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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

Year: 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

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Syracuse, New York

Average Temperature Rankings, May 1956

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Period	Value	1981-2010 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
May 1956 1-Month	53.7°F (12.1°C)	58.4°F (14.7°C)	-4.7°F (-2.6°C)	5th Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1967
				81st Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2015
Apr–May 1956 2-Month	48.5°F (9.2°C)	53.2°F (11.8°C)	-4.7°F (-2.6°C)	3rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1943	1966
				81st Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	1991
	Ties: 1943
Mar–May 1956 3-Month	41.9°F (5.5°C)	47.2°F (8.4°C)	-5.3°F (-2.9°C)	1st Coolest	Coolest since: 1956	1956
				83rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2012
Feb–May 1956 4-Month	38.1°F (3.4°C)	42.1°F (5.6°C)	-4.0°F (-2.2°C)	6th Coolest	Coolest since: 1950	1978
				78th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2012
	Ties: 1972
Jan–May 1956 5-Month	34.9°F (1.6°C)	38.6°F (3.7°C)	-3.7°F (-2.1°C)	6th Coolest	Coolest since: 1943	1940
				78th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2012
	Ties: 1943, 1963
Dec 1955–May 1956 6-Month	32.7°F (0.4°C)	37.1°F (2.8°C)	-4.4°F (-2.4°C)	3rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1940	1940
				81st Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2012
Nov 1955–May 1956 7-Month	33.4°F (0.8°C)	37.7°F (3.2°C)	-4.3°F (-2.4°C)	2nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1940	1940
				82nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2012
Oct 1955–May 1956 8-Month	36.0°F (2.2°C)	39.4°F (4.1°C)	-3.4°F (-1.9°C)	4th Coolest	Coolest since: 1940	1940
				80th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2012
Sep 1955–May 1956 9-Month	38.9°F (3.8°C)	42.0°F (5.6°C)	-3.1°F (-1.8°C)	4th Coolest	Coolest since: 1940	1940
				80th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2012
Aug 1955–May 1956 10-Month	42.5°F (5.8°C)	44.9°F (7.2°C)	-2.4°F (-1.4°C)	10th Coolest	Coolest since: 1943	1940, 1963
				74th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2012
Jul 1955–May 1956 11-Month	45.6°F (7.6°C)	47.3°F (8.5°C)	-1.7°F (-0.9°C)	17th Coolest	Coolest since: 1944	1963
				67th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2012
	Ties: 1944
Jun 1955–May 1956 12-Month	47.6°F (8.7°C)	49.0°F (9.4°C)	-1.4°F (-0.7°C)	19th Coolest	Coolest since: 1943	1963, 1978
				65th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2012
Dec 1954–May 1956 18-Month	43.9°F (6.6°C)	45.1°F (7.3°C)	-1.2°F (-0.7°C)	27th Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1941
				55th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2013
	Ties: 1951, 1962, 1981, 1997
Jun 1954–May 1956 24-Month	48.2°F (9.0°C)	49.1°F (9.5°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	28th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1978
				54th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2013
	Ties: 1945, 1958, 1961, 1983
Jun 1953–May 1956 36-Month	48.7°F (9.3°C)	49.1°F (9.5°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	45th Coolest	Coolest since: 1953	1979
				35th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2013
	Ties: 1953, 1986, 1989, 1990, 2015
Jun 1952–May 1956 48-Month	49.0°F (9.4°C)	49.0°F (9.4°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	49th Coolest	Coolest since: 1954	1980
				29th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2013
	Ties: 1951, 1952, 1954
Jun 1951–May 1956 60-Month	48.8°F (9.3°C)	48.9°F (9.4°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	43rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1970, 1971
				33rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2013
	Ties: 1952, 1987, 1989, 1993

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: City Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 26, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/