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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, April 1979

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
April 1979 1-Month	54.4°F (12.4°C)	54.0°F (12.2°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	68th Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1907
				61st Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2017
	Ties: 1917, 1996
Mar–Apr 1979 2-Month	50.7°F (10.4°C)	49.3°F (9.6°C)	1.4°F (0.8°C)	84th Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1926, 1960
				45th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	1921, 1945
	Ties: 1986
Feb–Apr 1979 3-Month	43.0°F (6.1°C)	45.1°F (7.3°C)	-2.1°F (-1.2°C)	19th Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1895
				110th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2012
	Ties: 1993, 2015
Jan–Apr 1979 4-Month	40.3°F (4.6°C)	42.6°F (5.9°C)	-2.3°F (-1.3°C)	14th Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1940, 1978
				115th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2017
	Ties: 1971
Dec 1978–Apr 1979 5-Month	40.1°F (4.5°C)	41.4°F (5.2°C)	-1.3°F (-0.7°C)	28th Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1904
				100th Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	2012
	Ties: 1962
Nov 1978–Apr 1979 6-Month	41.5°F (5.3°C)	42.1°F (5.6°C)	-0.6°F (-0.3°C)	42nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1904
				86th Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	2012
	Ties: 1951, 1987
Oct 1978–Apr 1979 7-Month	43.3°F (6.3°C)	44.1°F (6.7°C)	-0.8°F (-0.4°C)	30th Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1904, 1918
				98th Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	2017
	Ties: 1900, 1908, 1924, 1941, 1988
Sep 1978–Apr 1979 8-Month	46.6°F (8.1°C)	47.0°F (8.3°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	44th Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1918
				84th Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	2017
	Ties: 1906, 1920, 1951, 1959, 1975
Aug 1978–Apr 1979 9-Month	49.7°F (9.8°C)	49.9°F (9.9°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	50th Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1918
				78th Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	2017
	Ties: 1960, 1962, 1981
Jul 1978–Apr 1979 10-Month	52.1°F (11.2°C)	52.4°F (11.3°C)	-0.3°F (-0.1°C)	45th Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1918
				83rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	2017
	Ties: 1896, 1934, 1959, 1962
Jun 1978–Apr 1979 11-Month	53.8°F (12.1°C)	54.1°F (12.3°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	46th Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1918
				82nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	2017
	Ties: 1906, 1916, 1947, 1973
May 1978–Apr 1979 12-Month	54.4°F (12.4°C)	54.8°F (12.7°C)	-0.4°F (-0.3°C)	32nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1918
				96th Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	2017
	Ties: 1910, 1914, 1915, 1956, 1959, 1967, 1973
Nov 1977–Apr 1979 18-Month	49.3°F (9.6°C)	50.6°F (10.3°C)	-1.3°F (-0.7°C)	9th Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1905
				118th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2017
	Ties: 1969, 1982
May 1977–Apr 1979 24-Month	54.0°F (12.2°C)	54.8°F (12.7°C)	-0.8°F (-0.5°C)	13th Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1905
				114th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2017
	Ties: 1904, 1911, 1962, 1982
May 1976–Apr 1979 36-Month	53.5°F (11.9°C)	54.8°F (12.7°C)	-1.3°F (-0.8°C)	3rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1970	1970
				123rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	2021, 2022
	Ties: 1969
May 1975–Apr 1979 48-Month	54.2°F (12.3°C)	54.8°F (12.7°C)	-0.6°F (-0.4°C)	19th Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1970
				106th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2020, 2022
	Ties: 1908, 1921, 1981
May 1974–Apr 1979 60-Month	54.2°F (12.3°C)	54.8°F (12.7°C)	-0.6°F (-0.4°C)	18th Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1970
				106th Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	2020
	Ties: 1907, 1963, 1980

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/