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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 1906

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
May 1906 1-Month	47.17°F (8.43°C)	47.44°F (8.58°C)	-0.27°F (-0.15°C)	43rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1903	1917
				86th Warmest	Warmest since: 1905	2018
	Ties: 1903
Apr–May 1906 2-Month	43.64°F (6.47°C)	43.03°F (6.13°C)	0.61°F (0.34°C)	80th Coolest	Coolest since: 1905	1907
				49th Warmest	Warmest since: 1902	2012
Mar–May 1906 3-Month	37.72°F (3.18°C)	38.68°F (3.71°C)	-0.96°F (-0.53°C)	20th Coolest	Coolest since: 1899	1917
				109th Warmest	Warmest since: 1905	2012
Feb–May 1906 4-Month	33.90°F (1.06°C)	34.72°F (1.51°C)	-0.82°F (-0.45°C)	30th Coolest	Coolest since: 1904	1917
				99th Warmest	Warmest since: 1905	2012
Jan–May 1906 5-Month	31.59°F (-0.23°C)	31.72°F (-0.16°C)	-0.13°F (-0.07°C)	53rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1905	1917
				76th Warmest	Warmest since: 1902	2012
Dec 1905–May 1906 6-Month	29.84°F (-1.20°C)	30.21°F (-0.99°C)	-0.37°F (-0.21°C)	45th Coolest	Coolest since: 1905	1917
				83rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1902	2012
Nov 1905–May 1906 7-Month	30.01°F (-1.11°C)	30.28°F (-0.96°C)	-0.27°F (-0.15°C)	46th Coolest	Coolest since: 1905	1917
				82nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1903	2012
Oct 1905–May 1906 8-Month	31.19°F (-0.45°C)	31.67°F (-0.18°C)	-0.48°F (-0.27°C)	30th Coolest	Coolest since: 1905	1917
				98th Warmest	Warmest since: 1903	2016, 2017
Sep 1905–May 1906 9-Month	33.62°F (0.90°C)	33.92°F (1.07°C)	-0.30°F (-0.17°C)	37th Coolest	Coolest since: 1905	1917
				91st Warmest	Warmest since: 1902	2016
	Ties: 1916, 1923
Aug 1905–May 1906 10-Month	36.20°F (2.33°C)	36.44°F (2.47°C)	-0.24°F (-0.14°C)	41st Coolest	Coolest since: 1905	1917
				87th Warmest	Warmest since: 1902	2017
Jul 1905–May 1906 11-Month	38.31°F (3.51°C)	38.63°F (3.68°C)	-0.32°F (-0.17°C)	39th Coolest	Coolest since: 1905	1917
				89th Warmest	Warmest since: 1902	2017
Jun 1905–May 1906 12-Month	39.75°F (4.31°C)	40.04°F (4.47°C)	-0.29°F (-0.16°C)	39th Coolest	Coolest since: 1905	1917
				89th Warmest	Warmest since: 1902	2017
Dec 1904–May 1906 18-Month	36.27°F (2.37°C)	36.76°F (2.64°C)	-0.49°F (-0.27°C)	27th Coolest	Coolest since: 1905	1918
				100th Warmest	Warmest since: 1903	2017
Jun 1904–May 1906 24-Month	39.47°F (4.15°C)	40.03°F (4.46°C)	-0.56°F (-0.31°C)	17th Coolest	Coolest since: 1905	1918
				110th Warmest	Warmest since: 1903	2017
	Ties: 1979
Jun 1903–May 1906 36-Month	39.11°F (3.95°C)	40.02°F (4.46°C)	-0.91°F (-0.51°C)	5th Coolest	Coolest since: 1905	1918
				121st Warmest	Warmest since: 1904	2017
Jun 1902–May 1906 48-Month	39.21°F (4.01°C)	40.01°F (4.45°C)	-0.80°F (-0.44°C)	4th Coolest	Coolest since: 1906	1918
				121st Warmest	Warmest since: 1905	2018
Jun 1901–May 1906 60-Month	39.39°F (4.11°C)	40.00°F (4.44°C)	-0.61°F (-0.33°C)	6th Coolest	Coolest since: 1906	1920
				118th Warmest	Warmest since: 1905	2020
	Ties: 1907

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, Minimum Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 2, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/