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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

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 5. East

Average Temperature Rankings, May 1896

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
May 1896 1-Month	68.4°F (20.2°C)	61.0°F (16.1°C)	7.4°F (4.1°C)	126th Coolest	Coolest since: 1895	1907
				3rd Warmest	Warmest to Date	2018
	Ties: 1991
Apr–May 1896 2-Month	62.3°F (16.8°C)	55.4°F (13.0°C)	6.9°F (3.8°C)	127th Coolest	Coolest since: 1895	1907
				2nd Warmest	Warmest to Date	1977
Mar–May 1896 3-Month	52.5°F (11.4°C)	49.7°F (9.8°C)	2.8°F (1.6°C)	113th Coolest	Coolest since: 1895	1960
				16th Warmest	Warmest to Date	2012
	Ties: 1938, 2017
Feb–May 1896 4-Month	46.3°F (7.9°C)	44.1°F (6.7°C)	2.2°F (1.2°C)	99th Coolest	Coolest since: 1895	1978
				30th Warmest	Warmest to Date	2012
Jan–May 1896 5-Month	42.4°F (5.8°C)	40.1°F (4.5°C)	2.3°F (1.3°C)	111th Coolest	Coolest since: 1895	1978
				18th Warmest	Warmest to Date	2012
	Ties: 1932, 1999
Dec 1895–May 1896 6-Month	40.2°F (4.6°C)	38.1°F (3.4°C)	2.1°F (1.2°C)	103rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1896	1978
				25th Warmest	Warmest to Date	2012
	Ties: 1983
Nov 1895–May 1896 7-Month	39.7°F (4.3°C)	38.4°F (3.6°C)	1.3°F (0.7°C)	93rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1896	1904
				35th Warmest	Warmest to Date	2012
	Ties: 1922, 2022
Oct 1895–May 1896 8-Month	40.4°F (4.7°C)	40.2°F (4.6°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	70th Coolest	Coolest since: 1896	1904
				58th Warmest	Warmest to Date	2012
	Ties: 1911, 1975, 1981
Sep 1895–May 1896 9-Month	43.5°F (6.4°C)	43.0°F (6.1°C)	0.5°F (0.3°C)	77th Coolest	Coolest since: 1896	1904
				51st Warmest	Warmest to Date	2012
	Ties: 2019
Aug 1895–May 1896 10-Month	46.4°F (8.0°C)	45.8°F (7.7°C)	0.6°F (0.3°C)	74th Coolest	Coolest since: 1896	1904
				54th Warmest	Warmest to Date	2012
	Ties: 1937, 2011
Jul 1895–May 1896 11-Month	48.7°F (9.3°C)	48.5°F (9.2°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	67th Coolest	Coolest since: 1896	1904
				61st Warmest	Warmest to Date	2012
	Ties: 1945, 1973, 2010
Jun 1895–May 1896 12-Month	50.8°F (10.4°C)	50.4°F (10.2°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	75th Coolest	Coolest since: 1896	1904
				53rd Warmest	Warmest to Date	2012
	Ties: 1933, 1945, 1964, 1990

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Divisional Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 27, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/