Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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Iowa
Average Temperature Rankings, January 1940
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2019) |
Warmest/Coolest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
January 1940 1-Month |
6.6°F (-14.1°C) | 17.7°F (-7.9°C) |
-11.1°F (-6.2°C) | 4th Coolest | Coolest since: 1912 | 1912 |
| 122nd Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2006 | ||||
|
Dec 1939–Jan 1940 2-Month |
18.6°F (-7.4°C) | 20.2°F (-6.6°C) |
-1.6°F (-0.8°C) | 42nd Coolest | Coolest since: 1936 | 1918 |
| 83rd Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2002 | ||||
| Ties: 1952 | ||||||
|
Nov 1939–Jan 1940 3-Month |
25.1°F (-3.8°C) | 25.4°F (-3.7°C) |
-0.3°F (-0.1°C) | 54th Coolest | Coolest since: 1938 | 1977 |
| 71st Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2002 | ||||
|
Oct 1939–Jan 1940 4-Month |
31.9°F (-0.1°C) | 31.9°F (-0.1°C) |
0.0°F (0.0°C) | 57th Coolest | Coolest since: 1938 | 1977 |
| 68th Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2002 | ||||
|
Sep 1939–Jan 1940 5-Month |
39.2°F (4.0°C) | 38.2°F (3.4°C) |
1.0°F (0.6°C) | 82nd Coolest | Coolest since: 1938 | 1977 |
| 43rd Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 1932 | ||||
| Ties: 1922 | ||||||
|
Aug 1939–Jan 1940 6-Month |
44.3°F (6.8°C) | 43.7°F (6.5°C) |
0.6°F (0.3°C) | 74th Coolest | Coolest since: 1938 | 1918, 1977 |
| 51st Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 1932 | ||||
| Ties: 1935, 1974 | ||||||
|
Jul 1939–Jan 1940 7-Month |
48.8°F (9.3°C) | 48.0°F (8.9°C) |
0.8°F (0.4°C) | 82nd Coolest | Coolest since: 1938 | 1918 |
| 43rd Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 1932 | ||||
| Ties: 1909, 1944, 1949, 1995, 2003 | ||||||
|
Jun 1939–Jan 1940 8-Month |
51.5°F (10.8°C) | 50.6°F (10.3°C) |
0.9°F (0.5°C) | 83rd Coolest | Coolest since: 1938 | 1918 |
| 42nd Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 1932 | ||||
| Ties: 1944, 1957, 1995, 2018 | ||||||
|
May 1939–Jan 1940 9-Month |
53.1°F (11.7°C) | 51.7°F (10.9°C) |
1.4°F (0.8°C) | 98th Coolest | Coolest since: 1938 | 1918 |
| 27th Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 1932 | ||||
| Ties: 1976, 1988, 2008 | ||||||
|
Apr 1939–Jan 1940 10-Month |
52.4°F (11.3°C) | 51.3°F (10.7°C) |
1.1°F (0.6°C) | 95th Coolest | Coolest since: 1938 | 1918 |
| 30th Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 1932 | ||||
| Ties: 1902, 1954, 1987, 2008, 2011 | ||||||
|
Mar 1939–Jan 1940 11-Month |
50.9°F (10.5°C) | 49.8°F (9.9°C) |
1.1°F (0.6°C) | 94th Coolest | Coolest since: 1938 | 1918 |
| 31st Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2013 | ||||
| Ties: 1954, 1981, 1995 | ||||||
|
Feb 1939–Jan 1940 12-Month |
48.2°F (9.0°C) | 47.5°F (8.6°C) |
0.7°F (0.4°C) | 88th Coolest | Coolest since: 1938 | 1918 |
| 37th Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2013 | ||||
| Ties: 1901, 1981 | ||||||
|
Aug 1938–Jan 1940 18-Month |
48.0°F (8.9°C) | 46.2°F (7.9°C) |
1.8°F (1.0°C) | 107th Coolest | Coolest since: 1938 | 1918 |
| 17th Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2013 | ||||
|
Feb 1938–Jan 1940 24-Month |
49.4°F (9.7°C) | 47.5°F (8.6°C) |
1.9°F (1.1°C) | 112th Coolest | Coolest since: 1939 | 1952 |
| 12th Warmest | Warmest since: 1935 | 1932 | ||||
| Ties: 1935 | ||||||
|
Feb 1937–Jan 1940 36-Month |
48.6°F (9.2°C) | 47.5°F (8.6°C) |
1.1°F (0.6°C) | 99th Coolest | Coolest since: 1939 | 1918 |
| 24th Warmest | Warmest since: 1935 | 1933, 2018 | ||||
| Ties: 1942, 1988, 2004 | ||||||
|
Feb 1936–Jan 1940 48-Month |
48.3°F (9.1°C) | 47.4°F (8.6°C) |
0.9°F (0.5°C) | 93rd Coolest | Coolest since: 1939 | 1918 |
| 29th Warmest | Warmest since: 1936 | 1934, 2002 | ||||
| Ties: 1936, 1958, 1988, 2000, 2015 | ||||||
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Feb 1935–Jan 1940 60-Month |
48.0°F (8.9°C) | 47.5°F (8.6°C) |
0.5°F (0.3°C) | 81st Coolest | Coolest since: 1938 | 1907 |
| 40th Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 1935 | ||||
| Ties: 1925, 1926 | ||||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published October 2019, retrieved on October 18, 2019 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/