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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 1956

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
January 1956 1-Month	34.5°F (1.4°C)	28.3°F (-2.1°C)	6.2°F (3.5°C)	120th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1937
				9th Warmest	Warmest since: 1953	2003
Dec 1955–Jan 1956 2-Month	34.2°F (1.2°C)	29.0°F (-1.7°C)	5.2°F (2.9°C)	121st Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1949
				7th Warmest	Warmest since: 1934	2003
	Ties: 1978
Nov 1955–Jan 1956 3-Month	34.7°F (1.5°C)	31.9°F (-0.1°C)	2.8°F (1.6°C)	109th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1949
				19th Warmest	Warmest since: 1951	2018
Oct 1955–Jan 1956 4-Month	39.0°F (3.9°C)	36.4°F (2.4°C)	2.6°F (1.5°C)	113th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1917
				15th Warmest	Warmest since: 1951	2015
	Ties: 2006, 2021
Sep 1955–Jan 1956 5-Month	43.5°F (6.4°C)	41.2°F (5.1°C)	2.3°F (1.3°C)	110th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1917
				18th Warmest	Warmest since: 1953	2015
Aug 1955–Jan 1956 6-Month	48.1°F (8.9°C)	46.0°F (7.8°C)	2.1°F (1.1°C)	110th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1917
				18th Warmest	Warmest since: 1953	2015
	Ties: 1981
Jul 1955–Jan 1956 7-Month	51.1°F (10.6°C)	49.5°F (9.7°C)	1.6°F (0.9°C)	102nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1917
				26th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2015
	Ties: 1911, 1943, 1954, 1982, 2017
Jun 1955–Jan 1956 8-Month	52.6°F (11.4°C)	51.3°F (10.7°C)	1.3°F (0.7°C)	94th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1917
				34th Warmest	Warmest since: 1953	2022
	Ties: 2008
May 1955–Jan 1956 9-Month	52.5°F (11.4°C)	51.6°F (10.9°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	84th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1917
				44th Warmest	Warmest since: 1953	2022
Apr 1955–Jan 1956 10-Month	51.5°F (10.8°C)	51.0°F (10.6°C)	0.5°F (0.2°C)	74th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1917
				54th Warmest	Warmest since: 1953	2022
	Ties: 2011
Mar 1955–Jan 1956 11-Month	50.0°F (10.0°C)	49.8°F (9.9°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	64th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1949
				64th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2018
	Ties: 1920, 1926, 1950, 1954
Feb 1955–Jan 1956 12-Month	47.9°F (8.8°C)	48.4°F (9.1°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	30th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1949
				98th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2018
	Ties: 1900, 1937
Aug 1954–Jan 1956 18-Month	46.9°F (8.3°C)	47.6°F (8.7°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	23rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1950	1913
				104th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	1935
	Ties: 1900, 1946, 1985
Feb 1954–Jan 1956 24-Month	48.3°F (9.1°C)	48.4°F (9.1°C)	-0.1°F (0.0°C)	47th Coolest	Coolest since: 1953	1913
				80th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2016
	Ties: 1920, 1967
Feb 1953–Jan 1956 36-Month	48.4°F (9.1°C)	48.4°F (9.1°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	55th Coolest	Coolest since: 1954	1914
				71st Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2017, 2018
	Ties: 1922, 1975, 1978, 1987
Feb 1952–Jan 1956 48-Month	48.5°F (9.2°C)	48.4°F (9.1°C)	0.1°F (0.1°C)	64th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1915
				61st Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2018
	Ties: 1939, 1959
Feb 1951–Jan 1956 60-Month	48.3°F (9.1°C)	48.4°F (9.1°C)	-0.1°F (0.0°C)	47th Coolest	Coolest since: 1953	1917
				77th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2019
	Ties: 1903, 1922, 1923, 1927, 1957, 1967, 1986

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Regional Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 5, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/