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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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City: Duluth International Falls Minneapolis-St. Paul Rochester St. Paul

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Rochester, Minnesota

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	56.1°F (13.4°C)	56.9°F (13.8°C)	-0.8°F (-0.4°C)	52nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1954	1945
				55th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	1934
Apr–May 1956 2-Month	47.8°F (8.8°C)	51.1°F (10.6°C)	-3.3°F (-1.8°C)	17th Coolest	Coolest since: 1953	1961
				90th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	1977
	Ties: 1979, 2013
Mar–May 1956 3-Month	39.7°F (4.3°C)	44.5°F (6.9°C)	-4.8°F (-2.6°C)	7th Coolest	Coolest since: 1950	1950
				100th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2012
	Ties: 2013
Feb–May 1956 4-Month	32.7°F (0.4°C)	38.1°F (3.4°C)	-5.4°F (-3.0°C)	6th Coolest	Coolest since: 1950	1917
				101st Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2012
Jan–May 1956 5-Month	28.3°F (-2.1°C)	33.4°F (0.8°C)	-5.1°F (-2.9°C)	12th Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1979
				94th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2012
Dec 1955–May 1956 6-Month	25.4°F (-3.7°C)	30.9°F (-0.6°C)	-5.5°F (-3.1°C)	6th Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1979
				100th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2012
	Ties: 1936, 1978
Nov 1955–May 1956 7-Month	25.3°F (-3.7°C)	31.2°F (-0.4°C)	-5.9°F (-3.3°C)	4th Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1979
				102nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2012
Oct 1955–May 1956 8-Month	28.2°F (-2.1°C)	33.2°F (0.7°C)	-5.0°F (-2.8°C)	5th Coolest	Coolest since: 1920	1979
				101st Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2012
Sep 1955–May 1956 9-Month	31.8°F (-0.1°C)	36.2°F (2.3°C)	-4.4°F (-2.4°C)	4th Coolest	Coolest since: 1917	1979
				101st Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2012
	Ties: 1965
Aug 1955–May 1956 10-Month	35.9°F (2.2°C)	39.2°F (4.0°C)	-3.3°F (-1.8°C)	10th Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1979
				94th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2012
Jul 1955–May 1956 11-Month	39.6°F (4.2°C)	42.1°F (5.6°C)	-2.5°F (-1.4°C)	14th Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1979
				90th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2012
Jun 1955–May 1956 12-Month	41.7°F (5.4°C)	44.1°F (6.7°C)	-2.4°F (-1.3°C)	16th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1979
				88th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2012
	Ties: 1916, 1959, 1986, 1994
Dec 1954–May 1956 18-Month	38.0°F (3.3°C)	39.7°F (4.3°C)	-1.7°F (-1.0°C)	31st Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1918, 1979
				72nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2017
	Ties: 1930, 1938
Jun 1954–May 1956 24-Month	43.0°F (6.1°C)	44.1°F (6.7°C)	-1.1°F (-0.6°C)	33rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1953	1979
				68th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2017
	Ties: 1916, 1938, 1948, 1965, 1986, 1993
Jun 1953–May 1956 36-Month	43.7°F (6.5°C)	44.1°F (6.7°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	58th Coolest	Coolest since: 1954	1918
				40th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2018
	Ties: 1916, 1943, 1982
Jun 1952–May 1956 48-Month	43.6°F (6.4°C)	44.1°F (6.7°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	54th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1918, 1920
				42nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1944	2013, 2018
	Ties: 1998
Jun 1951–May 1956 60-Month	43.2°F (6.2°C)	44.0°F (6.7°C)	-0.8°F (-0.5°C)	39th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1920
				55th Warmest	Warmest since: 1950	2006, 2016
	Ties: 1937, 1940, 1961, 1998

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: City Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 30, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/