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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 2002

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
January 2002 1-Month	29.0°F (-1.7°C)	28.3°F (-2.1°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	59th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1937
				70th Warmest	Warmest since: 2000	2003
	Ties: 1992
Dec 2001–Jan 2002 2-Month	28.8°F (-1.8°C)	29.0°F (-1.7°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	49th Coolest	Coolest since: 1993	1949
				79th Warmest	Warmest since: 2001	2003
	Ties: 1920, 1963, 1987
Nov 2001–Jan 2002 3-Month	32.6°F (0.3°C)	31.9°F (-0.1°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	71st Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1949
				57th Warmest	Warmest since: 2000	2018
	Ties: 1926
Oct 2001–Jan 2002 4-Month	37.8°F (3.2°C)	36.3°F (2.4°C)	1.5°F (0.8°C)	96th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1917
				32nd Warmest	Warmest since: 2000	2015
	Ties: 1966, 1997, 2004
Sep 2001–Jan 2002 5-Month	43.2°F (6.2°C)	41.2°F (5.1°C)	2.0°F (1.1°C)	107th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1917
				21st Warmest	Warmest since: 2000	2015
	Ties: 1954, 2006, 2011
Aug 2001–Jan 2002 6-Month	48.2°F (9.0°C)	45.9°F (7.7°C)	2.3°F (1.3°C)	113th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1917
				15th Warmest	Warmest since: 2000	2015
	Ties: 1953, 2003
Jul 2001–Jan 2002 7-Month	51.6°F (10.9°C)	49.5°F (9.7°C)	2.1°F (1.2°C)	111th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1917
				17th Warmest	Warmest since: 2000	2015
	Ties: 1935, 1951, 2006
Jun 2001–Jan 2002 8-Month	53.5°F (11.9°C)	51.3°F (10.7°C)	2.2°F (1.2°C)	116th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1917
				12th Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	2022
	Ties: 1959
May 2001–Jan 2002 9-Month	54.2°F (12.3°C)	51.6°F (10.9°C)	2.6°F (1.4°C)	123rd Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1917
				5th Warmest	Warmest to Date	2022
Apr 2001–Jan 2002 10-Month	53.4°F (11.9°C)	51.1°F (10.6°C)	2.3°F (1.3°C)	120th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1917
				8th Warmest	Warmest since: 1935	2022
Mar 2001–Jan 2002 11-Month	52.4°F (11.3°C)	49.9°F (9.9°C)	2.5°F (1.4°C)	122nd Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1949
				6th Warmest	Warmest since: 1935	2018
Feb 2001–Jan 2002 12-Month	50.6°F (10.3°C)	48.4°F (9.1°C)	2.2°F (1.2°C)	120th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1949
				8th Warmest	Warmest since: 1935	2018
	Ties: 2008, 2013, 2019
Aug 2000–Jan 2002 18-Month	49.1°F (9.5°C)	47.6°F (8.7°C)	1.5°F (0.8°C)	109th Coolest	Coolest since: 2000	1913
				18th Warmest	Warmest since: 2001	1935
Feb 2000–Jan 2002 24-Month	50.4°F (10.2°C)	48.4°F (9.1°C)	2.0°F (1.1°C)	119th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1913
				8th Warmest	Warmest to Date	2016
	Ties: 2004
Feb 1999–Jan 2002 36-Month	50.2°F (10.1°C)	48.5°F (9.2°C)	1.7°F (0.9°C)	115th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1914
				11th Warmest	Warmest to Date	2017, 2018
	Ties: 2021
Feb 1998–Jan 2002 48-Month	49.7°F (9.8°C)	48.4°F (9.1°C)	1.3°F (0.7°C)	108th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1915
				17th Warmest	Warmest since: 1998	2018
	Ties: 2010
Feb 1997–Jan 2002 60-Month	49.7°F (9.8°C)	48.4°F (9.1°C)	1.3°F (0.7°C)	108th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1917
				16th Warmest	Warmest to Date	2019
	Ties: 2010

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Regional Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 28, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/