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 2002
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Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Warmest/Coolest Since |
Record |
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January 2002 1-Month |
34.48°F (1.38°C) | 30.12°F (-1.04°C) |
4.36°F (2.42°C) | 117th Coolest | Coolest since: 2001 | 1979 |
12th Warmest | Warmest since: 1998 | 2006 | ||||
Dec 2001–Jan 2002 2-Month |
35.30°F (1.83°C) | 31.43°F (-0.32°C) |
3.87°F (2.15°C) | 122nd Coolest | Coolest since: 2001 | 1979 |
6th Warmest | Warmest since: 1934 | 2020 | ||||
Nov 2001–Jan 2002 3-Month |
39.34°F (4.08°C) | 34.87°F (1.59°C) |
4.47°F (2.49°C) | 127th Coolest | Coolest since: 2001 | 1977 |
1st Warmest | Warmest to Date | 2002 | ||||
Oct 2001–Jan 2002 4-Month |
43.10°F (6.17°C) | 39.68°F (4.27°C) |
3.42°F (1.90°C) | 124th Coolest | Coolest since: 2001 | 1977 |
4th Warmest | Warmest since: 2000 | 2016 | ||||
Sep 2001–Jan 2002 5-Month |
47.62°F (8.68°C) | 44.72°F (7.07°C) |
2.90°F (1.61°C) | 122nd Coolest | Coolest since: 2001 | 1977 |
6th Warmest | Warmest since: 1999 | 2016 | ||||
Aug 2001–Jan 2002 6-Month |
52.06°F (11.14°C) | 49.27°F (9.59°C) |
2.79°F (1.55°C) | 123rd Coolest | Coolest since: 2001 | 1977 |
5th Warmest | Warmest since: 1999 | 2022 | ||||
Ties: 1999 | ||||||
Jul 2001–Jan 2002 7-Month |
55.27°F (12.93°C) | 52.76°F (11.53°C) |
2.51°F (1.40°C) | 120th Coolest | Coolest since: 2001 | 1977 |
8th Warmest | Warmest since: 1999 | 2022 | ||||
Jun 2001–Jan 2002 8-Month |
57.01°F (13.89°C) | 54.72°F (12.62°C) |
2.29°F (1.27°C) | 121st Coolest | Coolest since: 2001 | 1977 |
7th Warmest | Warmest to Date | 2022 | ||||
May 2001–Jan 2002 9-Month |
57.66°F (14.26°C) | 55.33°F (12.96°C) |
2.33°F (1.30°C) | 124th Coolest | Coolest since: 2001 | 1977 |
4th Warmest | Warmest to Date | 2022 | ||||
Apr 2001–Jan 2002 10-Month |
57.20°F (14.00°C) | 54.90°F (12.72°C) |
2.30°F (1.28°C) | 124th Coolest | Coolest since: 2001 | 1918 |
4th Warmest | Warmest to Date | 2022 | ||||
Mar 2001–Jan 2002 11-Month |
55.77°F (13.21°C) | 53.67°F (12.04°C) |
2.10°F (1.17°C) | 122nd Coolest | Coolest since: 2001 | 1918 |
6th Warmest | Warmest to Date | 2013 | ||||
Feb 2001–Jan 2002 12-Month |
53.96°F (12.20°C) | 52.02°F (11.12°C) |
1.94°F (1.08°C) | 119th Coolest | Coolest since: 2001 | 1918 |
9th Warmest | Warmest since: 1999 | 2017 | ||||
Aug 2000–Jan 2002 18-Month |
52.22°F (11.23°C) | 51.09°F (10.61°C) |
1.13°F (0.62°C) | 107th Coolest | Coolest since: 1998 | 1918 |
20th Warmest | Warmest since: 2001 | 2017 | ||||
Ties: 1939 | ||||||
Feb 2000–Jan 2002 24-Month |
53.52°F (11.96°C) | 52.00°F (11.11°C) |
1.52°F (0.85°C) | 114th Coolest | Coolest since: 2001 | 1918 |
13th Warmest | Warmest since: 2000 | 2018 | ||||
Feb 1999–Jan 2002 36-Month |
53.63°F (12.02°C) | 51.99°F (11.11°C) |
1.64°F (0.91°C) | 115th Coolest | Coolest since: 2000 | 1918 |
11th Warmest | Warmest since: 2001 | 2018 | ||||
Feb 1998–Jan 2002 48-Month |
53.76°F (12.09°C) | 51.98°F (11.10°C) |
1.78°F (0.99°C) | 120th Coolest | Coolest since: 2001 | 1918 |
5th Warmest | Warmest to Date | 2019 | ||||
Feb 1997–Jan 2002 60-Month |
53.53°F (11.96°C) | 51.97°F (11.09°C) |
1.56°F (0.87°C) | 114th Coolest | Coolest since: 2001 | 1918 |
10th Warmest | Warmest to Date | 2020, 2021 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, published May 2022, retrieved on May 18, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/