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 June 2022. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
Great Basin
Average Temperature Rankings, May 1940
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Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Warmest/Coolest Since |
Record |
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May 1940 1-Month |
59.6°F (15.3°C) | 54.3°F (12.4°C) |
5.3°F (2.9°C) | 125th Coolest | Coolest since: 1939 | 1953 |
4th Warmest | Warmest since: 1934 | 1934 | ||||
Apr–May 1940 2-Month |
53.4°F (11.9°C) | 50.0°F (10.0°C) |
3.4°F (1.9°C) | 122nd Coolest | Coolest since: 1939 | 1975 |
7th Warmest | Warmest since: 1936 | 1934 | ||||
Ties: 1919, 1926, 1936 | ||||||
Mar–May 1940 3-Month |
49.5°F (9.7°C) | 46.2°F (7.9°C) |
3.3°F (1.8°C) | 121st Coolest | Coolest since: 1939 | 1917 |
8th Warmest | Warmest since: 1934 | 1934 | ||||
Ties: 1926, 2001, 2012 | ||||||
Feb–May 1940 4-Month |
45.8°F (7.7°C) | 42.7°F (5.9°C) |
3.1°F (1.8°C) | 119th Coolest | Coolest since: 1939 | 1933 |
10th Warmest | Warmest since: 1934 | 1934 | ||||
Ties: 1947 | ||||||
Jan–May 1940 5-Month |
42.9°F (6.1°C) | 39.9°F (4.4°C) |
3.0°F (1.7°C) | 121st Coolest | Coolest since: 1939 | 1917 |
8th Warmest | Warmest since: 1934 | 1934 | ||||
Ties: 2018 | ||||||
Dec 1939–May 1940 6-Month |
41.8°F (5.4°C) | 38.2°F (3.4°C) |
3.6°F (2.0°C) | 124th Coolest | Coolest since: 1939 | 1917 |
4th Warmest | Warmest since: 1934 | 1934 | ||||
Ties: 2000 | ||||||
Nov 1939–May 1940 7-Month |
41.6°F (5.3°C) | 38.1°F (3.4°C) |
3.5°F (1.9°C) | 124th Coolest | Coolest since: 1939 | 1917 |
4th Warmest | Warmest since: 1934 | 1934 | ||||
Ties: 2018 | ||||||
Oct 1939–May 1940 8-Month |
42.6°F (5.9°C) | 39.6°F (4.2°C) |
3.0°F (1.7°C) | 123rd Coolest | Coolest since: 1939 | 1917 |
5th Warmest | Warmest since: 1934 | 1934 | ||||
Ties: 2018 | ||||||
Sep 1939–May 1940 9-Month |
44.6°F (7.0°C) | 41.9°F (5.5°C) |
2.7°F (1.5°C) | 122nd Coolest | Coolest since: 1939 | 1917 |
6th Warmest | Warmest since: 1934 | 1934 | ||||
Ties: 2018 | ||||||
Aug 1939–May 1940 10-Month |
47.3°F (8.5°C) | 44.6°F (7.0°C) |
2.7°F (1.5°C) | 120th Coolest | Coolest since: 1939 | 1917 |
8th Warmest | Warmest since: 1934 | 1934 | ||||
Jul 1939–May 1940 11-Month |
49.6°F (9.8°C) | 47.1°F (8.4°C) |
2.5°F (1.4°C) | 121st Coolest | Coolest since: 1939 | 1917 |
7th Warmest | Warmest since: 1934 | 1934 | ||||
Jun 1939–May 1940 12-Month |
50.7°F (10.4°C) | 48.4°F (9.1°C) |
2.3°F (1.3°C) | 118th Coolest | Coolest since: 1939 | 1917 |
10th Warmest | Warmest since: 1934 | 1934 | ||||
Ties: 2014, 2016 | ||||||
Dec 1938–May 1940 18-Month |
46.6°F (8.1°C) | 45.0°F (7.2°C) |
1.6°F (0.9°C) | 109th Coolest | Coolest since: 1939 | 1917, 1933 |
18th Warmest | Warmest since: 1935 | 2015 | ||||
Ties: 1982, 2003, 2014 | ||||||
Jun 1938–May 1940 24-Month |
49.5°F (9.7°C) | 48.4°F (9.1°C) |
1.1°F (0.6°C) | 97th Coolest | Coolest since: 1939 | 1917 |
30th Warmest | Warmest since: 1935 | 2015, 2016 | ||||
Ties: 2012 | ||||||
Jun 1937–May 1940 36-Month |
49.6°F (9.8°C) | 48.4°F (9.1°C) |
1.2°F (0.7°C) | 103rd Coolest | Coolest since: 1939 | 1917 |
23rd Warmest | Warmest since: 1936 | 2017 | ||||
Ties: 1941, 1992 | ||||||
Jun 1936–May 1940 48-Month |
48.9°F (9.4°C) | 48.4°F (9.1°C) |
0.5°F (0.3°C) | 81st Coolest | Coolest since: 1939 | 1917 |
44th Warmest | Warmest since: 1937 | 2018 | ||||
Ties: 1959, 1963, 1982 | ||||||
Jun 1935–May 1940 60-Month |
49.0°F (9.4°C) | 48.4°F (9.1°C) |
0.6°F (0.3°C) | 86th Coolest | Coolest since: 1939 | 1917 |
38th Warmest | Warmest since: 1938 | 2018 | ||||
Ties: 1942, 1943, 1961, 1962 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Regional Time Series, published July 2022, retrieved on August 7, 2022 from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/cag/