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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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Average Temperature Rankings, January 1948

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
January 1948 1-Month	28.9°F (-1.7°C)	28.4°F (-2.0°C)	0.5°F (0.3°C)	49th Coolest	Coolest since: 1947	1950
				80th Warmest	Warmest since: 1946	1953
Dec 1947–Jan 1948 2-Month	31.0°F (-0.6°C)	29.6°F (-1.3°C)	1.4°F (0.7°C)	79th Coolest	Coolest since: 1947	1949
				49th Warmest	Warmest since: 1941	1934
	Ties: 1897, 1919, 1935, 1961, 1974
Nov 1947–Jan 1948 3-Month	32.8°F (0.4°C)	31.9°F (-0.1°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	71st Coolest	Coolest since: 1947	1949
				57th Warmest	Warmest since: 1940	1900
	Ties: 1961
Oct 1947–Jan 1948 4-Month	36.6°F (2.6°C)	35.7°F (2.1°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	77th Coolest	Coolest since: 1947	1949
				51st Warmest	Warmest since: 1945	1934
	Ties: 1996
Sep 1947–Jan 1948 5-Month	40.8°F (4.9°C)	40.0°F (4.4°C)	0.8°F (0.5°C)	74th Coolest	Coolest since: 1947	1949
				54th Warmest	Warmest since: 1945	2015
	Ties: 1951, 1955, 1963
Aug 1947–Jan 1948 6-Month	44.3°F (6.8°C)	43.9°F (6.6°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	68th Coolest	Coolest since: 1947	1949
				60th Warmest	Warmest since: 1945	2015
	Ties: 1963, 1976
Jul 1947–Jan 1948 7-Month	47.0°F (8.3°C)	46.8°F (8.2°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	59th Coolest	Coolest since: 1947	1949
				69th Warmest	Warmest since: 1946	2015
	Ties: 1983, 2009
Jun 1947–Jan 1948 8-Month	48.2°F (9.0°C)	48.1°F (8.9°C)	0.1°F (0.1°C)	50th Coolest	Coolest since: 1947	1949
				78th Warmest	Warmest since: 1946	2015
	Ties: 1931, 1944, 1962, 1963, 1971, 1993, 2008, 2009
May 1947–Jan 1948 9-Month	49.1°F (9.5°C)	48.5°F (9.2°C)	0.6°F (0.3°C)	79th Coolest	Coolest since: 1947	1949
				49th Warmest	Warmest since: 1945	2015, 2016
	Ties: 2000, 2017
Apr 1947–Jan 1948 10-Month	48.9°F (9.4°C)	48.2°F (9.0°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	84th Coolest	Coolest since: 1947	1949
				44th Warmest	Warmest since: 1945	2015, 2016
	Ties: 1927, 1934, 1966, 1975, 1980, 1993
Mar 1947–Jan 1948 11-Month	48.3°F (9.1°C)	47.3°F (8.5°C)	1.0°F (0.6°C)	96th Coolest	Coolest since: 1947	1949
				32nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1942	2016
	Ties: 1938, 1958, 1981, 1987, 1992, 2002
Feb 1947–Jan 1948 12-Month	47.2°F (8.4°C)	46.1°F (7.8°C)	1.1°F (0.6°C)	99th Coolest	Coolest since: 1947	1949
				29th Warmest	Warmest since: 1942	2016
	Ties: 1953, 1996, 1998, 2003
Aug 1946–Jan 1948 18-Month	45.6°F (7.6°C)	45.4°F (7.4°C)	0.2°F (0.2°C)	69th Coolest	Coolest since: 1947	1950
				58th Warmest	Warmest since: 1946	2016
Feb 1946–Jan 1948 24-Month	46.4°F (8.0°C)	46.2°F (7.9°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	75th Coolest	Coolest since: 1947	1950, 1957
				52nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1946	2016
	Ties: 1928, 1945, 1962, 1983, 2010
Feb 1945–Jan 1948 36-Month	46.3°F (7.9°C)	46.1°F (7.8°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	71st Coolest	Coolest since: 1947	1957
				55th Warmest	Warmest since: 1946	2017
	Ties: 1945, 1946, 1954, 1955, 1976, 2012
Feb 1944–Jan 1948 48-Month	46.4°F (8.0°C)	46.1°F (7.8°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	72nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1947	1952
				53rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1945	2018
	Ties: 1940, 1981
Feb 1943–Jan 1948 60-Month	46.3°F (7.9°C)	46.1°F (7.8°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	70th Coolest	Coolest since: 1947	1953
				54th Warmest	Warmest since: 1946	2019
	Ties: 1938, 1940, 1961, 1969, 1983, 2012

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 5, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/