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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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Greensboro, North Carolina

Average Temperature Rankings, May 1974

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Period	Value	1981-2010 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
May 1974 1-Month	66.3°F (19.1°C)	66.3°F (19.1°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	42nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1973	1954
				53rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1970	2018
	Ties: 1958, 1986, 2016
Apr–May 1974 2-Month	62.3°F (16.8°C)	62.3°F (16.8°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	52nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1973	1961
				43rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1970	2019
	Ties: 1938, 1952, 1981, 1982
Mar–May 1974 3-Month	59.0°F (15.0°C)	58.1°F (14.5°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	72nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1973	1960
				23rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2012
	Ties: 2006, 2021
Feb–May 1974 4-Month	54.6°F (12.6°C)	54.0°F (12.2°C)	0.6°F (0.4°C)	66th Coolest	Coolest since: 1973	1978
				29th Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	2012
	Ties: 1986, 2007
Jan–May 1974 5-Month	52.9°F (11.6°C)	50.8°F (10.4°C)	2.1°F (1.2°C)	88th Coolest	Coolest since: 1973	1978
				6th Warmest	Warmest to Date	2012, 2017
	Ties: 2020
Dec 1973–May 1974 6-Month	50.5°F (10.3°C)	49.2°F (9.6°C)	1.3°F (0.7°C)	78th Coolest	Coolest since: 1973	1978
				16th Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	2012
	Ties: 1995
Nov 1973–May 1974 7-Month	50.4°F (10.2°C)	49.2°F (9.6°C)	1.2°F (0.6°C)	78th Coolest	Coolest since: 1973	1940
				16th Warmest	Warmest since: 1949	2012
Oct 1973–May 1974 8-Month	51.6°F (10.9°C)	50.4°F (10.2°C)	1.2°F (0.7°C)	78th Coolest	Coolest since: 1973	1978
				15th Warmest	Warmest since: 1949	2017
	Ties: 1949
Sep 1973–May 1974 9-Month	53.9°F (12.2°C)	52.5°F (11.4°C)	1.4°F (0.8°C)	80th Coolest	Coolest since: 1973	1978
				13th Warmest	Warmest since: 1932	2017
Aug 1973–May 1974 10-Month	56.2°F (13.4°C)	55.0°F (12.8°C)	1.2°F (0.6°C)	80th Coolest	Coolest since: 1973	1977
				13th Warmest	Warmest since: 1932	2017
Jul 1973–May 1974 11-Month	58.0°F (14.4°C)	57.0°F (13.9°C)	1.0°F (0.5°C)	78th Coolest	Coolest since: 1973	1977
				15th Warmest	Warmest since: 1932	2017
Jun 1973–May 1974 12-Month	59.5°F (15.3°C)	58.4°F (14.7°C)	1.1°F (0.6°C)	79th Coolest	Coolest since: 1973	1977
				14th Warmest	Warmest since: 1932	2017
	Ties: 2021
Dec 1972–May 1974 18-Month	55.7°F (13.2°C)	55.3°F (12.9°C)	0.4°F (0.3°C)	71st Coolest	Coolest since: 1973	1941, 1968
				21st Warmest	Warmest since: 1950	2017
	Ties: 2010
Jun 1972–May 1974 24-Month	58.2°F (14.6°C)	58.4°F (14.7°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	58th Coolest	Coolest since: 1973	1978
				33rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2017
	Ties: 1943, 1988, 1990
Jun 1971–May 1974 36-Month	58.3°F (14.6°C)	58.4°F (14.7°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	60th Coolest	Coolest since: 1973	1970
				29th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2018
	Ties: 1987, 1994
Jun 1970–May 1974 48-Month	58.1°F (14.5°C)	58.3°F (14.6°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	54th Coolest	Coolest since: 1973	1969
				33rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	2019
	Ties: 1951, 1953, 1957, 1975, 1976, 1997
Jun 1969–May 1974 60-Month	57.9°F (14.4°C)	58.3°F (14.6°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	40th Coolest	Coolest since: 1973	1970
				45th Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	2020
	Ties: 1935, 1988, 1997

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: City Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 28, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/