COLD HERE, WARM ELSEWHERE IN JANUARY

Written By: Scott Hetsko
Image courtesy of NOAA

• New York State recorded it's 16th coldest January on record going back to the late 1870's
• January temperatures were below average across much of the eastern United States, while the western half of the nation experienced warmer-than-average temperatures.
• California had its sixth warmest January on record. Maine and Michigan had their eighth and ninth coldest January on record, respectively.
• Based on NOAA's Residential Energy Demand Temperature Index, the contiguous U.S. temperature-related energy demand was 3.0 percent above average in January.