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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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Average Temperature Rankings, May 1972

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
May 1972 1-Month	62.1°F (16.7°C)	60.7°F (15.9°C)	1.4°F (0.8°C)	81st Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1977
				48th Warmest	Warmest since: 1970	2001
	Ties: 2005
Apr–May 1972 2-Month	57.9°F (14.4°C)	57.3°F (14.1°C)	0.6°F (0.3°C)	69th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1967
				60th Warmest	Warmest since: 1969	1992
Mar–May 1972 3-Month	56.8°F (13.8°C)	54.5°F (12.5°C)	2.3°F (1.3°C)	105th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1917
				24th Warmest	Warmest since: 1966	1934
	Ties: 1936, 1986, 1993
Feb–May 1972 4-Month	54.3°F (12.4°C)	52.2°F (11.2°C)	2.1°F (1.2°C)	107th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1917
				22nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	1934
Jan–May 1972 5-Month	51.4°F (10.8°C)	50.2°F (10.1°C)	1.2°F (0.7°C)	90th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1917
				39th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2015
	Ties: 1978, 1989
Dec 1971–May 1972 6-Month	49.3°F (9.6°C)	49.0°F (9.4°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	70th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1917
				58th Warmest	Warmest since: 1970	2015
	Ties: 1925, 1993
Nov 1971–May 1972 7-Month	49.1°F (9.5°C)	49.1°F (9.5°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	57th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1917
				71st Warmest	Warmest since: 1970	2015
	Ties: 1901, 1918, 1977
Oct 1971–May 1972 8-Month	50.0°F (10.0°C)	50.5°F (10.3°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	40th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1917
				88th Warmest	Warmest since: 1970	2015
	Ties: 1957, 1995, 2010
Sep 1971–May 1972 9-Month	52.0°F (11.1°C)	52.4°F (11.3°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	39th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1917
				89th Warmest	Warmest since: 1970	2015
	Ties: 1910, 1916, 1945, 1967, 1974, 1998
Aug 1971–May 1972 10-Month	54.4°F (12.4°C)	54.5°F (12.5°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	48th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1917
				80th Warmest	Warmest since: 1970	2015
	Ties: 1950, 1958, 1967, 1985, 1991, 1999
Jul 1971–May 1972 11-Month	56.3°F (13.5°C)	56.3°F (13.5°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	52nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1917
				76th Warmest	Warmest since: 1970	2015
	Ties: 1976
Jun 1971–May 1972 12-Month	57.2°F (14.0°C)	57.4°F (14.1°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	50th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1917
				78th Warmest	Warmest since: 1970	2015
	Ties: 1897, 1904, 1935, 1953, 1962, 1965, 1976
Dec 1970–May 1972 18-Month	54.0°F (12.2°C)	54.5°F (12.5°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	24th Coolest	Coolest since: 1965	1917
				103rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1971	2015
	Ties: 1955, 1964, 1965, 1999
Jun 1970–May 1972 24-Month	57.1°F (13.9°C)	57.4°F (14.1°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	37th Coolest	Coolest since: 1967	1913, 1917
				90th Warmest	Warmest since: 1971	2015
	Ties: 1924, 1925, 1930, 1942, 1957, 1967, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1999
Jun 1969–May 1972 36-Month	57.4°F (14.1°C)	57.3°F (14.1°C)	0.1°F (0.0°C)	57th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1913, 1917
				69th Warmest	Warmest since: 1970	2016
	Ties: 1931, 1952, 1953
Jun 1968–May 1972 48-Month	57.3°F (14.1°C)	57.4°F (14.1°C)	-0.1°F (0.0°C)	50th Coolest	Coolest since: 1967	1913
				75th Warmest	Warmest since: 1971	2016, 2017, 2018
	Ties: 1926, 1929, 1944
Jun 1967–May 1972 60-Month	57.5°F (14.2°C)	57.3°F (14.1°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	57th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1913, 1917
				67th Warmest	Warmest since: 1971	2018
	Ties: 1928, 1930, 1931, 1939, 1954, 1970, 1971, 1978

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Regional Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 25, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/