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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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Average Temperature Rankings, May 1921

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
May 1921 1-Month	64.7°F (18.2°C)	64.4°F (18.0°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	62nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1920	1917
				67th Warmest	Warmest since: 1918	2018
	Ties: 1932, 1969
Apr–May 1921 2-Month	60.9°F (16.1°C)	59.8°F (15.4°C)	1.1°F (0.7°C)	83rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1920	1907
				46th Warmest	Warmest since: 1915	1896
	Ties: 1903, 2003
Mar–May 1921 3-Month	59.1°F (15.1°C)	55.0°F (12.8°C)	4.1°F (2.3°C)	127th Coolest	Coolest since: 1920	1960
				2nd Warmest	Warmest to Date	2012
Feb–May 1921 4-Month	54.4°F (12.4°C)	50.4°F (10.2°C)	4.0°F (2.2°C)	125th Coolest	Coolest since: 1920	1960
				4th Warmest	Warmest to Date	2012
Jan–May 1921 5-Month	51.1°F (10.6°C)	47.0°F (8.3°C)	4.1°F (2.3°C)	126th Coolest	Coolest since: 1920	1978
				3rd Warmest	Warmest to Date	2012
Dec 1920–May 1921 6-Month	48.8°F (9.3°C)	45.2°F (7.3°C)	3.6°F (2.0°C)	125th Coolest	Coolest since: 1920	1978
				3rd Warmest	Warmest to Date	2012
Nov 1920–May 1921 7-Month	48.0°F (8.9°C)	45.2°F (7.3°C)	2.8°F (1.6°C)	121st Coolest	Coolest since: 1920	1978
				7th Warmest	Warmest to Date	2012
	Ties: 2002
Oct 1920–May 1921 8-Month	49.5°F (9.7°C)	46.8°F (8.2°C)	2.7°F (1.5°C)	122nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1920	1978
				6th Warmest	Warmest to Date	2012, 2017
Sep 1920–May 1921 9-Month	51.7°F (10.9°C)	49.1°F (9.5°C)	2.6°F (1.4°C)	122nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1920	1978
				6th Warmest	Warmest to Date	2017
	Ties: 1974, 1999
Aug 1920–May 1921 10-Month	53.8°F (12.1°C)	51.7°F (10.9°C)	2.1°F (1.2°C)	118th Coolest	Coolest since: 1920	1977
				10th Warmest	Warmest to Date	2017
	Ties: 1922, 2000
Jul 1920–May 1921 11-Month	55.6°F (13.1°C)	53.9°F (12.2°C)	1.7°F (0.9°C)	114th Coolest	Coolest since: 1920	1977
				14th Warmest	Warmest to Date	2017
	Ties: 1937
Jun 1920–May 1921 12-Month	56.9°F (13.8°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	1.4°F (0.7°C)	111th Coolest	Coolest since: 1920	1977
				17th Warmest	Warmest to Date	2017
	Ties: 1942, 1953, 1955
Dec 1919–May 1921 18-Month	52.4°F (11.3°C)	52.1°F (11.2°C)	0.3°F (0.1°C)	75th Coolest	Coolest since: 1919	1979
				52nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1920	2017
	Ties: 1930, 1937, 1956, 1988, 2004, 2009
Jun 1919–May 1921 24-Month	56.3°F (13.5°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	0.8°F (0.4°C)	97th Coolest	Coolest since: 1920	1978
				30th Warmest	Warmest to Date	2017
	Ties: 1942, 1949, 1987, 2001, 2009
Jun 1918–May 1921 36-Month	56.3°F (13.5°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	0.8°F (0.4°C)	98th Coolest	Coolest since: 1920	1979
				28th Warmest	Warmest to Date	2018
	Ties: 1924, 1937, 1956, 1957, 1974, 2004, 2009
Jun 1917–May 1921 48-Month	55.4°F (13.0°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	36th Coolest	Coolest since: 1920	1980
				89th Warmest	Warmest since: 1917	2019
	Ties: 1908, 1912, 1929, 1931, 1986, 1995, 1998
Jun 1916–May 1921 60-Month	55.2°F (12.9°C)	55.4°F (13.0°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	31st Coolest	Coolest since: 1920	1981
				93rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1917	2020
	Ties: 1907

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 3, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/