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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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Pacific Northwest Basin

Average Temperature Rankings, January 2003

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
January 2003 1-Month	34.8°F (1.6°C)	26.2°F (-3.2°C)	8.6°F (4.8°C)	127th Coolest	Coolest since: 2002	1937, 1949
				2nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1953	1953
Dec 2002–Jan 2003 2-Month	33.6°F (0.9°C)	27.2°F (-2.7°C)	6.4°F (3.6°C)	126th Coolest	Coolest since: 2002	1949
				2nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1934	1934
Nov 2002–Jan 2003 3-Month	34.7°F (1.5°C)	29.7°F (-1.3°C)	5.0°F (2.8°C)	125th Coolest	Coolest since: 2002	1949
				3rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1934	1934
Oct 2002–Jan 2003 4-Month	36.9°F (2.7°C)	33.7°F (0.9°C)	3.2°F (1.8°C)	122nd Coolest	Coolest since: 2002	1949
				6th Warmest	Warmest since: 2000	1934
Sep 2002–Jan 2003 5-Month	40.9°F (4.9°C)	38.1°F (3.4°C)	2.8°F (1.5°C)	122nd Coolest	Coolest since: 2002	1949
				6th Warmest	Warmest since: 1981	2015
	Ties: 1967, 1981
Aug 2002–Jan 2003 6-Month	44.4°F (6.9°C)	42.2°F (5.7°C)	2.2°F (1.2°C)	113th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1949
				15th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2015
	Ties: 1938, 1954
Jul 2002–Jan 2003 7-Month	47.7°F (8.7°C)	45.4°F (7.4°C)	2.3°F (1.3°C)	120th Coolest	Coolest since: 2002	1949
				8th Warmest	Warmest since: 1999	2015
	Ties: 1959
Jun 2002–Jan 2003 8-Month	49.1°F (9.5°C)	46.8°F (8.2°C)	2.3°F (1.3°C)	120th Coolest	Coolest since: 2002	1949
				8th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2015, 2022
	Ties: 2004
May 2002–Jan 2003 9-Month	49.1°F (9.5°C)	47.1°F (8.4°C)	2.0°F (1.1°C)	119th Coolest	Coolest since: 2002	1917
				9th Warmest	Warmest since: 1999	2015
	Ties: 1941, 1999
Apr 2002–Jan 2003 10-Month	48.5°F (9.2°C)	46.7°F (8.2°C)	1.8°F (1.0°C)	116th Coolest	Coolest since: 2002	1917, 1949
				12th Warmest	Warmest since: 1999	2015
	Ties: 1988, 1999, 2004
Mar 2002–Jan 2003 11-Month	47.1°F (8.4°C)	45.7°F (7.6°C)	1.4°F (0.8°C)	107th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1949
				21st Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2016
	Ties: 1938, 1993
Feb 2002–Jan 2003 12-Month	45.7°F (7.6°C)	44.4°F (6.9°C)	1.3°F (0.7°C)	102nd Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1949
				26th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2016
	Ties: 1926
Aug 2001–Jan 2003 18-Month	45.3°F (7.4°C)	43.7°F (6.5°C)	1.6°F (0.9°C)	112th Coolest	Coolest since: 2002	1917
				15th Warmest	Warmest since: 1999	2016
	Ties: 2013, 2018
Feb 2001–Jan 2003 24-Month	45.8°F (7.7°C)	44.5°F (6.9°C)	1.3°F (0.8°C)	108th Coolest	Coolest since: 2002	1913, 1950, 1957
				19th Warmest	Warmest since: 1999	2016
	Ties: 1927
Feb 2000–Jan 2003 36-Month	45.6°F (7.6°C)	44.4°F (6.9°C)	1.2°F (0.7°C)	106th Coolest	Coolest since: 2002	1914
				20th Warmest	Warmest since: 2001	2017
	Ties: 1999, 2001
Feb 1999–Jan 2003 48-Month	45.5°F (7.5°C)	44.4°F (6.9°C)	1.1°F (0.6°C)	104th Coolest	Coolest since: 2000	1915
				21st Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2018
	Ties: 1993, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2009
Feb 1998–Jan 2003 60-Month	45.6°F (7.6°C)	44.4°F (6.9°C)	1.2°F (0.7°C)	110th Coolest	Coolest since: 2002	1917
				14th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2018, 2019
	Ties: 1942, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1999, 2002, 2004

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Regional Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 27, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/