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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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North Carolina

Average Temperature Rankings, January 1939

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
January 1939 1-Month	42.9°F (6.1°C)	40.0°F (4.4°C)	2.9°F (1.7°C)	97th Coolest	Coolest since: 1938	1977
				32nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1937	1950
	Ties: 1906
Dec 1938–Jan 1939 2-Month	42.1°F (5.6°C)	40.8°F (4.9°C)	1.3°F (0.7°C)	81st Coolest	Coolest since: 1938	1918
				47th Warmest	Warmest since: 1937	1932
Nov 1938–Jan 1939 3-Month	45.4°F (7.4°C)	43.6°F (6.4°C)	1.8°F (1.0°C)	93rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1938	1918
				35th Warmest	Warmest since: 1937	1932
Oct 1938–Jan 1939 4-Month	48.8°F (9.3°C)	47.7°F (8.7°C)	1.1°F (0.6°C)	86th Coolest	Coolest since: 1938	1918
				42nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1937	1932
	Ties: 1903, 1983, 1987, 2000
Sep 1938–Jan 1939 5-Month	53.1°F (11.7°C)	52.1°F (11.2°C)	1.0°F (0.5°C)	88th Coolest	Coolest since: 1938	1918
				40th Warmest	Warmest since: 1937	1932
	Ties: 1971, 1992
Aug 1938–Jan 1939 6-Month	57.2°F (14.0°C)	56.0°F (13.3°C)	1.2°F (0.7°C)	95th Coolest	Coolest since: 1938	1918
				33rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1937	1932
	Ties: 1920, 2005
Jul 1938–Jan 1939 7-Month	59.9°F (15.5°C)	59.0°F (15.0°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	89th Coolest	Coolest since: 1938	1918
				39th Warmest	Warmest since: 1937	1932
	Ties: 1923, 1927, 1943, 1986
Jun 1938–Jan 1939 8-Month	61.4°F (16.3°C)	60.8°F (16.0°C)	0.6°F (0.3°C)	83rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1938	1977
				45th Warmest	Warmest since: 1937	1932
	Ties: 1903, 1912, 1924, 1960, 1971
May 1938–Jan 1939 9-Month	62.1°F (16.7°C)	61.5°F (16.4°C)	0.6°F (0.3°C)	81st Coolest	Coolest since: 1938	1918
				47th Warmest	Warmest since: 1937	1932, 2020
	Ties: 1900, 1927
Apr 1938–Jan 1939 10-Month	61.8°F (16.6°C)	61.1°F (16.2°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	84th Coolest	Coolest since: 1938	1918
				44th Warmest	Warmest since: 1937	2020
	Ties: 1898, 1920, 1952, 1953, 1971, 2000, 2003
Mar 1938–Jan 1939 11-Month	61.2°F (16.2°C)	60.0°F (15.6°C)	1.2°F (0.6°C)	104th Coolest	Coolest since: 1938	1918
				24th Warmest	Warmest since: 1937	2017
	Ties: 1986, 1987, 2006, 2007
Feb 1938–Jan 1939 12-Month	60.0°F (15.6°C)	58.5°F (14.7°C)	1.5°F (0.9°C)	110th Coolest	Coolest since: 1938	1918
				18th Warmest	Warmest since: 1934	2020
	Ties: 1947
Aug 1937–Jan 1939 18-Month	58.2°F (14.6°C)	57.7°F (14.3°C)	0.5°F (0.3°C)	85th Coolest	Coolest since: 1938	1905
				42nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1935	2017
	Ties: 1898, 1899, 1926, 1940
Feb 1937–Jan 1939 24-Month	58.8°F (14.9°C)	58.5°F (14.7°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	69th Coolest	Coolest since: 1938	1918
				58th Warmest	Warmest since: 1937	2020
	Ties: 1929, 1995, 1996, 2001, 2011
Feb 1936–Jan 1939 36-Month	59.2°F (15.1°C)	58.6°F (14.8°C)	0.6°F (0.3°C)	97th Coolest	Coolest since: 1938	1970
				29th Warmest	Warmest since: 1935	2021
	Ties: 1928, 1950, 1952, 1955, 1987, 1988, 2003
Feb 1935–Jan 1939 48-Month	58.9°F (14.9°C)	58.5°F (14.7°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	75th Coolest	Coolest since: 1938	1970
				50th Warmest	Warmest since: 1937	2020
	Ties: 1900, 1929, 1932, 1946, 1951, 1958, 1974, 1987, 1989, 1999
Feb 1934–Jan 1939 60-Month	58.9°F (14.9°C)	58.6°F (14.8°C)	0.3°F (0.1°C)	74th Coolest	Coolest since: 1938	1970
				50th Warmest	Warmest since: 1938	2020, 2021
	Ties: 1930, 1938, 1940, 1946, 1952, 1987, 1996, 2000

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 25, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/