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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 5. East

Average Temperature Rankings, May 1959

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
May 1959 1-Month	65.5°F (18.6°C)	61.0°F (16.1°C)	4.5°F (2.5°C)	113th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1907
				16th Warmest	Warmest since: 1944	2018
Apr–May 1959 2-Month	57.8°F (14.3°C)	55.4°F (13.0°C)	2.4°F (1.3°C)	103rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1907
				26th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	1977
Mar–May 1959 3-Month	51.2°F (10.7°C)	49.7°F (9.8°C)	1.5°F (0.9°C)	92nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1960
				37th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2012
	Ties: 1999, 2003, 2015
Feb–May 1959 4-Month	45.2°F (7.3°C)	44.1°F (6.7°C)	1.1°F (0.6°C)	88th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1978
				41st Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	2012
	Ties: 1949, 1981, 2011
Jan–May 1959 5-Month	40.0°F (4.4°C)	40.1°F (4.5°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	57th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1978
				72nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	2012
	Ties: 1909, 2019
Dec 1958–May 1959 6-Month	37.0°F (2.8°C)	38.1°F (3.4°C)	-1.1°F (-0.6°C)	28th Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1978
				100th Warmest	Warmest since: 1958	2012
	Ties: 1916, 1924, 1947, 1961, 1962
Nov 1958–May 1959 7-Month	37.7°F (3.2°C)	38.3°F (3.5°C)	-0.6°F (-0.3°C)	40th Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1904
				88th Warmest	Warmest since: 1958	2012
	Ties: 1916, 1969
Oct 1958–May 1959 8-Month	39.8°F (4.3°C)	40.2°F (4.6°C)	-0.4°F (-0.3°C)	42nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1904
				86th Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	2012
	Ties: 1900, 1915, 1923, 2003
Sep 1958–May 1959 9-Month	42.6°F (5.9°C)	43.0°F (6.1°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	40th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1904
				88th Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	2012
	Ties: 1908, 1916, 1944, 1967, 1971
Aug 1958–May 1959 10-Month	45.6°F (7.6°C)	45.9°F (7.7°C)	-0.3°F (-0.1°C)	44th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1904
				84th Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	2012
	Ties: 1900, 1901, 1915, 1929, 1947, 1971
Jul 1958–May 1959 11-Month	48.0°F (8.9°C)	48.5°F (9.2°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	38th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1904
				90th Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	2012
	Ties: 1907, 1969
Jun 1958–May 1959 12-Month	49.4°F (9.7°C)	50.3°F (10.2°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	26th Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1904
				102nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1958	2012
	Ties: 1993, 1994
Dec 1957–May 1959 18-Month	45.6°F (7.6°C)	46.3°F (7.9°C)	-0.7°F (-0.3°C)	34th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1905
				93rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1958	2017
	Ties: 1910, 1911, 1929, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1983
Jun 1957–May 1959 24-Month	49.6°F (9.8°C)	50.3°F (10.2°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	27th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1905
				100th Warmest	Warmest since: 1958	2017
	Ties: 1927, 1930
Jun 1956–May 1959 36-Month	50.1°F (10.1°C)	50.3°F (10.2°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	48th Coolest	Coolest since: 1953	1905, 1906
				78th Warmest	Warmest since: 1958	2018
	Ties: 1995
Jun 1955–May 1959 48-Month	50.2°F (10.1°C)	50.2°F (10.1°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	50th Coolest	Coolest since: 1953	1905
				75th Warmest	Warmest since: 1958	2019
	Ties: 1916, 1952, 1953, 1967, 1973
Jun 1954–May 1959 60-Month	50.7°F (10.4°C)	50.3°F (10.2°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	70th Coolest	Coolest since: 1954	1905, 1906, 1908
				54th Warmest	Warmest since: 1958	2020
	Ties: 1946, 1949, 1950, 1954, 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 26, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/