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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 1962

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
May 1962 1-Month	75.3°F (24.1°C)	70.7°F (21.5°C)	4.6°F (2.6°C)	124th Coolest	Coolest since: 1961	1976
				5th Warmest	Warmest since: 1933	1899
Apr–May 1962 2-Month	67.6°F (19.8°C)	66.7°F (19.3°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	88th Coolest	Coolest since: 1961	1997
				41st Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	1896
	Ties: 1938, 1959, 1995, 1998, 2001
Mar–May 1962 3-Month	62.1°F (16.7°C)	62.9°F (17.2°C)	-0.8°F (-0.5°C)	35th Coolest	Coolest since: 1961	1960
				94th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2012
	Ties: 1976, 1981
Feb–May 1962 4-Month	60.4°F (15.8°C)	59.2°F (15.1°C)	1.2°F (0.7°C)	99th Coolest	Coolest since: 1961	1960
				30th Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	2012
	Ties: 1929, 1930, 1953, 1974
Jan–May 1962 5-Month	56.8°F (13.8°C)	56.3°F (13.5°C)	0.5°F (0.3°C)	74th Coolest	Coolest since: 1961	1940, 1978
				55th Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	2012
	Ties: 1917, 1923, 1986, 1997, 2011, 2021
Dec 1961–May 1962 6-Month	55.2°F (12.9°C)	54.7°F (12.6°C)	0.5°F (0.3°C)	73rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1961	1978
				55th Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	2012
	Ties: 1965, 1967, 1985
Nov 1961–May 1962 7-Month	55.2°F (12.9°C)	54.5°F (12.5°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	82nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1961	1940
				46th Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	2017
	Ties: 1955, 1975, 1986, 2005
Oct 1961–May 1962 8-Month	56.1°F (13.4°C)	55.7°F (13.2°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	75th Coolest	Coolest since: 1961	1977
				53rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	2017
	Ties: 1917
Sep 1961–May 1962 9-Month	58.1°F (14.5°C)	57.8°F (14.3°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	73rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1961	1977
				55th Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	2017
	Ties: 1896, 1917, 1989
Aug 1961–May 1962 10-Month	60.0°F (15.6°C)	59.9°F (15.5°C)	0.1°F (0.1°C)	56th Coolest	Coolest since: 1961	1977
				72nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	2017
	Ties: 1944, 1965, 1990, 2015
Jul 1961–May 1962 11-Month	61.7°F (16.5°C)	61.8°F (16.6°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	54th Coolest	Coolest since: 1961	1977
				74th Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	2017
	Ties: 1901, 1919, 1926, 1992, 2004, 2009
Jun 1961–May 1962 12-Month	62.7°F (17.1°C)	63.1°F (17.3°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	41st Coolest	Coolest since: 1961	1977
				87th Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	2017
	Ties: 1967, 1982, 2013
Dec 1960–May 1962 18-Month	59.4°F (15.2°C)	60.3°F (15.7°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	19th Coolest	Coolest since: 1961	1977
				108th Warmest	Warmest since: 1958	2017
	Ties: 1965, 1993
Jun 1960–May 1962 24-Month	62.5°F (16.9°C)	63.1°F (17.3°C)	-0.6°F (-0.4°C)	28th Coolest	Coolest since: 1961	1978
				99th Warmest	Warmest since: 1958	2017
	Ties: 1931, 1997
Jun 1959–May 1962 36-Month	62.3°F (16.8°C)	63.1°F (17.3°C)	-0.8°F (-0.5°C)	13th Coolest	Coolest since: 1961	1970
				113th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2018, 2019
	Ties: 1906, 1966, 1981, 1982, 1985
Jun 1958–May 1962 48-Month	62.4°F (16.9°C)	63.1°F (17.3°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	16th Coolest	Coolest since: 1961	1971
				109th Warmest	Warmest since: 1960	2019, 2020
	Ties: 1965, 1967, 1973, 1977, 1982, 1985
Jun 1957–May 1962 60-Month	62.1°F (16.7°C)	63.0°F (17.2°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	9th Coolest	Coolest since: 1962	1971
				115th Warmest	Warmest since: 1961	2020
	Ties: 1984

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 29, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/