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 2022. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
Contiguous U.S.
Average Temperature Rankings, January 1946
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Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Warmest/Coolest Since |
Record |
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January 1946 1-Month |
31.39°F (-0.34°C) | 30.12°F (-1.04°C) |
1.27°F (0.70°C) | 74th Coolest | Coolest since: 1945 | 1979 |
55th Warmest | Warmest since: 1944 | 2006 | ||||
Dec 1945–Jan 1946 2-Month |
30.24°F (-0.98°C) | 31.43°F (-0.32°C) |
-1.19°F (-0.66°C) | 31st Coolest | Coolest since: 1937 | 1979 |
97th Warmest | Warmest since: 1945 | 2020 | ||||
Nov 1945–Jan 1946 3-Month |
34.16°F (1.20°C) | 34.86°F (1.59°C) |
-0.70°F (-0.39°C) | 34th Coolest | Coolest since: 1937 | 1977 |
94th Warmest | Warmest since: 1945 | 2002 | ||||
Oct 1945–Jan 1946 4-Month |
39.16°F (3.98°C) | 39.68°F (4.27°C) |
-0.52°F (-0.29°C) | 35th Coolest | Coolest since: 1937 | 1977 |
93rd Warmest | Warmest since: 1945 | 2016 | ||||
Ties: 2010 | ||||||
Sep 1945–Jan 1946 5-Month |
44.32°F (6.84°C) | 44.71°F (7.06°C) |
-0.39°F (-0.22°C) | 39th Coolest | Coolest since: 1937 | 1977 |
89th Warmest | Warmest since: 1945 | 2016 | ||||
Aug 1945–Jan 1946 6-Month |
48.96°F (9.42°C) | 49.27°F (9.59°C) |
-0.31°F (-0.17°C) | 38th Coolest | Coolest since: 1937 | 1977 |
90th Warmest | Warmest since: 1945 | 2022 | ||||
Jul 1945–Jan 1946 7-Month |
52.39°F (11.33°C) | 52.76°F (11.53°C) |
-0.37°F (-0.20°C) | 38th Coolest | Coolest since: 1936 | 1977 |
90th Warmest | Warmest since: 1945 | 2022 | ||||
Jun 1945–Jan 1946 8-Month |
54.07°F (12.26°C) | 54.72°F (12.62°C) |
-0.65°F (-0.36°C) | 25th Coolest | Coolest since: 1936 | 1977 |
103rd Warmest | Warmest since: 1945 | 2022 | ||||
May 1945–Jan 1946 9-Month |
54.54°F (12.52°C) | 55.33°F (12.96°C) |
-0.79°F (-0.44°C) | 19th Coolest | Coolest since: 1936 | 1977 |
109th Warmest | Warmest since: 1945 | 2022 | ||||
Ties: 1908 | ||||||
Apr 1945–Jan 1946 10-Month |
54.11°F (12.28°C) | 54.90°F (12.72°C) |
-0.79°F (-0.44°C) | 20th Coolest | Coolest since: 1936 | 1918 |
108th Warmest | Warmest since: 1945 | 2022 | ||||
Ties: 1994 | ||||||
Mar 1945–Jan 1946 11-Month |
53.33°F (11.85°C) | 53.68°F (12.04°C) |
-0.35°F (-0.19°C) | 40th Coolest | Coolest since: 1945 | 1918 |
88th Warmest | Warmest since: 1944 | 2013 | ||||
Feb 1945–Jan 1946 12-Month |
51.82°F (11.01°C) | 52.01°F (11.12°C) |
-0.19°F (-0.11°C) | 52nd Coolest | Coolest since: 1945 | 1918 |
76th Warmest | Warmest since: 1944 | 2017 | ||||
Aug 1944–Jan 1946 18-Month |
50.96°F (10.53°C) | 51.10°F (10.61°C) |
-0.14°F (-0.08°C) | 50th Coolest | Coolest since: 1937 | 1918 |
77th Warmest | Warmest since: 1945 | 2017 | ||||
Feb 1944–Jan 1946 24-Month |
51.76°F (10.98°C) | 52.00°F (11.11°C) |
-0.24°F (-0.13°C) | 43rd Coolest | Coolest since: 1937 | 1918 |
84th Warmest | Warmest since: 1945 | 2018 | ||||
Feb 1943–Jan 1946 36-Month |
51.94°F (11.08°C) | 51.99°F (11.11°C) |
-0.05°F (-0.03°C) | 54th Coolest | Coolest since: 1945 | 1918 |
72nd Warmest | Warmest since: 1944 | 2018 | ||||
Feb 1942–Jan 1946 48-Month |
51.90°F (11.06°C) | 51.98°F (11.10°C) |
-0.08°F (-0.04°C) | 46th Coolest | Coolest since: 1931 | 1918 |
79th Warmest | Warmest since: 1945 | 2019 | ||||
Ties: 1911, 1925 | ||||||
Feb 1941–Jan 1946 60-Month |
52.01°F (11.12°C) | 51.97°F (11.09°C) |
0.04°F (0.03°C) | 58th Coolest | Coolest since: 1931 | 1918 |
66th Warmest | Warmest since: 1945 | 2020, 2021 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, published May 2022, retrieved on May 19, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/