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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 1988

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
May 1988 1-Month	54.1°F (12.3°C)	54.3°F (12.4°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	55th Coolest	Coolest since: 1983	1953
				74th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	1934
	Ties: 1920, 1932, 1943, 1945, 1960
Apr–May 1988 2-Month	50.8°F (10.4°C)	50.0°F (10.0°C)	0.8°F (0.4°C)	78th Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1975
				51st Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	1934
	Ties: 2015
Mar–May 1988 3-Month	46.8°F (8.2°C)	46.1°F (7.8°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	76th Coolest	Coolest since: 1984	1917
				53rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	1934
	Ties: 1915, 1930, 1956
Feb–May 1988 4-Month	43.6°F (6.4°C)	42.7°F (5.9°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	81st Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1933
				48th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	1934
	Ties: 1904, 1915, 1958, 1978, 2006, 2022
Jan–May 1988 5-Month	40.1°F (4.5°C)	39.9°F (4.4°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	60th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1917
				69th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	1934
	Ties: 1904, 1909, 1946, 1993
Dec 1987–May 1988 6-Month	38.0°F (3.3°C)	38.1°F (3.4°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	47th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1917
				81st Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	1934
	Ties: 1897, 1982
Nov 1987–May 1988 7-Month	38.0°F (3.3°C)	38.1°F (3.4°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	50th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1917
				78th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	1934
	Ties: 1953
Oct 1987–May 1988 8-Month	40.0°F (4.4°C)	39.5°F (4.2°C)	0.5°F (0.2°C)	72nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1917
				56th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	1934
	Ties: 1936, 1968, 1974
Sep 1987–May 1988 9-Month	42.6°F (5.9°C)	41.9°F (5.5°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	83rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1987	1917
				45th Warmest	Warmest since: 1986	1934
	Ties: 1935, 1936, 1953
Aug 1987–May 1988 10-Month	45.3°F (7.4°C)	44.6°F (7.0°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	79th Coolest	Coolest since: 1987	1917
				49th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	1934
	Ties: 1900, 1987, 1995, 1999, 2019
Jul 1987–May 1988 11-Month	47.4°F (8.6°C)	47.1°F (8.4°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	68th Coolest	Coolest since: 1987	1917
				60th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	1934
	Ties: 1987, 1994
Jun 1987–May 1988 12-Month	49.0°F (9.4°C)	48.5°F (9.2°C)	0.5°F (0.2°C)	77th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1917
				51st Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	1934
	Ties: 1947, 1956, 1968
Dec 1986–May 1988 18-Month	45.8°F (7.7°C)	45.0°F (7.2°C)	0.8°F (0.5°C)	89th Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1917, 1933
				38th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2015
	Ties: 1960, 1961, 1989, 1990, 1998
Jun 1986–May 1988 24-Month	49.1°F (9.5°C)	48.5°F (9.2°C)	0.6°F (0.3°C)	81st Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1917
				46th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2015, 2016
Jun 1985–May 1988 36-Month	49.2°F (9.6°C)	48.4°F (9.1°C)	0.8°F (0.5°C)	95th Coolest	Coolest since: 1987	1917
				31st Warmest	Warmest since: 1982	2017
	Ties: 1928, 1935, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1999, 2010, 2011
Jun 1984–May 1988 48-Month	48.8°F (9.3°C)	48.4°F (9.1°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	77th Coolest	Coolest since: 1987	1917
				48th Warmest	Warmest since: 1983	2018
	Ties: 1935, 1942, 1954, 1960
Jun 1983–May 1988 60-Month	48.6°F (9.2°C)	48.4°F (9.1°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	70th Coolest	Coolest since: 1987	1917
				54th Warmest	Warmest since: 1984	2018
	Ties: 1927, 1929, 1934, 1935, 1964, 1978, 1980, 1983

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/