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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

Year: 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

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Massachusetts

Average Temperature Rankings, January 1980

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
January 1980 1-Month	26.1°F (-3.3°C)	24.1°F (-4.4°C)	2.0°F (1.1°C)	89th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1918
				40th Warmest	Warmest since: 1975	1932
	Ties: 1983
Dec 1979–Jan 1980 2-Month	29.3°F (-1.5°C)	26.1°F (-3.3°C)	3.2°F (1.8°C)	99th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1918
				29th Warmest	Warmest since: 1975	2016
Nov 1979–Jan 1980 3-Month	34.4°F (1.3°C)	30.5°F (-0.8°C)	3.9°F (2.1°C)	116th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1918
				12th Warmest	Warmest since: 1949	2016
	Ties: 2006
Oct 1979–Jan 1980 4-Month	38.2°F (3.4°C)	35.4°F (1.9°C)	2.8°F (1.5°C)	109th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1918
				19th Warmest	Warmest since: 1951	2016
	Ties: 1951, 1999
Sep 1979–Jan 1980 5-Month	42.5°F (5.8°C)	40.4°F (4.7°C)	2.1°F (1.1°C)	100th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1918
				28th Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	2016
Aug 1979–Jan 1980 6-Month	46.7°F (8.2°C)	44.9°F (7.2°C)	1.8°F (1.0°C)	101st Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1918
				27th Warmest	Warmest since: 1974	2016
	Ties: 1947, 1992
Jul 1979–Jan 1980 7-Month	50.2°F (10.1°C)	48.4°F (9.1°C)	1.8°F (1.0°C)	103rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1918
				25th Warmest	Warmest since: 1974	2016
	Ties: 2011
Jun 1979–Jan 1980 8-Month	51.9°F (11.1°C)	50.4°F (10.2°C)	1.5°F (0.9°C)	100th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1904
				28th Warmest	Warmest since: 1974	2012, 2016
	Ties: 1960, 2015
May 1979–Jan 1980 9-Month	52.7°F (11.5°C)	51.1°F (10.6°C)	1.6°F (0.9°C)	107th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1918
				21st Warmest	Warmest since: 1974	2016
	Ties: 1960, 1974
Apr 1979–Jan 1980 10-Month	51.9°F (11.1°C)	50.4°F (10.2°C)	1.5°F (0.9°C)	101st Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1918
				27th Warmest	Warmest since: 1974	2016
Mar 1979–Jan 1980 11-Month	50.6°F (10.3°C)	48.9°F (9.4°C)	1.7°F (0.9°C)	107th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1918
				21st Warmest	Warmest since: 1974	2013
	Ties: 1954, 1958
Feb 1979–Jan 1980 12-Month	47.9°F (8.8°C)	46.9°F (8.3°C)	1.0°F (0.5°C)	93rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1918
				35th Warmest	Warmest since: 1974	2013
	Ties: 2009
Aug 1978–Jan 1980 18-Month	46.9°F (8.3°C)	46.3°F (7.9°C)	0.6°F (0.4°C)	83rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1905
				44th Warmest	Warmest since: 1975	2013
	Ties: 1956
Feb 1978–Jan 1980 24-Month	46.9°F (8.3°C)	46.9°F (8.3°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	53rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1918
				74th Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	2013
	Ties: 1929, 1940, 1962, 1967, 1973
Feb 1977–Jan 1980 36-Month	47.2°F (8.4°C)	46.9°F (8.3°C)	0.3°F (0.1°C)	66th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1906, 1919
				60th Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	2013
Feb 1976–Jan 1980 48-Month	47.0°F (8.3°C)	46.9°F (8.3°C)	0.1°F (0.0°C)	57th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1905, 1908, 1918
				68th Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	2014
	Ties: 1940, 1960, 1972
Feb 1975–Jan 1980 60-Month	47.0°F (8.3°C)	46.9°F (8.3°C)	0.1°F (0.0°C)	58th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1908
				66th Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	2021
	Ties: 1936, 1946, 1948

Citing This Page

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