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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

Year: 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

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Alabama

Average Temperature Rankings, April 1988

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
April 1988 1-Month	62.8°F (17.1°C)	62.8°F (17.1°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	66th Coolest	Coolest since: 1987	1983
				63rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1985	1896
	Ties: 1923, 2008
Mar–Apr 1988 2-Month	58.6°F (14.8°C)	59.0°F (15.0°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	52nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1987	1926, 1960
				77th Warmest	Warmest since: 1986	1908, 2012
	Ties: 1899, 1900, 1902, 1951
Feb–Apr 1988 3-Month	54.2°F (12.3°C)	55.3°F (12.9°C)	-1.1°F (-0.6°C)	37th Coolest	Coolest since: 1983	1958
				92nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2012
Jan–Apr 1988 4-Month	50.8°F (10.4°C)	52.8°F (11.6°C)	-2.0°F (-1.2°C)	26th Coolest	Coolest since: 1983	1978
				103rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2017
	Ties: 1926, 1942, 1966
Dec 1987–Apr 1988 5-Month	50.7°F (10.4°C)	51.5°F (10.8°C)	-0.8°F (-0.4°C)	42nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1987	1978
				86th Warmest	Warmest since: 1986	2017
	Ties: 1910, 1914, 1924, 1982
Nov 1987–Apr 1988 6-Month	51.6°F (10.9°C)	51.9°F (11.1°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	48th Coolest	Coolest since: 1984	1977
				80th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2017
	Ties: 1896, 1914, 1956, 2011
Oct 1987–Apr 1988 7-Month	52.4°F (11.3°C)	53.5°F (11.9°C)	-1.1°F (-0.6°C)	26th Coolest	Coolest since: 1984	1977
				102nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2017
	Ties: 1936, 1993, 2001
Sep 1987–Apr 1988 8-Month	55.1°F (12.8°C)	56.2°F (13.4°C)	-1.1°F (-0.6°C)	25th Coolest	Coolest since: 1984	1977
				103rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2017
	Ties: 1936, 1981
Aug 1987–Apr 1988 9-Month	58.0°F (14.4°C)	58.8°F (14.9°C)	-0.8°F (-0.5°C)	30th Coolest	Coolest since: 1984	1977
				98th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2017
	Ties: 1924, 1936, 1959, 1966, 1998
Jul 1987–Apr 1988 10-Month	60.2°F (15.7°C)	60.9°F (16.1°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	32nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1984	1977
				96th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2017
	Ties: 1975, 1998
Jun 1987–Apr 1988 11-Month	61.7°F (16.5°C)	62.4°F (16.9°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	33rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1984	1977
				95th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2017
	Ties: 1936, 1959
May 1987–Apr 1988 12-Month	62.7°F (17.1°C)	63.1°F (17.3°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	38th Coolest	Coolest since: 1984	1977
				90th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2017
	Ties: 1963, 1967, 1981
Nov 1986–Apr 1988 18-Month	59.1°F (15.1°C)	59.3°F (15.2°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	43rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1977, 1978
				84th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2017
	Ties: 1943, 1963, 1966
May 1986–Apr 1988 24-Month	63.2°F (17.3°C)	63.1°F (17.3°C)	0.1°F (0.0°C)	57th Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1978
				70th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2017
	Ties: 1901, 1925, 1952, 1986, 2002
May 1985–Apr 1988 36-Month	63.2°F (17.3°C)	63.0°F (17.2°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	54th Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1970
				72nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2018, 2019
	Ties: 1914, 1916, 1918, 1926, 1940, 1948, 1953, 1976, 1989, 2005
May 1984–Apr 1988 48-Month	63.2°F (17.3°C)	63.1°F (17.3°C)	0.1°F (0.0°C)	52nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1987	1971, 1980
				73rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1975	2020
	Ties: 1916, 1944, 1958, 1974, 1975, 1989, 2015, 2016
May 1983–Apr 1988 60-Month	62.9°F (17.2°C)	63.1°F (17.3°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	35th Coolest	Coolest since: 1987	1970, 1971, 1980, 1981
				89th Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	2020
	Ties: 1903, 1943

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/