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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

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South Atlantic-Gulf Basin

Average Temperature Rankings, January 1979

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
January 1979 1-Month	42.5°F (5.8°C)	47.2°F (8.4°C)	-4.7°F (-2.6°C)	13th Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1940
				116th Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	1950
	Ties: 1912
Dec 1978–Jan 1979 2-Month	46.2°F (7.9°C)	47.8°F (8.8°C)	-1.6°F (-0.9°C)	41st Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1918
				87th Warmest	Warmest since: 1975	1932
	Ties: 1900
Nov 1978–Jan 1979 3-Month	50.9°F (10.5°C)	50.3°F (10.2°C)	0.6°F (0.3°C)	76th Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1977
				52nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1975	1932
	Ties: 1914, 1973, 1980
Oct 1978–Jan 1979 4-Month	54.2°F (12.3°C)	54.1°F (12.3°C)	0.1°F (0.0°C)	64th Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1977
				64th Warmest	Warmest since: 1974	1932
	Ties: 1954, 1980
Sep 1978–Jan 1979 5-Month	58.6°F (14.8°C)	58.2°F (14.6°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	76th Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1977
				52nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1974	1932
	Ties: 1917, 1971, 1985
Aug 1978–Jan 1979 6-Month	62.0°F (16.7°C)	61.6°F (16.4°C)	0.4°F (0.3°C)	79th Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1977
				49th Warmest	Warmest since: 1974	1932
	Ties: 1903, 1917, 1929, 1971, 1973, 1983
Jul 1978–Jan 1979 7-Month	64.6°F (18.1°C)	64.2°F (17.9°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	79th Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1977
				49th Warmest	Warmest since: 1974	1932
	Ties: 1926
Jun 1978–Jan 1979 8-Month	66.2°F (19.0°C)	65.8°F (18.8°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	80th Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1977
				48th Warmest	Warmest since: 1974	1932, 2017
	Ties: 1928, 1989
May 1978–Jan 1979 9-Month	66.7°F (19.3°C)	66.4°F (19.1°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	73rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1977
				55th Warmest	Warmest since: 1974	2017
	Ties: 1917, 1926, 1995
Apr 1978–Jan 1979 10-Month	66.4°F (19.1°C)	66.1°F (18.9°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	72nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1977
				56th Warmest	Warmest since: 1974	2017
	Ties: 1927, 1939, 1971
Mar 1978–Jan 1979 11-Month	65.2°F (18.4°C)	65.1°F (18.4°C)	0.1°F (0.0°C)	55th Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1977
				73rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	2017
	Ties: 1899, 1953, 1965, 1978, 1989, 2010, 2015
Feb 1978–Jan 1979 12-Month	63.2°F (17.3°C)	63.9°F (17.7°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	24th Coolest	Coolest since: 1977	1918
				104th Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	2017, 2020
	Ties: 1925, 2014
Aug 1977–Jan 1979 18-Month	62.2°F (16.8°C)	63.1°F (17.3°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	13th Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1978
				114th Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	2017
	Ties: 1967, 1971, 1982
Feb 1977–Jan 1979 24-Month	63.4°F (17.4°C)	63.8°F (17.7°C)	-0.4°F (-0.3°C)	26th Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1970
				101st Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	2017, 2020
	Ties: 1897, 1906, 1925, 1960, 1966, 1994
Feb 1976–Jan 1979 36-Month	62.8°F (17.1°C)	63.8°F (17.7°C)	-1.0°F (-0.6°C)	4th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1970
				122nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	2021
	Ties: 1904
Feb 1975–Jan 1979 48-Month	63.0°F (17.2°C)	63.8°F (17.7°C)	-0.8°F (-0.5°C)	7th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1970
				118th Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	2020
	Ties: 1918
Feb 1974–Jan 1979 60-Month	63.2°F (17.3°C)	63.9°F (17.7°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	14th Coolest	Coolest since: 1973	1970
				110th Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	2020, 2021
	Ties: 1918, 1964, 1966, 1982, 1984

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/