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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 1981

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
May 1981 1-Month	53.8°F (12.1°C)	54.3°F (12.4°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	53rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1953
				76th Warmest	Warmest since: 1979	1934
	Ties: 1902
Apr–May 1981 2-Month	51.5°F (10.8°C)	50.0°F (10.0°C)	1.5°F (0.8°C)	87th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1975
				42nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1969	1934
	Ties: 1952
Mar–May 1981 3-Month	47.3°F (8.5°C)	46.1°F (7.8°C)	1.2°F (0.7°C)	86th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1917
				43rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1974	1934
	Ties: 1946, 1974, 1985, 2022
Feb–May 1981 4-Month	44.3°F (6.8°C)	42.7°F (5.9°C)	1.6°F (0.9°C)	94th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1933
				35th Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	1934
	Ties: 1914, 2021
Jan–May 1981 5-Month	42.3°F (5.7°C)	39.9°F (4.4°C)	2.4°F (1.3°C)	110th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1917
				19th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	1934
	Ties: 1996
Dec 1980–May 1981 6-Month	41.2°F (5.1°C)	38.2°F (3.4°C)	3.0°F (1.7°C)	120th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1917
				8th Warmest	Warmest since: 1940	1934
Nov 1980–May 1981 7-Month	40.9°F (4.9°C)	38.1°F (3.4°C)	2.8°F (1.5°C)	120th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1917
				8th Warmest	Warmest since: 1940	1934
Oct 1980–May 1981 8-Month	42.1°F (5.6°C)	39.6°F (4.2°C)	2.5°F (1.4°C)	120th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1917
				8th Warmest	Warmest since: 1940	1934
Sep 1980–May 1981 9-Month	44.2°F (6.8°C)	41.9°F (5.5°C)	2.3°F (1.3°C)	119th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1917
				9th Warmest	Warmest since: 1940	1934
	Ties: 2017
Aug 1980–May 1981 10-Month	46.6°F (8.1°C)	44.6°F (7.0°C)	2.0°F (1.1°C)	113th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1917
				15th Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	1934
	Ties: 1954, 1959, 1978, 2014
Jul 1980–May 1981 11-Month	48.9°F (9.4°C)	47.1°F (8.4°C)	1.8°F (1.0°C)	110th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1917
				18th Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	1934
	Ties: 1978
Jun 1980–May 1981 12-Month	50.0°F (10.0°C)	48.5°F (9.2°C)	1.5°F (0.8°C)	106th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1917
				22nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	1934
	Ties: 1954, 1959
Dec 1979–May 1981 18-Month	46.4°F (8.0°C)	45.0°F (7.2°C)	1.4°F (0.8°C)	101st Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1917, 1933
				26th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2015
	Ties: 2005, 2006
Jun 1979–May 1981 24-Month	49.6°F (9.8°C)	48.4°F (9.1°C)	1.2°F (0.7°C)	104th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1917
				23rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1941	2015, 2016
	Ties: 1982, 1990, 1992, 1993, 2006, 2008
Jun 1978–May 1981 36-Month	48.8°F (9.3°C)	48.4°F (9.1°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	77th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1917
				49th Warmest	Warmest since: 1980	2017
	Ties: 1959, 1962, 1995
Jun 1977–May 1981 48-Month	49.2°F (9.6°C)	48.4°F (9.1°C)	0.8°F (0.5°C)	92nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1917
				33rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1961	2018
	Ties: 1936, 1943, 1961, 1996, 2011
Jun 1976–May 1981 60-Month	48.9°F (9.4°C)	48.4°F (9.1°C)	0.5°F (0.3°C)	81st Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1917
				43rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1963	2018
	Ties: 1936, 1989

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Regional Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 26, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/