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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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Illinois, Climate Division 3. West

Average Temperature Rankings, May 1985

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
May 1985 1-Month	64.6°F (18.1°C)	62.3°F (16.8°C)	2.3°F (1.3°C)	94th Coolest	Coolest since: 1984	1924
				35th Warmest	Warmest since: 1982	2018
Apr–May 1985 2-Month	60.7°F (15.9°C)	56.8°F (13.8°C)	3.9°F (2.1°C)	119th Coolest	Coolest since: 1984	1907
				10th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	1896
	Ties: 1934
Mar–May 1985 3-Month	55.1°F (12.8°C)	50.9°F (10.5°C)	4.2°F (2.3°C)	123rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1984	1960
				6th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2012
Feb–May 1985 4-Month	47.2°F (8.4°C)	45.2°F (7.3°C)	2.0°F (1.1°C)	106th Coolest	Coolest since: 1984	1978
				23rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2012
	Ties: 1922, 1955, 1974
Jan–May 1985 5-Month	41.0°F (5.0°C)	40.9°F (4.9°C)	0.1°F (0.1°C)	66th Coolest	Coolest since: 1984	1978
				63rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1983	2012
Dec 1984–May 1985 6-Month	39.8°F (4.3°C)	38.8°F (3.8°C)	1.0°F (0.5°C)	88th Coolest	Coolest since: 1984	1978
				40th Warmest	Warmest since: 1983	2012
	Ties: 1990
Nov 1984–May 1985 7-Month	40.0°F (4.4°C)	39.0°F (3.9°C)	1.0°F (0.5°C)	87th Coolest	Coolest since: 1984	1978
				41st Warmest	Warmest since: 1983	2012
	Ties: 1974
Oct 1984–May 1985 8-Month	42.1°F (5.6°C)	41.0°F (5.0°C)	1.1°F (0.6°C)	93rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1984	1978
				35th Warmest	Warmest since: 1983	2012
	Ties: 1925, 1931
Sep 1984–May 1985 9-Month	44.5°F (6.9°C)	43.8°F (6.6°C)	0.7°F (0.3°C)	85th Coolest	Coolest since: 1984	1978
				43rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1983	2012
	Ties: 1948, 2018
Aug 1984–May 1985 10-Month	47.5°F (8.6°C)	46.7°F (8.2°C)	0.8°F (0.4°C)	88th Coolest	Coolest since: 1984	1978
				40th Warmest	Warmest since: 1981	2012
Jul 1984–May 1985 11-Month	49.9°F (9.9°C)	49.4°F (9.7°C)	0.5°F (0.2°C)	85th Coolest	Coolest since: 1984	1904
				43rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1983	2012
	Ties: 1915, 1928, 1988, 1989
Jun 1984–May 1985 12-Month	51.9°F (11.1°C)	51.3°F (10.7°C)	0.6°F (0.4°C)	85th Coolest	Coolest since: 1984	1904
				43rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1981	2012
	Ties: 1898, 1949, 1989
Dec 1983–May 1985 18-Month	46.5°F (8.1°C)	47.1°F (8.4°C)	-0.6°F (-0.3°C)	33rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1983	1979
				94th Warmest	Warmest since: 1984	2017
	Ties: 1924, 1930, 1966, 1969, 1982
Jun 1983–May 1985 24-Month	51.5°F (10.8°C)	51.3°F (10.7°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	78th Coolest	Coolest since: 1984	1905
				49th Warmest	Warmest since: 1981	2017
	Ties: 1901, 1946, 1974
Jun 1982–May 1985 36-Month	51.4°F (10.8°C)	51.2°F (10.7°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	71st Coolest	Coolest since: 1984	1979
				55th Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	2018
	Ties: 1938, 1946, 1948, 1958, 1966
Jun 1981–May 1985 48-Month	51.0°F (10.6°C)	51.2°F (10.7°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	39th Coolest	Coolest since: 1983	1980
				86th Warmest	Warmest since: 1984	1935
	Ties: 1964, 1965, 1983, 1995
Jun 1980–May 1985 60-Month	51.3°F (10.7°C)	51.2°F (10.7°C)	0.1°F (0.0°C)	58th Coolest	Coolest since: 1984	1906, 1907, 1979
				66th Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	1935
	Ties: 1917, 1926, 1994

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Divisional Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 2, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/