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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 1920

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
May 1920 1-Month	54.1°F (12.3°C)	54.3°F (12.4°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	55th Coolest	Coolest since: 1918	1953
				74th Warmest	Warmest since: 1919	1934
	Ties: 1932, 1943, 1945, 1960, 1988
Apr–May 1920 2-Month	48.0°F (8.9°C)	50.1°F (10.1°C)	-2.1°F (-1.2°C)	23rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1917	1975
				106th Warmest	Warmest since: 1919	1934
	Ties: 1957, 1968
Mar–May 1920 3-Month	44.0°F (6.7°C)	46.2°F (7.9°C)	-2.2°F (-1.2°C)	21st Coolest	Coolest since: 1917	1917
				108th Warmest	Warmest since: 1919	1934
Feb–May 1920 4-Month	41.5°F (5.3°C)	42.7°F (5.9°C)	-1.2°F (-0.6°C)	29th Coolest	Coolest since: 1917	1933
				100th Warmest	Warmest since: 1919	1934
	Ties: 1971, 1982
Jan–May 1920 5-Month	39.5°F (4.2°C)	39.9°F (4.4°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	41st Coolest	Coolest since: 1917	1917
				88th Warmest	Warmest since: 1919	1934
	Ties: 1902, 1950, 1965, 1971
Dec 1919–May 1920 6-Month	37.2°F (2.9°C)	38.1°F (3.4°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	29th Coolest	Coolest since: 1917	1917
				99th Warmest	Warmest since: 1919	1934
Nov 1919–May 1920 7-Month	37.0°F (2.8°C)	38.1°F (3.4°C)	-1.1°F (-0.6°C)	27th Coolest	Coolest since: 1917	1917
				101st Warmest	Warmest since: 1919	1934
	Ties: 1985
Oct 1919–May 1920 8-Month	37.7°F (3.2°C)	39.6°F (4.2°C)	-1.9°F (-1.0°C)	12th Coolest	Coolest since: 1917	1917
				116th Warmest	Warmest since: 1919	1934
	Ties: 1898, 1899, 1906, 1913
Sep 1919–May 1920 9-Month	40.3°F (4.6°C)	41.9°F (5.5°C)	-1.6°F (-0.9°C)	17th Coolest	Coolest since: 1917	1917
				111th Warmest	Warmest since: 1919	1934
	Ties: 1906, 1922
Aug 1919–May 1920 10-Month	43.4°F (6.3°C)	44.6°F (7.0°C)	-1.2°F (-0.7°C)	20th Coolest	Coolest since: 1917	1917
				108th Warmest	Warmest since: 1919	1934
	Ties: 1896, 1899
Jul 1919–May 1920 11-Month	46.2°F (7.9°C)	47.1°F (8.4°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	24th Coolest	Coolest since: 1917	1917
				104th Warmest	Warmest since: 1919	1934
Jun 1919–May 1920 12-Month	47.8°F (8.8°C)	48.5°F (9.2°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	30th Coolest	Coolest since: 1917	1917
				98th Warmest	Warmest since: 1919	1934
	Ties: 1977
Dec 1918–May 1920 18-Month	44.6°F (7.0°C)	45.0°F (7.2°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	37th Coolest	Coolest since: 1918	1917, 1933
				90th Warmest	Warmest since: 1919	2015
	Ties: 1921, 1938
Jun 1918–May 1920 24-Month	48.2°F (9.0°C)	48.4°F (9.1°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	43rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1918	1917
				84th Warmest	Warmest since: 1919	2015, 2016
	Ties: 1900, 1915, 1916, 1943, 1952, 1955, 1975, 1980
Jun 1917–May 1920 36-Month	48.7°F (9.3°C)	48.4°F (9.1°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	73rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1919	1917
				53rd Warmest	Warmest to Date	2017
	Ties: 1934, 1943, 1987
Jun 1916–May 1920 48-Month	47.5°F (8.6°C)	48.4°F (9.1°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	4th Coolest	Coolest since: 1918	1917
				121st Warmest	Warmest since: 1919	2018
	Ties: 1899, 1913, 1914, 1918, 1950
Jun 1915–May 1920 60-Month	47.7°F (8.7°C)	48.4°F (9.1°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	9th Coolest	Coolest since: 1919	1917
				115th Warmest	Warmest since: 1919	2018
	Ties: 1910, 1912, 1914, 1918, 1919, 1921

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Regional Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 6, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/