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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 1973

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
May 1973 1-Month	67.7°F (19.8°C)	70.7°F (21.5°C)	-3.0°F (-1.7°C)	8th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1976
				121st Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	1899
	Ties: 1961
Apr–May 1973 2-Month	63.9°F (17.7°C)	66.7°F (19.3°C)	-2.8°F (-1.6°C)	7th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1997
				122nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	1896
Mar–May 1973 3-Month	62.6°F (17.0°C)	62.9°F (17.2°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	52nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1960
				77th Warmest	Warmest since: 1970	2012
Feb–May 1973 4-Month	58.1°F (14.5°C)	59.2°F (15.1°C)	-1.1°F (-0.6°C)	31st Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1960
				98th Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	2012
	Ties: 1966, 1979
Jan–May 1973 5-Month	55.1°F (12.8°C)	56.3°F (13.5°C)	-1.2°F (-0.7°C)	33rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1940, 1978
				96th Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	2012
	Ties: 1915, 1941
Dec 1972–May 1973 6-Month	54.1°F (12.3°C)	54.7°F (12.6°C)	-0.6°F (-0.3°C)	44th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1978
				84th Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	2012
	Ties: 1920, 1951
Nov 1972–May 1973 7-Month	53.6°F (12.0°C)	54.5°F (12.5°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	34th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1940
				94th Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	2017
	Ties: 1906, 1942
Oct 1972–May 1973 8-Month	54.8°F (12.7°C)	55.7°F (13.2°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	31st Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1977
				97th Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	2017
	Ties: 1906, 1966, 1979, 1983
Sep 1972–May 1973 9-Month	57.3°F (14.1°C)	57.8°F (14.3°C)	-0.5°F (-0.2°C)	40th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1977
				88th Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	2017
	Ties: 1900, 1941, 1959, 2013
Aug 1972–May 1973 10-Month	59.5°F (15.3°C)	60.0°F (15.6°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	40th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1977
				88th Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	2017
	Ties: 1936, 1975
Jul 1972–May 1973 11-Month	61.1°F (16.2°C)	61.7°F (16.5°C)	-0.6°F (-0.3°C)	30th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1977
				98th Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	2017
	Ties: 1905, 1963, 1981
Jun 1972–May 1973 12-Month	62.3°F (16.8°C)	63.1°F (17.3°C)	-0.8°F (-0.5°C)	27th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1977
				101st Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	2017
	Ties: 1961, 1975, 1988
Dec 1971–May 1973 18-Month	60.3°F (15.7°C)	60.3°F (15.7°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	53rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1977
				74th Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	2017
	Ties: 1929, 1943, 1958, 1972
Jun 1971–May 1973 24-Month	63.1°F (17.3°C)	63.1°F (17.3°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	52nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1978
				75th Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	2017
	Ties: 1914, 1948, 1952, 1988, 2004, 2005
Jun 1970–May 1973 36-Month	62.7°F (17.1°C)	63.1°F (17.3°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	31st Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1970
				95th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2018, 2019
	Ties: 1901, 1905, 1986, 1995
Jun 1969–May 1973 48-Month	62.4°F (16.9°C)	63.1°F (17.3°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	16th Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1971
				109th Warmest	Warmest since: 1967	2019, 2020
	Ties: 1962, 1965, 1967, 1977, 1982, 1985
Jun 1968–May 1973 60-Month	62.2°F (16.8°C)	63.1°F (17.3°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	11th Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1971
				113th Warmest	Warmest since: 1967	2020
	Ties: 1964, 1978, 1982

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 1, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/