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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 1961

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
May 1961 1-Month	58.5°F (14.7°C)	60.7°F (15.9°C)	-2.2°F (-1.2°C)	27th Coolest	Coolest since: 1953	1977
				102nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1960	2001
	Ties: 1909
Apr–May 1961 2-Month	57.0°F (13.9°C)	57.4°F (14.1°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	54th Coolest	Coolest since: 1957	1967
				75th Warmest	Warmest since: 1960	1992
	Ties: 1956, 1974, 1976, 1982
Mar–May 1961 3-Month	54.0°F (12.2°C)	54.5°F (12.5°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	50th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1917
				79th Warmest	Warmest since: 1960	1934
	Ties: 1905, 1915, 1958, 1970
Feb–May 1961 4-Month	52.4°F (11.3°C)	52.3°F (11.3°C)	0.1°F (0.0°C)	67th Coolest	Coolest since: 1956	1917
				62nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1960	1934
	Ties: 1904, 1963, 2006
Jan–May 1961 5-Month	50.7°F (10.4°C)	50.2°F (10.1°C)	0.5°F (0.3°C)	72nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1917
				57th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2015
	Ties: 2008
Dec 1960–May 1961 6-Month	49.4°F (9.7°C)	49.0°F (9.4°C)	0.4°F (0.3°C)	73rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1917
				55th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2015
	Ties: 1968, 1976
Nov 1960–May 1961 7-Month	49.3°F (9.6°C)	49.2°F (9.6°C)	0.1°F (0.0°C)	67th Coolest	Coolest since: 1957	1917
				61st Warmest	Warmest since: 1960	2015
	Ties: 1904, 1925, 1927, 1939, 1950
Oct 1960–May 1961 8-Month	50.5°F (10.3°C)	50.4°F (10.2°C)	0.1°F (0.1°C)	65th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1917
				63rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1960	2015
	Ties: 1977
Sep 1960–May 1961 9-Month	52.8°F (11.6°C)	52.4°F (11.3°C)	0.4°F (0.3°C)	72nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1917
				56th Warmest	Warmest since: 1960	2015
	Ties: 1918, 1947
Aug 1960–May 1961 10-Month	54.9°F (12.7°C)	54.6°F (12.6°C)	0.3°F (0.1°C)	74th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1917
				54th Warmest	Warmest since: 1960	2015
	Ties: 1918, 1928, 1947
Jul 1960–May 1961 11-Month	56.9°F (13.8°C)	56.4°F (13.6°C)	0.5°F (0.2°C)	78th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1917
				50th Warmest	Warmest since: 1960	2015
	Ties: 1936, 1941
Jun 1960–May 1961 12-Month	58.3°F (14.6°C)	57.4°F (14.1°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	98th Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1917
				30th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2015
	Ties: 1943, 1951, 2001, 2006
Dec 1959–May 1961 18-Month	55.2°F (12.9°C)	54.5°F (12.5°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	81st Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1917
				46th Warmest	Warmest since: 1960	2015
	Ties: 1934
Jun 1959–May 1961 24-Month	58.3°F (14.6°C)	57.4°F (14.1°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	93rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1913, 1917
				34th Warmest	Warmest since: 1960	2015
	Ties: 1990, 2006
Jun 1958–May 1961 36-Month	58.6°F (14.8°C)	57.4°F (14.1°C)	1.2°F (0.7°C)	108th Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1913, 1917
				18th Warmest	Warmest to Date	2016
	Ties: 1994, 2007, 2008, 2013
Jun 1957–May 1961 48-Month	58.3°F (14.6°C)	57.3°F (14.1°C)	1.0°F (0.5°C)	97th Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1913
				28th Warmest	Warmest since: 1941	2016, 2017, 2018
	Ties: 1941, 1993, 1994, 2000, 2011
Jun 1956–May 1961 60-Month	58.1°F (14.5°C)	57.4°F (14.1°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	90th Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1913, 1917
				34th Warmest	Warmest to Date	2018
	Ties: 1962, 1963, 1982, 1991, 2002

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Regional Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 5, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/