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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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Upper Colorado River Basin

Average Temperature Rankings, January 1962

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
January 1962 1-Month	17.0°F (-8.3°C)	21.1°F (-6.1°C)	-4.1°F (-2.2°C)	18th Coolest	Coolest since: 1949	1937
				111th Warmest	Warmest since: 1961	2003
Dec 1961–Jan 1962 2-Month	18.0°F (-7.8°C)	22.0°F (-5.6°C)	-4.0°F (-2.2°C)	17th Coolest	Coolest since: 1949	1979
				111th Warmest	Warmest since: 1961	1981
Nov 1961–Jan 1962 3-Month	21.8°F (-5.7°C)	25.4°F (-3.7°C)	-3.6°F (-2.0°C)	13th Coolest	Coolest since: 1949	1932
				115th Warmest	Warmest since: 1961	2018
Oct 1961–Jan 1962 4-Month	27.3°F (-2.6°C)	30.4°F (-0.9°C)	-3.1°F (-1.7°C)	13th Coolest	Coolest since: 1949	1917
				115th Warmest	Warmest since: 1961	2018
	Ties: 1931, 1937
Sep 1961–Jan 1962 5-Month	32.2°F (0.1°C)	35.6°F (2.0°C)	-3.4°F (-1.9°C)	4th Coolest	Coolest since: 1917	1913
				124th Warmest	Warmest since: 1961	2018
Aug 1961–Jan 1962 6-Month	37.9°F (3.3°C)	40.5°F (4.7°C)	-2.6°F (-1.4°C)	5th Coolest	Coolest since: 1925	1913
				123rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1961	2018
	Ties: 1899
Jul 1961–Jan 1962 7-Month	42.1°F (5.6°C)	44.2°F (6.8°C)	-2.1°F (-1.2°C)	8th Coolest	Coolest since: 1925	1913
				120th Warmest	Warmest since: 1961	2018
	Ties: 1899
Jun 1961–Jan 1962 8-Month	44.9°F (7.2°C)	46.3°F (7.9°C)	-1.4°F (-0.7°C)	19th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1913
				109th Warmest	Warmest since: 1961	2022
	Ties: 1904, 1915, 1916, 1930
May 1961–Jan 1962 9-Month	45.7°F (7.6°C)	46.8°F (8.2°C)	-1.1°F (-0.6°C)	24th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1913
				104th Warmest	Warmest since: 1961	2022
	Ties: 1919, 1976
Apr 1961–Jan 1962 10-Month	45.2°F (7.3°C)	46.3°F (7.9°C)	-1.1°F (-0.6°C)	24th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1913
				104th Warmest	Warmest since: 1961	2022
	Ties: 1931, 1949, 1969
Mar 1961–Jan 1962 11-Month	44.2°F (6.8°C)	45.1°F (7.3°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	29th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1913
				99th Warmest	Warmest since: 1961	2018
	Ties: 1900, 1919, 1969, 1972
Feb 1961–Jan 1962 12-Month	42.9°F (6.1°C)	43.4°F (6.3°C)	-0.5°F (-0.2°C)	38th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1913
				90th Warmest	Warmest since: 1961	2018
	Ties: 1969
Aug 1960–Jan 1962 18-Month	42.4°F (5.8°C)	42.4°F (5.8°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	48th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1913
				79th Warmest	Warmest since: 1961	2018
	Ties: 1912, 1946, 1952, 1956, 1965, 1975, 1977
Feb 1960–Jan 1962 24-Month	43.4°F (6.3°C)	43.4°F (6.3°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	54th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1913, 1914
				73rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1961	2018, 2019
	Ties: 1903, 1911, 1947, 1963, 1971
Feb 1959–Jan 1962 36-Month	43.6°F (6.4°C)	43.4°F (6.3°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	60th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1914
				66th Warmest	Warmest since: 1961	2018
	Ties: 1944, 1945, 1948, 1963
Feb 1958–Jan 1962 48-Month	44.0°F (6.7°C)	43.4°F (6.3°C)	0.6°F (0.4°C)	81st Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1899
				44th Warmest	Warmest since: 1961	2018
	Ties: 1935, 1944, 1964
Feb 1957–Jan 1962 60-Month	43.8°F (6.6°C)	43.3°F (6.3°C)	0.5°F (0.3°C)	74th Coolest	Coolest since: 1961	1900, 1917
				50th Warmest	Warmest since: 1961	2019
	Ties: 1943, 1945, 1961

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Regional Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 6, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/