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 March 2021. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
Contiguous U.S.
Average Temperature Rankings, January 1979
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Warmest/Coolest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
January 1979 1-Month |
21.90°F (-5.61°C) | 30.12°F (-1.04°C) |
-8.22°F (-4.57°C) | 1st Coolest | Coolest to Date | 1979 |
| 127th Warmest | Warmest since: 1978 | 2006 | ||||
|
Dec 1978–Jan 1979 2-Month |
25.85°F (-3.42°C) | 31.43°F (-0.32°C) |
-5.58°F (-3.10°C) | 1st Coolest | Coolest to Date | 1979 |
| 126th Warmest | Warmest since: 1978 | 2020 | ||||
|
Nov 1978–Jan 1979 3-Month |
31.06°F (-0.52°C) | 34.87°F (1.59°C) |
-3.81°F (-2.11°C) | 2nd Coolest | Coolest since: 1977 | 1977 |
| 125th Warmest | Warmest since: 1978 | 2002 | ||||
|
Oct 1978–Jan 1979 4-Month |
36.90°F (2.72°C) | 39.68°F (4.27°C) |
-2.78°F (-1.55°C) | 4th Coolest | Coolest since: 1977 | 1977 |
| 123rd Warmest | Warmest since: 1978 | 2016 | ||||
|
Sep 1978–Jan 1979 5-Month |
42.68°F (5.93°C) | 44.71°F (7.06°C) |
-2.03°F (-1.13°C) | 6th Coolest | Coolest since: 1977 | 1977 |
| 121st Warmest | Warmest since: 1978 | 2016 | ||||
|
Aug 1978–Jan 1979 6-Month |
47.54°F (8.63°C) | 49.28°F (9.60°C) |
-1.74°F (-0.97°C) | 5th Coolest | Coolest since: 1977 | 1977 |
| 122nd Warmest | Warmest since: 1978 | 2016 | ||||
|
Jul 1978–Jan 1979 7-Month |
51.29°F (10.72°C) | 52.75°F (11.53°C) |
-1.46°F (-0.81°C) | 6th Coolest | Coolest since: 1977 | 1977 |
| 121st Warmest | Warmest since: 1978 | 2016 | ||||
|
Jun 1978–Jan 1979 8-Month |
53.50°F (11.94°C) | 54.72°F (12.62°C) |
-1.22°F (-0.68°C) | 8th Coolest | Coolest since: 1977 | 1977 |
| 119th Warmest | Warmest since: 1978 | 2017 | ||||
|
May 1978–Jan 1979 9-Month |
54.19°F (12.33°C) | 55.33°F (12.96°C) |
-1.14°F (-0.63°C) | 7th Coolest | Coolest since: 1977 | 1977 |
| 120th Warmest | Warmest since: 1978 | 2016 | ||||
| Ties: 1973 | ||||||
|
Apr 1978–Jan 1979 10-Month |
53.93°F (12.18°C) | 54.90°F (12.72°C) |
-0.97°F (-0.54°C) | 14th Coolest | Coolest since: 1977 | 1918 |
| 113th Warmest | Warmest since: 1978 | 2016 | ||||
|
Mar 1978–Jan 1979 11-Month |
52.78°F (11.54°C) | 53.68°F (12.04°C) |
-0.90°F (-0.50°C) | 8th Coolest | Coolest since: 1977 | 1918 |
| 119th Warmest | Warmest since: 1978 | 2013 | ||||
| Ties: 1930 | ||||||
|
Feb 1978–Jan 1979 12-Month |
50.72°F (10.40°C) | 52.02°F (11.12°C) |
-1.30°F (-0.72°C) | 5th Coolest | Coolest since: 1930 | 1918 |
| 122nd Warmest | Warmest since: 1978 | 2017 | ||||
|
Aug 1977–Jan 1979 18-Month |
50.13°F (10.07°C) | 51.10°F (10.61°C) |
-0.97°F (-0.54°C) | 7th Coolest | Coolest since: 1930 | 1918 |
| 119th Warmest | Warmest since: 1978 | 2017 | ||||
|
Feb 1977–Jan 1979 24-Month |
51.75°F (10.97°C) | 52.00°F (11.11°C) |
-0.25°F (-0.14°C) | 39th Coolest | Coolest since: 1977 | 1918 |
| 87th Warmest | Warmest since: 1978 | 2018 | ||||
| Ties: 1937, 1972, 1994 | ||||||
|
Feb 1976–Jan 1979 36-Month |
51.47°F (10.82°C) | 51.99°F (11.11°C) |
-0.52°F (-0.29°C) | 15th Coolest | Coolest since: 1970 | 1918 |
| 110th Warmest | Warmest since: 1978 | 2018 | ||||
|
Feb 1975–Jan 1979 48-Month |
51.42°F (10.79°C) | 51.98°F (11.10°C) |
-0.56°F (-0.31°C) | 12th Coolest | Coolest since: 1921 | 1918 |
| 112th Warmest | Warmest since: 1978 | 2019 | ||||
|
Feb 1974–Jan 1979 60-Month |
51.61°F (10.89°C) | 51.97°F (11.09°C) |
-0.36°F (-0.20°C) | 23rd Coolest | Coolest since: 1973 | 1918 |
| 100th Warmest | Warmest since: 1978 | 2020 | ||||
| Ties: 1913, 1952 | ||||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, published April 2021, retrieved on April 13, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/