Setup the null and alternative hypothesis:

Null hypothesis: H 0 : 1  2  0
Alternative hypothesis: H1 : 1  2  0 [one tailed test]
Level of significance:   0.05.
The degrees of freedom is,
2
 s12 s22 
  
df   n1 n2 
2 2
 s12   s22 
 1   
 n1    n2 
n1  1 n2  1
2
 35 33 
  
16 20 
  2 2
 35   33 
   
 16    20 
16  1 20  1
 33

Critical value:
The critical value at 5% p with 33 degrees of freedom for a one tailed test of t distribution
is 1.692.
Test statistic:
The test statistic for independent samples t test is,

t
X 1  X 2    1  2 
s12 s22

n1 n2


 35  33  0
4 2 52

16 20
2

1.5
 1.33

Make decision:
Reject H 0 , if the test statistic value is greater than the critical value.

Conclusion:
Since the value of the test statistic is less than the critical value. So we fail to reject the
null hypothesis at 5% significance level.

Hence, conclude that there is no evidence that temperatures in January are too low
(colder).