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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 2003

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
May 2003 1-Month	60.0°F (15.6°C)	61.0°F (16.1°C)	-1.0°F (-0.5°C)	47th Coolest	Coolest since: 2002	1907
				82nd Warmest	Warmest since: 2001	2018
	Ties: 2021
Apr–May 2003 2-Month	56.4°F (13.6°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	82nd Coolest	Coolest since: 2002	1907
				47th Warmest	Warmest since: 2001	1977
	Ties: 1948, 2019
Mar–May 2003 3-Month	51.2°F (10.7°C)	49.7°F (9.8°C)	1.5°F (0.9°C)	92nd Coolest	Coolest since: 2002	1960
				37th Warmest	Warmest since: 2001	2012
	Ties: 1959, 1999, 2015
Feb–May 2003 4-Month	44.5°F (6.9°C)	44.1°F (6.7°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	72nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1978
				57th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2012
	Ties: 1995
Jan–May 2003 5-Month	39.6°F (4.2°C)	40.1°F (4.5°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	46th Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1978
				83rd Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2012
	Ties: 1914, 1948, 1961
Dec 2002–May 2003 6-Month	38.1°F (3.4°C)	38.1°F (3.4°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	58th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1978
				70th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2012
	Ties: 1913, 1948, 1967
Nov 2002–May 2003 7-Month	38.2°F (3.4°C)	38.3°F (3.5°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	51st Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1904
				77th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2012
	Ties: 1910, 1929, 1952
Oct 2002–May 2003 8-Month	39.8°F (4.3°C)	40.2°F (4.6°C)	-0.4°F (-0.3°C)	42nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1904
				86th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2012
	Ties: 1900, 1915, 1923, 1959
Sep 2002–May 2003 9-Month	43.0°F (6.1°C)	43.0°F (6.1°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	56th Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1904
				72nd Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2012
	Ties: 1923, 1925, 1966, 1989
Aug 2002–May 2003 10-Month	46.0°F (7.8°C)	45.9°F (7.7°C)	0.1°F (0.1°C)	61st Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1904
				67th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2012
	Ties: 1927
Jul 2002–May 2003 11-Month	48.8°F (9.3°C)	48.5°F (9.2°C)	0.3°F (0.1°C)	70th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1904
				58th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2012
	Ties: 1909, 1933
Jun 2002–May 2003 12-Month	50.9°F (10.5°C)	50.4°F (10.2°C)	0.5°F (0.3°C)	79th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1904
				49th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2012
	Ties: 1898, 1938, 1983
Dec 2001–May 2003 18-Month	47.6°F (8.7°C)	46.2°F (7.9°C)	1.4°F (0.8°C)	100th Coolest	Coolest since: 2002	1905
				27th Warmest	Warmest since: 2000	2017
Jun 2001–May 2003 24-Month	51.6°F (10.9°C)	50.3°F (10.2°C)	1.3°F (0.7°C)	106th Coolest	Coolest since: 2002	1905
				21st Warmest	Warmest since: 2000	2017
	Ties: 2005
Jun 2000–May 2003 36-Month	51.2°F (10.7°C)	50.3°F (10.2°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	90th Coolest	Coolest since: 1998	1905, 1906
				36th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2018
	Ties: 1974
Jun 1999–May 2003 48-Month	51.6°F (10.9°C)	50.3°F (10.2°C)	1.3°F (0.7°C)	106th Coolest	Coolest since: 1999	1905
				19th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2019
	Ties: 1955, 2005
Jun 1998–May 2003 60-Month	51.9°F (11.1°C)	50.3°F (10.2°C)	1.6°F (0.9°C)	120th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1905, 1906, 1908
				4th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2020
	Ties: 1935, 2006, 2008, 2019

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Divisional Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 1, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/