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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 1998

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
January 1998 1-Month	31.0°F (-0.6°C)	26.2°F (-3.2°C)	4.8°F (2.6°C)	109th Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1937, 1949
				20th Warmest	Warmest since: 1994	1953
	Ties: 1914
Dec 1997–Jan 1998 2-Month	29.8°F (-1.2°C)	27.1°F (-2.7°C)	2.7°F (1.5°C)	99th Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1949
				29th Warmest	Warmest since: 1994	1934
	Ties: 1900, 1951, 2006
Nov 1997–Jan 1998 3-Month	32.3°F (0.2°C)	29.6°F (-1.3°C)	2.7°F (1.5°C)	108th Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1949
				20th Warmest	Warmest since: 1996	1934
	Ties: 1905
Oct 1997–Jan 1998 4-Month	35.4°F (1.9°C)	33.7°F (0.9°C)	1.7°F (1.0°C)	100th Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1949
				28th Warmest	Warmest since: 1992	1934
	Ties: 1900
Sep 1997–Jan 1998 5-Month	39.9°F (4.4°C)	38.0°F (3.3°C)	1.9°F (1.1°C)	103rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1949
				25th Warmest	Warmest since: 1996	2015
Aug 1997–Jan 1998 6-Month	44.2°F (6.8°C)	42.3°F (5.7°C)	1.9°F (1.1°C)	109th Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1949
				19th Warmest	Warmest since: 1992	2015
	Ties: 1905, 2012, 2013
Jul 1997–Jan 1998 7-Month	46.8°F (8.2°C)	45.4°F (7.4°C)	1.4°F (0.8°C)	101st Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1949
				27th Warmest	Warmest since: 1992	2015
	Ties: 1935, 1941, 1989, 2006, 2012
Jun 1997–Jan 1998 8-Month	48.0°F (8.9°C)	46.8°F (8.2°C)	1.2°F (0.7°C)	97th Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1949
				31st Warmest	Warmest since: 1992	2015, 2022
	Ties: 1905, 1954, 1978, 1988
May 1997–Jan 1998 9-Month	48.7°F (9.3°C)	47.2°F (8.4°C)	1.5°F (0.9°C)	107th Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1917
				21st Warmest	Warmest since: 1967	2015
	Ties: 1953
Apr 1997–Jan 1998 10-Month	47.9°F (8.8°C)	46.7°F (8.2°C)	1.2°F (0.6°C)	99th Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1917, 1949
				29th Warmest	Warmest since: 1995	2015
Mar 1997–Jan 1998 11-Month	46.9°F (8.3°C)	45.7°F (7.6°C)	1.2°F (0.7°C)	98th Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1949
				30th Warmest	Warmest since: 1995	2016
	Ties: 2007
Feb 1997–Jan 1998 12-Month	45.6°F (7.6°C)	44.4°F (6.9°C)	1.2°F (0.7°C)	100th Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1949
				28th Warmest	Warmest since: 1995	2016
	Ties: 1948, 1964, 1967, 1981
Aug 1996–Jan 1998 18-Month	44.6°F (7.0°C)	43.7°F (6.5°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	88th Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1917
				39th Warmest	Warmest since: 1996	2016
	Ties: 1991, 1992, 2020
Feb 1996–Jan 1998 24-Month	45.2°F (7.3°C)	44.4°F (6.9°C)	0.8°F (0.4°C)	88th Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1913, 1950, 1957
				39th Warmest	Warmest since: 1997	2016
	Ties: 1997, 2001
Feb 1995–Jan 1998 36-Month	45.3°F (7.4°C)	44.4°F (6.9°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	95th Coolest	Coolest since: 1996	1914
				31st Warmest	Warmest since: 1997	2017
	Ties: 1927, 1935, 1936, 1943, 1991, 2010
Feb 1994–Jan 1998 48-Month	45.5°F (7.5°C)	44.5°F (6.9°C)	1.0°F (0.6°C)	104th Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1915
				21st Warmest	Warmest since: 1996	2018
	Ties: 1993, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2003, 2009
Feb 1993–Jan 1998 60-Month	45.2°F (7.3°C)	44.4°F (6.9°C)	0.8°F (0.4°C)	91st Coolest	Coolest since: 1990	1917
				33rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1997	2018, 2019
	Ties: 1944

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• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Regional Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 1, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/