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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 5. East

Average Temperature Rankings, May 1946

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
May 1946 1-Month	57.8°F (14.3°C)	61.0°F (16.1°C)	-3.2°F (-1.8°C)	25th Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1907
				104th Warmest	Warmest since: 1944	2018
	Ties: 1909
Apr–May 1946 2-Month	55.3°F (12.9°C)	55.4°F (13.0°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	51st Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1907
				78th Warmest	Warmest since: 1944	1977
Mar–May 1946 3-Month	53.4°F (11.9°C)	49.7°F (9.8°C)	3.7°F (2.1°C)	119th Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1960
				10th Warmest	Warmest since: 1921	2012
Feb–May 1946 4-Month	47.7°F (8.7°C)	44.2°F (6.8°C)	3.5°F (1.9°C)	117th Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1978
				12th Warmest	Warmest since: 1938	2012
Jan–May 1946 5-Month	43.5°F (6.4°C)	40.1°F (4.5°C)	3.4°F (1.9°C)	118th Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1978
				11th Warmest	Warmest since: 1938	2012
Dec 1945–May 1946 6-Month	39.8°F (4.3°C)	38.1°F (3.4°C)	1.7°F (0.9°C)	99th Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1978
				29th Warmest	Warmest since: 1942	2012
	Ties: 1933, 1985, 1995, 2022
Nov 1945–May 1946 7-Month	39.8°F (4.3°C)	38.3°F (3.5°C)	1.5°F (0.8°C)	96th Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1904
				32nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1942	2012
	Ties: 1938, 1988
Oct 1945–May 1946 8-Month	41.2°F (5.1°C)	40.2°F (4.6°C)	1.0°F (0.5°C)	88th Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1904
				40th Warmest	Warmest since: 1942	2012
	Ties: 1950, 1986, 2018
Sep 1945–May 1946 9-Month	43.9°F (6.6°C)	43.0°F (6.1°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	89th Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1904
				39th Warmest	Warmest since: 1942	2012
	Ties: 1928, 1931, 1941, 2013
Aug 1945–May 1946 10-Month	46.6°F (8.1°C)	45.8°F (7.7°C)	0.8°F (0.4°C)	84th Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1904
				44th Warmest	Warmest since: 1942	2012
	Ties: 1898, 1934, 1981
Jul 1945–May 1946 11-Month	49.0°F (9.4°C)	48.5°F (9.2°C)	0.5°F (0.2°C)	75th Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1904
				53rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1942	2012
	Ties: 1950, 2019
Jun 1945–May 1946 12-Month	50.4°F (10.2°C)	50.3°F (10.2°C)	0.1°F (0.0°C)	62nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1943	1904
				66th Warmest	Warmest since: 1945	2012
	Ties: 2009
Dec 1944–May 1946 18-Month	46.3°F (7.9°C)	46.3°F (7.9°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	62nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1944	1905
				65th Warmest	Warmest since: 1945	2017
Jun 1944–May 1946 24-Month	50.6°F (10.3°C)	50.3°F (10.2°C)	0.3°F (0.1°C)	69th Coolest	Coolest since: 1944	1905
				58th Warmest	Warmest since: 1945	2017
	Ties: 1914, 1953
Jun 1943–May 1946 36-Month	50.6°F (10.3°C)	50.3°F (10.2°C)	0.3°F (0.1°C)	72nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1905, 1906
				54th Warmest	Warmest since: 1944	2018
	Ties: 1915, 1936, 1973, 1975
Jun 1942–May 1946 48-Month	50.3°F (10.2°C)	50.3°F (10.2°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	56th Coolest	Coolest since: 1931	1905
				69th Warmest	Warmest since: 1945	2019
	Ties: 1985
Jun 1941–May 1946 60-Month	50.7°F (10.4°C)	50.3°F (10.2°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	70th Coolest	Coolest since: 1944	1905, 1906, 1908
				54th Warmest	Warmest since: 1945	2020
	Ties: 1949, 1950, 1954, 1959, 1975

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/