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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, April 1986

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
April 1986 1-Month	56.2°F (13.4°C)	51.3°F (10.7°C)	4.9°F (2.7°C)	118th Coolest	Coolest since: 1984	2018
				11th Warmest	Warmest since: 1985	2010
	Ties: 1948
Mar–Apr 1986 2-Month	49.7°F (9.8°C)	45.2°F (7.3°C)	4.5°F (2.5°C)	117th Coolest	Coolest since: 1984	1960
				12th Warmest	Warmest since: 1985	2012
Feb–Apr 1986 3-Month	41.4°F (5.2°C)	39.5°F (4.2°C)	1.9°F (1.0°C)	98th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1899
				31st Warmest	Warmest since: 1985	2012
	Ties: 1935, 1955, 1957, 1985
Jan–Apr 1986 4-Month	37.9°F (3.3°C)	35.6°F (2.0°C)	2.3°F (1.3°C)	103rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1912
				26th Warmest	Warmest since: 1981	2012
	Ties: 1945, 1999
Dec 1985–Apr 1986 5-Month	34.1°F (1.2°C)	34.2°F (1.2°C)	-0.1°F (0.0°C)	59th Coolest	Coolest since: 1984	1978
				69th Warmest	Warmest since: 1985	2012
	Ties: 1910, 2019
Nov 1985–Apr 1986 6-Month	34.7°F (1.5°C)	35.1°F (1.7°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	46th Coolest	Coolest since: 1984	1904, 1912, 1978
				82nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1985	2012
	Ties: 1898, 1948
Oct 1985–Apr 1986 7-Month	37.6°F (3.1°C)	37.9°F (3.3°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	45th Coolest	Coolest since: 1984	1912
				83rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1985	2012
	Ties: 1901, 1924, 2009
Sep 1985–Apr 1986 8-Month	41.2°F (5.1°C)	41.4°F (5.2°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	47th Coolest	Coolest since: 1984	1904, 1978
				81st Warmest	Warmest since: 1985	2017
	Ties: 1900, 1924, 1930, 2003, 2013, 2018
Aug 1985–Apr 1986 9-Month	44.4°F (6.9°C)	45.0°F (7.2°C)	-0.6°F (-0.3°C)	39th Coolest	Coolest since: 1982	1978
				89th Warmest	Warmest since: 1985	2017
	Ties: 1952, 2018
Jul 1985–Apr 1986 10-Month	47.4°F (8.6°C)	48.1°F (8.9°C)	-0.7°F (-0.3°C)	36th Coolest	Coolest since: 1982	1904
				92nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1985	2012
	Ties: 1940, 1944, 1952
Jun 1985–Apr 1986 11-Month	49.4°F (9.7°C)	50.3°F (10.2°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	32nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1982	1904
				96th Warmest	Warmest since: 1985	2017
	Ties: 1929, 1965
May 1985–Apr 1986 12-Month	50.6°F (10.3°C)	51.2°F (10.7°C)	-0.6°F (-0.4°C)	34th Coolest	Coolest since: 1982	1918
				94th Warmest	Warmest since: 1985	2017
	Ties: 1902, 1944, 1952, 1960, 1980, 2010
Nov 1984–Apr 1986 18-Month	45.7°F (7.6°C)	45.8°F (7.7°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	51st Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1979
				76th Warmest	Warmest since: 1984	2017
	Ties: 1941
May 1984–Apr 1986 24-Month	51.0°F (10.6°C)	51.2°F (10.7°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	43rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1983	1905
				84th Warmest	Warmest since: 1985	2017
	Ties: 1947, 1977, 1995, 1998
May 1983–Apr 1986 36-Month	51.0°F (10.6°C)	51.2°F (10.7°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	45th Coolest	Coolest since: 1984	1979
				81st Warmest	Warmest since: 1985	2018
	Ties: 1908, 1929, 1975, 2011
May 1982–Apr 1986 48-Month	51.3°F (10.7°C)	51.2°F (10.7°C)	0.1°F (0.0°C)	59th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1980
				66th Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	1935
	Ties: 1931, 1947, 1949, 2010, 2011
May 1981–Apr 1986 60-Month	50.8°F (10.4°C)	51.2°F (10.7°C)	-0.4°F (-0.3°C)	28th Coolest	Coolest since: 1983	1906, 1979
				96th Warmest	Warmest since: 1985	1935
	Ties: 1902, 1913, 1928, 1964, 1965, 1998

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Divisional Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 25, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/