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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 1989

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
May 1989 1-Month	54.9°F (12.7°C)	54.3°F (12.4°C)	0.6°F (0.3°C)	71st Coolest	Coolest since: 1988	1953
				58th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	1934
	Ties: 1923
Apr–May 1989 2-Month	53.3°F (11.8°C)	50.0°F (10.0°C)	3.3°F (1.8°C)	118th Coolest	Coolest since: 1988	1975
				11th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	1934
Mar–May 1989 3-Month	50.0°F (10.0°C)	46.1°F (7.8°C)	3.9°F (2.2°C)	123rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1988	1917
				6th Warmest	Warmest since: 1934	1934
Feb–May 1989 4-Month	44.4°F (6.9°C)	42.7°F (5.9°C)	1.7°F (1.0°C)	97th Coolest	Coolest since: 1988	1933
				32nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	1934
	Ties: 1900, 1930
Jan–May 1989 5-Month	40.3°F (4.6°C)	39.8°F (4.3°C)	0.5°F (0.3°C)	73rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1988	1917
				56th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	1934
	Ties: 1956, 1966
Dec 1988–May 1989 6-Month	38.2°F (3.4°C)	38.2°F (3.4°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	52nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1988	1917
				76th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	1934
	Ties: 1902, 1904, 1919, 1935, 1969, 2011
Nov 1988–May 1989 7-Month	38.2°F (3.4°C)	38.1°F (3.4°C)	0.1°F (0.0°C)	54th Coolest	Coolest since: 1988	1917
				74th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	1934
	Ties: 1998, 2019
Oct 1988–May 1989 8-Month	40.5°F (4.7°C)	39.6°F (4.2°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	87th Coolest	Coolest since: 1988	1917
				41st Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	1934
	Ties: 1927, 1930
Sep 1988–May 1989 9-Month	42.7°F (5.9°C)	41.9°F (5.5°C)	0.8°F (0.4°C)	87th Coolest	Coolest since: 1988	1917
				41st Warmest	Warmest since: 1986	1934
	Ties: 1941, 1956, 2001
Aug 1988–May 1989 10-Month	45.4°F (7.4°C)	44.6°F (7.0°C)	0.8°F (0.4°C)	84th Coolest	Coolest since: 1988	1917
				44th Warmest	Warmest since: 1986	1934
	Ties: 1928, 1930, 1936, 1953
Jul 1988–May 1989 11-Month	48.1°F (8.9°C)	47.1°F (8.4°C)	1.0°F (0.5°C)	95th Coolest	Coolest since: 1988	1917
				33rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1981	1934
	Ties: 2019
Jun 1988–May 1989 12-Month	49.6°F (9.8°C)	48.4°F (9.1°C)	1.2°F (0.7°C)	96th Coolest	Coolest since: 1988	1917
				32nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1986	1934
	Ties: 1918, 1951, 1986, 1995, 2001
Dec 1987–May 1989 18-Month	45.8°F (7.7°C)	45.1°F (7.3°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	89th Coolest	Coolest since: 1988	1917, 1933
				38th Warmest	Warmest since: 1988	2015
	Ties: 1960, 1961, 1988, 1990, 1998
Jun 1987–May 1989 24-Month	49.3°F (9.6°C)	48.4°F (9.1°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	92nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1988	1917
				35th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2015, 2016
	Ties: 1928, 1934, 1959, 1960, 2010
Jun 1986–May 1989 36-Month	49.2°F (9.6°C)	48.4°F (9.1°C)	0.8°F (0.5°C)	95th Coolest	Coolest since: 1988	1917
				31st Warmest	Warmest since: 1988	2017
	Ties: 1928, 1935, 1988, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1999, 2010, 2011
Jun 1985–May 1989 48-Month	49.3°F (9.6°C)	48.4°F (9.1°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	97th Coolest	Coolest since: 1988	1917
				28th Warmest	Warmest since: 1941	2018
	Ties: 1990, 1993, 1995, 2013
Jun 1984–May 1989 60-Month	48.9°F (9.4°C)	48.4°F (9.1°C)	0.5°F (0.3°C)	81st Coolest	Coolest since: 1988	1917
				43rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1982	2018
	Ties: 1936, 1981

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Regional Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 3, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/