C)	-0.8°F (-0.4°C)	9th Coolest	Coolest since: 1977	1970
				117th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2021
	Ties: 1905, 1906, 1961, 1964, 1965, 1977, 1982
Feb 1974–Jan 1978 48-Month	61.9°F (16.6°C)	62.5°F (16.9°C)	-0.6°F (-0.3°C)	17th Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1970
				108th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2020
	Ties: 1906, 1961, 1963, 1981, 1984
Feb 1973–Jan 1978 60-Month	62.2°F (16.8°C)	62.4°F (16.9°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	28th Coolest	Coolest since: 1977	1970
				96th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2020, 2021
	Ties: 1903, 1961, 1977

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Regional Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 2, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/