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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

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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Illinois, Climate Division 3. West

Average Temperature Rankings, May 1898

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
May 1898 1-Month	61.4°F (16.3°C)	62.3°F (16.8°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	49th Coolest	Coolest since: 1897	1924
				80th Warmest	Warmest since: 1896	2018
	Ties: 1963
Apr–May 1898 2-Month	55.4°F (13.0°C)	56.8°F (13.8°C)	-1.4°F (-0.8°C)	30th Coolest	Coolest since: 1897	1907
				99th Warmest	Warmest since: 1896	1896
	Ties: 1923, 1979, 2002
Mar–May 1898 3-Month	50.7°F (10.4°C)	50.9°F (10.5°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	58th Coolest	Coolest since: 1897	1960
				71st Warmest	Warmest since: 1896	2012
	Ties: 1919
Feb–May 1898 4-Month	45.1°F (7.3°C)	45.2°F (7.3°C)	-0.1°F (0.0°C)	60th Coolest	Coolest since: 1897	1978
				69th Warmest	Warmest since: 1896	2012
	Ties: 1994, 2022
Jan–May 1898 5-Month	41.6°F (5.3°C)	40.9°F (4.9°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	78th Coolest	Coolest since: 1897	1978
				51st Warmest	Warmest since: 1896	2012
	Ties: 1903
Dec 1897–May 1898 6-Month	38.6°F (3.7°C)	38.9°F (3.8°C)	-0.3°F (-0.1°C)	50th Coolest	Coolest since: 1898	1978
				78th Warmest	Warmest since: 1897	2012
	Ties: 1907, 1935, 1964, 1977, 2019
Nov 1897–May 1898 7-Month	38.5°F (3.6°C)	39.0°F (3.9°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	42nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1898	1978
				86th Warmest	Warmest since: 1897	2012
	Ties: 1924, 1948, 1980
Oct 1897–May 1898 8-Month	41.2°F (5.1°C)	40.9°F (4.9°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	72nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1897	1978
				56th Warmest	Warmest since: 1896	2012
	Ties: 1933, 1988, 2010
Sep 1897–May 1898 9-Month	44.7°F (7.1°C)	43.8°F (6.6°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	88th Coolest	Coolest since: 1897	1978
				40th Warmest	Warmest since: 1896	2012
Aug 1897–May 1898 10-Month	47.4°F (8.6°C)	46.8°F (8.2°C)	0.6°F (0.4°C)	87th Coolest	Coolest since: 1897	1978
				41st Warmest	Warmest since: 1896	2012
	Ties: 1928, 1983, 1995
Jul 1897–May 1898 11-Month	50.1°F (10.1°C)	49.4°F (9.7°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	89th Coolest	Coolest since: 1897	1904
				39th Warmest	Warmest since: 1896	2012
	Ties: 1949
Jun 1897–May 1898 12-Month	51.9°F (11.1°C)	51.3°F (10.7°C)	0.6°F (0.4°C)	85th Coolest	Coolest since: 1897	1904
				43rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1896	2012
	Ties: 1949, 1985, 1989
Dec 1896–May 1898 18-Month	47.6°F (8.7°C)	47.1°F (8.4°C)	0.5°F (0.3°C)	79th Coolest	Coolest since: 1897	1979
				48th Warmest	Warmest to Date	2017
	Ties: 1949
Jun 1896–May 1898 24-Month	51.1°F (10.6°C)	51.2°F (10.7°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	46th Coolest	Coolest since: 1898	1905
				81st Warmest	Warmest since: 1897	2017
	Ties: 1910, 1916, 1928, 1936, 1947, 1977, 1993, 2009
Jun 1895–May 1898 36-Month	51.5°F (10.8°C)	51.3°F (10.7°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	73rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1898	1979
				53rd Warmest	Warmest to Date	2018
	Ties: 1949

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Divisional Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 5, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/