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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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Virginia

Average Temperature Rankings, January 1946

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
January 1946 1-Month	36.1°F (2.3°C)	34.8°F (1.6°C)	1.3°F (0.7°C)	80th Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1977
				49th Warmest	Warmest since: 1943	1950
Dec 1945–Jan 1946 2-Month	33.6°F (0.9°C)	35.9°F (2.2°C)	-2.3°F (-1.3°C)	28th Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1918
				100th Warmest	Warmest since: 1944	1932
	Ties: 1897, 1915, 2003
Nov 1945–Jan 1946 3-Month	38.1°F (3.4°C)	39.1°F (3.9°C)	-1.0°F (-0.5°C)	40th Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1918
				88th Warmest	Warmest since: 1944	1932
Oct 1945–Jan 1946 4-Month	42.5°F (5.8°C)	43.4°F (6.3°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	41st Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1918
				87th Warmest	Warmest since: 1944	1932
Sep 1945–Jan 1946 5-Month	48.1°F (8.9°C)	48.1°F (8.9°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	57th Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1918
				71st Warmest	Warmest since: 1943	1932
	Ties: 1900, 1975
Aug 1945–Jan 1946 6-Month	52.2°F (11.2°C)	52.3°F (11.3°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	52nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1918
				76th Warmest	Warmest since: 1943	1932
	Ties: 1955, 1993
Jul 1945–Jan 1946 7-Month	55.3°F (12.9°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	-0.2°F (-0.2°C)	46th Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1918
				82nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1943	1932
	Ties: 1994, 2009, 2010, 2015
Jun 1945–Jan 1946 8-Month	57.4°F (14.1°C)	57.5°F (14.2°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	55th Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1918
				73rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1944	1932
	Ties: 1912, 1931, 1962, 1989
May 1945–Jan 1946 9-Month	57.7°F (14.3°C)	58.0°F (14.4°C)	-0.3°F (-0.1°C)	37th Coolest	Coolest since: 1941	1918
				91st Warmest	Warmest since: 1945	1932
	Ties: 1941, 1955, 1978, 1980, 1990, 1997, 1998, 2014
Apr 1945–Jan 1946 10-Month	57.7°F (14.3°C)	57.7°F (14.3°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	55th Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1918
				73rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1944	1932, 2020
	Ties: 1919, 1924, 1976, 1978
Mar 1945–Jan 1946 11-Month	57.4°F (14.1°C)	56.5°F (13.6°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	93rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1918
				35th Warmest	Warmest since: 1943	2017
	Ties: 1898, 1909, 1913, 1923
Feb 1945–Jan 1946 12-Month	55.8°F (13.2°C)	54.8°F (12.7°C)	1.0°F (0.5°C)	93rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1918
				35th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2020
	Ties: 1898, 1933
Aug 1944–Jan 1946 18-Month	54.2°F (12.3°C)	54.0°F (12.2°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	70th Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1918
				57th Warmest	Warmest since: 1944	2017
	Ties: 1897, 1931, 1937, 1944, 1993, 2004
Feb 1944–Jan 1946 24-Month	55.3°F (12.9°C)	54.8°F (12.7°C)	0.5°F (0.2°C)	82nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1918
				45th Warmest	Warmest since: 1944	2013, 2021
	Ties: 1922, 1924, 1935, 1944, 1986, 1988, 1996, 2010
Feb 1943–Jan 1946 36-Month	55.2°F (12.9°C)	54.8°F (12.7°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	76th Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1970
				50th Warmest	Warmest since: 1944	2021
	Ties: 1914, 1922, 1948, 1957, 1958, 1974, 2016
Feb 1942–Jan 1946 48-Month	55.3°F (12.9°C)	54.8°F (12.7°C)	0.5°F (0.2°C)	83rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1905, 1918, 1970
				42nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1935	2020
	Ties: 1924, 1954, 1958, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1999
Feb 1941–Jan 1946 60-Month	55.3°F (12.9°C)	54.8°F (12.7°C)	0.5°F (0.2°C)	80th Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1970
				44th Warmest	Warmest since: 1937	2021
	Ties: 1924, 1932, 1937, 1949, 1955, 1996

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/