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 2012
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Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Warmest/Coolest Since |
Record |
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January 2012 1-Month |
36.12°F (2.29°C) | 30.12°F (-1.04°C) |
6.00°F (3.33°C) | 124th Coolest | Coolest since: 2011 | 1979 |
4th Warmest | Warmest since: 2006 | 2006 | ||||
Dec 2011–Jan 2012 2-Month |
35.76°F (2.09°C) | 31.43°F (-0.32°C) |
4.33°F (2.41°C) | 124th Coolest | Coolest since: 2011 | 1979 |
3rd Warmest | Warmest since: 2006 | 2020 | ||||
Ties: 1934 | ||||||
Nov 2011–Jan 2012 3-Month |
38.42°F (3.57°C) | 34.86°F (1.59°C) |
3.56°F (1.98°C) | 121st Coolest | Coolest since: 2011 | 1977 |
6th Warmest | Warmest since: 2006 | 2002 | ||||
Oct 2011–Jan 2012 4-Month |
42.59°F (5.88°C) | 39.68°F (4.27°C) |
2.91°F (1.61°C) | 120th Coolest | Coolest since: 2011 | 1977 |
7th Warmest | Warmest since: 2006 | 2016 | ||||
Sep 2011–Jan 2012 5-Month |
47.29°F (8.49°C) | 44.71°F (7.06°C) |
2.58°F (1.43°C) | 118th Coolest | Coolest since: 2011 | 1977 |
9th Warmest | Warmest since: 2006 | 2016 | ||||
Aug 2011–Jan 2012 6-Month |
51.91°F (11.06°C) | 49.28°F (9.60°C) |
2.63°F (1.46°C) | 120th Coolest | Coolest since: 2011 | 1977 |
7th Warmest | Warmest since: 2006 | 2016 | ||||
Jul 2011–Jan 2012 7-Month |
55.37°F (12.98°C) | 52.75°F (11.53°C) |
2.62°F (1.45°C) | 122nd Coolest | Coolest since: 2011 | 1977 |
5th Warmest | Warmest since: 2006 | 2016 | ||||
Jun 2011–Jan 2012 8-Month |
57.18°F (13.99°C) | 54.72°F (12.62°C) |
2.46°F (1.37°C) | 124th Coolest | Coolest since: 2011 | 1977 |
3rd Warmest | Warmest to Date | 2017 | ||||
Ties: 2021 | ||||||
May 2011–Jan 2012 9-Month |
57.39°F (14.11°C) | 55.32°F (12.96°C) |
2.07°F (1.15°C) | 119th Coolest | Coolest since: 2011 | 1977 |
8th Warmest | Warmest since: 2006 | 2016 | ||||
Apr 2011–Jan 2012 10-Month |
56.85°F (13.81°C) | 54.90°F (12.72°C) |
1.95°F (1.09°C) | 118th Coolest | Coolest since: 2011 | 1918 |
9th Warmest | Warmest since: 2006 | 2016 | ||||
Mar 2011–Jan 2012 11-Month |
55.60°F (13.11°C) | 53.68°F (12.04°C) |
1.92°F (1.07°C) | 120th Coolest | Coolest since: 2011 | 1918 |
7th Warmest | Warmest since: 2002 | 2013 | ||||
Feb 2011–Jan 2012 12-Month |
53.72°F (12.07°C) | 52.02°F (11.12°C) |
1.70°F (0.95°C) | 116th Coolest | Coolest since: 2011 | 1918 |
11th Warmest | Warmest since: 2006 | 2017 | ||||
Aug 2010–Jan 2012 18-Month |
52.54°F (11.41°C) | 51.09°F (10.61°C) |
1.45°F (0.80°C) | 112th Coolest | Coolest since: 2011 | 1918 |
14th Warmest | Warmest since: 2007 | 2017 | ||||
Feb 2010–Jan 2012 24-Month |
53.31°F (11.84°C) | 52.00°F (11.11°C) |
1.31°F (0.73°C) | 109th Coolest | Coolest since: 2011 | 1918 |
17th Warmest | Warmest since: 2008 | 2018 | ||||
Feb 2009–Jan 2012 36-Month |
52.99°F (11.66°C) | 51.99°F (11.11°C) |
1.00°F (0.55°C) | 104th Coolest | Coolest since: 2011 | 1918 |
21st Warmest | Warmest since: 2009 | 2018 | ||||
Feb 2008–Jan 2012 48-Month |
52.83°F (11.57°C) | 51.98°F (11.10°C) |
0.85°F (0.47°C) | 101st Coolest | Coolest since: 2011 | 1918 |
23rd Warmest | Warmest since: 2010 | 2019 | ||||
Feb 2007–Jan 2012 60-Month |
52.98°F (11.66°C) | 51.97°F (11.09°C) |
1.01°F (0.57°C) | 102nd Coolest | Coolest since: 2011 | 1918 |
21st Warmest | Warmest since: 2010 | 2020 | ||||
Ties: 2000 |
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/