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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 1972

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
May 1972 1-Month	63.3°F (17.4°C)	61.0°F (16.1°C)	2.3°F (1.3°C)	93rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1907
				36th Warmest	Warmest since: 1970	2018
	Ties: 1955
Apr–May 1972 2-Month	55.8°F (13.2°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	0.3°F (0.1°C)	64th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1907
				65th Warmest	Warmest since: 1970	1977
	Ties: 2021
Mar–May 1972 3-Month	49.7°F (9.8°C)	49.7°F (9.8°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	57th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1960
				72nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1970	2012
	Ties: 1957
Feb–May 1972 4-Month	43.8°F (6.6°C)	44.2°F (6.8°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	50th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1978
				79th Warmest	Warmest since: 1970	2012
	Ties: 1969, 1994, 2013, 2021
Jan–May 1972 5-Month	39.5°F (4.2°C)	40.1°F (4.5°C)	-0.6°F (-0.3°C)	45th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1978
				84th Warmest	Warmest since: 1967	2012
Dec 1971–May 1972 6-Month	38.8°F (3.8°C)	38.1°F (3.4°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	76th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1978
				52nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	2012
	Ties: 1981, 1986, 2019
Nov 1971–May 1972 7-Month	39.1°F (3.9°C)	38.3°F (3.5°C)	0.8°F (0.4°C)	83rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1904
				45th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2012
	Ties: 1903
Oct 1971–May 1972 8-Month	41.8°F (5.4°C)	40.2°F (4.6°C)	1.6°F (0.8°C)	101st Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1904
				27th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2012
	Ties: 1949, 1974, 2020
Sep 1971–May 1972 9-Month	44.7°F (7.1°C)	43.0°F (6.1°C)	1.7°F (1.0°C)	104th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1904
				24th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2012
Aug 1971–May 1972 10-Month	47.3°F (8.5°C)	45.9°F (7.7°C)	1.4°F (0.8°C)	101st Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1904
				27th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2012
	Ties: 1995
Jul 1971–May 1972 11-Month	49.4°F (9.7°C)	48.5°F (9.2°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	91st Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1904
				37th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2012
	Ties: 1934, 1981
Jun 1971–May 1972 12-Month	51.6°F (10.9°C)	50.3°F (10.2°C)	1.3°F (0.7°C)	100th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1904
				28th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2012
	Ties: 1935, 1949, 1995, 2013, 2021
Dec 1970–May 1972 18-Month	46.8°F (8.2°C)	46.2°F (7.9°C)	0.6°F (0.3°C)	80th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1905
				47th Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	2017
	Ties: 1923, 1990, 1995
Jun 1970–May 1972 24-Month	50.8°F (10.4°C)	50.3°F (10.2°C)	0.5°F (0.2°C)	79th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1905
				48th Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	2017
	Ties: 1943, 1975, 1976, 1985, 1998, 2009
Jun 1969–May 1972 36-Month	50.2°F (10.1°C)	50.3°F (10.2°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	50th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1905, 1906
				76th Warmest	Warmest since: 1966	2018
	Ties: 1898, 1931, 1938, 1983, 1997
Jun 1968–May 1972 48-Month	50.1°F (10.1°C)	50.3°F (10.2°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	45th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1905
				80th Warmest	Warmest since: 1967	2019
	Ties: 1931, 1983, 1984, 1996
Jun 1967–May 1972 60-Month	49.8°F (9.9°C)	50.2°F (10.1°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	29th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1905, 1906, 1908
				95th Warmest	Warmest since: 1969	2020
	Ties: 1900, 1911, 1921, 1927, 1964, 1969, 1978, 1983

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Divisional Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 4, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/