Climate at a Glance
National Rankings
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 April 2020. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
Contiguous U.S.
Average Temperature Rankings, April 2020
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Warmest/Coolest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
April 2020 1-Month |
50.90°F (10.50°C) | 51.05°F (10.58°C) |
-0.15°F (-0.08°C) | 54th Coolest | Coolest since: 2018 | 1920 |
| 73rd Warmest | Warmest since: 2019 | 2006 | ||||
|
Mar–Apr 2020 2-Month |
48.49°F (9.16°C) | 46.28°F (7.93°C) |
2.21°F (1.23°C) | 107th Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1975 |
| 20th Warmest | Warmest since: 2017 | 2012 | ||||
|
Feb–Apr 2020 3-Month |
44.37°F (6.87°C) | 42.12°F (5.62°C) |
2.25°F (1.25°C) | 107th Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1899 |
| 20th Warmest | Warmest since: 2017 | 2012 | ||||
|
Jan–Apr 2020 4-Month |
42.16°F (5.64°C) | 39.12°F (3.96°C) |
3.04°F (1.68°C) | 117th Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1912 |
| 10th Warmest | Warmest since: 2017 | 2012 | ||||
|
Dec 2019–Apr 2020 5-Month |
41.01°F (5.01°C) | 37.84°F (3.24°C) |
3.17°F (1.77°C) | 120th Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1979 |
| 6th Warmest | Warmest since: 2017 | 2012 | ||||
|
Nov 2019–Apr 2020 6-Month |
41.02°F (5.01°C) | 38.49°F (3.61°C) |
2.53°F (1.40°C) | 118th Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1899 |
| 8th Warmest | Warmest since: 2017 | 2012 | ||||
|
Oct 2019–Apr 2020 7-Month |
42.60°F (5.89°C) | 40.73°F (4.85°C) |
1.87°F (1.04°C) | 114th Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1899 |
| 12th Warmest | Warmest since: 2017 | 2017 | ||||
| Ties: 2004 | ||||||
|
Sep 2019–Apr 2020 8-Month |
45.83°F (7.68°C) | 43.74°F (6.52°C) |
2.09°F (1.16°C) | 117th Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1899 |
| 9th Warmest | Warmest since: 2017 | 2016 | ||||
|
Aug 2019–Apr 2020 9-Month |
48.93°F (9.41°C) | 46.89°F (8.27°C) |
2.04°F (1.14°C) | 118th Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1899 |
| 8th Warmest | Warmest since: 2017 | 2016 | ||||
|
Jul 2019–Apr 2020 10-Month |
51.50°F (10.83°C) | 49.57°F (9.76°C) |
1.93°F (1.07°C) | 118th Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1899 |
| 8th Warmest | Warmest since: 2017 | 2012 | ||||
|
Jun 2019–Apr 2020 11-Month |
53.06°F (11.70°C) | 51.28°F (10.71°C) |
1.78°F (0.99°C) | 117th Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1917 |
| 9th Warmest | Warmest since: 2017 | 2017 | ||||
|
May 2019–Apr 2020 12-Month |
53.60°F (12.00°C) | 52.03°F (11.13°C) |
1.57°F (0.87°C) | 115th Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1917 |
| 11th Warmest | Warmest since: 2017 | 2017 | ||||
|
Nov 2018–Apr 2020 18-Month |
48.68°F (9.27°C) | 47.51°F (8.62°C) |
1.17°F (0.65°C) | 105th Coolest | Coolest since: 2015 | 1913 |
| 20th Warmest | Warmest since: 2019 | 2017 | ||||
|
May 2018–Apr 2020 24-Month |
53.48°F (11.93°C) | 52.02°F (11.12°C) |
1.46°F (0.81°C) | 113th Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1918 |
| 12th Warmest | Warmest since: 2018 | 2017 | ||||
|
May 2017–Apr 2020 36-Month |
53.41°F (11.89°C) | 52.00°F (11.11°C) |
1.41°F (0.78°C) | 110th Coolest | Coolest since: 2015 | 1918 |
| 14th Warmest | Warmest since: 2019 | 2017 | ||||
|
May 2016–Apr 2020 48-Month |
53.84°F (12.13°C) | 51.99°F (11.11°C) |
1.85°F (1.02°C) | 119th Coolest | Coolest since: 2016 | 1918 |
| 4th Warmest | Warmest since: 2019 | 2018, 2019 | ||||
|
May 2015–Apr 2020 60-Month |
54.08°F (12.27°C) | 51.98°F (11.10°C) |
2.10°F (1.17°C) | 121st Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1920 |
| 1st Warmest | Warmest to Date | 2020 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, published May 2020, retrieved on June 4, 2020 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/