http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/02/07/D8FKGOE80.html
January Was America's Warmest on Record
Feb 07 4:07 PM US/Eastern
The country's average temperature for the month was 39.5 degrees Fahrenheit, 8.5 degrees above average for January, the National Climatic Data Center said Tuesday. The old record for January warmth was 37.3 degrees set in 1953..............
By state, it was the warmest January on record for Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota and Wisconsin. It was the second warmest January in New York, Kentucky and Wyoming............
The records go back to 1895 when detailed climate records began being collected.