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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

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South Atlantic-Gulf Basin

Average Temperature Rankings, January 1988

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
January 1988 1-Month	42.6°F (5.9°C)	47.2°F (8.4°C)	-4.6°F (-2.5°C)	15th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1940
				114th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	1950
Dec 1987–Jan 1988 2-Month	47.0°F (8.3°C)	47.8°F (8.8°C)	-0.8°F (-0.5°C)	51st Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1918
				77th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	1932
	Ties: 1906, 1911, 1938
Nov 1987–Jan 1988 3-Month	50.6°F (10.3°C)	50.4°F (10.2°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	66th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1977
				62nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	1932
	Ties: 1930, 1953
Oct 1987–Jan 1988 4-Month	52.8°F (11.6°C)	54.0°F (12.2°C)	-1.2°F (-0.6°C)	34th Coolest	Coolest since: 1984	1977
				94th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	1932
Sep 1987–Jan 1988 5-Month	57.2°F (14.0°C)	58.2°F (14.6°C)	-1.0°F (-0.6°C)	32nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1984	1977
				96th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	1932
	Ties: 1910, 1953, 1994
Aug 1987–Jan 1988 6-Month	61.1°F (16.2°C)	61.6°F (16.4°C)	-0.5°F (-0.2°C)	37th Coolest	Coolest since: 1984	1977
				91st Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	1932
	Ties: 1959, 1976, 2010
Jul 1987–Jan 1988 7-Month	63.9°F (17.7°C)	64.2°F (17.9°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	45th Coolest	Coolest since: 1984	1977
				83rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	1932
	Ties: 1921, 1962, 2011
Jun 1987–Jan 1988 8-Month	65.6°F (18.7°C)	65.8°F (18.8°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	46th Coolest	Coolest since: 1984	1977
				82nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	1932, 2017
	Ties: 1924, 1946, 1973, 2010, 2014
May 1987–Jan 1988 9-Month	66.4°F (19.1°C)	66.4°F (19.1°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	58th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1977
				70th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2017
	Ties: 1925, 2003, 2004
Apr 1987–Jan 1988 10-Month	65.8°F (18.8°C)	66.1°F (18.9°C)	-0.3°F (-0.1°C)	45th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1977
				83rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2017
	Ties: 1914, 1944, 1959, 1978, 1980
Mar 1987–Jan 1988 11-Month	64.9°F (18.3°C)	65.2°F (18.4°C)	-0.3°F (-0.1°C)	42nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1977
				86th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2017
	Ties: 1924, 1927, 1929, 1945, 1980, 1990, 1998
Feb 1987–Jan 1988 12-Month	63.6°F (17.6°C)	63.9°F (17.7°C)	-0.3°F (-0.1°C)	38th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1918
				90th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2017, 2020
	Ties: 1924, 1929, 1940, 1985, 2011
Aug 1986–Jan 1988 18-Month	63.3°F (17.4°C)	63.1°F (17.3°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	59th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1978
				68th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2017
	Ties: 1897, 1930, 1936, 1946, 1954, 1990, 2004
Feb 1986–Jan 1988 24-Month	64.4°F (18.0°C)	63.9°F (17.7°C)	0.5°F (0.3°C)	94th Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1970
				33rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2017, 2020
	Ties: 1899, 1913, 1929, 1946, 1953, 1955, 1993
Feb 1985–Jan 1988 36-Month	64.5°F (18.1°C)	63.9°F (17.7°C)	0.6°F (0.4°C)	101st Coolest	Coolest since: 1987	1970
				25th Warmest	Warmest since: 1951	2021
	Ties: 1933, 1949, 1999, 2004, 2005
Feb 1984–Jan 1988 48-Month	64.2°F (17.9°C)	63.8°F (17.7°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	76th Coolest	Coolest since: 1987	1970
				49th Warmest	Warmest since: 1958	2020
	Ties: 1901, 1909, 1912, 1940, 1951, 1956, 1958, 1991, 2011
Feb 1983–Jan 1988 60-Month	63.9°F (17.7°C)	63.9°F (17.7°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	44th Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1970
				80th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2020, 2021
	Ties: 1900, 1909, 1911, 1914, 1916, 1943, 1959, 1960

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Regional Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 5, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/