Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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Alabama
Average Temperature Rankings, May 1979
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Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Warmest/Coolest Since |
Record |
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May 1979 1-Month |
69.5°F (20.8°C) | 70.7°F (21.5°C) |
-1.2°F (-0.7°C) | 39th Coolest | Coolest since: 1976 | 1976 |
90th Warmest | Warmest since: 1978 | 1899 | ||||
Ties: 1895, 1947, 1999 | ||||||
Apr–May 1979 2-Month |
66.6°F (19.2°C) | 66.8°F (19.3°C) |
-0.2°F (-0.1°C) | 50th Coolest | Coolest since: 1976 | 1997 |
79th Warmest | Warmest since: 1978 | 1896 | ||||
Ties: 1932, 1975, 1994, 2008 | ||||||
Mar–May 1979 3-Month |
63.0°F (17.2°C) | 62.9°F (17.2°C) |
0.1°F (0.0°C) | 68th Coolest | Coolest since: 1978 | 1960 |
61st Warmest | Warmest since: 1977 | 2012 | ||||
Ties: 1943, 1956, 1990 | ||||||
Feb–May 1979 4-Month |
58.1°F (14.5°C) | 59.1°F (15.1°C) |
-1.0°F (-0.6°C) | 31st Coolest | Coolest since: 1978 | 1960 |
98th Warmest | Warmest since: 1977 | 2012 | ||||
Ties: 1966, 1973 | ||||||
Jan–May 1979 5-Month |
54.1°F (12.3°C) | 56.4°F (13.6°C) |
-2.3°F (-1.3°C) | 12th Coolest | Coolest since: 1978 | 1940, 1978 |
117th Warmest | Warmest since: 1977 | 2012 | ||||
Ties: 1931, 1969 | ||||||
Dec 1978–May 1979 6-Month |
52.8°F (11.6°C) | 54.7°F (12.6°C) |
-1.9°F (-1.0°C) | 12th Coolest | Coolest since: 1978 | 1978 |
116th Warmest | Warmest since: 1976 | 2012 | ||||
Ties: 1961 | ||||||
Nov 1978–May 1979 7-Month |
53.7°F (12.1°C) | 54.5°F (12.5°C) |
-0.8°F (-0.4°C) | 37th Coolest | Coolest since: 1978 | 1940 |
91st Warmest | Warmest since: 1976 | 2017 | ||||
Ties: 1966 | ||||||
Oct 1978–May 1979 8-Month |
54.8°F (12.7°C) | 55.7°F (13.2°C) |
-0.9°F (-0.5°C) | 31st Coolest | Coolest since: 1978 | 1977 |
97th Warmest | Warmest since: 1976 | 2017 | ||||
Ties: 1906, 1966, 1973, 1983 | ||||||
Sep 1978–May 1979 9-Month |
57.2°F (14.0°C) | 57.8°F (14.3°C) |
-0.6°F (-0.3°C) | 36th Coolest | Coolest since: 1978 | 1977 |
92nd Warmest | Warmest since: 1975 | 2017 | ||||
Ties: 1905, 1906, 1914 | ||||||
Aug 1978–May 1979 10-Month |
59.4°F (15.2°C) | 59.9°F (15.5°C) |
-0.5°F (-0.3°C) | 35th Coolest | Coolest since: 1978 | 1977 |
93rd Warmest | Warmest since: 1975 | 2017 | ||||
Ties: 1906, 1959, 1994, 2013 | ||||||
Jul 1978–May 1979 11-Month |
61.4°F (16.3°C) | 61.8°F (16.6°C) |
-0.4°F (-0.3°C) | 40th Coolest | Coolest since: 1978 | 1977 |
88th Warmest | Warmest since: 1974 | 2017 | ||||
Ties: 1936, 1947, 2013 | ||||||
Jun 1978–May 1979 12-Month |
62.8°F (17.1°C) | 63.1°F (17.3°C) |
-0.3°F (-0.2°C) | 45th Coolest | Coolest since: 1978 | 1977 |
83rd Warmest | Warmest since: 1974 | 2017 | ||||
Ties: 1906, 1990, 1994 | ||||||
Dec 1977–May 1979 18-Month |
58.8°F (14.9°C) | 60.3°F (15.7°C) |
-1.5°F (-0.8°C) | 9th Coolest | Coolest since: 1978 | 1977 |
118th Warmest | Warmest since: 1976 | 2017 | ||||
Ties: 1964, 1984 | ||||||
Jun 1977–May 1979 24-Month |
62.1°F (16.7°C) | 63.1°F (17.3°C) |
-1.0°F (-0.6°C) | 12th Coolest | Coolest since: 1978 | 1978 |
115th Warmest | Warmest since: 1976 | 2017 | ||||
Ties: 1905, 1961 | ||||||
Jun 1976–May 1979 36-Month |
61.4°F (16.3°C) | 63.1°F (17.3°C) |
-1.7°F (-1.0°C) | 3rd Coolest | Coolest since: 1978 | 1970 |
123rd Warmest | Warmest since: 1977 | 2018, 2019 | ||||
Jun 1975–May 1979 48-Month |
61.6°F (16.4°C) | 63.1°F (17.3°C) |
-1.5°F (-0.9°C) | 5th Coolest | Coolest since: 1978 | 1971 |
120th Warmest | Warmest since: 1977 | 2019, 2020 | ||||
Ties: 1969 | ||||||
Jun 1974–May 1979 60-Month |
61.7°F (16.5°C) | 63.0°F (17.2°C) |
-1.3°F (-0.7°C) | 4th Coolest | Coolest since: 1971 | 1971 |
120th Warmest | Warmest since: 1978 | 2020 | ||||
Ties: 1981 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published August 2022, retrieved on August 15, 2022 from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/cag/