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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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Minimum Temperature Rankings, May 1901

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
May 1901 1-Month	48.22°F (9.01°C)	47.44°F (8.58°C)	0.78°F (0.43°C)	88th Coolest	Coolest since: 1899	1917
				41st Warmest	Warmest since: 1900	2018
Apr–May 1901 2-Month	42.66°F (5.92°C)	43.03°F (6.13°C)	-0.37°F (-0.21°C)	35th Coolest	Coolest since: 1901	1907
				94th Warmest	Warmest since: 1900	2012
	Ties: 1913, 1979
Mar–May 1901 3-Month	38.10°F (3.39°C)	38.68°F (3.71°C)	-0.58°F (-0.32°C)	31st Coolest	Coolest since: 1899	1917
				98th Warmest	Warmest since: 1900	2012
Feb–May 1901 4-Month	33.44°F (0.80°C)	34.71°F (1.51°C)	-1.27°F (-0.71°C)	15th Coolest	Coolest since: 1899	1917
				114th Warmest	Warmest since: 1900	2012
	Ties: 1975
Jan–May 1901 5-Month	30.97°F (-0.57°C)	31.72°F (-0.16°C)	-0.75°F (-0.41°C)	33rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1899	1917
				96th Warmest	Warmest since: 1900	2012
	Ties: 1988
Dec 1900–May 1901 6-Month	29.86°F (-1.19°C)	30.21°F (-0.99°C)	-0.35°F (-0.20°C)	46th Coolest	Coolest since: 1899	1917
				82nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1900	2012
Nov 1900–May 1901 7-Month	30.00°F (-1.11°C)	30.28°F (-0.96°C)	-0.28°F (-0.15°C)	44th Coolest	Coolest since: 1899	1917
				84th Warmest	Warmest since: 1900	2012
	Ties: 1943
Oct 1900–May 1901 8-Month	31.85°F (-0.08°C)	31.68°F (-0.18°C)	0.17°F (0.10°C)	69th Coolest	Coolest since: 1899	1917
				59th Warmest	Warmest since: 1900	2016, 2017
Sep 1900–May 1901 9-Month	34.23°F (1.24°C)	33.93°F (1.07°C)	0.30°F (0.17°C)	76th Coolest	Coolest since: 1899	1917
				52nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1900	2016
Aug 1900–May 1901 10-Month	36.79°F (2.66°C)	36.43°F (2.46°C)	0.36°F (0.20°C)	81st Coolest	Coolest since: 1899	1917
				47th Warmest	Warmest since: 1900	2017
	Ties: 1939
Jul 1900–May 1901 11-Month	38.91°F (3.84°C)	38.62°F (3.68°C)	0.29°F (0.16°C)	80th Coolest	Coolest since: 1899	1917
				48th Warmest	Warmest since: 1900	2017
	Ties: 1997
Jun 1900–May 1901 12-Month	40.42°F (4.68°C)	40.04°F (4.47°C)	0.38°F (0.21°C)	84th Coolest	Coolest since: 1900	1917
				44th Warmest	Warmest to Date	2017
	Ties: 1997
Dec 1899–May 1901 18-Month	37.12°F (2.84°C)	36.76°F (2.64°C)	0.36°F (0.20°C)	76th Coolest	Coolest since: 1900	1918
				51st Warmest	Warmest to Date	2017
Jun 1899–May 1901 24-Month	40.38°F (4.66°C)	40.04°F (4.47°C)	0.34°F (0.19°C)	77th Coolest	Coolest since: 1900	1918
				50th Warmest	Warmest to Date	2017
Jun 1898–May 1901 36-Month	39.72°F (4.29°C)	40.02°F (4.46°C)	-0.30°F (-0.17°C)	33rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1900	1918
				93rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1898	2017
	Ties: 1915, 1949
Jun 1897–May 1901 48-Month	39.78°F (4.32°C)	40.01°F (4.45°C)	-0.23°F (-0.13°C)	36th Coolest	Coolest since: 1900	1918
				89th Warmest	Warmest to Date	2018
	Ties: 1908
Jun 1896–May 1901 60-Month	39.79°F (4.33°C)	40.00°F (4.44°C)	-0.21°F (-0.11°C)	34th Coolest	Coolest since: 1900	1920
				90th Warmest	Warmest to Date	2020
	Ties: 1963, 1964

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, Minimum Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 25, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/