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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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North Carolina

Average Temperature Rankings, January 1956

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
January 1956 1-Month	37.1°F (2.8°C)	40.0°F (4.4°C)	-2.9°F (-1.6°C)	30th Coolest	Coolest since: 1948	1977
				99th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	1950
Dec 1955–Jan 1956 2-Month	37.2°F (2.9°C)	40.7°F (4.8°C)	-3.5°F (-1.9°C)	15th Coolest	Coolest since: 1948	1918
				113th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	1932
	Ties: 1981, 2001
Nov 1955–Jan 1956 3-Month	40.8°F (4.9°C)	43.6°F (6.4°C)	-2.8°F (-1.5°C)	16th Coolest	Coolest since: 1948	1918
				112th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	1932
	Ties: 1996
Oct 1955–Jan 1956 4-Month	45.4°F (7.4°C)	47.7°F (8.7°C)	-2.3°F (-1.3°C)	12th Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1918
				116th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	1932
	Ties: 1936, 1945, 1961, 1963, 2001
Sep 1955–Jan 1956 5-Month	50.5°F (10.3°C)	52.1°F (11.2°C)	-1.6°F (-0.9°C)	16th Coolest	Coolest since: 1940	1918
				112th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	1932
	Ties: 1910, 1981, 1996
Aug 1955–Jan 1956 6-Month	55.0°F (12.8°C)	56.1°F (13.4°C)	-1.1°F (-0.6°C)	21st Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1918
				107th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	1932
	Ties: 1958, 1996
Jul 1955–Jan 1956 7-Month	58.3°F (14.6°C)	59.0°F (15.0°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	28th Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1918
				100th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	1932
	Ties: 1996
Jun 1955–Jan 1956 8-Month	59.7°F (15.4°C)	60.9°F (16.1°C)	-1.2°F (-0.7°C)	14th Coolest	Coolest since: 1918	1977
				114th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	1932
	Ties: 1961, 1966
May 1955–Jan 1956 9-Month	60.7°F (15.9°C)	61.5°F (16.4°C)	-0.8°F (-0.5°C)	20th Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1918
				108th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	1932, 2020
	Ties: 1938, 1948, 1951, 1975, 1998
Apr 1955–Jan 1956 10-Month	60.8°F (16.0°C)	61.2°F (16.2°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	40th Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1918
				88th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2020
	Ties: 1929, 1980, 1985, 2014
Mar 1955–Jan 1956 11-Month	60.0°F (15.6°C)	60.1°F (15.6°C)	-0.1°F (0.0°C)	54th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1918
				74th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2017
	Ties: 1916, 1955, 1976, 1979
Feb 1955–Jan 1956 12-Month	58.5°F (14.7°C)	58.5°F (14.7°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	53rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1918
				75th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2020
	Ties: 1927, 1935, 1944, 1975
Aug 1954–Jan 1956 18-Month	57.6°F (14.2°C)	57.7°F (14.3°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	43rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1948	1905
				84th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2017
	Ties: 1900, 1927, 1931, 1990, 2014, 2015
Feb 1954–Jan 1956 24-Month	58.7°F (14.8°C)	58.5°F (14.7°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	60th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1918
				67th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2020
	Ties: 1907, 1938, 1974
Feb 1953–Jan 1956 36-Month	59.0°F (15.0°C)	58.5°F (14.7°C)	0.5°F (0.3°C)	82nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1953	1970
				44th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2021
	Ties: 1936, 1949, 1976, 2011, 2016
Feb 1952–Jan 1956 48-Month	59.0°F (15.0°C)	58.5°F (14.7°C)	0.5°F (0.3°C)	81st Coolest	Coolest since: 1954	1970
				44th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2020
	Ties: 1901, 1942, 1954, 1988, 1995
Feb 1951–Jan 1956 60-Month	59.1°F (15.1°C)	58.5°F (14.7°C)	0.6°F (0.4°C)	92nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1970
				32nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2020, 2021
	Ties: 1924, 1933, 1947, 1951, 1957, 1958, 1992, 1993, 2004

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/