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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 8. Southwest

Average Temperature Rankings, May 1939

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
May 1939 1-Month	67.1°F (19.5°C)	65.1°F (18.4°C)	2.0°F (1.1°C)	97th Coolest	Coolest since: 1938	1917, 1924
				32nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1936	2018
	Ties: 1912, 1956
Apr–May 1939 2-Month	59.8°F (15.4°C)	60.2°F (15.7°C)	-0.4°F (-0.3°C)	43rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1935	1907
				86th Warmest	Warmest since: 1938	1896
	Ties: 1929, 1952
Mar–May 1939 3-Month	55.7°F (13.2°C)	55.0°F (12.8°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	78th Coolest	Coolest since: 1937	1960
				51st Warmest	Warmest since: 1938	2012
	Ties: 1972, 1981
Feb–May 1939 4-Month	50.2°F (10.1°C)	49.9°F (9.9°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	66th Coolest	Coolest since: 1937	1978
				63rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1938	2012
Jan–May 1939 5-Month	47.8°F (8.8°C)	46.1°F (7.8°C)	1.7°F (1.0°C)	95th Coolest	Coolest since: 1937	1978
				34th Warmest	Warmest since: 1938	2012
Dec 1938–May 1939 6-Month	45.8°F (7.7°C)	44.3°F (6.8°C)	1.5°F (0.9°C)	100th Coolest	Coolest since: 1937	1978
				28th Warmest	Warmest since: 1938	2012
	Ties: 1908, 1967, 1972, 1974
Nov 1938–May 1939 7-Month	45.8°F (7.7°C)	44.3°F (6.8°C)	1.5°F (0.9°C)	100th Coolest	Coolest since: 1937	1978
				28th Warmest	Warmest since: 1938	2012
	Ties: 1972
Oct 1938–May 1939 8-Month	47.9°F (8.8°C)	46.0°F (7.8°C)	1.9°F (1.0°C)	109th Coolest	Coolest since: 1938	1978
				19th Warmest	Warmest since: 1932	2012
	Ties: 1995, 2007
Sep 1938–May 1939 9-Month	50.5°F (10.3°C)	48.6°F (9.2°C)	1.9°F (1.1°C)	114th Coolest	Coolest since: 1938	1978
				14th Warmest	Warmest since: 1932	2012
Aug 1938–May 1939 10-Month	53.4°F (11.9°C)	51.3°F (10.7°C)	2.1°F (1.2°C)	119th Coolest	Coolest since: 1938	1978
				9th Warmest	Warmest since: 1932	2012
	Ties: 1991, 2022
Jul 1938–May 1939 11-Month	55.7°F (13.2°C)	53.7°F (12.1°C)	2.0°F (1.1°C)	119th Coolest	Coolest since: 1938	1918
				9th Warmest	Warmest since: 1932	2012
Jun 1938–May 1939 12-Month	57.1°F (13.9°C)	55.4°F (13.0°C)	1.7°F (0.9°C)	116th Coolest	Coolest since: 1938	1904, 1918
				12th Warmest	Warmest since: 1935	2012
	Ties: 1942, 1991
Dec 1937–May 1939 18-Month	53.7°F (12.1°C)	51.6°F (10.9°C)	2.1°F (1.2°C)	116th Coolest	Coolest since: 1938	1979
				11th Warmest	Warmest since: 1932	2017
	Ties: 1992, 2018
Jun 1937–May 1939 24-Month	56.7°F (13.7°C)	55.4°F (13.0°C)	1.3°F (0.7°C)	111th Coolest	Coolest since: 1938	1905, 1978
				16th Warmest	Warmest since: 1935	2017
	Ties: 2020, 2022
Jun 1936–May 1939 36-Month	56.7°F (13.7°C)	55.4°F (13.0°C)	1.3°F (0.7°C)	111th Coolest	Coolest since: 1938	1979
				15th Warmest	Warmest since: 1935	2018
	Ties: 1923, 1932, 1935, 2014, 2022
Jun 1935–May 1939 48-Month	56.0°F (13.3°C)	55.4°F (13.0°C)	0.6°F (0.3°C)	91st Coolest	Coolest since: 1938	1980
				34th Warmest	Warmest since: 1938	2019
	Ties: 1938, 1944, 1988, 1989, 1991, 2004, 2010, 2011
Jun 1934–May 1939 60-Month	56.2°F (13.4°C)	55.3°F (12.9°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	99th Coolest	Coolest since: 1938	1979, 1980, 1981
				25th Warmest	Warmest since: 1938	2020
	Ties: 1923, 1938, 1942, 1958, 1992, 2000, 2015

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/