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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

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Illinois, Climate Division 3. West

Average Temperature Rankings, May 2003

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
May 2003 1-Month	61.1°F (16.2°C)	62.3°F (16.8°C)	-1.2°F (-0.6°C)	44th Coolest	Coolest since: 2002	1924
				85th Warmest	Warmest since: 2001	2018
	Ties: 1948
Apr–May 2003 2-Month	56.9°F (13.8°C)	56.8°F (13.8°C)	0.1°F (0.0°C)	66th Coolest	Coolest since: 2002	1907
				63rd Warmest	Warmest since: 2001	1896
	Ties: 1954, 1994
Mar–May 2003 3-Month	51.3°F (10.7°C)	50.9°F (10.5°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	68th Coolest	Coolest since: 2002	1960
				61st Warmest	Warmest since: 2001	2012
	Ties: 1914
Feb–May 2003 4-Month	44.8°F (7.1°C)	45.2°F (7.3°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	56th Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1978
				73rd Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2012
	Ties: 1933
Jan–May 2003 5-Month	40.2°F (4.6°C)	40.9°F (4.9°C)	-0.7°F (-0.3°C)	51st Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1978
				78th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2012
	Ties: 1950
Dec 2002–May 2003 6-Month	38.8°F (3.8°C)	38.8°F (3.8°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	57th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1978
				71st Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2012
	Ties: 1906, 1966, 1967, 1968, 2015
Nov 2002–May 2003 7-Month	38.8°F (3.8°C)	39.0°F (3.9°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	55th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1978
				73rd Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2012
	Ties: 1900, 1923
Oct 2002–May 2003 8-Month	40.3°F (4.6°C)	41.0°F (5.0°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	38th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1978
				90th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2012
	Ties: 1956, 1965
Sep 2002–May 2003 9-Month	43.4°F (6.3°C)	43.7°F (6.5°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	44th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1978
				84th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2012
	Ties: 1956
Aug 2002–May 2003 10-Month	46.5°F (8.1°C)	46.7°F (8.2°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	49th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1978
				79th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2012
	Ties: 1930, 1959, 2010, 2013
Jul 2002–May 2003 11-Month	49.3°F (9.6°C)	49.4°F (9.7°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	58th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1904
				70th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2012
	Ties: 1903
Jun 2002–May 2003 12-Month	51.4°F (10.8°C)	51.3°F (10.7°C)	0.1°F (0.1°C)	69th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1904
				59th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2012
	Ties: 1900, 1911, 1946, 1956, 1983
Dec 2001–May 2003 18-Month	48.1°F (8.9°C)	47.1°F (8.4°C)	1.0°F (0.5°C)	100th Coolest	Coolest since: 2002	1979
				27th Warmest	Warmest since: 2000	2017
	Ties: 1915, 2008, 2022
Jun 2001–May 2003 24-Month	52.2°F (11.2°C)	51.2°F (10.7°C)	1.0°F (0.5°C)	102nd Coolest	Coolest since: 2002	1905
				25th Warmest	Warmest since: 2000	2017
	Ties: 2005
Jun 2000–May 2003 36-Month	51.6°F (10.9°C)	51.2°F (10.7°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	77th Coolest	Coolest since: 1998	1979
				49th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2018
	Ties: 1937, 1974, 2009
Jun 1999–May 2003 48-Month	52.2°F (11.2°C)	51.3°F (10.7°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	104th Coolest	Coolest since: 1999	1980
				21st Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	1935
	Ties: 1923, 1932, 1940, 1941, 1990, 2005, 2009
Jun 1998–May 2003 60-Month	52.4°F (11.3°C)	51.2°F (10.7°C)	1.2°F (0.6°C)	116th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1906, 1907, 1979
				8th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	1935
	Ties: 1936, 1942, 2007, 2019, 2021

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Divisional Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 26, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/