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 January 2021. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
Contiguous U.S.
Average Temperature Rankings, January 2020
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Warmest/Coolest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
January 2020 1-Month |
35.53°F (1.96°C) | 30.12°F (-1.04°C) |
5.41°F (3.00°C) | 123rd Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1979 |
| 5th Warmest | Warmest since: 2012 | 2006 | ||||
|
Dec 2019–Jan 2020 2-Month |
35.98°F (2.21°C) | 31.43°F (-0.32°C) |
4.55°F (2.53°C) | 126th Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1979 |
| 1st Warmest | Warmest to Date | 2020 | ||||
|
Nov 2019–Jan 2020 3-Month |
37.69°F (3.16°C) | 34.86°F (1.59°C) |
2.83°F (1.57°C) | 117th Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1977 |
| 10th Warmest | Warmest since: 2017 | 2002 | ||||
|
Oct 2019–Jan 2020 4-Month |
41.28°F (5.16°C) | 39.68°F (4.27°C) |
1.60°F (0.89°C) | 110th Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1977 |
| 17th Warmest | Warmest since: 2018 | 2016 | ||||
|
Sep 2019–Jan 2020 5-Month |
46.71°F (8.17°C) | 44.71°F (7.06°C) |
2.00°F (1.11°C) | 116th Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1977 |
| 11th Warmest | Warmest since: 2017 | 2016 | ||||
|
Aug 2019–Jan 2020 6-Month |
51.22°F (10.68°C) | 49.28°F (9.60°C) |
1.94°F (1.08°C) | 117th Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1977 |
| 10th Warmest | Warmest since: 2017 | 2016 | ||||
|
Jul 2019–Jan 2020 7-Month |
54.56°F (12.53°C) | 52.75°F (11.53°C) |
1.81°F (1.00°C) | 115th Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1977 |
| 12th Warmest | Warmest since: 2017 | 2016 | ||||
|
Jun 2019–Jan 2020 8-Month |
56.33°F (13.52°C) | 54.72°F (12.62°C) |
1.61°F (0.90°C) | 114th Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1977 |
| 13th Warmest | Warmest since: 2018 | 2017 | ||||
|
May 2019–Jan 2020 9-Month |
56.68°F (13.71°C) | 55.33°F (12.96°C) |
1.35°F (0.75°C) | 110th Coolest | Coolest since: 2015 | 1977 |
| 17th Warmest | Warmest since: 2019 | 2016 | ||||
|
Apr 2019–Jan 2020 10-Month |
56.30°F (13.50°C) | 54.90°F (12.72°C) |
1.40°F (0.78°C) | 111th Coolest | Coolest since: 2015 | 1918 |
| 16th Warmest | Warmest since: 2019 | 2016 | ||||
|
Mar 2019–Jan 2020 11-Month |
54.84°F (12.69°C) | 53.68°F (12.04°C) |
1.16°F (0.65°C) | 106th Coolest | Coolest since: 2015 | 1918 |
| 21st Warmest | Warmest since: 2019 | 2013 | ||||
|
Feb 2019–Jan 2020 12-Month |
52.92°F (11.62°C) | 52.01°F (11.12°C) |
0.91°F (0.50°C) | 96th Coolest | Coolest since: 2015 | 1918 |
| 31st Warmest | Warmest since: 2019 | 2017 | ||||
|
Aug 2018–Jan 2020 18-Month |
52.11°F (11.17°C) | 51.10°F (10.61°C) |
1.01°F (0.56°C) | 105th Coolest | Coolest since: 2015 | 1918 |
| 21st Warmest | Warmest since: 2019 | 2017 | ||||
| Ties: 2004 | ||||||
|
Feb 2018–Jan 2020 24-Month |
53.24°F (11.80°C) | 52.00°F (11.11°C) |
1.24°F (0.69°C) | 108th Coolest | Coolest since: 2015 | 1918 |
| 18th Warmest | Warmest since: 2019 | 2018 | ||||
|
Feb 2017–Jan 2020 36-Month |
53.64°F (12.02°C) | 51.99°F (11.11°C) |
1.65°F (0.91°C) | 116th Coolest | Coolest since: 2016 | 1918 |
| 9th Warmest | Warmest since: 2019 | 2018 | ||||
|
Feb 2016–Jan 2020 48-Month |
53.98°F (12.21°C) | 51.98°F (11.10°C) |
2.00°F (1.11°C) | 121st Coolest | Coolest since: 2017 | 1918 |
| 3rd Warmest | Warmest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
|
Feb 2015–Jan 2020 60-Month |
54.05°F (12.25°C) | 51.97°F (11.09°C) |
2.08°F (1.16°C) | 122nd Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1918 |
| 1st Warmest | Warmest to Date | 2020 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, published February 2021, retrieved on March 3, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/