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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, May 1996

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
May 1996 1-Month	73.0°F (22.8°C)	70.7°F (21.5°C)	2.3°F (1.3°C)	106th Coolest	Coolest since: 1995	1976
				23rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1991	1899
	Ties: 1916
Apr–May 1996 2-Month	66.5°F (19.2°C)	66.7°F (19.3°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	49th Coolest	Coolest since: 1993	1997
				80th Warmest	Warmest since: 1995	1896
Mar–May 1996 3-Month	61.3°F (16.3°C)	62.9°F (17.2°C)	-1.6°F (-0.9°C)	17th Coolest	Coolest since: 1993	1960
				112th Warmest	Warmest since: 1995	2012
	Ties: 1932, 1961
Feb–May 1996 4-Month	57.8°F (14.3°C)	59.2°F (15.1°C)	-1.4°F (-0.8°C)	25th Coolest	Coolest since: 1993	1960
				104th Warmest	Warmest since: 1995	2012
	Ties: 1912, 1934, 1942
Jan–May 1996 5-Month	54.9°F (12.7°C)	56.3°F (13.5°C)	-1.4°F (-0.8°C)	28th Coolest	Coolest since: 1993	1940, 1978
				101st Warmest	Warmest since: 1995	2012
Dec 1995–May 1996 6-Month	53.2°F (11.8°C)	54.7°F (12.6°C)	-1.5°F (-0.8°C)	24th Coolest	Coolest since: 1984	1978
				104th Warmest	Warmest since: 1995	2012
	Ties: 1902, 1966, 1983
Nov 1995–May 1996 7-Month	52.7°F (11.5°C)	54.5°F (12.5°C)	-1.8°F (-1.0°C)	15th Coolest	Coolest since: 1984	1940
				113th Warmest	Warmest since: 1995	2017
	Ties: 1904, 1926, 2014
Oct 1995–May 1996 8-Month	54.1°F (12.3°C)	55.7°F (13.2°C)	-1.6°F (-0.9°C)	18th Coolest	Coolest since: 1984	1977
				110th Warmest	Warmest since: 1995	2017
Sep 1995–May 1996 9-Month	56.3°F (13.5°C)	57.9°F (14.4°C)	-1.6°F (-0.9°C)	16th Coolest	Coolest since: 1984	1977
				112th Warmest	Warmest since: 1995	2017
	Ties: 1899
Aug 1995–May 1996 10-Month	58.8°F (14.9°C)	59.9°F (15.5°C)	-1.1°F (-0.6°C)	21st Coolest	Coolest since: 1993	1977
				107th Warmest	Warmest since: 1995	2017
	Ties: 1971
Jul 1995–May 1996 11-Month	60.9°F (16.1°C)	61.8°F (16.6°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	25th Coolest	Coolest since: 1993	1977
				103rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1995	2017
	Ties: 1961, 1966
Jun 1995–May 1996 12-Month	62.0°F (16.7°C)	63.0°F (17.2°C)	-1.0°F (-0.5°C)	19th Coolest	Coolest since: 1993	1977
				109th Warmest	Warmest since: 1995	2017
	Ties: 1918, 1924, 1951
Dec 1994–May 1996 18-Month	60.1°F (15.6°C)	60.3°F (15.7°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	45th Coolest	Coolest since: 1994	1977
				82nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1995	2017
	Ties: 1913, 1924, 1989, 2011
Jun 1994–May 1996 24-Month	62.8°F (17.1°C)	63.1°F (17.3°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	40th Coolest	Coolest since: 1994	1978
				87th Warmest	Warmest since: 1995	2017
	Ties: 1904, 1915, 1989, 2011
Jun 1993–May 1996 36-Month	62.8°F (17.1°C)	63.1°F (17.3°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	36th Coolest	Coolest since: 1995	1970
				90th Warmest	Warmest since: 1993	2018, 2019
	Ties: 1919, 1959, 1990, 1997
Jun 1992–May 1996 48-Month	62.5°F (16.9°C)	63.1°F (17.3°C)	-0.6°F (-0.4°C)	23rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1971
				102nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1995	2019, 2020
	Ties: 1902, 1905, 1960
Jun 1991–May 1996 60-Month	62.6°F (17.0°C)	63.1°F (17.3°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	23rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1971
				101st Warmest	Warmest since: 1995	2020
	Ties: 1905, 1906, 1960, 1986, 1997

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 25, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/