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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 August 2022. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.

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

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Alabama

Average Temperature Rankings, May 1953

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
May 1953 1-Month	73.8°F (23.2°C)	70.7°F (21.5°C)	3.1°F (1.7°C)	117th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1976
				12th Warmest	Warmest since: 1933	1899
Apr–May 1953 2-Month	67.2°F (19.6°C)	66.7°F (19.3°C)	0.5°F (0.3°C)	76th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1997
				53rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1948	1896
	Ties: 1947, 1956
Mar–May 1953 3-Month	64.2°F (17.9°C)	62.9°F (17.2°C)	1.3°F (0.7°C)	93rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1960
				36th Warmest	Warmest since: 1948	2012
	Ties: 1933, 2003, 2019
Feb–May 1953 4-Month	60.4°F (15.8°C)	59.2°F (15.1°C)	1.2°F (0.7°C)	99th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1960
				30th Warmest	Warmest since: 1948	2012
	Ties: 1929, 1930, 1962, 1974
Jan–May 1953 5-Month	58.1°F (14.5°C)	56.4°F (13.6°C)	1.7°F (0.9°C)	102nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1940, 1978
				27th Warmest	Warmest since: 1950	2012
	Ties: 1999
Dec 1952–May 1953 6-Month	56.0°F (13.3°C)	54.8°F (12.7°C)	1.2°F (0.6°C)	98th Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1978
				30th Warmest	Warmest since: 1952	2012
	Ties: 1935, 1955
Nov 1952–May 1953 7-Month	55.4°F (13.0°C)	54.6°F (12.6°C)	0.8°F (0.4°C)	87th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1940
				41st Warmest	Warmest since: 1952	2017
	Ties: 1929, 1946, 1952
Oct 1952–May 1953 8-Month	55.6°F (13.1°C)	55.7°F (13.2°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	51st Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1977
				77th Warmest	Warmest since: 1952	2017
	Ties: 1910, 1956, 1992, 2003
Sep 1952–May 1953 9-Month	57.5°F (14.2°C)	57.8°F (14.3°C)	-0.3°F (-0.1°C)	46th Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1977
				82nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1952	2017
	Ties: 1975
Aug 1952–May 1953 10-Month	59.7°F (15.4°C)	60.0°F (15.6°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	47th Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1977
				81st Warmest	Warmest since: 1952	2017
	Ties: 1926, 1947, 1967
Jul 1952–May 1953 11-Month	61.8°F (16.6°C)	61.8°F (16.6°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	61st Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1977
				67th Warmest	Warmest since: 1952	2017
Jun 1952–May 1953 12-Month	63.4°F (17.4°C)	63.1°F (17.3°C)	0.3°F (0.1°C)	76th Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1977
				52nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1952	2017
	Ties: 1908, 1913, 1954, 1986, 2002, 2005
Dec 1951–May 1953 18-Month	61.1°F (16.2°C)	60.3°F (15.7°C)	0.8°F (0.5°C)	95th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1977
				32nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1950	2017
	Ties: 1897, 1926, 1927, 1949
Jun 1951–May 1953 24-Month	63.8°F (17.7°C)	63.0°F (17.2°C)	0.8°F (0.5°C)	96th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1978
				31st Warmest	Warmest since: 1950	2017
	Ties: 1949, 1991, 2007
Jun 1950–May 1953 36-Month	63.2°F (17.3°C)	63.1°F (17.3°C)	0.1°F (0.0°C)	56th Coolest	Coolest since: 1943	1970
				70th Warmest	Warmest since: 1952	2018, 2019
	Ties: 1900, 1916, 1926, 1943, 1988, 2004, 2005
Jun 1949–May 1953 48-Month	63.6°F (17.6°C)	63.1°F (17.3°C)	0.5°F (0.3°C)	89th Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1971
				36th Warmest	Warmest since: 1952	2019, 2020
	Ties: 1912, 1945, 1951, 1956, 2012
Jun 1948–May 1953 60-Month	63.7°F (17.6°C)	63.1°F (17.3°C)	0.6°F (0.3°C)	102nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1971
				22nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1952	2020
	Ties: 1922, 1928, 1933, 1950, 1952, 1956, 1957, 2002, 2009, 2012

Citing This Page

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