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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 1998

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Period	Value	1981-2010 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
May 1998 1-Month	74.4°F (23.6°C)	75.6°F (24.2°C)	-1.2°F (-0.6°C)	9th Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1987
				65th Warmest	Warmest since: 1996	2017
	Ties: 1958, 1975
Apr–May 1998 2-Month	73.9°F (23.3°C)	74.8°F (23.8°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	18th Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1952, 1987
				56th Warmest	Warmest since: 1996	1984, 2017
	Ties: 1979, 1985
Mar–May 1998 3-Month	73.5°F (23.1°C)	74.0°F (23.3°C)	-0.5°F (-0.2°C)	23rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	2009
				51st Warmest	Warmest since: 1996	1984
	Ties: 1953, 1999
Feb–May 1998 4-Month	72.9°F (22.7°C)	73.4°F (23.0°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	22nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1996	2009
				52nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1997	1984
	Ties: 1950, 1962
Jan–May 1998 5-Month	72.4°F (22.4°C)	73.0°F (22.8°C)	-0.6°F (-0.4°C)	18th Coolest	Coolest since: 1992	1958, 2009
				55th Warmest	Warmest since: 1997	1984
	Ties: 1973, 1982, 1990
Dec 1997–May 1998 6-Month	72.4°F (22.4°C)	73.1°F (22.8°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	17th Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1958
				56th Warmest	Warmest since: 1997	1984
	Ties: 1960, 1963, 1992, 1997
Nov 1997–May 1998 7-Month	72.7°F (22.6°C)	73.5°F (23.1°C)	-0.8°F (-0.5°C)	16th Coolest	Coolest since: 1990	1954, 2009
				57th Warmest	Warmest since: 1997	2016
	Ties: 1969
Oct 1997–May 1998 8-Month	73.5°F (23.1°C)	74.1°F (23.4°C)	-0.6°F (-0.3°C)	21st Coolest	Coolest since: 1990	2009
				52nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1997	2016, 2020
	Ties: 1975
Sep 1997–May 1998 9-Month	74.2°F (23.4°C)	74.6°F (23.7°C)	-0.4°F (-0.3°C)	24th Coolest	Coolest since: 1992	1956
				49th Warmest	Warmest since: 1997	2020
	Ties: 1960, 1971, 1992, 1999
Aug 1997–May 1998 10-Month	74.7°F (23.7°C)	75.1°F (23.9°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	23rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1992	1956
				50th Warmest	Warmest since: 1997	2020
	Ties: 1960, 1969, 1982, 1992, 1999
Jul 1997–May 1998 11-Month	75.1°F (23.9°C)	75.4°F (24.1°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	27th Coolest	Coolest since: 1992	1956
				46th Warmest	Warmest since: 1997	2020
	Ties: 1960, 1971, 1977
Jun 1997–May 1998 12-Month	75.4°F (24.1°C)	75.6°F (24.2°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	30th Coolest	Coolest since: 1992	1956
				43rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1997	2020
	Ties: 1969, 1978, 1979, 2013
Dec 1996–May 1998 18-Month	74.4°F (23.6°C)	74.8°F (23.8°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	24th Coolest	Coolest since: 1992	1956
				48th Warmest	Warmest since: 1997	2020
	Ties: 1967, 1971, 1991
Jun 1996–May 1998 24-Month	75.5°F (24.2°C)	75.7°F (24.3°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	39th Coolest	Coolest since: 1993	1956, 1957
				33rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1997	2021
	Ties: 1961, 1980
Jun 1995–May 1998 36-Month	75.7°F (24.3°C)	75.7°F (24.3°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	46th Coolest	Coolest since: 1994	1956
				25th Warmest	Warmest since: 1997	2022
	Ties: 1969, 1987, 1988, 1990
Jun 1994–May 1998 48-Month	75.8°F (24.3°C)	75.7°F (24.3°C)	0.1°F (0.0°C)	50th Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1956, 1957
				20th Warmest	Warmest since: 1997	2020, 2021, 2022
	Ties: 1989, 1997, 2013
Jun 1993–May 1998 60-Month	75.8°F (24.3°C)	75.7°F (24.3°C)	0.1°F (0.0°C)	53rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1957, 1958
				16th Warmest	Warmest since: 1997	2020
	Ties: 1985, 1986, 1987, 1997, 2004

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/