![]() Regions with below-average precipitation included much of the West, High Plains, Deep South, Great Lakes and Northeast. Precipitation was below average across most of the Lower 48. Precipitation was above average across portions of the Colorado High Plains, northern Plains, Tennessee Valley and Mid-Atlantic.was 1.60 inches, 0.71 inch below average, and tied with 2009 for the 14th driest in the 128-year period of record. The January precipitation total for the contiguous U.S. ![]() January 2022 Statewide Precipitation Ranks temperature-related energy demand during January was 106 percent of average and ranked in the middle third of the 128-year record. Based on NOAA's Residential Energy Demand Temperature Index (REDTI), the contiguous U.S.There were approximately 1,521 daily cold high (686) and low (835) temperature records set during the month. As of February 8, there were 2,978 warm daily high (1,477) and low (1,501) temperature records tied or broken during January. Warm records in January outpaced cold records by a two-to-one margin.Temperatures were above average across portions of the West while below-average overnight temperatures were present from the Deep South to the Great Lakes and across the Northeast. The nationally averaged minimum temperature (overnight lows) during January was 19.3☏, 0.4☏ below average and ranked in the middle third of the 128-year record.Temperatures were mostly above average from the Great Plains to the West Coast and below average from the Great Lakes to the East Coast. The nationally averaged maximum temperature (daytime highs) was warmer than average during January at 42.6☏, 2.1☏ above average, ranking in the warmest third of the 128-year record.Near-normal January temperatures contributed to a monthly average Bering Sea Ice extent that was double the record-low value set in 2018 and the highest value since 2013.Temperatures across the state were mostly near normal during January with above-average temperatures observed across portions of Cook Inlet and the Southeast Interior regions. The Alaska average January temperature was 3.9☏, 1.7☏ above the long-term mean, ranking in the middle third of the 98-year record.Despite below-freezing temperatures, citrus, strawberry and tomato crops suffered no significant damage. Arctic air plunged deep into Florida late in the month, bringing some of the coldest temperatures seen in the last decade.Temperatures were below average from the Midwest and Tennessee Valley to the Northeast and were associated with a persistent trough of low pressure across the region. California had its ninth-warmest January on record. Temperatures were above average across much of the West and parts of the northern Plains.temperature was 31.0☏, 0.9☏ above the 20th-century average, ranking in the middle third of the 128-year record and was the coolest January since 2014. For January, the average contiguous U.S.
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