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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 7. East Southeast

Average Temperature Rankings, May 1917

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
May 1917 1-Month	56.8°F (13.8°C)	63.2°F (17.3°C)	-6.4°F (-3.5°C)	2nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1917	1924
				127th Warmest	Warmest since: 1916	2018
Apr–May 1917 2-Month	53.9°F (12.2°C)	58.0°F (14.4°C)	-4.1°F (-2.2°C)	3rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1907	1907
				126th Warmest	Warmest since: 1916	1896
	Ties: 1997
Mar–May 1917 3-Month	50.1°F (10.1°C)	52.5°F (11.4°C)	-2.4°F (-1.3°C)	10th Coolest	Coolest since: 1907	1960
				119th Warmest	Warmest since: 1916	2012
	Ties: 1983, 1996
Feb–May 1917 4-Month	44.4°F (6.9°C)	47.3°F (8.5°C)	-2.9°F (-1.6°C)	12th Coolest	Coolest since: 1912	1978
				117th Warmest	Warmest since: 1916	2012
	Ties: 1923, 1924
Jan–May 1917 5-Month	41.5°F (5.3°C)	43.4°F (6.3°C)	-1.9°F (-1.0°C)	23rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1912	1978
				106th Warmest	Warmest since: 1916	2012
	Ties: 1918
Dec 1916–May 1917 6-Month	39.4°F (4.1°C)	41.4°F (5.2°C)	-2.0°F (-1.1°C)	15th Coolest	Coolest since: 1912	1978
				113th Warmest	Warmest since: 1916	2012
	Ties: 1951, 1970
Nov 1916–May 1917 7-Month	40.1°F (4.5°C)	41.6°F (5.3°C)	-1.5°F (-0.8°C)	23rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1912	1978
				105th Warmest	Warmest since: 1916	2012
	Ties: 1901, 1980, 2015
Oct 1916–May 1917 8-Month	41.9°F (5.5°C)	43.3°F (6.3°C)	-1.4°F (-0.8°C)	23rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1912	1978
				105th Warmest	Warmest since: 1916	2012
	Ties: 1963
Sep 1916–May 1917 9-Month	44.5°F (6.9°C)	46.0°F (7.8°C)	-1.5°F (-0.9°C)	22nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1912	1978
				106th Warmest	Warmest since: 1916	2012
	Ties: 1897, 1994
Aug 1916–May 1917 10-Month	47.8°F (8.8°C)	48.8°F (9.3°C)	-1.0°F (-0.5°C)	29th Coolest	Coolest since: 1912	1978
				99th Warmest	Warmest since: 1916	2012
Jul 1916–May 1917 11-Month	50.8°F (10.4°C)	51.4°F (10.8°C)	-0.6°F (-0.4°C)	36th Coolest	Coolest since: 1916	1904
				92nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1915	2012
	Ties: 1930, 1947, 1966, 2001
Jun 1916–May 1917 12-Month	52.2°F (11.2°C)	53.1°F (11.7°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	26th Coolest	Coolest since: 1916	1904
				102nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1916	2012
	Ties: 1916, 1994, 1997
Dec 1915–May 1917 18-Month	48.3°F (9.1°C)	49.1°F (9.5°C)	-0.8°F (-0.4°C)	23rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1916	1979
				104th Warmest	Warmest since: 1915	2017
	Ties: 1912, 1924, 1961, 1977, 1983
Jun 1915–May 1917 24-Month	52.2°F (11.2°C)	53.1°F (11.7°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	19th Coolest	Coolest since: 1913	1905, 1978
				108th Warmest	Warmest since: 1916	2017
	Ties: 1959, 1997
Jun 1914–May 1917 36-Month	52.7°F (11.5°C)	53.1°F (11.7°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	36th Coolest	Coolest since: 1913	1979
				90th Warmest	Warmest since: 1916	2018
	Ties: 1910, 1929, 1965, 1972
Jun 1913–May 1917 48-Month	53.1°F (11.7°C)	53.0°F (11.7°C)	0.1°F (0.0°C)	56th Coolest	Coolest since: 1915	1980
				69th Warmest	Warmest since: 1916	2019
	Ties: 1951, 2016
Jun 1912–May 1917 60-Month	53.0°F (11.7°C)	53.0°F (11.7°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	51st Coolest	Coolest since: 1916	1981
				73rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1915	2020
	Ties: 1915, 1951, 1952

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Divisional Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 3, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/