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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, April 1940

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
April 1940 1-Month	47.3°F (8.5°C)	45.7°F (7.6°C)	1.6°F (0.9°C)	87th Coolest	Coolest since: 1938	1975
				42nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	1934
Mar–Apr 1940 2-Month	44.4°F (6.9°C)	42.0°F (5.6°C)	2.4°F (1.3°C)	105th Coolest	Coolest since: 1939	1917
				24th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	1934
	Ties: 1914, 1939
Feb–Apr 1940 3-Month	41.3°F (5.2°C)	38.9°F (3.8°C)	2.4°F (1.4°C)	108th Coolest	Coolest since: 1939	1903
				21st Warmest	Warmest since: 1934	1934
	Ties: 1996
Jan–Apr 1940 4-Month	38.7°F (3.7°C)	36.2°F (2.3°C)	2.5°F (1.4°C)	108th Coolest	Coolest since: 1939	1917
				21st Warmest	Warmest since: 1934	1934
	Ties: 1953, 1954
Dec 1939–Apr 1940 5-Month	38.2°F (3.4°C)	34.9°F (1.6°C)	3.3°F (1.8°C)	121st Coolest	Coolest since: 1939	1917
				7th Warmest	Warmest since: 1934	1934
	Ties: 1978
Nov 1939–Apr 1940 6-Month	38.6°F (3.7°C)	35.3°F (1.8°C)	3.3°F (1.9°C)	121st Coolest	Coolest since: 1939	1917
				7th Warmest	Warmest since: 1934	1934
Oct 1939–Apr 1940 7-Month	40.1°F (4.5°C)	37.4°F (3.0°C)	2.7°F (1.5°C)	119th Coolest	Coolest since: 1939	1917
				9th Warmest	Warmest since: 1934	1934
Sep 1939–Apr 1940 8-Month	42.8°F (6.0°C)	40.4°F (4.7°C)	2.4°F (1.3°C)	119th Coolest	Coolest since: 1939	1917
				9th Warmest	Warmest since: 1934	1934
	Ties: 2016, 2021, 2022
Aug 1939–Apr 1940 9-Month	45.9°F (7.7°C)	43.5°F (6.4°C)	2.4°F (1.3°C)	117th Coolest	Coolest since: 1939	1917
				11th Warmest	Warmest since: 1934	1934
	Ties: 2022
Jul 1939–Apr 1940 10-Month	48.6°F (9.2°C)	46.4°F (8.0°C)	2.2°F (1.2°C)	118th Coolest	Coolest since: 1939	1917
				10th Warmest	Warmest since: 1934	1934
	Ties: 1978, 2017
Jun 1939–Apr 1940 11-Month	49.9°F (9.9°C)	47.9°F (8.8°C)	2.0°F (1.1°C)	114th Coolest	Coolest since: 1939	1917
				14th Warmest	Warmest since: 1934	1934
May 1939–Apr 1940 12-Month	50.5°F (10.3°C)	48.5°F (9.2°C)	2.0°F (1.1°C)	115th Coolest	Coolest since: 1939	1917
				13th Warmest	Warmest since: 1934	2015
	Ties: 2003
Nov 1938–Apr 1940 18-Month	45.1°F (7.3°C)	44.1°F (6.7°C)	1.0°F (0.6°C)	95th Coolest	Coolest since: 1939	1933, 1949
				32nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1935	2015
May 1938–Apr 1940 24-Month	49.2°F (9.6°C)	48.4°F (9.1°C)	0.8°F (0.5°C)	86th Coolest	Coolest since: 1939	1913, 1917
				41st Warmest	Warmest since: 1936	2015, 2016
	Ties: 1928, 2012
May 1937–Apr 1940 36-Month	49.5°F (9.7°C)	48.4°F (9.1°C)	1.1°F (0.6°C)	103rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1939	1914, 1917
				23rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1936	2016, 2017
	Ties: 1941, 1982, 1990, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2010
May 1936–Apr 1940 48-Month	48.9°F (9.4°C)	48.4°F (9.1°C)	0.5°F (0.3°C)	82nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1939	1915, 1917
				43rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1938	2018
	Ties: 1935, 1938, 1959, 1982, 1994
May 1935–Apr 1940 60-Month	48.8°F (9.3°C)	48.4°F (9.1°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	77th Coolest	Coolest since: 1939	1917
				47th Warmest	Warmest since: 1938	2018
	Ties: 1960, 1984

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Regional Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 28, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/