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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 1970

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
January 1970 1-Month	23.9°F (-4.5°C)	21.1°F (-6.1°C)	2.8°F (1.6°C)	88th Coolest	Coolest since: 1968	1937
				41st Warmest	Warmest since: 1969	2003
Dec 1969–Jan 1970 2-Month	25.1°F (-3.8°C)	22.0°F (-5.6°C)	3.1°F (1.8°C)	101st Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1979
				27th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	1981
Nov 1969–Jan 1970 3-Month	27.3°F (-2.6°C)	25.4°F (-3.7°C)	1.9°F (1.1°C)	96th Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1932
				32nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1966	2018
	Ties: 1923, 1966, 1971, 1998, 2011
Oct 1969–Jan 1970 4-Month	30.2°F (-1.0°C)	30.3°F (-0.9°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	49th Coolest	Coolest since: 1968	1917
				79th Warmest	Warmest since: 1969	2018
	Ties: 1947, 1958, 1976
Sep 1969–Jan 1970 5-Month	35.9°F (2.2°C)	35.6°F (2.0°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	67th Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1913
				61st Warmest	Warmest since: 1967	2018
Aug 1969–Jan 1970 6-Month	41.2°F (5.1°C)	40.4°F (4.7°C)	0.8°F (0.4°C)	79th Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1913
				49th Warmest	Warmest since: 1967	2018
	Ties: 1944, 1967, 1989
Jul 1969–Jan 1970 7-Month	45.0°F (7.2°C)	44.2°F (6.8°C)	0.8°F (0.4°C)	78th Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1913
				50th Warmest	Warmest since: 1967	2018
	Ties: 1941, 1980
Jun 1969–Jan 1970 8-Month	46.5°F (8.1°C)	46.2°F (7.9°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	61st Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1913
				67th Warmest	Warmest since: 1967	2022
	Ties: 1975, 1987, 1991, 1992
May 1969–Jan 1970 9-Month	47.5°F (8.6°C)	46.8°F (8.2°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	78th Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1913
				50th Warmest	Warmest since: 1967	2022
	Ties: 2020
Apr 1969–Jan 1970 10-Month	47.2°F (8.4°C)	46.3°F (7.9°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	86th Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1913
				42nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1967	2022
	Ties: 1943, 1944, 1953, 1956, 1967, 1993
Mar 1969–Jan 1970 11-Month	45.3°F (7.4°C)	45.0°F (7.2°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	64th Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1913
				64th Warmest	Warmest since: 1967	2018
Feb 1969–Jan 1970 12-Month	43.5°F (6.4°C)	43.4°F (6.3°C)	0.1°F (0.1°C)	59th Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1913
				69th Warmest	Warmest since: 1967	2018
	Ties: 1908, 1936, 1937, 1975
Aug 1968–Jan 1970 18-Month	42.2°F (5.7°C)	42.4°F (5.8°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	40th Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1913
				87th Warmest	Warmest since: 1968	2018
	Ties: 1905, 1943
Feb 1968–Jan 1970 24-Month	43.2°F (6.2°C)	43.4°F (6.3°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	49th Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1913, 1914
				78th Warmest	Warmest since: 1968	2018, 2019
	Ties: 1943, 1967, 1986
Feb 1967–Jan 1970 36-Month	43.2°F (6.2°C)	43.4°F (6.3°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	46th Coolest	Coolest since: 1968	1914
				80th Warmest	Warmest since: 1969	2018
	Ties: 1954, 1968, 1971, 1972
Feb 1966–Jan 1970 48-Month	43.4°F (6.3°C)	43.4°F (6.3°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	52nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1899
				73rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1967	2018
	Ties: 1929, 1948, 1954
Feb 1965–Jan 1970 60-Month	43.2°F (6.2°C)	43.4°F (6.3°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	47th Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1900, 1917
				77th Warmest	Warmest since: 1968	2019

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Regional Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 24, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/