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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 1972

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
January 1972 1-Month	28.1°F (-2.2°C)	28.3°F (-2.1°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	54th Coolest	Coolest since: 1968	1937
				75th Warmest	Warmest since: 1971	2003
Dec 1971–Jan 1972 2-Month	26.5°F (-3.1°C)	29.0°F (-1.7°C)	-2.5°F (-1.4°C)	24th Coolest	Coolest since: 1968	1949
				104th Warmest	Warmest since: 1971	2003
Nov 1971–Jan 1972 3-Month	29.5°F (-1.4°C)	31.9°F (-0.1°C)	-2.4°F (-1.3°C)	17th Coolest	Coolest since: 1962	1949
				111th Warmest	Warmest since: 1971	2018
	Ties: 1957
Oct 1971–Jan 1972 4-Month	33.5°F (0.8°C)	36.3°F (2.4°C)	-2.8°F (-1.6°C)	11th Coolest	Coolest since: 1949	1917
				117th Warmest	Warmest since: 1971	2015
Sep 1971–Jan 1972 5-Month	38.3°F (3.5°C)	41.2°F (5.1°C)	-2.9°F (-1.6°C)	7th Coolest	Coolest since: 1949	1917
				121st Warmest	Warmest since: 1971	2015
Aug 1971–Jan 1972 6-Month	44.0°F (6.7°C)	46.0°F (7.8°C)	-2.0°F (-1.1°C)	14th Coolest	Coolest since: 1962	1917
				114th Warmest	Warmest since: 1971	2015
	Ties: 1925, 1962
Jul 1971–Jan 1972 7-Month	48.0°F (8.9°C)	49.5°F (9.7°C)	-1.5°F (-0.8°C)	14th Coolest	Coolest since: 1949	1917
				114th Warmest	Warmest since: 1971	2015
Jun 1971–Jan 1972 8-Month	49.8°F (9.9°C)	51.2°F (10.7°C)	-1.4°F (-0.8°C)	13th Coolest	Coolest since: 1949	1917
				115th Warmest	Warmest since: 1971	2022
	Ties: 1942, 1985
May 1971–Jan 1972 9-Month	50.0°F (10.0°C)	51.6°F (10.9°C)	-1.6°F (-0.9°C)	10th Coolest	Coolest since: 1949	1917
				118th Warmest	Warmest since: 1971	2022
Apr 1971–Jan 1972 10-Month	49.4°F (9.7°C)	51.0°F (10.6°C)	-1.6°F (-0.9°C)	8th Coolest	Coolest since: 1949	1917
				120th Warmest	Warmest since: 1971	2022
	Ties: 1910
Mar 1971–Jan 1972 11-Month	48.3°F (9.1°C)	49.9°F (9.9°C)	-1.6°F (-0.8°C)	6th Coolest	Coolest since: 1949	1949
				122nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1971	2018
	Ties: 1910
Feb 1971–Jan 1972 12-Month	47.1°F (8.4°C)	48.5°F (9.2°C)	-1.4°F (-0.8°C)	10th Coolest	Coolest since: 1949	1949
				118th Warmest	Warmest since: 1971	2018
	Ties: 1906
Aug 1970–Jan 1972 18-Month	46.6°F (8.1°C)	47.6°F (8.7°C)	-1.0°F (-0.6°C)	14th Coolest	Coolest since: 1950	1913
				113th Warmest	Warmest since: 1971	1935
	Ties: 1899, 1925
Feb 1970–Jan 1972 24-Month	47.6°F (8.7°C)	48.4°F (9.1°C)	-0.8°F (-0.4°C)	16th Coolest	Coolest since: 1966	1913
				111th Warmest	Warmest since: 1971	2016
	Ties: 1973, 1985
Feb 1969–Jan 1972 36-Month	48.0°F (8.9°C)	48.4°F (9.1°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	32nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1967	1914
				94th Warmest	Warmest since: 1971	2017, 2018
	Ties: 1912, 1931, 1932, 1945, 1957, 1958, 1967
Feb 1968–Jan 1972 48-Month	48.1°F (8.9°C)	48.4°F (9.1°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	34th Coolest	Coolest since: 1968	1915
				91st Warmest	Warmest since: 1971	2018
	Ties: 1908, 1921, 1932, 1934, 1958, 1966, 1968, 1975, 1976, 1977
Feb 1967–Jan 1972 60-Month	48.2°F (9.0°C)	48.4°F (9.1°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	40th Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1917
				84th Warmest	Warmest since: 1971	2019
	Ties: 1905, 1911, 1932, 1958, 1968, 1969

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Regional Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 25, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/