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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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Iowa

Average Temperature Rankings, January 1956

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
January 1956 1-Month	17.2°F (-8.2°C)	17.7°F (-7.9°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	52nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1954	1912
				77th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2006
	Ties: 1907
Dec 1955–Jan 1956 2-Month	17.8°F (-7.9°C)	20.2°F (-6.6°C)	-2.4°F (-1.3°C)	34th Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1918
				94th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2002
	Ties: 1971
Nov 1955–Jan 1956 3-Month	21.6°F (-5.8°C)	25.4°F (-3.7°C)	-3.8°F (-2.1°C)	15th Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1977
				113th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2002
Oct 1955–Jan 1956 4-Month	29.2°F (-1.6°C)	32.0°F (0.0°C)	-2.8°F (-1.6°C)	17th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1977
				111th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2002
	Ties: 1952
Sep 1955–Jan 1956 5-Month	36.4°F (2.4°C)	38.1°F (3.4°C)	-1.7°F (-1.0°C)	26th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1977
				102nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	1932
Aug 1955–Jan 1956 6-Month	43.0°F (6.1°C)	43.7°F (6.5°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	42nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1918, 1977
				86th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	1932
	Ties: 1903
Jul 1955–Jan 1956 7-Month	48.2°F (9.0°C)	48.0°F (8.9°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	61st Coolest	Coolest since: 1953	1918
				67th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	1932
Jun 1955–Jan 1956 8-Month	50.4°F (10.2°C)	50.6°F (10.3°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	49th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1918
				79th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	1932
	Ties: 1907, 1975, 1984, 1990
May 1955–Jan 1956 9-Month	51.8°F (11.0°C)	51.7°F (10.9°C)	0.1°F (0.1°C)	57th Coolest	Coolest since: 1953	1918
				71st Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	1932
	Ties: 1953, 1965, 1966
Apr 1955–Jan 1956 10-Month	52.1°F (11.2°C)	51.3°F (10.7°C)	0.8°F (0.5°C)	86th Coolest	Coolest since: 1953	1918
				42nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	1932
	Ties: 1949, 1976
Mar 1955–Jan 1956 11-Month	50.3°F (10.2°C)	49.7°F (9.8°C)	0.6°F (0.4°C)	82nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1953	1918
				46th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2013
	Ties: 1909, 2004
Feb 1955–Jan 1956 12-Month	47.8°F (8.8°C)	47.6°F (8.7°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	78th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1918
				50th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2013
	Ties: 1902, 1911, 1926, 1933, 1949, 1957, 1965, 1975, 1998, 2004
Aug 1954–Jan 1956 18-Month	46.9°F (8.3°C)	46.2°F (7.9°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	85th Coolest	Coolest since: 1953	1918
				42nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2013
	Ties: 1950, 1964
Feb 1954–Jan 1956 24-Month	48.6°F (9.2°C)	47.5°F (8.6°C)	1.1°F (0.6°C)	100th Coolest	Coolest since: 1954	1952
				27th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	1932
Feb 1953–Jan 1956 36-Month	48.7°F (9.3°C)	47.5°F (8.6°C)	1.2°F (0.7°C)	104th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1918
				22nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	1933, 2018
	Ties: 1955
Feb 1952–Jan 1956 48-Month	48.5°F (9.2°C)	47.5°F (8.6°C)	1.0°F (0.6°C)	99th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1918
				26th Warmest	Warmest since: 1942	1934, 2002
	Ties: 1932
Feb 1951–Jan 1956 60-Month	47.7°F (8.7°C)	47.5°F (8.6°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	74th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1907
				50th Warmest	Warmest since: 1950	1935
	Ties: 1946, 1947, 1978, 1999, 2011, 2012

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 29, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/