Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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 June 2022. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
Iowa
Average Temperature Rankings, January 2020
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Warmest/Coolest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
January 2020 1-Month |
23.1°F (-4.9°C) | 17.7°F (-7.9°C) |
5.4°F (3.0°C) | 101st Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1912 |
| 28th Warmest | Warmest since: 2017 | 2006 | ||||
|
Dec 2019–Jan 2020 2-Month |
26.2°F (-3.2°C) | 20.3°F (-6.5°C) |
5.9°F (3.3°C) | 117th Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1918 |
| 11th Warmest | Warmest since: 2016 | 2002 | ||||
|
Nov 2019–Jan 2020 3-Month |
28.2°F (-2.1°C) | 25.4°F (-3.7°C) |
2.8°F (1.6°C) | 95th Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1977 |
| 33rd Warmest | Warmest since: 2017 | 2002 | ||||
| Ties: 1944, 1988, 1995 | ||||||
|
Oct 2019–Jan 2020 4-Month |
33.0°F (0.6°C) | 32.0°F (0.0°C) |
1.0°F (0.6°C) | 78th Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1977 |
| 50th Warmest | Warmest since: 2017 | 2002 | ||||
| Ties: 1992 | ||||||
|
Sep 2019–Jan 2020 5-Month |
40.0°F (4.4°C) | 38.1°F (3.4°C) |
1.9°F (1.0°C) | 98th Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1977 |
| 30th Warmest | Warmest since: 2017 | 1932 | ||||
| Ties: 1998, 2007, 2013 | ||||||
|
Aug 2019–Jan 2020 6-Month |
44.9°F (7.2°C) | 43.7°F (6.5°C) |
1.2°F (0.7°C) | 91st Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1918, 1977 |
| 37th Warmest | Warmest since: 2017 | 1932 | ||||
| Ties: 1998, 2004 | ||||||
|
Jul 2019–Jan 2020 7-Month |
49.2°F (9.6°C) | 48.0°F (8.9°C) |
1.2°F (0.7°C) | 94th Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1918 |
| 34th Warmest | Warmest since: 2017 | 1932 | ||||
| Ties: 1922, 1935 | ||||||
|
Jun 2019–Jan 2020 8-Month |
51.8°F (11.0°C) | 50.7°F (10.4°C) |
1.1°F (0.6°C) | 94th Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1918 |
| 34th Warmest | Warmest since: 2017 | 1932 | ||||
| Ties: 1948, 1950, 2003 | ||||||
|
May 2019–Jan 2020 9-Month |
52.3°F (11.3°C) | 51.7°F (10.9°C) |
0.6°F (0.4°C) | 84th Coolest | Coolest since: 2018 | 1918 |
| 44th Warmest | Warmest since: 2019 | 1932 | ||||
| Ties: 1906, 1915, 1933, 1980, 2003, 2018 | ||||||
|
Apr 2019–Jan 2020 10-Month |
52.0°F (11.1°C) | 51.3°F (10.7°C) |
0.7°F (0.4°C) | 83rd Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1918 |
| 45th Warmest | Warmest since: 2018 | 1932 | ||||
| Ties: 1933, 2003, 2005 | ||||||
|
Mar 2019–Jan 2020 11-Month |
50.1°F (10.1°C) | 49.8°F (9.9°C) |
0.3°F (0.2°C) | 74th Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1918 |
| 54th Warmest | Warmest since: 2018 | 2013 | ||||
| Ties: 1958, 1972, 2003 | ||||||
|
Feb 2019–Jan 2020 12-Month |
47.2°F (8.4°C) | 47.5°F (8.6°C) |
-0.3°F (-0.2°C) | 50th Coolest | Coolest since: 2015 | 1918 |
| 78th Warmest | Warmest since: 2019 | 2013 | ||||
| Ties: 1943, 1945, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1984 | ||||||
|
Aug 2018–Jan 2020 18-Month |
46.0°F (7.8°C) | 46.2°F (7.9°C) |
-0.2°F (-0.1°C) | 53rd Coolest | Coolest since: 2015 | 1918 |
| 74th Warmest | Warmest since: 2019 | 2013 | ||||
| Ties: 1908, 1919, 1960, 1967, 1972, 1976, 1987 | ||||||
|
Feb 2018–Jan 2020 24-Month |
47.4°F (8.6°C) | 47.5°F (8.6°C) |
-0.1°F (0.0°C) | 56th Coolest | Coolest since: 2015 | 1952 |
| 71st Warmest | Warmest since: 2019 | 1932 | ||||
| Ties: 1912, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1944, 1945, 1972, 1978, 1991 | ||||||
|
Feb 2017–Jan 2020 36-Month |
48.1°F (8.9°C) | 47.5°F (8.6°C) |
0.6°F (0.3°C) | 87th Coolest | Coolest since: 2016 | 1918 |
| 39th Warmest | Warmest since: 2019 | 1933, 2018 | ||||
| Ties: 1921, 1949, 2012 | ||||||
|
Feb 2016–Jan 2020 48-Month |
48.8°F (9.3°C) | 47.4°F (8.6°C) |
1.4°F (0.7°C) | 110th Coolest | Coolest since: 2017 | 1918 |
| 15th Warmest | Warmest since: 2019 | 1934, 2002 | ||||
| Ties: 1933, 1991, 2014 | ||||||
|
Feb 2015–Jan 2020 60-Month |
48.9°F (9.4°C) | 47.5°F (8.6°C) |
1.4°F (0.8°C) | 116th Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1907 |
| 8th Warmest | Warmest since: 2008 | 1935 | ||||
| Ties: 1936, 2004, 2021 | ||||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published July 2022, retrieved on August 8, 2022 from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/cag/