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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 2004

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
January 2004 1-Month	17.3°F (-8.2°C)	24.1°F (-4.4°C)	-6.8°F (-3.8°C)	10th Coolest	Coolest since: 1994	1918
				119th Warmest	Warmest since: 2003	1932
Dec 2003–Jan 2004 2-Month	24.4°F (-4.2°C)	26.2°F (-3.2°C)	-1.8°F (-1.0°C)	34th Coolest	Coolest since: 2003	1918
				94th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2016
	Ties: 1912
Nov 2003–Jan 2004 3-Month	30.5°F (-0.8°C)	30.5°F (-0.8°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	55th Coolest	Coolest since: 2003	1918
				73rd Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2016
	Ties: 1897, 1931, 2018
Oct 2003–Jan 2004 4-Month	35.0°F (1.7°C)	35.4°F (1.9°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	47th Coolest	Coolest since: 2003	1918
				81st Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2016
	Ties: 1898, 1910, 1969, 1973, 1996, 2001, 2009
Sep 2003–Jan 2004 5-Month	40.5°F (4.7°C)	40.3°F (4.6°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	61st Coolest	Coolest since: 2003	1918
				67th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2016
	Ties: 2009
Aug 2003–Jan 2004 6-Month	45.7°F (7.6°C)	44.9°F (7.2°C)	0.8°F (0.4°C)	77th Coolest	Coolest since: 2003	1918
				51st Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2016
	Ties: 1975
Jul 2003–Jan 2004 7-Month	49.3°F (9.6°C)	48.4°F (9.1°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	83rd Coolest	Coolest since: 2003	1918
				45th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2016
	Ties: 1921, 1937, 1942, 1984, 1985, 1997
Jun 2003–Jan 2004 8-Month	51.2°F (10.7°C)	50.5°F (10.3°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	81st Coolest	Coolest since: 2003	1904
				47th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2012, 2016
	Ties: 2009, 2010
May 2003–Jan 2004 9-Month	51.5°F (10.8°C)	51.0°F (10.6°C)	0.5°F (0.2°C)	76th Coolest	Coolest since: 2003	1918
				52nd Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2016
	Ties: 1909, 1956, 2009
Apr 2003–Jan 2004 10-Month	50.6°F (10.3°C)	50.4°F (10.2°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	67th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1918
				61st Warmest	Warmest since: 2003	2016
	Ties: 1914, 1924, 1988
Mar 2003–Jan 2004 11-Month	49.2°F (9.6°C)	49.0°F (9.4°C)	0.2°F (0.2°C)	68th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1918
				60th Warmest	Warmest since: 2003	2013
	Ties: 1928, 1943, 1969, 1976, 1998, 2001
Feb 2003–Jan 2004 12-Month	47.0°F (8.3°C)	47.0°F (8.3°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	57th Coolest	Coolest since: 1994	1918
				71st Warmest	Warmest since: 2003	2013
	Ties: 1916, 1930, 1943
Aug 2002–Jan 2004 18-Month	46.3°F (7.9°C)	46.2°F (7.9°C)	0.1°F (0.0°C)	57th Coolest	Coolest since: 1994	1905
				70th Warmest	Warmest since: 2003	2013
	Ties: 1988
Feb 2002–Jan 2004 24-Month	47.6°F (8.7°C)	46.9°F (8.3°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	87th Coolest	Coolest since: 1998	1918
				40th Warmest	Warmest since: 2003	2013
	Ties: 1995, 1998
Feb 2001–Jan 2004 36-Month	48.3°F (9.1°C)	46.9°F (8.3°C)	1.4°F (0.8°C)	101st Coolest	Coolest since: 1998	1906, 1919
				25th Warmest	Warmest since: 2003	2013
Feb 2000–Jan 2004 48-Month	48.1°F (8.9°C)	46.8°F (8.2°C)	1.3°F (0.7°C)	99th Coolest	Coolest since: 1999	1905, 1908, 1918
				26th Warmest	Warmest since: 2003	2014
	Ties: 1952, 1954, 1999, 2006
Feb 1999–Jan 2004 60-Month	48.4°F (9.1°C)	46.8°F (8.2°C)	1.6°F (0.9°C)	104th Coolest	Coolest since: 2000	1908
				20th Warmest	Warmest since: 2003	2021
	Ties: 1954, 2000, 2006

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 6, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/