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Look up monthly rankings for 1-12, 18, 24, 36, 48, and 60-month time periods using the options below. Data and statistics are as of August 2022. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.

Parameter: Average Temperature Maximum Temperature Minimum Temperature Precipitation Cooling Degree Days Heating Degree Days Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI) Palmer Hydrological Drought Index (PHDI) Palmer Modified Drought Index (PMDI) Palmer Z-Index

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Average Temperature Rankings, May 1960

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Period	Value	1981-2010 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
May 1960 1-Month	64.6°F (18.1°C)	66.3°F (19.1°C)	-1.7°F (-1.0°C)	24th Coolest	Coolest since: 1954	1954
				71st Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2018
Apr–May 1960 2-Month	62.4°F (16.9°C)	62.3°F (16.8°C)	0.1°F (0.1°C)	55th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1961
				40th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2019
	Ties: 1963, 1979
Mar–May 1960 3-Month	53.0°F (11.7°C)	58.0°F (14.4°C)	-5.0°F (-2.7°C)	1st Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1960
				94th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2012
Feb–May 1960 4-Month	49.2°F (9.6°C)	54.0°F (12.2°C)	-4.8°F (-2.6°C)	2nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1978
				93rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2012
Jan–May 1960 5-Month	47.1°F (8.4°C)	50.7°F (10.4°C)	-3.6°F (-2.0°C)	4th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1978
				90th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2012, 2017
Dec 1959–May 1960 6-Month	46.0°F (7.8°C)	49.1°F (9.5°C)	-3.1°F (-1.7°C)	7th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1978
				87th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2012
Nov 1959–May 1960 7-Month	46.1°F (7.8°C)	49.2°F (9.6°C)	-3.1°F (-1.8°C)	7th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1940
				87th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2012
Oct 1959–May 1960 8-Month	47.8°F (8.8°C)	50.4°F (10.2°C)	-2.6°F (-1.4°C)	9th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1978
				84th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2017
Sep 1959–May 1960 9-Month	50.2°F (10.1°C)	52.5°F (11.4°C)	-2.3°F (-1.3°C)	9th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1978
				84th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2017
	Ties: 1963
Aug 1959–May 1960 10-Month	53.0°F (11.7°C)	55.0°F (12.8°C)	-2.0°F (-1.1°C)	12th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1977
				81st Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2017
	Ties: 1969, 1982
Jul 1959–May 1960 11-Month	55.1°F (12.8°C)	57.0°F (13.9°C)	-1.9°F (-1.1°C)	11th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1977
				82nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2017
	Ties: 1951, 1966, 1969, 1970
Jun 1959–May 1960 12-Month	56.7°F (13.7°C)	58.4°F (14.7°C)	-1.7°F (-1.0°C)	13th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1977
				80th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2017
	Ties: 1951
Dec 1958–May 1960 18-Month	53.7°F (12.1°C)	55.3°F (12.9°C)	-1.6°F (-0.8°C)	19th Coolest	Coolest since: 1959	1941, 1968
				73rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1958	2017
	Ties: 1983
Jun 1958–May 1960 24-Month	57.0°F (13.9°C)	58.4°F (14.7°C)	-1.4°F (-0.8°C)	17th Coolest	Coolest since: 1959	1978
				74th Warmest	Warmest since: 1958	2017
	Ties: 1936, 1977, 1983
Jun 1957–May 1960 36-Month	56.7°F (13.7°C)	58.4°F (14.7°C)	-1.7°F (-1.0°C)	6th Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1970
				83rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2018
	Ties: 1963, 1964, 1966, 1978
Jun 1956–May 1960 48-Month	57.3°F (14.1°C)	58.4°F (14.7°C)	-1.1°F (-0.6°C)	18th Coolest	Coolest since: 1959	1969
				69th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2019
	Ties: 1941, 1959, 1972, 1982, 1985
Jun 1955–May 1960 60-Month	57.2°F (14.0°C)	58.3°F (14.6°C)	-1.1°F (-0.6°C)	18th Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1970
				67th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2020
	Ties: 1983

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: City Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 2, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/