Climate at a Glance
Regional Rankings
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 July 2022. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
California River Basin
Average Temperature Rankings, May 2020
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Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Warmest/Coolest Since |
Record |
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May 2020 1-Month |
64.6°F (18.1°C) | 60.7°F (15.9°C) |
3.9°F (2.2°C) | 120th Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1977 |
9th Warmest | Warmest since: 2014 | 2001 | ||||
Ties: 1940, 2006, 2014, 2021 | ||||||
Apr–May 2020 2-Month |
60.6°F (15.9°C) | 57.4°F (14.1°C) |
3.2°F (1.8°C) | 117th Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1967 |
12th Warmest | Warmest since: 2014 | 1992 | ||||
Ties: 1910, 1947, 1954 | ||||||
Mar–May 2020 3-Month |
56.4°F (13.6°C) | 54.5°F (12.5°C) |
1.9°F (1.1°C) | 94th Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1917 |
35th Warmest | Warmest since: 2018 | 1934 | ||||
Ties: 2018 | ||||||
Feb–May 2020 4-Month |
54.6°F (12.6°C) | 52.2°F (11.2°C) |
2.4°F (1.4°C) | 111th Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1917 |
18th Warmest | Warmest since: 2017 | 1934 | ||||
Ties: 1940, 2021 | ||||||
Jan–May 2020 5-Month |
52.7°F (11.5°C) | 50.2°F (10.1°C) |
2.5°F (1.4°C) | 113th Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1917 |
16th Warmest | Warmest since: 2018 | 2015 | ||||
Dec 2019–May 2020 6-Month |
51.4°F (10.8°C) | 49.1°F (9.5°C) |
2.3°F (1.3°C) | 113th Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1917 |
15th Warmest | Warmest since: 2018 | 2015 | ||||
Ties: 1981 | ||||||
Nov 2019–May 2020 7-Month |
51.6°F (10.9°C) | 49.1°F (9.5°C) |
2.5°F (1.4°C) | 117th Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1917 |
11th Warmest | Warmest since: 2018 | 2015 | ||||
Oct 2019–May 2020 8-Month |
52.5°F (11.4°C) | 50.5°F (10.3°C) |
2.0°F (1.1°C) | 111th Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1917 |
17th Warmest | Warmest since: 2018 | 2015 | ||||
Ties: 2009 | ||||||
Sep 2019–May 2020 9-Month |
54.3°F (12.4°C) | 52.4°F (11.3°C) |
1.9°F (1.1°C) | 110th Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1917 |
18th Warmest | Warmest since: 2018 | 2015 | ||||
Ties: 1984 | ||||||
Aug 2019–May 2020 10-Month |
56.6°F (13.7°C) | 54.6°F (12.6°C) |
2.0°F (1.1°C) | 111th Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1917 |
17th Warmest | Warmest since: 2018 | 2015 | ||||
Jul 2019–May 2020 11-Month |
58.3°F (14.6°C) | 56.4°F (13.6°C) |
1.9°F (1.0°C) | 111th Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1917 |
17th Warmest | Warmest since: 2018 | 2015 | ||||
Ties: 2017 | ||||||
Jun 2019–May 2020 12-Month |
59.3°F (15.2°C) | 57.3°F (14.1°C) |
2.0°F (1.1°C) | 112th Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1917 |
16th Warmest | Warmest since: 2018 | 2015 | ||||
Ties: 1959, 2000 | ||||||
Dec 2018–May 2020 18-Month |
56.1°F (13.4°C) | 54.6°F (12.6°C) |
1.5°F (0.8°C) | 111th Coolest | Coolest since: 2012 | 1917 |
16th Warmest | Warmest since: 2019 | 2015 | ||||
Ties: 1940, 1941, 1959, 1987, 2001, 2009 | ||||||
Jun 2018–May 2020 24-Month |
59.2°F (15.1°C) | 57.3°F (14.1°C) |
1.9°F (1.0°C) | 116th Coolest | Coolest since: 2013 | 1913, 1917 |
11th Warmest | Warmest since: 2019 | 2015 | ||||
Jun 2017–May 2020 36-Month |
59.7°F (15.4°C) | 57.4°F (14.1°C) |
2.3°F (1.3°C) | 120th Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1913, 1917 |
6th Warmest | Warmest since: 2019 | 2016 | ||||
Ties: 2019, 2021 | ||||||
Jun 2016–May 2020 48-Month |
59.6°F (15.3°C) | 57.3°F (14.1°C) |
2.3°F (1.2°C) | 117th Coolest | Coolest since: 2014 | 1913 |
8th Warmest | Warmest since: 2019 | 2016, 2017, 2018 | ||||
Jun 2015–May 2020 60-Month |
59.7°F (15.4°C) | 57.3°F (14.1°C) |
2.4°F (1.3°C) | 117th Coolest | Coolest since: 2015 | 1913, 1917 |
7th Warmest | Warmest since: 2019 | 2018 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Regional Time Series, published August 2022, retrieved on August 9, 2022 from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/cag/