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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, February 1979

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
February 1979 1-Month	21.4°F (-5.9°C)	25.6°F (-3.6°C)	-4.2°F (-2.3°C)	21st Coolest	Coolest since: 1974	1903
				108th Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	1995
Jan–Feb 1979 2-Month	17.0°F (-8.3°C)	23.3°F (-4.8°C)	-6.3°F (-3.5°C)	5th Coolest	Coolest since: 1949	1937, 1949
				124th Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	2015
Dec 1978–Feb 1979 3-Month	16.4°F (-8.7°C)	23.2°F (-4.9°C)	-6.8°F (-3.8°C)	2nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1933	1933
				126th Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	1981
Nov 1978–Feb 1979 4-Month	20.3°F (-6.5°C)	25.4°F (-3.7°C)	-5.1°F (-2.8°C)	3rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1973	1949
				125th Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	1981
	Ties: 1973
Oct 1978–Feb 1979 5-Month	25.9°F (-3.4°C)	29.5°F (-1.4°C)	-3.6°F (-2.0°C)	8th Coolest	Coolest since: 1973	1933
				120th Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	1934
Sep 1978–Feb 1979 6-Month	31.0°F (-0.6°C)	34.0°F (1.1°C)	-3.0°F (-1.7°C)	8th Coolest	Coolest since: 1973	1913
				120th Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	1934
	Ties: 1937
Aug 1978–Feb 1979 7-Month	35.7°F (2.1°C)	38.3°F (3.5°C)	-2.6°F (-1.4°C)	8th Coolest	Coolest since: 1973	1913
				120th Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	1934
	Ties: 1929
Jul 1978–Feb 1979 8-Month	39.7°F (4.3°C)	41.9°F (5.5°C)	-2.2°F (-1.2°C)	10th Coolest	Coolest since: 1973	1913
				118th Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	1934, 2018
	Ties: 1898, 1912
Jun 1978–Feb 1979 9-Month	42.1°F (5.6°C)	44.0°F (6.7°C)	-1.9°F (-1.1°C)	14th Coolest	Coolest since: 1973	1913
				114th Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	2018
May 1978–Feb 1979 10-Month	42.8°F (6.0°C)	44.7°F (7.1°C)	-1.9°F (-1.1°C)	11th Coolest	Coolest since: 1973	1913
				117th Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	2018
	Ties: 1973
Apr 1978–Feb 1979 11-Month	42.9°F (6.1°C)	44.4°F (6.9°C)	-1.5°F (-0.8°C)	14th Coolest	Coolest since: 1973	1913
				114th Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	2018, 2022
	Ties: 1919, 1925
Mar 1978–Feb 1979 12-Month	42.4°F (5.8°C)	43.4°F (6.3°C)	-1.0°F (-0.5°C)	24th Coolest	Coolest since: 1976	1913
				104th Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	2018
	Ties: 1897, 1919, 1939, 1976, 1984, 1985
Sep 1977–Feb 1979 18-Month	40.5°F (4.7°C)	40.3°F (4.6°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	67th Coolest	Coolest since: 1977	1913
				60th Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	2018
	Ties: 1901, 1945, 1968, 1977
Mar 1977–Feb 1979 24-Month	43.9°F (6.6°C)	43.4°F (6.3°C)	0.5°F (0.3°C)	74th Coolest	Coolest since: 1977	1913, 1914
				53rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	2018
	Ties: 1938, 1948, 1951, 1994
Mar 1976–Feb 1979 36-Month	43.8°F (6.6°C)	43.4°F (6.3°C)	0.4°F (0.3°C)	73rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1914
				53rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	2018
	Ties: 1960, 1978, 1994
Mar 1975–Feb 1979 48-Month	43.4°F (6.3°C)	43.3°F (6.3°C)	0.1°F (0.0°C)	53rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1977	1899, 1915
				72nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	2018
	Ties: 1939, 1948, 1967, 1985
Mar 1974–Feb 1979 60-Month	43.5°F (6.4°C)	43.3°F (6.3°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	54th Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1917
				70th Warmest	Warmest since: 1967	2018, 2019
	Ties: 1948, 1956, 1967, 1987

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Regional Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 1, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/