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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

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 1898

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
May 1898 1-Month	51.9°F (11.1°C)	54.3°F (12.4°C)	-2.4°F (-1.3°C)	29th Coolest	Coolest since: 1896	1953
				100th Warmest	Warmest since: 1897	1934
	Ties: 1912, 1935, 1978
Apr–May 1898 2-Month	51.0°F (10.6°C)	50.0°F (10.0°C)	1.0°F (0.6°C)	81st Coolest	Coolest since: 1896	1975
				48th Warmest	Warmest since: 1897	1934
	Ties: 1951
Mar–May 1898 3-Month	45.1°F (7.3°C)	46.2°F (7.9°C)	-1.1°F (-0.6°C)	40th Coolest	Coolest since: 1896	1917
				89th Warmest	Warmest since: 1897	1934
	Ties: 1999
Feb–May 1898 4-Month	42.4°F (5.8°C)	42.7°F (5.9°C)	-0.3°F (-0.1°C)	51st Coolest	Coolest since: 1897	1933
				78th Warmest	Warmest to Date	1934
	Ties: 1901, 1902, 1905, 1939, 1979
Jan–May 1898 5-Month	37.9°F (3.3°C)	39.9°F (4.4°C)	-2.0°F (-1.1°C)	15th Coolest	Coolest since: 1898	1917
				114th Warmest	Warmest since: 1897	1934
Dec 1897–May 1898 6-Month	36.0°F (2.2°C)	38.2°F (3.4°C)	-2.2°F (-1.2°C)	15th Coolest	Coolest since: 1898	1917
				113th Warmest	Warmest since: 1897	1934
Nov 1897–May 1898 7-Month	36.4°F (2.4°C)	38.1°F (3.4°C)	-1.7°F (-1.0°C)	18th Coolest	Coolest since: 1896	1917
				110th Warmest	Warmest since: 1897	1934
	Ties: 1896
Oct 1897–May 1898 8-Month	37.7°F (3.2°C)	39.6°F (4.2°C)	-1.9°F (-1.0°C)	12th Coolest	Coolest since: 1898	1917
				116th Warmest	Warmest since: 1897	1934
	Ties: 1899, 1906, 1913, 1920
Sep 1897–May 1898 9-Month	40.2°F (4.6°C)	41.9°F (5.5°C)	-1.7°F (-0.9°C)	13th Coolest	Coolest since: 1898	1917
				115th Warmest	Warmest since: 1897	1934
	Ties: 1899, 1929, 1962
Aug 1897–May 1898 10-Month	43.3°F (6.3°C)	44.7°F (7.1°C)	-1.4°F (-0.8°C)	16th Coolest	Coolest since: 1898	1917
				112th Warmest	Warmest since: 1897	1934
	Ties: 1922, 1962, 1975
Jul 1897–May 1898 11-Month	45.6°F (7.6°C)	47.1°F (8.4°C)	-1.5°F (-0.8°C)	12th Coolest	Coolest since: 1898	1917
				116th Warmest	Warmest since: 1897	1934
	Ties: 1929
Jun 1897–May 1898 12-Month	47.0°F (8.3°C)	48.5°F (9.2°C)	-1.5°F (-0.9°C)	11th Coolest	Coolest since: 1898	1917
				117th Warmest	Warmest since: 1897	1934
	Ties: 1929, 1973
Dec 1896–May 1898 18-Month	44.0°F (6.7°C)	45.0°F (7.2°C)	-1.0°F (-0.5°C)	13th Coolest	Coolest since: 1898	1917, 1933
				114th Warmest	Warmest since: 1897	2015
	Ties: 1904, 1956
Jun 1896–May 1898 24-Month	47.7°F (8.7°C)	48.5°F (9.2°C)	-0.8°F (-0.5°C)	13th Coolest	Coolest since: 1897	1917
				114th Warmest	Warmest since: 1897	2015, 2016
	Ties: 1897, 1903, 1910, 1932, 1946, 1956, 1985
Jun 1895–May 1898 36-Month	47.5°F (8.6°C)	48.4°F (9.1°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	8th Coolest	Coolest since: 1898	1917
				118th Warmest	Warmest to Date	2017
	Ties: 1915, 1919

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/