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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 7. East Southeast

Average Temperature Rankings, May 1960

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
May 1960 1-Month	59.8°F (15.4°C)	63.2°F (17.3°C)	-3.4°F (-1.9°C)	17th Coolest	Coolest since: 1954	1924
				112th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2018
	Ties: 1931, 1989
Apr–May 1960 2-Month	57.8°F (14.3°C)	58.0°F (14.4°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	49th Coolest	Coolest since: 1956	1907
				80th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	1896
	Ties: 1929, 1936, 1952, 1956, 1967
Mar–May 1960 3-Month	47.3°F (8.5°C)	52.5°F (11.4°C)	-5.2°F (-2.9°C)	1st Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1960
				128th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2012
Feb–May 1960 4-Month	42.6°F (5.9°C)	47.3°F (8.5°C)	-4.7°F (-2.6°C)	2nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1978
				127th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2012
Jan–May 1960 5-Month	40.3°F (4.6°C)	43.4°F (6.3°C)	-3.1°F (-1.7°C)	10th Coolest	Coolest since: 1940	1978
				119th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2012
Dec 1959–May 1960 6-Month	39.7°F (4.3°C)	41.4°F (5.2°C)	-1.7°F (-0.9°C)	20th Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1978
				108th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2012
Nov 1959–May 1960 7-Month	39.1°F (3.9°C)	41.5°F (5.3°C)	-2.4°F (-1.4°C)	13th Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1978
				115th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2012
	Ties: 1902
Oct 1959–May 1960 8-Month	41.1°F (5.1°C)	43.3°F (6.3°C)	-2.2°F (-1.2°C)	12th Coolest	Coolest since: 1940	1978
				116th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2012
	Ties: 1940
Sep 1959–May 1960 9-Month	44.2°F (6.8°C)	46.0°F (7.8°C)	-1.8°F (-1.0°C)	16th Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1978
				112th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2012
	Ties: 1968
Aug 1959–May 1960 10-Month	47.5°F (8.6°C)	48.8°F (9.3°C)	-1.3°F (-0.7°C)	21st Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1978
				107th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2012
	Ties: 1897, 1980, 2015
Jul 1959–May 1960 11-Month	50.1°F (10.1°C)	51.3°F (10.7°C)	-1.2°F (-0.6°C)	22nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1904
				106th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2012
Jun 1959–May 1960 12-Month	52.0°F (11.1°C)	53.0°F (11.7°C)	-1.0°F (-0.6°C)	19th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1904
				109th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2012
	Ties: 1924, 1940, 1958, 1993
Dec 1958–May 1960 18-Month	48.4°F (9.1°C)	49.2°F (9.6°C)	-0.8°F (-0.5°C)	29th Coolest	Coolest since: 1959	1979
				98th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2017
	Ties: 1929, 1959, 1969, 1982, 1994
Jun 1958–May 1960 24-Month	52.3°F (11.3°C)	53.1°F (11.7°C)	-0.8°F (-0.4°C)	22nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1959	1905, 1978
				105th Warmest	Warmest since: 1958	2017
	Ties: 1899, 1930, 1961, 1963
Jun 1957–May 1960 36-Month	52.2°F (11.2°C)	53.1°F (11.7°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	14th Coolest	Coolest since: 1920	1979
				112th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2018
	Ties: 1912, 1968, 1969, 1981, 2015
Jun 1956–May 1960 48-Month	52.6°F (11.4°C)	53.0°F (11.7°C)	-0.4°F (-0.3°C)	27th Coolest	Coolest since: 1930	1980
				98th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2019
	Ties: 1926, 1927, 1930, 1964, 1983, 1996
Jun 1955–May 1960 60-Month	52.7°F (11.5°C)	53.0°F (11.7°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	36th Coolest	Coolest since: 1930	1981
				88th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2020
	Ties: 1910, 1911, 1914, 1921, 1965, 1966, 1973

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Divisional Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 27, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/