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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: 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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Alaska

Average Temperature Rankings, January 2003

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Period	Value	1925-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1925-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
January 2003 1-Month	10.2°F (-12.1°C)	2.2°F (-16.6°C)	8.0°F (4.5°C)	83rd Coolest	Coolest since: 2002	2012
				16th Warmest	Warmest since: 2001	1981
Dec 2002–Jan 2003 2-Month	11.9°F (-11.2°C)	2.9°F (-16.2°C)	9.0°F (5.0°C)	90th Coolest	Coolest since: 2002	1934
				8th Warmest	Warmest since: 2001	2001
Nov 2002–Jan 2003 3-Month	16.0°F (-8.9°C)	5.9°F (-14.5°C)	10.1°F (5.6°C)	96th Coolest	Coolest since: 2002	1943
				2nd Warmest	Warmest since: 2001	2001
Oct 2002–Jan 2003 4-Month	19.9°F (-6.7°C)	10.7°F (-11.8°C)	9.2°F (5.1°C)	97th Coolest	Coolest since: 2002	1934
				1st Warmest	Warmest to Date	2003
Sep 2002–Jan 2003 5-Month	24.5°F (-4.2°C)	16.7°F (-8.5°C)	7.8°F (4.3°C)	97th Coolest	Coolest since: 2002	1934
				1st Warmest	Warmest to Date	2003
Aug 2002–Jan 2003 6-Month	28.6°F (-1.9°C)	22.2°F (-5.4°C)	6.4°F (3.5°C)	97th Coolest	Coolest since: 2002	1934
				1st Warmest	Warmest to Date	2003
Jul 2002–Jan 2003 7-Month	32.1°F (0.1°C)	26.5°F (-3.1°C)	5.6°F (3.2°C)	97th Coolest	Coolest since: 2002	1934
				1st Warmest	Warmest to Date	2003
Jun 2002–Jan 2003 8-Month	34.4°F (1.3°C)	29.4°F (-1.4°C)	5.0°F (2.7°C)	97th Coolest	Coolest since: 2002	1934
				1st Warmest	Warmest to Date	2003
May 2002–Jan 2003 9-Month	35.1°F (1.7°C)	30.3°F (-0.9°C)	4.8°F (2.6°C)	97th Coolest	Coolest since: 2002	1934
				1st Warmest	Warmest to Date	2003
Apr 2002–Jan 2003 10-Month	33.8°F (1.0°C)	29.7°F (-1.3°C)	4.1°F (2.3°C)	94th Coolest	Coolest since: 2002	1956
				4th Warmest	Warmest to Date	2018
Mar 2002–Jan 2003 11-Month	32.1°F (0.1°C)	27.9°F (-2.3°C)	4.2°F (2.4°C)	95th Coolest	Coolest since: 2002	1956
				3rd Warmest	Warmest to Date	2016
	Ties: 2017, 2019
Feb 2002–Jan 2003 12-Month	30.1°F (-1.1°C)	25.9°F (-3.4°C)	4.2°F (2.3°C)	92nd Coolest	Coolest since: 2002	1956
				6th Warmest	Warmest since: 1994	2020
Aug 2001–Jan 2003 18-Month	27.6°F (-2.4°C)	24.7°F (-4.1°C)	2.9°F (1.7°C)	87th Coolest	Coolest since: 2002	1957, 1972
				10th Warmest	Warmest since: 1927	2020
Feb 2001–Jan 2003 24-Month	28.5°F (-1.9°C)	26.0°F (-3.3°C)	2.5°F (1.4°C)	86th Coolest	Coolest since: 2002	1957
				11th Warmest	Warmest to Date	2017, 2020
Feb 2000–Jan 2003 36-Month	28.9°F (-1.7°C)	26.0°F (-3.3°C)	2.9°F (1.6°C)	88th Coolest	Coolest since: 2002	1957
				8th Warmest	Warmest to Date	2017, 2018
Feb 1999–Jan 2003 48-Month	27.7°F (-2.4°C)	25.9°F (-3.4°C)	1.8°F (1.0°C)	81st Coolest	Coolest since: 2002	1975
				14th Warmest	Warmest since: 1982	2020
Feb 1998–Jan 2003 60-Month	27.8°F (-2.3°C)	25.9°F (-3.4°C)	1.9°F (1.1°C)	82nd Coolest	Coolest since: 2002	1976
				12th Warmest	Warmest to Date	2020
	Ties: 2004

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 26, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/