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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 2002

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
May 2002 1-Month	70.2°F (21.2°C)	70.7°F (21.5°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	53rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1999	1976
				76th Warmest	Warmest since: 2001	1899
	Ties: 1904, 1951, 1980, 2014, 2016
Apr–May 2002 2-Month	68.3°F (20.2°C)	66.7°F (19.3°C)	1.6°F (0.9°C)	101st Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1997
				28th Warmest	Warmest since: 1999	1896
	Ties: 1970, 1999
Mar–May 2002 3-Month	63.9°F (17.7°C)	62.9°F (17.2°C)	1.0°F (0.5°C)	87th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1960
				42nd Warmest	Warmest since: 2000	2012
	Ties: 1897
Feb–May 2002 4-Month	59.4°F (15.2°C)	59.2°F (15.1°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	64th Coolest	Coolest since: 1996	1960
				65th Warmest	Warmest since: 2001	2012
	Ties: 1963, 1987, 2008
Jan–May 2002 5-Month	56.9°F (13.8°C)	56.4°F (13.6°C)	0.5°F (0.2°C)	77th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1940, 1978
				52nd Warmest	Warmest since: 2000	2012
	Ties: 1897, 1948
Dec 2001–May 2002 6-Month	55.8°F (13.2°C)	54.7°F (12.6°C)	1.1°F (0.6°C)	93rd Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1978
				35th Warmest	Warmest since: 2000	2012
	Ties: 1898, 1934, 2006, 2018
Nov 2001–May 2002 7-Month	56.3°F (13.5°C)	54.6°F (12.6°C)	1.7°F (0.9°C)	108th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1940
				20th Warmest	Warmest since: 2000	2017
	Ties: 1995
Oct 2001–May 2002 8-Month	56.8°F (13.8°C)	55.7°F (13.2°C)	1.1°F (0.6°C)	95th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1977
				33rd Warmest	Warmest since: 2000	2017
	Ties: 1938, 1943, 1945, 1986, 2005, 2006
Sep 2001–May 2002 9-Month	58.5°F (14.7°C)	57.8°F (14.3°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	82nd Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1977
				46th Warmest	Warmest since: 2000	2017
	Ties: 1913, 1933, 1943
Aug 2001–May 2002 10-Month	60.5°F (15.8°C)	60.0°F (15.6°C)	0.5°F (0.2°C)	83rd Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1977
				45th Warmest	Warmest since: 2000	2017
	Ties: 1913, 1986, 2005
Jul 2001–May 2002 11-Month	62.2°F (16.8°C)	61.8°F (16.6°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	78th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1977
				50th Warmest	Warmest since: 2000	2017
	Ties: 1943, 1986, 2005, 2007
Jun 2001–May 2002 12-Month	63.4°F (17.4°C)	63.1°F (17.3°C)	0.3°F (0.1°C)	76th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1977
				52nd Warmest	Warmest since: 2000	2017
	Ties: 1908, 1913, 1953, 1954, 1986, 2005
Dec 2000–May 2002 18-Month	60.0°F (15.6°C)	60.3°F (15.7°C)	-0.3°F (-0.1°C)	40th Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1977
				87th Warmest	Warmest since: 2001	2017
	Ties: 1899, 1963, 1976, 2004
Jun 2000–May 2002 24-Month	63.0°F (17.2°C)	63.1°F (17.3°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	48th Coolest	Coolest since: 1998	1978
				79th Warmest	Warmest since: 2001	2017
	Ties: 1901, 1942, 1990
Jun 1999–May 2002 36-Month	63.4°F (17.4°C)	63.1°F (17.3°C)	0.3°F (0.1°C)	72nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1998	1970
				54th Warmest	Warmest since: 2001	2018, 2019
	Ties: 1930, 1947, 1949, 2014
Jun 1998–May 2002 48-Month	63.9°F (17.7°C)	63.0°F (17.2°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	111th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1971
				14th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2019, 2020
	Ties: 1924, 1929, 1930, 1938, 1955
Jun 1997–May 2002 60-Month	63.7°F (17.6°C)	63.1°F (17.3°C)	0.6°F (0.3°C)	102nd Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1971
				22nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	2020
	Ties: 1922, 1928, 1933, 1950, 1952, 1953, 1956, 1957, 2009, 2012

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/