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 1950
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Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Warmest/Coolest Since |
Record |
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January 1950 1-Month |
30.43°F (-0.87°C) | 30.12°F (-1.04°C) |
0.31°F (0.17°C) | 57th Coolest | Coolest since: 1949 | 1979 |
72nd Warmest | Warmest since: 1947 | 2006 | ||||
Dec 1949–Jan 1950 2-Month |
31.84°F (-0.09°C) | 31.42°F (-0.32°C) |
0.42°F (0.23°C) | 66th Coolest | Coolest since: 1949 | 1979 |
62nd Warmest | Warmest since: 1947 | 2020 | ||||
Nov 1949–Jan 1950 3-Month |
36.32°F (2.40°C) | 34.86°F (1.59°C) |
1.46°F (0.81°C) | 97th Coolest | Coolest since: 1949 | 1977 |
31st Warmest | Warmest since: 1947 | 2002 | ||||
Oct 1949–Jan 1950 4-Month |
40.75°F (4.86°C) | 39.68°F (4.27°C) |
1.07°F (0.59°C) | 93rd Coolest | Coolest since: 1949 | 1977 |
35th Warmest | Warmest since: 1942 | 2016 | ||||
Sep 1949–Jan 1950 5-Month |
45.35°F (7.42°C) | 44.72°F (7.07°C) |
0.63°F (0.35°C) | 82nd Coolest | Coolest since: 1949 | 1977 |
46th Warmest | Warmest since: 1947 | 2016 | ||||
Aug 1949–Jan 1950 6-Month |
49.81°F (9.89°C) | 49.28°F (9.60°C) |
0.53°F (0.29°C) | 84th Coolest | Coolest since: 1949 | 1977 |
44th Warmest | Warmest since: 1942 | 2022 | ||||
Ties: 1991 | ||||||
Jul 1949–Jan 1950 7-Month |
53.29°F (11.83°C) | 52.75°F (11.53°C) |
0.54°F (0.30°C) | 85th Coolest | Coolest since: 1949 | 1977 |
43rd Warmest | Warmest since: 1942 | 2022 | ||||
Ties: 1922 | ||||||
Jun 1949–Jan 1950 8-Month |
55.29°F (12.94°C) | 54.72°F (12.62°C) |
0.57°F (0.32°C) | 85th Coolest | Coolest since: 1949 | 1977 |
43rd Warmest | Warmest since: 1942 | 2022 | ||||
Ties: 1940, 1991 | ||||||
May 1949–Jan 1950 9-Month |
56.00°F (13.33°C) | 55.33°F (12.96°C) |
0.67°F (0.37°C) | 89th Coolest | Coolest since: 1949 | 1977 |
39th Warmest | Warmest since: 1942 | 2022 | ||||
Apr 1949–Jan 1950 10-Month |
55.61°F (13.12°C) | 54.90°F (12.72°C) |
0.71°F (0.40°C) | 91st Coolest | Coolest since: 1949 | 1918 |
37th Warmest | Warmest since: 1942 | 2022 | ||||
Mar 1949–Jan 1950 11-Month |
54.26°F (12.37°C) | 53.68°F (12.04°C) |
0.58°F (0.33°C) | 83rd Coolest | Coolest since: 1949 | 1918 |
45th Warmest | Warmest since: 1947 | 2013 | ||||
Feb 1949–Jan 1950 12-Month |
52.40°F (11.33°C) | 52.02°F (11.12°C) |
0.38°F (0.21°C) | 75th Coolest | Coolest since: 1949 | 1918 |
53rd Warmest | Warmest since: 1947 | 2017 | ||||
Aug 1948–Jan 1950 18-Month |
51.12°F (10.62°C) | 51.10°F (10.61°C) |
0.02°F (0.01°C) | 60th Coolest | Coolest since: 1949 | 1918 |
67th Warmest | Warmest since: 1947 | 2017 | ||||
Feb 1948–Jan 1950 24-Month |
51.92°F (11.07°C) | 52.00°F (11.11°C) |
-0.08°F (-0.04°C) | 53rd Coolest | Coolest since: 1949 | 1918 |
74th Warmest | Warmest since: 1948 | 2018 | ||||
Ties: 1957 | ||||||
Feb 1947–Jan 1950 36-Month |
51.81°F (11.01°C) | 51.99°F (11.11°C) |
-0.18°F (-0.10°C) | 46th Coolest | Coolest since: 1931 | 1918 |
80th Warmest | Warmest since: 1949 | 2018 | ||||
Feb 1946–Jan 1950 48-Month |
52.10°F (11.17°C) | 51.98°F (11.10°C) |
0.12°F (0.07°C) | 68th Coolest | Coolest since: 1949 | 1918 |
57th Warmest | Warmest since: 1947 | 2019 | ||||
Feb 1945–Jan 1950 60-Month |
52.05°F (11.14°C) | 51.98°F (11.10°C) |
0.07°F (0.04°C) | 65th Coolest | Coolest since: 1949 | 1918 |
59th Warmest | Warmest since: 1948 | 2020, 2021 | ||||
Ties: 1926, 1982, 1987 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, published May 2022, retrieved on May 21, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/