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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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South Atlantic-Gulf Basin

Average Temperature Rankings, January 1940

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
January 1940 1-Month	35.8°F (2.1°C)	47.2°F (8.4°C)	-11.4°F (-6.3°C)	1st Coolest	Coolest since: 1940	1940
				128th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	1950
Dec 1939–Jan 1940 2-Month	42.3°F (5.7°C)	47.8°F (8.8°C)	-5.5°F (-3.1°C)	3rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1918	1918
				125th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	1932
	Ties: 2011
Nov 1939–Jan 1940 3-Month	45.6°F (7.6°C)	50.3°F (10.2°C)	-4.7°F (-2.6°C)	3rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1918	1977
				125th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	1932
Oct 1939–Jan 1940 4-Month	51.0°F (10.6°C)	54.0°F (12.2°C)	-3.0°F (-1.6°C)	5th Coolest	Coolest since: 1918	1977
				123rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	1932
	Ties: 1970, 1981
Sep 1939–Jan 1940 5-Month	56.1°F (13.4°C)	58.2°F (14.6°C)	-2.1°F (-1.2°C)	8th Coolest	Coolest since: 1918	1977
				120th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	1932
	Ties: 1963
Aug 1939–Jan 1940 6-Month	59.7°F (15.4°C)	61.6°F (16.4°C)	-1.9°F (-1.0°C)	7th Coolest	Coolest since: 1918	1977
				121st Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	1932
	Ties: 1964
Jul 1939–Jan 1940 7-Month	62.6°F (17.0°C)	64.2°F (17.9°C)	-1.6°F (-0.9°C)	8th Coolest	Coolest since: 1918	1977
				120th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	1932
	Ties: 1905, 1951
Jun 1939–Jan 1940 8-Month	64.6°F (18.1°C)	65.8°F (18.8°C)	-1.2°F (-0.7°C)	11th Coolest	Coolest since: 1918	1977
				117th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	1932, 2017
	Ties: 1969
May 1939–Jan 1940 9-Month	65.3°F (18.5°C)	66.4°F (19.1°C)	-1.1°F (-0.6°C)	10th Coolest	Coolest since: 1918	1977
				118th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2017
Apr 1939–Jan 1940 10-Month	65.0°F (18.3°C)	66.1°F (18.9°C)	-1.1°F (-0.6°C)	12th Coolest	Coolest since: 1918	1977
				116th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2017
	Ties: 1962
Mar 1939–Jan 1940 11-Month	64.5°F (18.1°C)	65.2°F (18.4°C)	-0.7°F (-0.3°C)	22nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1938	1977
				106th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2017
	Ties: 1915, 1921, 1941, 1981, 1994
Feb 1939–Jan 1940 12-Month	63.6°F (17.6°C)	63.8°F (17.7°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	38th Coolest	Coolest since: 1938	1918
				90th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2017, 2020
	Ties: 1924, 1929, 1985, 1988, 2011
Aug 1938–Jan 1940 18-Month	63.2°F (17.3°C)	63.1°F (17.3°C)	0.1°F (0.0°C)	53rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1931	1978
				74th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2017
	Ties: 1910, 1921, 1942, 1960, 2002
Feb 1938–Jan 1940 24-Month	64.3°F (17.9°C)	63.8°F (17.7°C)	0.5°F (0.2°C)	86th Coolest	Coolest since: 1939	1970
				41st Warmest	Warmest since: 1937	2017, 2020
	Ties: 1910, 1922, 1927, 1932, 1951, 1954, 1957, 1958, 1975, 1996, 2002, 2004
Feb 1937–Jan 1940 36-Month	63.9°F (17.7°C)	63.9°F (17.7°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	46th Coolest	Coolest since: 1931	1970
				80th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2021
	Ties: 1901, 1908, 1911, 1912, 1926, 1927, 1941, 1953, 1996, 2011
Feb 1936–Jan 1940 48-Month	64.2°F (17.9°C)	63.8°F (17.7°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	76th Coolest	Coolest since: 1938	1970
				49th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2020
	Ties: 1901, 1909, 1912, 1951, 1956, 1958, 1988, 1991, 2011
Feb 1935–Jan 1940 60-Month	64.1°F (17.8°C)	63.8°F (17.7°C)	0.3°F (0.1°C)	68th Coolest	Coolest since: 1931	1970
				56th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2020, 2021
	Ties: 1910, 1913, 1928, 1929, 1955, 1987, 1989, 1996

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/