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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 1973

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
May 1973 1-Month	56.8°F (13.8°C)	54.3°F (12.4°C)	2.5°F (1.4°C)	98th Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1953
				31st Warmest	Warmest since: 1969	1934
Apr–May 1973 2-Month	50.0°F (10.0°C)	50.1°F (10.1°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	56th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1975
				73rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	1934
	Ties: 1907, 1974, 2022
Mar–May 1973 3-Month	45.0°F (7.2°C)	46.1°F (7.8°C)	-1.1°F (-0.6°C)	38th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1917
				91st Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	1934
	Ties: 1938
Feb–May 1973 4-Month	41.8°F (5.4°C)	42.7°F (5.9°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	37th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1933
				92nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	1934
	Ties: 1938, 1977
Jan–May 1973 5-Month	38.2°F (3.4°C)	39.8°F (4.3°C)	-1.6°F (-0.9°C)	17th Coolest	Coolest since: 1964	1917
				112th Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	1934
Dec 1972–May 1973 6-Month	35.9°F (2.2°C)	38.2°F (3.4°C)	-2.3°F (-1.2°C)	13th Coolest	Coolest since: 1964	1917
				115th Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	1934
	Ties: 1944
Nov 1972–May 1973 7-Month	35.7°F (2.1°C)	38.1°F (3.4°C)	-2.4°F (-1.3°C)	8th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1917
				120th Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	1934
	Ties: 1922, 1929, 1952
Oct 1972–May 1973 8-Month	37.3°F (2.9°C)	39.5°F (4.2°C)	-2.2°F (-1.3°C)	8th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1917
				120th Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	1934
	Ties: 1903
Sep 1972–May 1973 9-Month	39.7°F (4.3°C)	41.9°F (5.5°C)	-2.2°F (-1.2°C)	8th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1917
				120th Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	1934
Aug 1972–May 1973 10-Month	42.6°F (5.9°C)	44.6°F (7.0°C)	-2.0°F (-1.1°C)	7th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1917
				121st Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	1934
	Ties: 1942
Jul 1972–May 1973 11-Month	45.3°F (7.4°C)	47.1°F (8.4°C)	-1.8°F (-1.0°C)	9th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1917
				119th Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	1934
	Ties: 1912
Jun 1972–May 1973 12-Month	47.0°F (8.3°C)	48.5°F (9.2°C)	-1.5°F (-0.9°C)	11th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1917
				117th Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	1934
	Ties: 1898, 1929
Dec 1971–May 1973 18-Month	44.3°F (6.8°C)	45.0°F (7.2°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	21st Coolest	Coolest since: 1965	1917, 1933
				106th Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	2015
	Ties: 1914
Jun 1971–May 1973 24-Month	47.6°F (8.7°C)	48.4°F (9.1°C)	-0.8°F (-0.4°C)	12th Coolest	Coolest since: 1950	1917
				115th Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	2015, 2016
Jun 1970–May 1973 36-Month	47.7°F (8.7°C)	48.4°F (9.1°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	13th Coolest	Coolest since: 1950	1917
				113th Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	2017
	Ties: 1908, 1910, 1985
Jun 1969–May 1973 48-Month	48.0°F (8.9°C)	48.4°F (9.1°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	28th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1917
				97th Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	2018
	Ties: 1900, 1904, 1905, 1911, 1923, 1925, 1958, 1974
Jun 1968–May 1973 60-Month	48.0°F (8.9°C)	48.4°F (9.1°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	27th Coolest	Coolest since: 1953	1917
				97th Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	2018
	Ties: 1901, 1903, 1908, 1976

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Regional Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 2, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/