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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 1974

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
January 1974 1-Month	16.6°F (-8.6°C)	21.1°F (-6.1°C)	-4.5°F (-2.5°C)	14th Coolest	Coolest since: 1973	1937
				115th Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	2003
	Ties: 1919, 1984
Dec 1973–Jan 1974 2-Month	20.4°F (-6.4°C)	22.1°F (-5.5°C)	-1.7°F (-0.9°C)	35th Coolest	Coolest since: 1973	1979
				93rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	1981
	Ties: 2010
Nov 1973–Jan 1974 3-Month	24.5°F (-4.2°C)	25.4°F (-3.7°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	40th Coolest	Coolest since: 1973	1932
				88th Warmest	Warmest since: 1971	2018
Oct 1973–Jan 1974 4-Month	30.0°F (-1.1°C)	30.3°F (-0.9°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	43rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1973	1917
				85th Warmest	Warmest since: 1971	2018
	Ties: 1900, 1916, 1992, 1993
Sep 1973–Jan 1974 5-Month	35.0°F (1.7°C)	35.6°F (2.0°C)	-0.6°F (-0.3°C)	38th Coolest	Coolest since: 1973	1913
				90th Warmest	Warmest since: 1971	2018
Aug 1973–Jan 1974 6-Month	40.1°F (4.5°C)	40.5°F (4.7°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	42nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1973	1913
				86th Warmest	Warmest since: 1971	2018
	Ties: 1908, 1942, 1958, 1991
Jul 1973–Jan 1974 7-Month	43.7°F (6.5°C)	44.2°F (6.8°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	39th Coolest	Coolest since: 1973	1913
				89th Warmest	Warmest since: 1971	2018
	Ties: 1908, 1985
Jun 1973–Jan 1974 8-Month	45.7°F (7.6°C)	46.3°F (7.9°C)	-0.6°F (-0.3°C)	42nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1973	1913
				86th Warmest	Warmest since: 1971	2022
	Ties: 1969
May 1973–Jan 1974 9-Month	46.2°F (7.9°C)	46.7°F (8.2°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	39th Coolest	Coolest since: 1973	1913
				89th Warmest	Warmest since: 1971	2022
	Ties: 1984
Apr 1973–Jan 1974 10-Month	45.4°F (7.4°C)	46.3°F (7.9°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	31st Coolest	Coolest since: 1973	1913
				97th Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	2022
	Ties: 1958, 1968, 1972
Mar 1973–Jan 1974 11-Month	44.0°F (6.7°C)	45.1°F (7.3°C)	-1.1°F (-0.6°C)	20th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1913
				108th Warmest	Warmest since: 1973	2018
	Ties: 1903, 1906, 1914, 1931, 1932
Feb 1973–Jan 1974 12-Month	42.1°F (5.6°C)	43.5°F (6.4°C)	-1.4°F (-0.8°C)	16th Coolest	Coolest since: 1949	1913
				112th Warmest	Warmest since: 1973	2018
	Ties: 1912, 1933
Aug 1972–Jan 1974 18-Month	40.6°F (4.8°C)	42.4°F (5.8°C)	-1.8°F (-1.0°C)	7th Coolest	Coolest since: 1930	1913
				120th Warmest	Warmest since: 1973	2018
	Ties: 1899, 1925
Feb 1972–Jan 1974 24-Month	42.6°F (5.9°C)	43.4°F (6.3°C)	-0.8°F (-0.4°C)	22nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1966	1913, 1914
				105th Warmest	Warmest since: 1973	2018, 2019
	Ties: 1909, 1916, 1920
Feb 1971–Jan 1974 36-Month	42.6°F (5.9°C)	43.3°F (6.3°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	22nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1933	1914
				104th Warmest	Warmest since: 1973	2018
	Ties: 1901, 1913, 1933
Feb 1970–Jan 1974 48-Month	42.8°F (6.0°C)	43.3°F (6.3°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	26th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1899
				99th Warmest	Warmest since: 1973	2018
	Ties: 1904, 1905, 1922, 1930, 1952, 1977
Feb 1969–Jan 1974 60-Month	43.0°F (6.1°C)	43.4°F (6.3°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	35th Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1900, 1917
				89th Warmest	Warmest since: 1973	2019
	Ties: 1905, 1911, 1930, 1952, 1969, 1975

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/