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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 1987

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
May 1987 1-Month	67.5°F (19.7°C)	61.0°F (16.1°C)	6.5°F (3.6°C)	123rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1907
				6th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2018
Apr–May 1987 2-Month	59.7°F (15.4°C)	55.4°F (13.0°C)	4.3°F (2.4°C)	120th Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1907
				9th Warmest	Warmest since: 1985	1977
Mar–May 1987 3-Month	54.1°F (12.3°C)	49.7°F (9.8°C)	4.4°F (2.5°C)	122nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1960
				7th Warmest	Warmest since: 1985	2012
	Ties: 2007
Feb–May 1987 4-Month	49.0°F (9.4°C)	44.1°F (6.7°C)	4.9°F (2.7°C)	123rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1978
				6th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2012
	Ties: 1977
Jan–May 1987 5-Month	44.1°F (6.7°C)	40.1°F (4.5°C)	4.0°F (2.2°C)	121st Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1978
				8th Warmest	Warmest since: 1921	2012
Dec 1986–May 1987 6-Month	42.0°F (5.6°C)	38.2°F (3.4°C)	3.8°F (2.2°C)	122nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1978
				6th Warmest	Warmest since: 1921	2012
Nov 1986–May 1987 7-Month	41.2°F (5.1°C)	38.3°F (3.5°C)	2.9°F (1.6°C)	115th Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1904
				13th Warmest	Warmest since: 1932	2012
Oct 1986–May 1987 8-Month	42.9°F (6.1°C)	40.3°F (4.6°C)	2.6°F (1.5°C)	116th Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1904
				12th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2012
	Ties: 1954, 2004
Sep 1986–May 1987 9-Month	45.7°F (7.6°C)	43.0°F (6.1°C)	2.7°F (1.5°C)	117th Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1904
				11th Warmest	Warmest since: 1932	2012
	Ties: 2002
Aug 1986–May 1987 10-Month	48.0°F (8.9°C)	45.9°F (7.7°C)	2.1°F (1.2°C)	114th Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1904
				14th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2012
	Ties: 1942, 1992, 2004
Jul 1986–May 1987 11-Month	50.6°F (10.3°C)	48.5°F (9.2°C)	2.1°F (1.1°C)	115th Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1904
				13th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2012
Jun 1986–May 1987 12-Month	52.4°F (11.3°C)	50.3°F (10.2°C)	2.1°F (1.1°C)	116th Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1904
				12th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2012
	Ties: 1955, 1998, 2002
Dec 1985–May 1987 18-Month	47.8°F (8.8°C)	46.2°F (7.9°C)	1.6°F (0.9°C)	105th Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1905
				22nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2017
Jun 1985–May 1987 24-Month	51.4°F (10.8°C)	50.3°F (10.2°C)	1.1°F (0.6°C)	100th Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1905
				27th Warmest	Warmest since: 1956	2017
	Ties: 2016
Jun 1984–May 1987 36-Month	51.5°F (10.8°C)	50.2°F (10.1°C)	1.3°F (0.7°C)	102nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1905, 1906
				24th Warmest	Warmest since: 1956	2018
	Ties: 1991, 1993, 2021
Jun 1983–May 1987 48-Month	51.1°F (10.6°C)	50.3°F (10.2°C)	0.8°F (0.4°C)	89th Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1905
				36th Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	2019
	Ties: 1923, 1999, 2015
Jun 1982–May 1987 60-Month	51.1°F (10.6°C)	50.3°F (10.2°C)	0.8°F (0.4°C)	90th Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1905, 1906, 1908
				34th Warmest	Warmest since: 1958	2020
	Ties: 1923, 1933, 1942, 1988, 1995, 2015

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Divisional Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 29, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/