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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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Massachusetts

Average Temperature Rankings, January 1942

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
January 1942 1-Month	23.1°F (-4.9°C)	24.1°F (-4.4°C)	-1.0°F (-0.5°C)	45th Coolest	Coolest since: 1941	1918
				84th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	1932
	Ties: 1901, 1914, 1929
Dec 1941–Jan 1942 2-Month	27.2°F (-2.7°C)	26.2°F (-3.2°C)	1.0°F (0.5°C)	72nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1941	1918
				56th Warmest	Warmest since: 1937	2016
	Ties: 1966
Nov 1941–Jan 1942 3-Month	32.2°F (0.1°C)	30.5°F (-0.8°C)	1.7°F (0.9°C)	91st Coolest	Coolest since: 1941	1918
				37th Warmest	Warmest since: 1937	2016
	Ties: 1997
Oct 1941–Jan 1942 4-Month	37.0°F (2.8°C)	35.4°F (1.9°C)	1.6°F (0.9°C)	89th Coolest	Coolest since: 1941	1918
				39th Warmest	Warmest since: 1937	2016
	Ties: 1937
Sep 1941–Jan 1942 5-Month	42.0°F (5.6°C)	40.4°F (4.7°C)	1.6°F (0.9°C)	92nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1941	1918
				36th Warmest	Warmest since: 1933	2016
	Ties: 1924, 1951
Aug 1941–Jan 1942 6-Month	46.0°F (7.8°C)	44.9°F (7.2°C)	1.1°F (0.6°C)	87th Coolest	Coolest since: 1941	1918
				41st Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2016
	Ties: 1937, 1939, 1967, 1997
Jul 1941–Jan 1942 7-Month	49.3°F (9.6°C)	48.4°F (9.1°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	83rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1941	1918
				45th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2016
	Ties: 1921, 1937, 1984, 1985, 1997, 2004
Jun 1941–Jan 1942 8-Month	51.3°F (10.7°C)	50.4°F (10.2°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	84th Coolest	Coolest since: 1941	1904
				44th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2012, 2016
	Ties: 1939, 1989
May 1941–Jan 1942 9-Month	52.0°F (11.1°C)	51.1°F (10.6°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	94th Coolest	Coolest since: 1941	1918
				34th Warmest	Warmest since: 1933	2016
	Ties: 1962, 1983
Apr 1941–Jan 1942 10-Month	51.7°F (10.9°C)	50.4°F (10.2°C)	1.3°F (0.7°C)	97th Coolest	Coolest since: 1941	1918
				31st Warmest	Warmest since: 1932	2016
Mar 1941–Jan 1942 11-Month	49.7°F (9.8°C)	48.9°F (9.4°C)	0.8°F (0.4°C)	91st Coolest	Coolest since: 1941	1918
				37th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2013
	Ties: 1972, 1978, 1989, 2003, 2009
Feb 1941–Jan 1942 12-Month	47.6°F (8.7°C)	46.9°F (8.3°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	81st Coolest	Coolest since: 1941	1918
				47th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2013
	Ties: 1931, 1946, 1983, 2001, 2015
Aug 1940–Jan 1942 18-Month	46.1°F (7.8°C)	46.2°F (7.9°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	50th Coolest	Coolest since: 1941	1905
				77th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2013
	Ties: 1962, 1981
Feb 1940–Jan 1942 24-Month	46.3°F (7.9°C)	46.9°F (8.3°C)	-0.6°F (-0.4°C)	24th Coolest	Coolest since: 1941	1918
				103rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1940	2013
	Ties: 1898, 1916, 1968
Feb 1939–Jan 1942 36-Month	46.2°F (7.9°C)	46.9°F (8.3°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	18th Coolest	Coolest since: 1936	1906, 1919
				108th Warmest	Warmest since: 1941	2013
	Ties: 1903, 1912, 1928, 1965, 1970
Feb 1938–Jan 1942 48-Month	46.6°F (8.1°C)	46.8°F (8.2°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	39th Coolest	Coolest since: 1941	1905, 1908, 1918
				86th Warmest	Warmest since: 1940	2014
	Ties: 1900
Feb 1937–Jan 1942 60-Month	46.7°F (8.2°C)	46.9°F (8.3°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	46th Coolest	Coolest since: 1941	1908
				78th Warmest	Warmest since: 1940	2021
	Ties: 1923, 1943, 1981

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 3, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/