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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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Average Temperature Rankings, May 1957

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
May 1957 1-Month	58.9°F (14.9°C)	60.7°F (15.9°C)	-1.8°F (-1.0°C)	32nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1953	1977
				97th Warmest	Warmest since: 1956	2001
	Ties: 1896
Apr–May 1957 2-Month	56.4°F (13.6°C)	57.3°F (14.1°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	41st Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1967
				88th Warmest	Warmest since: 1956	1992
	Ties: 1927, 1930, 1980
Mar–May 1957 3-Month	54.2°F (12.3°C)	54.5°F (12.5°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	56th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1917
				73rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1956	1934
Feb–May 1957 4-Month	52.7°F (11.5°C)	52.2°F (11.2°C)	0.5°F (0.3°C)	73rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1956	1917
				56th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	1934
	Ties: 1960
Jan–May 1957 5-Month	49.9°F (9.9°C)	50.3°F (10.2°C)	-0.4°F (-0.3°C)	50th Coolest	Coolest since: 1956	1917
				79th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2015
	Ties: 1895, 1950
Dec 1956–May 1957 6-Month	48.9°F (9.4°C)	49.1°F (9.5°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	51st Coolest	Coolest since: 1956	1917
				77th Warmest	Warmest since: 1956	2015
	Ties: 1907, 1916, 1956, 1983, 1985
Nov 1956–May 1957 7-Month	49.0°F (9.4°C)	49.1°F (9.5°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	54th Coolest	Coolest since: 1956	1917
				74th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2015
	Ties: 1910, 2011
Oct 1956–May 1957 8-Month	50.0°F (10.0°C)	50.4°F (10.2°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	40th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1917
				88th Warmest	Warmest since: 1956	2015
	Ties: 1972, 1995, 2010
Sep 1956–May 1957 9-Month	52.3°F (11.3°C)	52.4°F (11.3°C)	-0.1°F (0.0°C)	51st Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1917
				77th Warmest	Warmest since: 1956	2015
	Ties: 1927, 1935, 1991
Aug 1956–May 1957 10-Month	54.2°F (12.3°C)	54.6°F (12.6°C)	-0.4°F (-0.3°C)	41st Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1917
				87th Warmest	Warmest since: 1956	2015
	Ties: 1925, 1974, 1977
Jul 1956–May 1957 11-Month	56.0°F (13.3°C)	56.4°F (13.6°C)	-0.4°F (-0.3°C)	39th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1917
				89th Warmest	Warmest since: 1956	2015
	Ties: 1897, 1902, 1916, 1923
Jun 1956–May 1957 12-Month	57.1°F (13.9°C)	57.4°F (14.1°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	40th Coolest	Coolest since: 1956	1917
				88th Warmest	Warmest since: 1956	2015
	Ties: 1907, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1956, 1966, 1967, 1998, 1999
Dec 1955–May 1957 18-Month	54.3°F (12.4°C)	54.6°F (12.6°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	38th Coolest	Coolest since: 1956	1917
				89th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2015
	Ties: 1897, 1907, 1914, 1924, 1948, 1975
Jun 1955–May 1957 24-Month	57.1°F (13.9°C)	57.4°F (14.1°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	37th Coolest	Coolest since: 1956	1913, 1917
				90th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2015
	Ties: 1924, 1925, 1930, 1942, 1967, 1972, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1999
Jun 1954–May 1957 36-Month	56.7°F (13.7°C)	57.4°F (14.1°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	18th Coolest	Coolest since: 1950	1913, 1917
				108th Warmest	Warmest since: 1956	2016
	Ties: 1898, 1908
Jun 1953–May 1957 48-Month	57.0°F (13.9°C)	57.4°F (14.1°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	32nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1956	1913
				93rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1956	2016, 2017, 2018
	Ties: 1900, 1902, 1908, 1947, 1956, 1967, 1974, 1975, 1976
Jun 1952–May 1957 60-Month	57.0°F (13.9°C)	57.3°F (14.1°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	33rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1956	1913, 1917
				91st Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2018
	Ties: 1908, 1933, 1946, 1975, 1976, 1977

Citing This Page

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