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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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Ohio River Basin

Average Temperature Rankings, January 1981

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
January 1981 1-Month	24.3°F (-4.3°C)	29.3°F (-1.5°C)	-5.0°F (-2.8°C)	20th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1977
				109th Warmest	Warmest since: 1980	2006
	Ties: 1984
Dec 1980–Jan 1981 2-Month	28.4°F (-2.0°C)	31.0°F (-0.6°C)	-2.6°F (-1.4°C)	27th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1918
				101st Warmest	Warmest since: 1980	1932
	Ties: 1912
Nov 1980–Jan 1981 3-Month	32.4°F (0.2°C)	34.7°F (1.5°C)	-2.3°F (-1.3°C)	25th Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1977
				103rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1980	1932
	Ties: 1899, 1911, 1915, 1964
Oct 1980–Jan 1981 4-Month	37.0°F (2.8°C)	39.5°F (4.2°C)	-2.5°F (-1.4°C)	12th Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1977
				116th Warmest	Warmest since: 1980	1932
	Ties: 1902, 1945
Sep 1980–Jan 1981 5-Month	43.2°F (6.2°C)	44.8°F (7.1°C)	-1.6°F (-0.9°C)	19th Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1977
				109th Warmest	Warmest since: 1980	1932
Aug 1980–Jan 1981 6-Month	48.6°F (9.2°C)	49.4°F (9.7°C)	-0.8°F (-0.5°C)	32nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1977
				96th Warmest	Warmest since: 1980	1932
	Ties: 1912, 1984
Jul 1980–Jan 1981 7-Month	52.5°F (11.4°C)	52.9°F (11.6°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	43rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1977
				85th Warmest	Warmest since: 1980	1932
	Ties: 1958, 1973, 1975, 1984
Jun 1980–Jan 1981 8-Month	54.4°F (12.4°C)	55.0°F (12.8°C)	-0.6°F (-0.4°C)	30th Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1977
				98th Warmest	Warmest since: 1980	1932
	Ties: 1926, 1945, 1993, 2015
May 1980–Jan 1981 9-Month	55.2°F (12.9°C)	55.7°F (13.2°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	38th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1977
				90th Warmest	Warmest since: 1980	1932
	Ties: 1948, 1996, 2010
Apr 1980–Jan 1981 10-Month	54.7°F (12.6°C)	55.3°F (12.9°C)	-0.6°F (-0.3°C)	34th Coolest	Coolest since: 1977	1918
				94th Warmest	Warmest since: 1980	1932
	Ties: 2014
Mar 1980–Jan 1981 11-Month	53.1°F (11.7°C)	54.0°F (12.2°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	22nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1918
				106th Warmest	Warmest since: 1980	2017
	Ties: 1936, 1962, 1979
Feb 1980–Jan 1981 12-Month	50.8°F (10.4°C)	52.2°F (11.2°C)	-1.4°F (-0.8°C)	13th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1918
				115th Warmest	Warmest since: 1980	2017
Aug 1979–Jan 1981 18-Month	50.4°F (10.2°C)	51.3°F (10.7°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	20th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1918
				107th Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	2017
	Ties: 1963, 1994
Feb 1979–Jan 1981 24-Month	51.0°F (10.6°C)	52.2°F (11.2°C)	-1.2°F (-0.6°C)	10th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1918
				117th Warmest	Warmest since: 1979	2013
	Ties: 1925, 1964, 1968, 1982
Feb 1978–Jan 1981 36-Month	50.7°F (10.4°C)	52.1°F (11.2°C)	-1.4°F (-0.8°C)	3rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1918, 1979
				123rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1980	2019
	Ties: 1970
Feb 1977–Jan 1981 48-Month	51.1°F (10.6°C)	52.2°F (11.2°C)	-1.1°F (-0.6°C)	8th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1980
				117th Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	2020
	Ties: 1971
Feb 1976–Jan 1981 60-Month	50.8°F (10.4°C)	52.2°F (11.2°C)	-1.4°F (-0.8°C)	1st Coolest	Coolest since: 1981	1981
				123rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1980	2021

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/