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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 1974

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
January 1974 1-Month	26.8°F (-2.9°C)	28.3°F (-2.1°C)	-1.5°F (-0.8°C)	40th Coolest	Coolest since: 1973	1937
				89th Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	2003
Dec 1973–Jan 1974 2-Month	29.8°F (-1.2°C)	29.0°F (-1.7°C)	0.8°F (0.5°C)	67th Coolest	Coolest since: 1973	1949
				61st Warmest	Warmest since: 1970	2003
	Ties: 1902, 1967
Nov 1973–Jan 1974 3-Month	32.3°F (0.2°C)	31.9°F (-0.1°C)	0.4°F (0.3°C)	61st Coolest	Coolest since: 1973	1949
				67th Warmest	Warmest since: 1971	2018
	Ties: 1986, 1992, 1994
Oct 1973–Jan 1974 4-Month	36.6°F (2.6°C)	36.3°F (2.4°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	67th Coolest	Coolest since: 1973	1917
				61st Warmest	Warmest since: 1969	2015
	Ties: 1903, 1930, 1984, 1994
Sep 1973–Jan 1974 5-Month	41.1°F (5.1°C)	41.2°F (5.1°C)	-0.1°F (0.0°C)	52nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1973	1917
				76th Warmest	Warmest since: 1970	2015
	Ties: 1936
Aug 1973–Jan 1974 6-Month	45.9°F (7.7°C)	45.9°F (7.7°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	53rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1973	1917
				75th Warmest	Warmest since: 1970	2015
	Ties: 1900, 1928, 1950, 1994
Jul 1973–Jan 1974 7-Month	49.5°F (9.7°C)	49.5°F (9.7°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	54th Coolest	Coolest since: 1973	1917
				74th Warmest	Warmest since: 1970	2015
	Ties: 1908, 1936, 1939, 1950, 1984
Jun 1973–Jan 1974 8-Month	51.4°F (10.8°C)	51.3°F (10.7°C)	0.1°F (0.1°C)	58th Coolest	Coolest since: 1973	1917
				70th Warmest	Warmest since: 1970	2022
	Ties: 1919, 1930, 1986
May 1973–Jan 1974 9-Month	52.0°F (11.1°C)	51.6°F (10.9°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	73rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1973	1917
				55th Warmest	Warmest since: 1970	2022
	Ties: 1922
Apr 1973–Jan 1974 10-Month	51.1°F (10.6°C)	51.0°F (10.6°C)	0.1°F (0.0°C)	59th Coolest	Coolest since: 1973	1917
				69th Warmest	Warmest since: 1970	2022
	Ties: 1928, 1954, 1955, 1964, 1987
Mar 1973–Jan 1974 11-Month	49.6°F (9.8°C)	49.8°F (9.9°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	45th Coolest	Coolest since: 1973	1949
				83rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1970	2018
	Ties: 1930, 1936, 1939, 1947
Feb 1973–Jan 1974 12-Month	48.2°F (9.0°C)	48.4°F (9.1°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	45th Coolest	Coolest since: 1973	1949
				83rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1971	2018
	Ties: 1897, 1915, 1916, 1971
Aug 1972–Jan 1974 18-Month	46.5°F (8.1°C)	47.6°F (8.7°C)	-1.1°F (-0.6°C)	12th Coolest	Coolest since: 1950	1913
				115th Warmest	Warmest since: 1973	1935
	Ties: 1924
Feb 1972–Jan 1974 24-Month	48.1°F (8.9°C)	48.4°F (9.1°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	37th Coolest	Coolest since: 1973	1913
				90th Warmest	Warmest since: 1971	2016
	Ties: 1908, 1930, 1937, 1953, 1976
Feb 1971–Jan 1974 36-Month	47.8°F (8.8°C)	48.4°F (9.1°C)	-0.6°F (-0.3°C)	19th Coolest	Coolest since: 1973	1914
				107th Warmest	Warmest since: 1973	2017, 2018
	Ties: 1904, 1905, 1908, 1924, 1946, 1973
Feb 1970–Jan 1974 48-Month	47.9°F (8.8°C)	48.4°F (9.1°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	25th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1915
				100th Warmest	Warmest since: 1973	2018
	Ties: 1912, 1946, 1948, 1951
Feb 1969–Jan 1974 60-Month	48.0°F (8.9°C)	48.4°F (9.1°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	26th Coolest	Coolest since: 1953	1917
				98th Warmest	Warmest since: 1973	2019
	Ties: 1902, 1904, 1909, 1912, 1926, 1934, 1951

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Regional Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 26, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/