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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

Year: 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

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Illinois, Climate Division 8. Southwest

Average Temperature Rankings, May 1897

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
May 1897 1-Month	61.0°F (16.1°C)	65.1°F (18.4°C)	-4.1°F (-2.3°C)	8th Coolest	Coolest since: 1897	1917, 1924
				121st Warmest	Warmest since: 1896	2018
	Ties: 1945, 1954, 1997
Apr–May 1897 2-Month	57.5°F (14.2°C)	60.2°F (15.7°C)	-2.7°F (-1.5°C)	10th Coolest	Coolest since: 1897	1907
				119th Warmest	Warmest since: 1896	1896
Mar–May 1897 3-Month	53.4°F (11.9°C)	55.0°F (12.8°C)	-1.6°F (-0.9°C)	31st Coolest	Coolest since: 1897	1960
				98th Warmest	Warmest since: 1896	2012
	Ties: 1909
Feb–May 1897 4-Month	49.0°F (9.4°C)	50.0°F (10.0°C)	-1.0°F (-0.6°C)	42nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1895	1978
				87th Warmest	Warmest since: 1896	2012
	Ties: 1928, 1934, 1975, 1996
Jan–May 1897 5-Month	45.0°F (7.2°C)	46.2°F (7.9°C)	-1.2°F (-0.7°C)	31st Coolest	Coolest since: 1895	1978
				98th Warmest	Warmest since: 1896	2012
Dec 1896–May 1897 6-Month	43.8°F (6.6°C)	44.2°F (6.8°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	40th Coolest	Coolest since: 1897	1978
				88th Warmest	Warmest since: 1896	2012
	Ties: 1916, 1943, 1945, 1966, 2008
Nov 1896–May 1897 7-Month	44.0°F (6.7°C)	44.3°F (6.8°C)	-0.3°F (-0.1°C)	48th Coolest	Coolest since: 1897	1978
				80th Warmest	Warmest since: 1896	2012
	Ties: 1928
Oct 1896–May 1897 8-Month	45.2°F (7.3°C)	45.9°F (7.7°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	34th Coolest	Coolest since: 1897	1978
				94th Warmest	Warmest since: 1896	2012
	Ties: 2003
Sep 1896–May 1897 9-Month	47.6°F (8.7°C)	48.5°F (9.2°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	31st Coolest	Coolest since: 1897	1978
				97th Warmest	Warmest since: 1896	2012
Aug 1896–May 1897 10-Month	50.6°F (10.3°C)	51.3°F (10.7°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	32nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1897	1978
				96th Warmest	Warmest since: 1896	2012
	Ties: 1906, 1929, 2015
Jul 1896–May 1897 11-Month	53.0°F (11.7°C)	53.7°F (12.1°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	30th Coolest	Coolest since: 1897	1918
				98th Warmest	Warmest since: 1896	2012
	Ties: 1973, 1996
Jun 1896–May 1897 12-Month	54.6°F (12.6°C)	55.3°F (12.9°C)	-0.7°F (-0.3°C)	27th Coolest	Coolest since: 1897	1904, 1918
				101st Warmest	Warmest since: 1896	2012
	Ties: 1917, 1920, 1973, 2015
Dec 1895–May 1897 18-Month	51.9°F (11.1°C)	51.7°F (10.9°C)	0.2°F (0.2°C)	73rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1897	1979
				54th Warmest	Warmest to Date	2017
	Ties: 1921, 1946, 1989
Jun 1895–May 1897 24-Month	55.2°F (12.9°C)	55.4°F (13.0°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	38th Coolest	Coolest since: 1897	1905, 1978
				89th Warmest	Warmest to Date	2017
	Ties: 1902, 1903, 1908, 1928, 1937, 1941

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Divisional Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 28, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/