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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 1923

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
May 1923 1-Month	46.74°F (8.19°C)	47.44°F (8.58°C)	-0.70°F (-0.39°C)	30th Coolest	Coolest since: 1917	1917
				99th Warmest	Warmest since: 1922	2018
Apr–May 1923 2-Month	42.26°F (5.70°C)	43.03°F (6.13°C)	-0.77°F (-0.43°C)	24th Coolest	Coolest since: 1920	1907
				105th Warmest	Warmest since: 1922	2012
	Ties: 1918, 1995
Mar–May 1923 3-Month	36.87°F (2.71°C)	38.68°F (3.71°C)	-1.81°F (-1.00°C)	5th Coolest	Coolest since: 1917	1917
				124th Warmest	Warmest since: 1922	2012
Feb–May 1923 4-Month	32.25°F (0.14°C)	34.72°F (1.51°C)	-2.47°F (-1.37°C)	3rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1917	1917
				126th Warmest	Warmest since: 1922	2012
Jan–May 1923 5-Month	30.62°F (-0.77°C)	31.72°F (-0.16°C)	-1.10°F (-0.61°C)	19th Coolest	Coolest since: 1918	1917
				110th Warmest	Warmest since: 1922	2012
Dec 1922–May 1923 6-Month	29.43°F (-1.43°C)	30.21°F (-0.99°C)	-0.78°F (-0.44°C)	26th Coolest	Coolest since: 1920	1917
				102nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1922	2012
Nov 1922–May 1923 7-Month	29.75°F (-1.25°C)	30.28°F (-0.96°C)	-0.53°F (-0.29°C)	31st Coolest	Coolest since: 1920	1917
				97th Warmest	Warmest since: 1922	2012
Oct 1922–May 1923 8-Month	31.20°F (-0.44°C)	31.68°F (-0.18°C)	-0.48°F (-0.26°C)	31st Coolest	Coolest since: 1920	1917
				97th Warmest	Warmest since: 1922	2016, 2017
Sep 1922–May 1923 9-Month	33.62°F (0.90°C)	33.92°F (1.07°C)	-0.30°F (-0.17°C)	37th Coolest	Coolest since: 1920	1917
				91st Warmest	Warmest since: 1922	2016
	Ties: 1906, 1916
Aug 1922–May 1923 10-Month	36.22°F (2.34°C)	36.44°F (2.47°C)	-0.22°F (-0.13°C)	43rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1920	1917
				85th Warmest	Warmest since: 1922	2017
Jul 1922–May 1923 11-Month	38.37°F (3.54°C)	38.62°F (3.68°C)	-0.25°F (-0.14°C)	43rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1920	1917
				85th Warmest	Warmest since: 1922	2017
Jun 1922–May 1923 12-Month	39.92°F (4.40°C)	40.05°F (4.47°C)	-0.13°F (-0.07°C)	49th Coolest	Coolest since: 1920	1917
				79th Warmest	Warmest since: 1922	2017
	Ties: 1959, 1967
Dec 1921–May 1923 18-Month	36.55°F (2.53°C)	36.75°F (2.64°C)	-0.20°F (-0.11°C)	43rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1920	1918
				84th Warmest	Warmest since: 1922	2017
	Ties: 1948
Jun 1921–May 1923 24-Month	40.10°F (4.50°C)	40.03°F (4.46°C)	0.07°F (0.04°C)	61st Coolest	Coolest since: 1921	1918
				66th Warmest	Warmest since: 1922	2017
	Ties: 1946
Jun 1920–May 1923 36-Month	40.35°F (4.64°C)	40.01°F (4.45°C)	0.34°F (0.19°C)	74th Coolest	Coolest since: 1922	1918
				52nd Warmest	Warmest to Date	2017
Jun 1919–May 1923 48-Month	40.09°F (4.49°C)	40.01°F (4.45°C)	0.08°F (0.04°C)	65th Coolest	Coolest since: 1921	1918
				60th Warmest	Warmest since: 1922	2018
	Ties: 1903
Jun 1918–May 1923 60-Month	40.14°F (4.52°C)	40.00°F (4.44°C)	0.14°F (0.08°C)	70th Coolest	Coolest since: 1922	1920
				54th Warmest	Warmest to Date	2020

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/