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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 1989

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
January 1989 1-Month	52.5°F (11.4°C)	47.2°F (8.4°C)	5.3°F (3.0°C)	115th Coolest	Coolest since: 1988	1940
				14th Warmest	Warmest since: 1974	1950
	Ties: 1990
Dec 1988–Jan 1989 2-Month	50.4°F (10.2°C)	47.8°F (8.8°C)	2.6°F (1.4°C)	102nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1988	1918
				26th Warmest	Warmest since: 1974	1932
Nov 1988–Jan 1989 3-Month	52.9°F (11.6°C)	50.3°F (10.2°C)	2.6°F (1.4°C)	108th Coolest	Coolest since: 1988	1977
				20th Warmest	Warmest since: 1974	1932
	Ties: 2007, 2013
Oct 1988–Jan 1989 4-Month	54.9°F (12.7°C)	54.0°F (12.2°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	81st Coolest	Coolest since: 1988	1977
				47th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	1932
	Ties: 1993
Sep 1988–Jan 1989 5-Month	58.8°F (14.9°C)	58.1°F (14.5°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	85th Coolest	Coolest since: 1988	1977
				43rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	1932
	Ties: 1912, 1935, 1993
Aug 1988–Jan 1989 6-Month	62.4°F (16.9°C)	61.6°F (16.4°C)	0.8°F (0.5°C)	89th Coolest	Coolest since: 1988	1977
				39th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	1932
	Ties: 1909, 1933, 1995
Jul 1988–Jan 1989 7-Month	64.8°F (18.2°C)	64.2°F (17.9°C)	0.6°F (0.3°C)	86th Coolest	Coolest since: 1988	1977
				42nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	1932
	Ties: 1986, 2018
Jun 1988–Jan 1989 8-Month	66.2°F (19.0°C)	65.8°F (18.8°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	80th Coolest	Coolest since: 1988	1977
				48th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	1932, 2017
	Ties: 1928, 1979
May 1988–Jan 1989 9-Month	66.5°F (19.2°C)	66.4°F (19.1°C)	0.1°F (0.1°C)	64th Coolest	Coolest since: 1988	1977
				64th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2017
	Ties: 1919, 1971, 1997, 2009
Apr 1988–Jan 1989 10-Month	66.2°F (19.0°C)	66.1°F (18.9°C)	0.1°F (0.1°C)	61st Coolest	Coolest since: 1988	1977
				67th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2017
	Ties: 1917, 1953, 1965, 1983, 2009
Mar 1988–Jan 1989 11-Month	65.2°F (18.4°C)	65.2°F (18.4°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	55th Coolest	Coolest since: 1988	1977
				73rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2017
	Ties: 1899, 1953, 1965, 1978, 1979, 2010, 2015
Feb 1988–Jan 1989 12-Month	63.7°F (17.6°C)	63.8°F (17.7°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	44th Coolest	Coolest since: 1988	1918
				84th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2017, 2020
	Ties: 1899, 1910, 1914, 1917, 1927, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1990
Aug 1987–Jan 1989 18-Month	62.9°F (17.2°C)	63.1°F (17.3°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	38th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1978
				89th Warmest	Warmest since: 1988	2017
	Ties: 1948, 1976, 1980, 1983
Feb 1987–Jan 1989 24-Month	63.7°F (17.6°C)	63.9°F (17.7°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	38th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1970
				89th Warmest	Warmest since: 1988	2017, 2020
	Ties: 1931, 1944, 1976, 1990, 1997, 1998, 2011
Feb 1986–Jan 1989 36-Month	64.2°F (17.9°C)	63.9°F (17.7°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	77th Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1970
				49th Warmest	Warmest since: 1988	2021
	Ties: 1900, 1909, 1914, 1929, 1932, 1948, 1956, 1958, 1974
Feb 1985–Jan 1989 48-Month	64.3°F (17.9°C)	63.9°F (17.7°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	84th Coolest	Coolest since: 1988	1970
				41st Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	2020
	Ties: 1900, 1926, 1928, 1929, 1939, 1953, 2004
Feb 1984–Jan 1989 60-Month	64.1°F (17.8°C)	63.8°F (17.7°C)	0.3°F (0.1°C)	68th Coolest	Coolest since: 1988	1970
				56th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2020, 2021
	Ties: 1910, 1913, 1928, 1929, 1940, 1955, 1987, 1996

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Regional Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 30, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/