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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 1980

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
May 1980 1-Month	70.2°F (21.2°C)	70.7°F (21.5°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	53rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1976
				76th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	1899
	Ties: 1904, 1951, 2002, 2014, 2016
Apr–May 1980 2-Month	65.4°F (18.6°C)	66.7°F (19.3°C)	-1.3°F (-0.7°C)	22nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1976	1997
				107th Warmest	Warmest since: 1979	1896
	Ties: 1903, 1910, 1990, 2020
Mar–May 1980 3-Month	61.1°F (16.2°C)	62.8°F (17.1°C)	-1.7°F (-0.9°C)	12th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1960
				117th Warmest	Warmest since: 1979	2012
	Ties: 1940, 1947
Feb–May 1980 4-Month	56.5°F (13.6°C)	59.1°F (15.1°C)	-2.6°F (-1.5°C)	11th Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1960
				118th Warmest	Warmest since: 1979	2012
Jan–May 1980 5-Month	54.6°F (12.6°C)	56.4°F (13.6°C)	-1.8°F (-1.0°C)	21st Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1940, 1978
				108th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2012
	Ties: 1977, 1981
Dec 1979–May 1980 6-Month	53.1°F (11.7°C)	54.7°F (12.6°C)	-1.6°F (-0.9°C)	21st Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1978
				107th Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	2012
	Ties: 1904, 1936
Nov 1979–May 1980 7-Month	53.0°F (11.7°C)	54.5°F (12.5°C)	-1.5°F (-0.8°C)	23rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1940
				105th Warmest	Warmest since: 1979	2017
	Ties: 1912, 1963
Oct 1979–May 1980 8-Month	54.2°F (12.3°C)	55.7°F (13.2°C)	-1.5°F (-0.9°C)	19th Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1977
				109th Warmest	Warmest since: 1979	2017
	Ties: 1926, 2014
Sep 1979–May 1980 9-Month	56.2°F (13.4°C)	57.8°F (14.3°C)	-1.6°F (-0.9°C)	14th Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1977
				114th Warmest	Warmest since: 1979	2017
	Ties: 1904
Aug 1979–May 1980 10-Month	58.5°F (14.7°C)	60.0°F (15.6°C)	-1.5°F (-0.9°C)	13th Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1977
				115th Warmest	Warmest since: 1979	2017
	Ties: 1899, 1960, 1993
Jul 1979–May 1980 11-Month	60.3°F (15.7°C)	61.8°F (16.6°C)	-1.5°F (-0.9°C)	10th Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1977
				118th Warmest	Warmest since: 1979	2017
	Ties: 1902
Jun 1979–May 1980 12-Month	61.6°F (16.4°C)	63.1°F (17.3°C)	-1.5°F (-0.9°C)	8th Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1977
				120th Warmest	Warmest since: 1979	2017
	Ties: 1964, 1984, 1993
Dec 1978–May 1980 18-Month	58.6°F (14.8°C)	60.2°F (15.7°C)	-1.6°F (-0.9°C)	5th Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1977
				122nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1979	2017
Jun 1978–May 1980 24-Month	62.2°F (16.8°C)	63.1°F (17.3°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	15th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1978
				112th Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	2017
	Ties: 1960, 1994
Jun 1977–May 1980 36-Month	61.9°F (16.6°C)	63.1°F (17.3°C)	-1.2°F (-0.7°C)	8th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1970
				118th Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	2018, 2019
	Ties: 1960
Jun 1976–May 1980 48-Month	61.4°F (16.3°C)	63.0°F (17.2°C)	-1.6°F (-0.9°C)	2nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1971
				123rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1979	2019, 2020
Jun 1975–May 1980 60-Month	61.6°F (16.4°C)	63.1°F (17.3°C)	-1.5°F (-0.9°C)	2nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1971
				122nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1979	2020
	Ties: 1970

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 6, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/