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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

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Alabama

Average Temperature Rankings, May 1966

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
May 1966 1-Month	69.3°F (20.7°C)	70.7°F (21.5°C)	-1.4°F (-0.8°C)	34th Coolest	Coolest since: 1961	1976
				95th Warmest	Warmest since: 1965	1899
Apr–May 1966 2-Month	66.4°F (19.1°C)	66.8°F (19.3°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	44th Coolest	Coolest since: 1961	1997
				85th Warmest	Warmest since: 1965	1896
	Ties: 1895, 1898, 1950, 1968
Mar–May 1966 3-Month	62.0°F (16.7°C)	62.9°F (17.2°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	32nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1961	1960
				97th Warmest	Warmest since: 1965	2012
	Ties: 1917, 1923
Feb–May 1966 4-Month	58.1°F (14.5°C)	59.1°F (15.1°C)	-1.0°F (-0.6°C)	31st Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1960
				98th Warmest	Warmest since: 1965	2012
	Ties: 1973, 1979
Jan–May 1966 5-Month	54.5°F (12.5°C)	56.3°F (13.5°C)	-1.8°F (-1.0°C)	19th Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1940, 1978
				110th Warmest	Warmest since: 1965	2012
	Ties: 1984
Dec 1965–May 1966 6-Month	53.2°F (11.8°C)	54.7°F (12.6°C)	-1.5°F (-0.8°C)	24th Coolest	Coolest since: 1964	1978
				104th Warmest	Warmest since: 1965	2012
	Ties: 1902, 1983, 1996
Nov 1965–May 1966 7-Month	53.7°F (12.1°C)	54.5°F (12.5°C)	-0.8°F (-0.4°C)	37th Coolest	Coolest since: 1964	1940
				91st Warmest	Warmest since: 1965	2017
	Ties: 1979
Oct 1965–May 1966 8-Month	54.8°F (12.7°C)	55.7°F (13.2°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	31st Coolest	Coolest since: 1964	1977
				97th Warmest	Warmest since: 1965	2017
	Ties: 1906, 1973, 1979, 1983
Sep 1965–May 1966 9-Month	57.0°F (13.9°C)	57.8°F (14.3°C)	-0.8°F (-0.4°C)	31st Coolest	Coolest since: 1964	1977
				97th Warmest	Warmest since: 1965	2017
	Ties: 1982
Aug 1965–May 1966 10-Month	59.1°F (15.1°C)	59.9°F (15.5°C)	-0.8°F (-0.4°C)	29th Coolest	Coolest since: 1964	1977
				99th Warmest	Warmest since: 1965	2017
	Ties: 1963, 1982
Jul 1965–May 1966 11-Month	60.9°F (16.1°C)	61.8°F (16.6°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	25th Coolest	Coolest since: 1964	1977
				103rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1965	2017
	Ties: 1961, 1996
Jun 1965–May 1966 12-Month	62.2°F (16.8°C)	63.1°F (17.3°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	25th Coolest	Coolest since: 1964	1977
				103rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1965	2017
	Ties: 1976
Dec 1964–May 1966 18-Month	59.8°F (15.4°C)	60.3°F (15.7°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	36th Coolest	Coolest since: 1965	1977
				91st Warmest	Warmest since: 1963	2017
	Ties: 1900, 1901, 1915
Jun 1964–May 1966 24-Month	62.6°F (17.0°C)	63.1°F (17.3°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	31st Coolest	Coolest since: 1965	1978
				96th Warmest	Warmest since: 1963	2017
	Ties: 1900, 1906, 1918, 1919, 1940, 1963, 1982
Jun 1963–May 1966 36-Month	62.3°F (16.8°C)	63.1°F (17.3°C)	-0.8°F (-0.5°C)	13th Coolest	Coolest since: 1964	1970
				113th Warmest	Warmest since: 1965	2018, 2019
	Ties: 1906, 1962, 1981, 1982, 1985
Jun 1962–May 1966 48-Month	62.3°F (16.8°C)	63.1°F (17.3°C)	-0.8°F (-0.5°C)	13th Coolest	Coolest since: 1964	1971
				112th Warmest	Warmest since: 1965	2019, 2020
	Ties: 1963, 1964
Jun 1961–May 1966 60-Month	62.4°F (16.9°C)	63.1°F (17.3°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	17th Coolest	Coolest since: 1965	1971
				107th Warmest	Warmest since: 1965	2020
	Ties: 1963, 1965, 1967, 1985

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/