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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

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 1978

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
January 1978 1-Month	30.5°F (-0.8°C)	26.2°F (-3.2°C)	4.3°F (2.4°C)	105th Coolest	Coolest since: 1977	1937, 1949
				24th Warmest	Warmest since: 1967	1953
Dec 1977–Jan 1978 2-Month	30.6°F (-0.8°C)	27.1°F (-2.7°C)	3.5°F (1.9°C)	110th Coolest	Coolest since: 1977	1949
				18th Warmest	Warmest since: 1967	1934
Nov 1977–Jan 1978 3-Month	31.6°F (-0.2°C)	29.6°F (-1.3°C)	2.0°F (1.1°C)	98th Coolest	Coolest since: 1977	1949
				30th Warmest	Warmest since: 1970	1934
Oct 1977–Jan 1978 4-Month	35.2°F (1.8°C)	33.7°F (0.9°C)	1.5°F (0.9°C)	96th Coolest	Coolest since: 1977	1949
				32nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1967	1934
	Ties: 1994, 2011
Sep 1977–Jan 1978 5-Month	39.0°F (3.9°C)	38.1°F (3.4°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	76th Coolest	Coolest since: 1977	1949
				52nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	2015
	Ties: 1919, 1944, 1948, 1970, 2010, 2020
Aug 1977–Jan 1978 6-Month	43.4°F (6.3°C)	42.3°F (5.7°C)	1.1°F (0.6°C)	86th Coolest	Coolest since: 1977	1949
				42nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1975	2015
	Ties: 1939, 2011
Jul 1977–Jan 1978 7-Month	46.2°F (7.9°C)	45.4°F (7.4°C)	0.8°F (0.5°C)	81st Coolest	Coolest since: 1977	1949
				47th Warmest	Warmest since: 1975	2015
	Ties: 1982, 1988
Jun 1977–Jan 1978 8-Month	48.0°F (8.9°C)	46.8°F (8.2°C)	1.2°F (0.7°C)	97th Coolest	Coolest since: 1977	1949
				31st Warmest	Warmest since: 1975	2015, 2022
	Ties: 1905, 1954, 1988, 1998
May 1977–Jan 1978 9-Month	47.8°F (8.8°C)	47.1°F (8.4°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	81st Coolest	Coolest since: 1977	1917
				47th Warmest	Warmest since: 1975	2015
	Ties: 1948, 1954, 1958, 1961
Apr 1977–Jan 1978 10-Month	47.6°F (8.7°C)	46.7°F (8.2°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	91st Coolest	Coolest since: 1977	1917, 1949
				37th Warmest	Warmest since: 1970	2015
	Ties: 1926, 1970, 1992, 2008
Mar 1977–Jan 1978 11-Month	46.4°F (8.0°C)	45.7°F (7.6°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	85th Coolest	Coolest since: 1977	1949
				43rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1975	2016
	Ties: 1905, 1968, 1975, 1982, 1991, 2000
Feb 1977–Jan 1978 12-Month	45.4°F (7.4°C)	44.5°F (6.9°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	92nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1977	1949
				36th Warmest	Warmest since: 1967	2016
Aug 1976–Jan 1978 18-Month	44.3°F (6.8°C)	43.7°F (6.5°C)	0.6°F (0.3°C)	80th Coolest	Coolest since: 1977	1917
				47th Warmest	Warmest since: 1975	2016
	Ties: 1975
Feb 1976–Jan 1978 24-Month	44.6°F (7.0°C)	44.4°F (6.9°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	71st Coolest	Coolest since: 1977	1913, 1950, 1957
				56th Warmest	Warmest since: 1975	2016
	Ties: 1943, 1963, 1971, 1983, 2012
Feb 1975–Jan 1978 36-Month	44.3°F (6.8°C)	44.5°F (6.9°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	48th Coolest	Coolest since: 1977	1914
				78th Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	2017
	Ties: 1903, 1908, 1945, 1946, 1953
Feb 1974–Jan 1978 48-Month	44.5°F (6.9°C)	44.4°F (6.9°C)	0.1°F (0.0°C)	60th Coolest	Coolest since: 1977	1915
				65th Warmest	Warmest since: 1971	2018
	Ties: 1908, 1945, 1954, 1965
Feb 1973–Jan 1978 60-Month	44.6°F (7.0°C)	44.4°F (6.9°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	68th Coolest	Coolest since: 1977	1917
				56th Warmest	Warmest since: 1971	2018, 2019
	Ties: 1927, 1928, 1937, 1969, 1981, 1983

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Regional Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 28, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/