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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, April 1981

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
April 1981 1-Month	62.2°F (16.8°C)	55.3°F (12.9°C)	6.9°F (3.9°C)	127th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1907
				2nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1896	1896
Mar–Apr 1981 2-Month	53.4°F (11.9°C)	50.0°F (10.0°C)	3.4°F (1.9°C)	109th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1926, 1960
				20th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2012
	Ties: 1986, 2004
Feb–Apr 1981 3-Month	47.9°F (8.8°C)	44.9°F (7.2°C)	3.0°F (1.6°C)	112th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1899
				17th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2012
Jan–Apr 1981 4-Month	43.4°F (6.3°C)	41.4°F (5.2°C)	2.0°F (1.1°C)	99th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1978
				30th Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	2012
	Ties: 1911, 1919, 1945, 1987
Dec 1980–Apr 1981 5-Month	41.9°F (5.5°C)	40.1°F (4.5°C)	1.8°F (1.0°C)	100th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1978
				28th Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	2012
Nov 1980–Apr 1981 6-Month	42.2°F (5.7°C)	40.8°F (4.9°C)	1.4°F (0.8°C)	95th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1912
				33rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	2012
	Ties: 1990
Oct 1980–Apr 1981 7-Month	44.0°F (6.7°C)	43.2°F (6.2°C)	0.8°F (0.5°C)	84th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1899, 1978
				44th Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	2012
	Ties: 1964, 1987, 2008
Sep 1980–Apr 1981 8-Month	47.4°F (8.6°C)	46.4°F (8.0°C)	1.0°F (0.6°C)	90th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1918
				38th Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	2017
	Ties: 1923, 2007, 2019, 2021
Aug 1980–Apr 1981 9-Month	51.2°F (10.7°C)	49.8°F (9.9°C)	1.4°F (0.8°C)	102nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1918
				26th Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	2017
	Ties: 1925, 1935, 1938, 1957
Jul 1980–Apr 1981 10-Month	54.3°F (12.4°C)	52.6°F (11.4°C)	1.7°F (1.0°C)	109th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1918
				19th Warmest	Warmest since: 1974	2012
Jun 1980–Apr 1981 11-Month	56.1°F (13.4°C)	54.5°F (12.5°C)	1.6°F (0.9°C)	109th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1918
				19th Warmest	Warmest since: 1974	2012, 2017
May 1980–Apr 1981 12-Month	56.8°F (13.8°C)	55.4°F (13.0°C)	1.4°F (0.8°C)	107th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1918
				21st Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	2012, 2017
	Ties: 1919, 1921, 1922, 2011
Nov 1979–Apr 1981 18-Month	50.9°F (10.5°C)	50.5°F (10.3°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	76th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1979
				51st Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	2017
	Ties: 1938, 1943, 1967, 1986, 1990, 1995, 2004
May 1979–Apr 1981 24-Month	55.4°F (13.0°C)	55.4°F (13.0°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	54th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1978
				73rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	2017
	Ties: 1897, 1909, 1916, 1947, 1965
May 1978–Apr 1981 36-Month	54.7°F (12.6°C)	55.3°F (12.9°C)	-0.6°F (-0.3°C)	22nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1979
				104th Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	2018
May 1977–Apr 1981 48-Month	54.4°F (12.4°C)	55.3°F (12.9°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	9th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1980
				116th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2019
	Ties: 1918, 1982
May 1976–Apr 1981 60-Month	54.0°F (12.2°C)	55.4°F (13.0°C)	-1.4°F (-0.8°C)	1st Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1980, 1981
				123rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1980	2020
	Ties: 1980

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Divisional Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 30, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/