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Statewide Rankings

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 2008

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
May 2008 1-Month	70.3°F (21.3°C)	70.7°F (21.5°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	59th Coolest	Coolest since: 2005	1976
				70th Warmest	Warmest since: 2007	1899
Apr–May 2008 2-Month	66.6°F (19.2°C)	66.8°F (19.3°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	50th Coolest	Coolest since: 2007	1997
				79th Warmest	Warmest since: 2006	1896
	Ties: 1932, 1975, 1979, 1994
Mar–May 2008 3-Month	62.8°F (17.1°C)	62.9°F (17.2°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	55th Coolest	Coolest since: 2005	1960
				74th Warmest	Warmest since: 2007	2012
	Ties: 1900, 1904, 1913, 1930
Feb–May 2008 4-Month	59.4°F (15.2°C)	59.2°F (15.1°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	64th Coolest	Coolest since: 2007	1960
				65th Warmest	Warmest since: 2006	2012
	Ties: 1963, 1987, 2002
Jan–May 2008 5-Month	56.1°F (13.4°C)	56.3°F (13.5°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	53rd Coolest	Coolest since: 2003	1940, 1978
				76th Warmest	Warmest since: 2007	2012
	Ties: 1987, 2001, 2003, 2015
Dec 2007–May 2008 6-Month	55.3°F (12.9°C)	54.7°F (12.6°C)	0.6°F (0.3°C)	76th Coolest	Coolest since: 2005	1978
				52nd Warmest	Warmest since: 2007	2012
	Ties: 1948, 1990
Nov 2007–May 2008 7-Month	55.1°F (12.8°C)	54.5°F (12.5°C)	0.6°F (0.3°C)	77th Coolest	Coolest since: 2007	1940
				51st Warmest	Warmest since: 2006	2017
	Ties: 1896, 1990, 1997
Oct 2007–May 2008 8-Month	56.5°F (13.6°C)	55.7°F (13.2°C)	0.8°F (0.4°C)	83rd Coolest	Coolest since: 2007	1977
				45th Warmest	Warmest since: 2006	2017
	Ties: 1933, 1955
Sep 2007–May 2008 9-Month	58.7°F (14.8°C)	57.8°F (14.3°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	90th Coolest	Coolest since: 2007	1977
				38th Warmest	Warmest since: 2006	2017
	Ties: 1948, 2005
Aug 2007–May 2008 10-Month	61.3°F (16.3°C)	60.0°F (15.6°C)	1.3°F (0.7°C)	106th Coolest	Coolest since: 2007	1977
				22nd Warmest	Warmest since: 2000	2017
Jul 2007–May 2008 11-Month	62.9°F (17.2°C)	61.8°F (16.6°C)	1.1°F (0.6°C)	104th Coolest	Coolest since: 2007	1977
				24th Warmest	Warmest since: 2006	2017
	Ties: 1898, 1916, 2006
Jun 2007–May 2008 12-Month	64.2°F (17.9°C)	63.1°F (17.3°C)	1.1°F (0.6°C)	106th Coolest	Coolest since: 2007	1977
				22nd Warmest	Warmest since: 2000	2017
	Ties: 1916, 1952, 2000
Dec 2006–May 2008 18-Month	61.3°F (16.3°C)	60.3°F (15.7°C)	1.0°F (0.6°C)	104th Coolest	Coolest since: 2007	1977
				23rd Warmest	Warmest since: 2000	2017
	Ties: 1898, 1908, 1932, 1957
Jun 2006–May 2008 24-Month	63.9°F (17.7°C)	63.1°F (17.3°C)	0.8°F (0.4°C)	103rd Coolest	Coolest since: 2007	1978
				24th Warmest	Warmest since: 2000	2017
	Ties: 1921, 1926, 1932, 1939, 1946, 1992
Jun 2005–May 2008 36-Month	63.9°F (17.7°C)	63.1°F (17.3°C)	0.8°F (0.4°C)	105th Coolest	Coolest since: 2007	1970
				21st Warmest	Warmest since: 2001	2018, 2019
	Ties: 1898, 1933, 1937, 1957
Jun 2004–May 2008 48-Month	63.8°F (17.7°C)	63.1°F (17.3°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	105th Coolest	Coolest since: 2007	1971
				20th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2019, 2020
	Ties: 1910, 1927, 1936, 1939, 1957, 2000
Jun 2003–May 2008 60-Month	63.6°F (17.6°C)	63.1°F (17.3°C)	0.5°F (0.3°C)	91st Coolest	Coolest since: 2007	1971
				33rd Warmest	Warmest since: 2003	2020
	Ties: 1910, 1912, 1913, 1932, 1946, 1949, 2001, 2016

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 29, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/