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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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Average Temperature Rankings, January 1970

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
January 1970 1-Month	29.1°F (-1.6°C)	26.2°F (-3.2°C)	2.9°F (1.6°C)	87th Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1937, 1949
				42nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1967	1953
	Ties: 1938, 1971
Dec 1969–Jan 1970 2-Month	29.9°F (-1.2°C)	27.1°F (-2.7°C)	2.8°F (1.5°C)	102nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1949
				26th Warmest	Warmest since: 1967	1934
	Ties: 1901, 1926
Nov 1969–Jan 1970 3-Month	31.9°F (-0.1°C)	29.6°F (-1.3°C)	2.3°F (1.2°C)	104th Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1949
				24th Warmest	Warmest since: 1967	1934
	Ties: 1935
Oct 1969–Jan 1970 4-Month	34.4°F (1.3°C)	33.6°F (0.9°C)	0.8°F (0.4°C)	72nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1949
				56th Warmest	Warmest since: 1967	1934
	Ties: 1901, 1926, 1965, 1987
Sep 1969–Jan 1970 5-Month	39.0°F (3.9°C)	38.1°F (3.4°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	76th Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1949
				52nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1968	2015
	Ties: 1919, 1944, 1948, 1978, 2010, 2020
Aug 1969–Jan 1970 6-Month	43.0°F (6.1°C)	42.3°F (5.7°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	79th Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1949
				49th Warmest	Warmest since: 1968	2015
	Ties: 1908, 1945, 1966, 1994
Jul 1969–Jan 1970 7-Month	45.8°F (7.7°C)	45.4°F (7.4°C)	0.4°F (0.3°C)	70th Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1949
				58th Warmest	Warmest since: 1968	2015
	Ties: 1907, 1908, 1944, 1948, 1958
Jun 1969–Jan 1970 8-Month	47.4°F (8.6°C)	46.8°F (8.2°C)	0.6°F (0.4°C)	77th Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1949
				51st Warmest	Warmest since: 1968	2015, 2022
	Ties: 1923, 2011
May 1969–Jan 1970 9-Month	48.1°F (8.9°C)	47.2°F (8.4°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	90th Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1917
				38th Warmest	Warmest since: 1968	2015
	Ties: 1964, 1981, 2009
Apr 1969–Jan 1970 10-Month	47.6°F (8.7°C)	46.7°F (8.2°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	91st Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1917, 1949
				37th Warmest	Warmest since: 1967	2015
	Ties: 1926, 1978, 1992, 2008
Mar 1969–Jan 1970 11-Month	46.3°F (7.9°C)	45.7°F (7.6°C)	0.6°F (0.3°C)	78th Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1949
				50th Warmest	Warmest since: 1968	2016
	Ties: 1901, 1958, 1961, 1964, 1996, 2001
Feb 1969–Jan 1970 12-Month	44.8°F (7.1°C)	44.5°F (6.9°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	70th Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1949
				58th Warmest	Warmest since: 1968	2016
	Ties: 1934, 1961, 1962, 1997, 2009
Aug 1968–Jan 1970 18-Month	43.4°F (6.3°C)	43.7°F (6.5°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	39th Coolest	Coolest since: 1963	1917
				88th Warmest	Warmest since: 1969	2016
	Ties: 1902, 1909, 1931, 1932, 1952, 1958, 1977
Feb 1968–Jan 1970 24-Month	44.5°F (6.9°C)	44.4°F (6.9°C)	0.1°F (0.0°C)	61st Coolest	Coolest since: 1966	1913, 1950, 1957
				66th Warmest	Warmest since: 1969	2016
	Ties: 1902, 1908, 1932, 1955
Feb 1967–Jan 1970 36-Month	44.8°F (7.1°C)	44.4°F (6.9°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	75th Coolest	Coolest since: 1967	1914
				51st Warmest	Warmest since: 1969	2017
	Ties: 1937, 1955, 2012
Feb 1966–Jan 1970 48-Month	45.0°F (7.2°C)	44.4°F (6.9°C)	0.6°F (0.3°C)	86th Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1915
				39th Warmest	Warmest since: 1969	2018
	Ties: 1935, 1938, 1944, 1969, 1983
Feb 1965–Jan 1970 60-Month	44.9°F (7.2°C)	44.4°F (6.9°C)	0.5°F (0.3°C)	83rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1917
				41st Warmest	Warmest since: 1968	2018, 2019
	Ties: 1938, 1945, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1982, 1984

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Regional Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 4, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/