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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 1968

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
May 1968 1-Month	60.5°F (15.8°C)	60.7°F (15.9°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	49th Coolest	Coolest since: 1965	1977
				80th Warmest	Warmest since: 1967	2001
	Ties: 1903, 1944, 1949
Apr–May 1968 2-Month	57.2°F (14.0°C)	57.3°F (14.1°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	59th Coolest	Coolest since: 1967	1967
				70th Warmest	Warmest since: 1966	1992
	Ties: 1907
Mar–May 1968 3-Month	55.0°F (12.8°C)	54.5°F (12.5°C)	0.5°F (0.3°C)	73rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1967	1917
				56th Warmest	Warmest since: 1966	1934
Feb–May 1968 4-Month	53.8°F (12.1°C)	52.3°F (11.3°C)	1.5°F (0.8°C)	97th Coolest	Coolest since: 1967	1917
				32nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	1934
	Ties: 1924, 1936, 1943, 2012
Jan–May 1968 5-Month	51.3°F (10.7°C)	50.2°F (10.1°C)	1.1°F (0.6°C)	87th Coolest	Coolest since: 1967	1917
				42nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2015
	Ties: 1924, 2002
Dec 1967–May 1968 6-Month	49.4°F (9.7°C)	49.1°F (9.5°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	73rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1967	1917
				55th Warmest	Warmest since: 1961	2015
	Ties: 1961, 1976
Nov 1967–May 1968 7-Month	50.0°F (10.0°C)	49.2°F (9.6°C)	0.8°F (0.4°C)	84th Coolest	Coolest since: 1967	1917
				44th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2015
	Ties: 1924, 1936, 2005, 2019
Oct 1967–May 1968 8-Month	51.4°F (10.8°C)	50.4°F (10.2°C)	1.0°F (0.6°C)	90th Coolest	Coolest since: 1967	1917
				38th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2015
	Ties: 1928, 1941, 1990, 2019
Sep 1967–May 1968 9-Month	53.6°F (12.0°C)	52.5°F (11.4°C)	1.1°F (0.6°C)	100th Coolest	Coolest since: 1967	1917
				28th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2015
	Ties: 1951, 1980, 1988, 1994
Aug 1967–May 1968 10-Month	56.0°F (13.3°C)	54.6°F (12.6°C)	1.4°F (0.7°C)	105th Coolest	Coolest since: 1967	1917
				23rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2015
	Ties: 1978, 2003, 2007
Jul 1967–May 1968 11-Month	57.9°F (14.4°C)	56.4°F (13.6°C)	1.5°F (0.8°C)	105th Coolest	Coolest since: 1967	1917
				23rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2015
Jun 1967–May 1968 12-Month	58.6°F (14.8°C)	57.4°F (14.1°C)	1.2°F (0.7°C)	104th Coolest	Coolest since: 1967	1917
				24th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2015
	Ties: 1981, 1986, 1989
Dec 1966–May 1968 18-Month	55.0°F (12.8°C)	54.6°F (12.6°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	78th Coolest	Coolest since: 1967	1917
				49th Warmest	Warmest since: 1961	2015
	Ties: 1951, 1991
Jun 1966–May 1968 24-Month	57.8°F (14.3°C)	57.3°F (14.1°C)	0.5°F (0.2°C)	79th Coolest	Coolest since: 1967	1913, 1917
				48th Warmest	Warmest since: 1961	2015
	Ties: 1951, 1991, 1995
Jun 1965–May 1968 36-Month	57.6°F (14.2°C)	57.4°F (14.1°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	70th Coolest	Coolest since: 1967	1913, 1917
				56th Warmest	Warmest since: 1963	2016
	Ties: 1932, 1934, 1938, 1979
Jun 1964–May 1968 48-Month	57.5°F (14.2°C)	57.4°F (14.1°C)	0.1°F (0.1°C)	59th Coolest	Coolest since: 1967	1913
				66th Warmest	Warmest since: 1963	2016, 2017, 2018
	Ties: 1931, 1935, 1938, 1954, 1978, 1979
Jun 1963–May 1968 60-Month	57.3°F (14.1°C)	57.4°F (14.1°C)	-0.1°F (0.0°C)	48th Coolest	Coolest since: 1967	1913, 1917
				76th Warmest	Warmest since: 1965	2018
	Ties: 1929, 1932, 1947

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/