Climate at a Glance
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Boston, Massachusetts
Average Temperature Rankings, January 2016
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Period | Value | 1981-2010 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Warmest/Coolest Since |
Record |
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January 2016 1-Month |
32.6°F (0.3°C) | 28.8°F (-1.8°C) |
3.8°F (2.1°C) | 69th Coolest | Coolest since: 2015 | 1981 |
17th Warmest | Warmest since: 2012 | 2002 | ||||
Ties: 1951 | ||||||
Dec 2015–Jan 2016 2-Month |
38.9°F (3.8°C) | 31.5°F (-0.3°C) |
7.4°F (4.1°C) | 84th Coolest | Coolest since: 2015 | 1981 |
1st Warmest | Warmest to Date | 2016 | ||||
Nov 2015–Jan 2016 3-Month |
42.1°F (5.6°C) | 35.8°F (2.1°C) |
6.3°F (3.5°C) | 84th Coolest | Coolest since: 2015 | 1977, 1981 |
1st Warmest | Warmest to Date | 2016 | ||||
Oct 2015–Jan 2016 4-Month |
45.1°F (7.3°C) | 40.2°F (4.6°C) |
4.9°F (2.7°C) | 82nd Coolest | Coolest since: 2015 | 1977 |
3rd Warmest | Warmest since: 2012 | 2012 | ||||
Sep 2015–Jan 2016 5-Month |
49.9°F (9.9°C) | 45.1°F (7.3°C) |
4.8°F (2.6°C) | 84th Coolest | Coolest since: 2015 | 1977 |
1st Warmest | Warmest since: 2012 | 2012, 2016 | ||||
Ties: 2012 | ||||||
Aug 2015–Jan 2016 6-Month |
54.0°F (12.2°C) | 49.5°F (9.7°C) |
4.5°F (2.5°C) | 84th Coolest | Coolest since: 2015 | 1977 |
1st Warmest | Warmest to Date | 2016 | ||||
Jul 2015–Jan 2016 7-Month |
56.9°F (13.8°C) | 52.9°F (11.6°C) |
4.0°F (2.2°C) | 83rd Coolest | Coolest since: 2015 | 1977 |
2nd Warmest | Warmest since: 2012 | 2012 | ||||
Jun 2015–Jan 2016 8-Month |
57.9°F (14.4°C) | 54.7°F (12.6°C) |
3.2°F (1.8°C) | 83rd Coolest | Coolest since: 2015 | 1977 |
2nd Warmest | Warmest since: 2012 | 2012 | ||||
May 2015–Jan 2016 9-Month |
58.3°F (14.6°C) | 55.0°F (12.8°C) |
3.3°F (1.8°C) | 83rd Coolest | Coolest since: 2015 | 1977 |
2nd Warmest | Warmest since: 2012 | 2012 | ||||
Apr 2015–Jan 2016 10-Month |
57.3°F (14.1°C) | 54.3°F (12.4°C) |
3.0°F (1.7°C) | 83rd Coolest | Coolest since: 2015 | 1941 |
2nd Warmest | Warmest since: 2012 | 2012 | ||||
Mar 2015–Jan 2016 11-Month |
55.1°F (12.8°C) | 52.7°F (11.5°C) |
2.4°F (1.3°C) | 80th Coolest | Coolest since: 2015 | 1941 |
5th Warmest | Warmest since: 2013 | 2012 | ||||
Feb 2015–Jan 2016 12-Month |
52.1°F (11.2°C) | 50.9°F (10.5°C) |
1.2°F (0.7°C) | 72nd Coolest | Coolest since: 2015 | 1941, 1968 |
13th Warmest | Warmest since: 2013 | 2013 | ||||
Ties: 1958, 2020 | ||||||
Aug 2014–Jan 2016 18-Month |
51.4°F (10.8°C) | 50.4°F (10.2°C) |
1.0°F (0.6°C) | 67th Coolest | Coolest since: 2015 | 1941 |
17th Warmest | Warmest since: 2014 | 2013 | ||||
Feb 2014–Jan 2016 24-Month |
51.6°F (10.9°C) | 51.0°F (10.6°C) |
0.6°F (0.3°C) | 65th Coolest | Coolest since: 2015 | 1941 |
19th Warmest | Warmest since: 2014 | 2013 | ||||
Feb 2013–Jan 2016 36-Month |
51.6°F (10.9°C) | 50.9°F (10.5°C) |
0.7°F (0.4°C) | 66th Coolest | Coolest since: 2010 | 1941 |
17th Warmest | Warmest since: 2015 | 2013 | ||||
Ties: 2004 | ||||||
Feb 2012–Jan 2016 48-Month |
52.2°F (11.2°C) | 50.9°F (10.5°C) |
1.3°F (0.7°C) | 74th Coolest | Coolest since: 2011 | 1941 |
8th Warmest | Warmest since: 2015 | 2014 | ||||
Ties: 2018 | ||||||
Feb 2011–Jan 2016 60-Month |
52.5°F (11.4°C) | 50.8°F (10.4°C) |
1.7°F (1.0°C) | 77th Coolest | Coolest since: 2012 | 1941, 1944 |
4th Warmest | Warmest since: 2015 | 2014 | ||||
Ties: 2017, 2020 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: City Time Series, published January 2021, retrieved on January 15, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/