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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 1946

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
May 1946 1-Month	61.9°F (16.6°C)	65.1°F (18.4°C)	-3.2°F (-1.8°C)	18th Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1917, 1924
				111th Warmest	Warmest since: 1944	2018
	Ties: 1929
Apr–May 1946 2-Month	60.4°F (15.8°C)	60.1°F (15.6°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	58th Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1907
				71st Warmest	Warmest since: 1944	1896
	Ties: 1956, 1958, 1978
Mar–May 1946 3-Month	58.8°F (14.9°C)	55.0°F (12.8°C)	3.8°F (2.1°C)	124th Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1960
				5th Warmest	Warmest to Date	2012
Feb–May 1946 4-Month	54.1°F (12.3°C)	50.0°F (10.0°C)	4.1°F (2.3°C)	124th Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1978
				5th Warmest	Warmest since: 1938	2012
Jan–May 1946 5-Month	49.9°F (9.9°C)	46.1°F (7.8°C)	3.8°F (2.1°C)	122nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1978
				7th Warmest	Warmest since: 1938	2012
Dec 1945–May 1946 6-Month	46.3°F (7.9°C)	44.2°F (6.8°C)	2.1°F (1.1°C)	108th Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1978
				20th Warmest	Warmest since: 1938	2012
	Ties: 1896, 1955, 2005
Nov 1945–May 1946 7-Month	46.2°F (7.9°C)	44.3°F (6.8°C)	1.9°F (1.1°C)	109th Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1978
				19th Warmest	Warmest since: 1932	2012
	Ties: 1974
Oct 1945–May 1946 8-Month	47.4°F (8.6°C)	46.0°F (7.8°C)	1.4°F (0.8°C)	101st Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1978
				27th Warmest	Warmest since: 1942	2012
	Ties: 1942, 1986, 1987
Sep 1945–May 1946 9-Month	49.9°F (9.9°C)	48.5°F (9.2°C)	1.4°F (0.7°C)	103rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1978
				25th Warmest	Warmest since: 1942	2012
	Ties: 1934, 1957, 1976, 1995, 2007
Aug 1945–May 1946 10-Month	52.5°F (11.4°C)	51.3°F (10.7°C)	1.2°F (0.7°C)	101st Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1978
				27th Warmest	Warmest since: 1942	2012
	Ties: 1922, 1934, 1976
Jul 1945–May 1946 11-Month	54.6°F (12.6°C)	53.7°F (12.1°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	91st Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1918
				37th Warmest	Warmest since: 1942	2012
	Ties: 1953, 2011, 2013
Jun 1945–May 1946 12-Month	55.9°F (13.3°C)	55.4°F (13.0°C)	0.5°F (0.3°C)	81st Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1904, 1918
				47th Warmest	Warmest since: 1942	2012
	Ties: 1915, 1933, 1964
Dec 1944–May 1946 18-Month	51.9°F (11.1°C)	51.7°F (10.9°C)	0.2°F (0.2°C)	73rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1944	1979
				54th Warmest	Warmest since: 1945	2017
	Ties: 1897, 1921, 1989
Jun 1944–May 1946 24-Month	55.8°F (13.2°C)	55.4°F (13.0°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	85th Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1905, 1978
				42nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1943	2017
	Ties: 1921, 1950, 1972, 1974, 1986
Jun 1943–May 1946 36-Month	55.7°F (13.2°C)	55.3°F (12.9°C)	0.4°F (0.3°C)	74th Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1979
				52nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1944	2018
	Ties: 1915, 1916
Jun 1942–May 1946 48-Month	55.6°F (13.1°C)	55.3°F (12.9°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	67th Coolest	Coolest since: 1931	1980
				58th Warmest	Warmest since: 1945	2019
	Ties: 1949, 1950, 1976
Jun 1941–May 1946 60-Month	55.9°F (13.3°C)	55.3°F (12.9°C)	0.6°F (0.4°C)	82nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1979, 1980, 1981
				42nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1945	2020
	Ties: 1945, 1989, 1990, 1999

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Divisional Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 5, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/