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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

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Average Temperature Rankings, May 1948

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
May 1948 1-Month	58.2°F (14.6°C)	60.7°F (15.9°C)	-2.5°F (-1.3°C)	22nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1942	1977
				107th Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	2001
	Ties: 1902, 1964, 1980
Apr–May 1948 2-Month	54.8°F (12.7°C)	57.3°F (14.1°C)	-2.5°F (-1.4°C)	13th Coolest	Coolest since: 1933	1967
				116th Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	1992
	Ties: 1921
Mar–May 1948 3-Month	51.4°F (10.8°C)	54.5°F (12.5°C)	-3.1°F (-1.7°C)	4th Coolest	Coolest since: 1917	1917
				125th Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	1934
Feb–May 1948 4-Month	49.2°F (9.6°C)	52.3°F (11.3°C)	-3.1°F (-1.7°C)	2nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1933	1917
				127th Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	1934
	Ties: 1933
Jan–May 1948 5-Month	48.4°F (9.1°C)	50.2°F (10.1°C)	-1.8°F (-1.0°C)	10th Coolest	Coolest since: 1937	1917
				119th Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	2015
	Ties: 1911, 1929, 1964
Dec 1947–May 1948 6-Month	47.3°F (8.5°C)	49.0°F (9.4°C)	-1.7°F (-0.9°C)	11th Coolest	Coolest since: 1937	1917
				117th Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	2015
Nov 1947–May 1948 7-Month	47.1°F (8.4°C)	49.1°F (9.5°C)	-2.0°F (-1.1°C)	5th Coolest	Coolest since: 1933	1917
				123rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	2015
Oct 1947–May 1948 8-Month	48.7°F (9.3°C)	50.5°F (10.3°C)	-1.8°F (-1.0°C)	6th Coolest	Coolest since: 1933	1917
				122nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	2015
	Ties: 1929, 1955
Sep 1947–May 1948 9-Month	51.1°F (10.6°C)	52.4°F (11.3°C)	-1.3°F (-0.7°C)	14th Coolest	Coolest since: 1942	1917
				114th Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	2015
	Ties: 1898, 1937, 1942
Aug 1947–May 1948 10-Month	53.2°F (11.8°C)	54.6°F (12.6°C)	-1.4°F (-0.8°C)	9th Coolest	Coolest since: 1942	1917
				119th Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	2015
	Ties: 1921, 1929, 1942
Jul 1947–May 1948 11-Month	54.9°F (12.7°C)	56.3°F (13.5°C)	-1.4°F (-0.8°C)	7th Coolest	Coolest since: 1933	1917
				121st Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	2015
	Ties: 1933
Jun 1947–May 1948 12-Month	56.0°F (13.3°C)	57.4°F (14.1°C)	-1.4°F (-0.8°C)	7th Coolest	Coolest since: 1921	1917
				121st Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	2015
	Ties: 1921
Dec 1946–May 1948 18-Month	54.3°F (12.4°C)	54.6°F (12.6°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	38th Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1917
				89th Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	2015
	Ties: 1897, 1907, 1914, 1924, 1957, 1975
Jun 1946–May 1948 24-Month	56.8°F (13.8°C)	57.4°F (14.1°C)	-0.6°F (-0.3°C)	23rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1913, 1917
				104th Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	2015
	Ties: 1898, 1902, 1965
Jun 1945–May 1948 36-Month	57.0°F (13.9°C)	57.3°F (14.1°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	31st Coolest	Coolest since: 1946	1913, 1917
				95th Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	2016
	Ties: 1901, 1902, 1944, 1955, 1956, 1974
Jun 1944–May 1948 48-Month	56.9°F (13.8°C)	57.4°F (14.1°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	26th Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1913
				99th Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	2016, 2017, 2018
	Ties: 1905, 1906, 1925, 1955, 1958
Jun 1943–May 1948 60-Month	56.8°F (13.8°C)	57.3°F (14.1°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	21st Coolest	Coolest since: 1925	1913, 1917
				103rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	2018
	Ties: 1902, 1904, 1905, 1909

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Regional Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 26, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/