Climate at a Glance
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Boston, Massachusetts
Average Temperature Rankings, January 1974
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Period | Value | 1981-2010 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Warmest/Coolest Since |
Record |
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January 1974 1-Month |
30.6°F (-0.8°C) | 28.9°F (-1.7°C) |
1.7°F (0.9°C) | 60th Coolest | Coolest since: 1973 | 1981 |
28th Warmest | Warmest since: 1972 | 1937, 2002 | ||||
Ties: 1964 | ||||||
Dec 1973–Jan 1974 2-Month |
34.5°F (1.4°C) | 31.6°F (-0.2°C) |
2.9°F (1.6°C) | 75th Coolest | Coolest since: 1973 | 1981 |
12th Warmest | Warmest since: 1950 | 2016 | ||||
Ties: 1998, 2006 | ||||||
Nov 1973–Jan 1974 3-Month |
37.9°F (3.3°C) | 35.9°F (2.2°C) |
2.0°F (1.1°C) | 72nd Coolest | Coolest since: 1973 | 1977, 1981 |
15th Warmest | Warmest since: 1967 | 2016 | ||||
Oct 1973–Jan 1974 4-Month |
42.0°F (5.6°C) | 40.3°F (4.6°C) |
1.7°F (1.0°C) | 69th Coolest | Coolest since: 1973 | 1977 |
18th Warmest | Warmest since: 1958 | 2012 | ||||
Ties: 2008 | ||||||
Sep 1973–Jan 1974 5-Month |
46.2°F (7.9°C) | 45.2°F (7.3°C) |
1.0°F (0.6°C) | 64th Coolest | Coolest since: 1973 | 1977 |
23rd Warmest | Warmest since: 1972 | 2012, 2016 | ||||
Aug 1973–Jan 1974 6-Month |
50.8°F (10.4°C) | 49.7°F (9.8°C) |
1.1°F (0.6°C) | 68th Coolest | Coolest since: 1973 | 1977 |
19th Warmest | Warmest since: 1972 | 2016 | ||||
Jul 1973–Jan 1974 7-Month |
54.0°F (12.2°C) | 53.0°F (11.7°C) |
1.0°F (0.5°C) | 65th Coolest | Coolest since: 1973 | 1977 |
22nd Warmest | Warmest since: 1972 | 2012 | ||||
Ties: 1958, 1960 | ||||||
Jun 1973–Jan 1974 8-Month |
55.8°F (13.2°C) | 54.8°F (12.7°C) |
1.0°F (0.5°C) | 65th Coolest | Coolest since: 1973 | 1977 |
22nd Warmest | Warmest since: 1972 | 2012 | ||||
Ties: 1949 | ||||||
May 1973–Jan 1974 9-Month |
55.8°F (13.2°C) | 55.1°F (12.8°C) |
0.7°F (0.4°C) | 62nd Coolest | Coolest since: 1973 | 1977 |
25th Warmest | Warmest since: 1972 | 2012 | ||||
Ties: 1991, 2018 | ||||||
Apr 1973–Jan 1974 10-Month |
55.1°F (12.8°C) | 54.4°F (12.4°C) |
0.7°F (0.4°C) | 60th Coolest | Coolest since: 1973 | 1968 |
27th Warmest | Warmest since: 1972 | 2012 | ||||
Mar 1973–Jan 1974 11-Month |
53.9°F (12.2°C) | 52.8°F (11.6°C) |
1.1°F (0.6°C) | 68th Coolest | Coolest since: 1973 | 1968 |
19th Warmest | Warmest since: 1958 | 2012 | ||||
Ties: 1953 | ||||||
Feb 1973–Jan 1974 12-Month |
51.8°F (11.0°C) | 51.0°F (10.6°C) |
0.8°F (0.4°C) | 66th Coolest | Coolest since: 1973 | 1968 |
21st Warmest | Warmest since: 1958 | 2013, 2021 | ||||
Ties: 1991, 2003, 2006 | ||||||
Aug 1972–Jan 1974 18-Month |
50.6°F (10.3°C) | 50.6°F (10.3°C) |
0.0°F (0.0°C) | 55th Coolest | Coolest since: 1973 | 1941 |
31st Warmest | Warmest since: 1958 | 2013 | ||||
Ties: 1951, 1991, 1996, 2005 | ||||||
Feb 1972–Jan 1974 24-Month |
50.5°F (10.3°C) | 51.1°F (10.6°C) |
-0.6°F (-0.3°C) | 33rd Coolest | Coolest since: 1973 | 1941 |
53rd Warmest | Warmest since: 1972 | 2013 | ||||
Ties: 1946, 1949, 1990 | ||||||
Feb 1971–Jan 1974 36-Month |
50.8°F (10.4°C) | 51.0°F (10.6°C) |
-0.2°F (-0.2°C) | 42nd Coolest | Coolest since: 1973 | 1970 |
43rd Warmest | Warmest since: 1960 | 2013 | ||||
Ties: 1947, 1948, 1984 | ||||||
Feb 1970–Jan 1974 48-Month |
50.7°F (10.4°C) | 51.0°F (10.6°C) |
-0.3°F (-0.2°C) | 39th Coolest | Coolest since: 1973 | 1971 |
45th Warmest | Warmest since: 1961 | 2014 | ||||
Ties: 1961, 1997 | ||||||
Feb 1969–Jan 1974 60-Month |
50.5°F (10.3°C) | 50.9°F (10.5°C) |
-0.4°F (-0.2°C) | 30th Coolest | Coolest since: 1973 | 1941, 1944 |
53rd Warmest | Warmest since: 1962 | 2014, 2021, 2022 | ||||
Ties: 1947, 1948, 1959, 1961, 1975, 1989, 1991 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: City Time Series, published June 2022, retrieved on June 24, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/