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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

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 1898

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
May 1898 1-Month	65.8°F (18.8°C)	65.1°F (18.4°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	69th Coolest	Coolest since: 1897	1917, 1924
				60th Warmest	Warmest since: 1896	2018
	Ties: 2013
Apr–May 1898 2-Month	58.8°F (14.9°C)	60.2°F (15.7°C)	-1.4°F (-0.8°C)	30th Coolest	Coolest since: 1897	1907
				99th Warmest	Warmest since: 1896	1896
	Ties: 1951, 1976
Mar–May 1898 3-Month	54.7°F (12.6°C)	55.0°F (12.8°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	50th Coolest	Coolest since: 1897	1960
				79th Warmest	Warmest since: 1896	2012
	Ties: 1949, 2014
Feb–May 1898 4-Month	49.9°F (9.9°C)	49.9°F (9.9°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	60th Coolest	Coolest since: 1897	1978
				69th Warmest	Warmest since: 1896	2012
Jan–May 1898 5-Month	47.1°F (8.4°C)	46.2°F (7.9°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	87th Coolest	Coolest since: 1897	1978
				42nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1896	2012
	Ties: 1919, 1922, 1930, 1949
Dec 1897–May 1898 6-Month	44.6°F (7.0°C)	44.3°F (6.8°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	68th Coolest	Coolest since: 1897	1978
				60th Warmest	Warmest since: 1896	2012
	Ties: 2010
Nov 1897–May 1898 7-Month	44.5°F (6.9°C)	44.3°F (6.8°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	59th Coolest	Coolest since: 1897	1978
				69th Warmest	Warmest since: 1896	2012
	Ties: 1916, 1930, 1952, 2011
Oct 1897–May 1898 8-Month	46.8°F (8.2°C)	46.0°F (7.8°C)	0.8°F (0.4°C)	86th Coolest	Coolest since: 1897	1978
				42nd Warmest	Warmest to Date	2012
	Ties: 1990
Sep 1897–May 1898 9-Month	49.8°F (9.9°C)	48.5°F (9.2°C)	1.3°F (0.7°C)	97th Coolest	Coolest since: 1897	1978
				31st Warmest	Warmest to Date	2012
Aug 1897–May 1898 10-Month	52.3°F (11.3°C)	51.3°F (10.7°C)	1.0°F (0.6°C)	96th Coolest	Coolest since: 1897	1978
				32nd Warmest	Warmest to Date	2012
	Ties: 1919, 1935, 2019
Jul 1897–May 1898 11-Month	54.7°F (12.6°C)	53.7°F (12.1°C)	1.0°F (0.5°C)	97th Coolest	Coolest since: 1897	1918
				31st Warmest	Warmest to Date	2012
	Ties: 1914, 1938, 1976, 2008, 2019
Jun 1897–May 1898 12-Month	56.3°F (13.5°C)	55.4°F (13.0°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	92nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1897	1904, 1918
				36th Warmest	Warmest to Date	2012
	Ties: 1976, 2005, 2013
Dec 1896–May 1898 18-Month	52.1°F (11.2°C)	51.6°F (10.9°C)	0.5°F (0.3°C)	80th Coolest	Coolest since: 1897	1979
				47th Warmest	Warmest to Date	2017
	Ties: 1915, 1947, 1986, 1995
Jun 1896–May 1898 24-Month	55.5°F (13.1°C)	55.4°F (13.0°C)	0.1°F (0.1°C)	71st Coolest	Coolest since: 1897	1905, 1978
				56th Warmest	Warmest to Date	2017
	Ties: 1901, 1909, 1910, 1936, 1944, 1947, 1990, 1993, 1995, 2010
Jun 1895–May 1898 36-Month	55.6°F (13.1°C)	55.4°F (13.0°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	71st Coolest	Coolest since: 1898	1979
				55th Warmest	Warmest to Date	2018
	Ties: 1938, 1990, 2016

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Divisional Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 7, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/