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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 1928

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
May 1928 1-Month	62.4°F (16.9°C)	64.4°F (18.0°C)	-2.0°F (-1.1°C)	33rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1925	1917
				96th Warmest	Warmest since: 1927	2018
	Ties: 1968, 2021
Apr–May 1928 2-Month	57.0°F (13.9°C)	59.8°F (15.4°C)	-2.8°F (-1.5°C)	8th Coolest	Coolest since: 1917	1907
				121st Warmest	Warmest since: 1927	1896
	Ties: 1904, 1971
Mar–May 1928 3-Month	52.7°F (11.5°C)	55.0°F (12.8°C)	-2.3°F (-1.3°C)	13th Coolest	Coolest since: 1926	1960
				116th Warmest	Warmest since: 1927	2012
	Ties: 1980
Feb–May 1928 4-Month	48.7°F (9.3°C)	50.4°F (10.2°C)	-1.7°F (-0.9°C)	21st Coolest	Coolest since: 1926	1960
				108th Warmest	Warmest since: 1927	2012
	Ties: 1902, 1906, 1923
Jan–May 1928 5-Month	45.6°F (7.6°C)	47.0°F (8.3°C)	-1.4°F (-0.7°C)	30th Coolest	Coolest since: 1926	1978
				99th Warmest	Warmest since: 1927	2012
	Ties: 1936, 1977, 1996
Dec 1927–May 1928 6-Month	44.0°F (6.7°C)	45.3°F (7.4°C)	-1.3°F (-0.7°C)	33rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1926	1978
				95th Warmest	Warmest since: 1927	2012
	Ties: 1947, 1951
Nov 1927–May 1928 7-Month	44.8°F (7.1°C)	45.3°F (7.4°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	42nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1926	1978
				86th Warmest	Warmest since: 1927	2012
	Ties: 1959, 1997
Oct 1927–May 1928 8-Month	46.6°F (8.1°C)	46.7°F (8.2°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	51st Coolest	Coolest since: 1926	1978
				77th Warmest	Warmest since: 1927	2012, 2017
	Ties: 1947, 2010
Sep 1927–May 1928 9-Month	49.3°F (9.6°C)	49.1°F (9.5°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	59th Coolest	Coolest since: 1926	1978
				69th Warmest	Warmest since: 1927	2017
	Ties: 1908, 1929, 1941, 1983
Aug 1927–May 1928 10-Month	51.4°F (10.8°C)	51.7°F (10.9°C)	-0.3°F (-0.1°C)	44th Coolest	Coolest since: 1926	1977
				84th Warmest	Warmest since: 1927	2017
	Ties: 1897, 1906, 1920, 1988
Jul 1927–May 1928 11-Month	53.5°F (11.9°C)	53.9°F (12.2°C)	-0.4°F (-0.3°C)	41st Coolest	Coolest since: 1926	1977
				87th Warmest	Warmest since: 1927	2017
Jun 1927–May 1928 12-Month	54.8°F (12.7°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	32nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1926	1977
				96th Warmest	Warmest since: 1927	2017
	Ties: 1912, 1924, 1926, 1959, 1973, 1997
Dec 1926–May 1928 18-Month	52.3°F (11.3°C)	52.0°F (11.1°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	68th Coolest	Coolest since: 1927	1979
				59th Warmest	Warmest since: 1923	2017
	Ties: 1897, 1908, 1910, 1947, 1990
Jun 1926–May 1928 24-Month	55.7°F (13.2°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	65th Coolest	Coolest since: 1927	1978
				62nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1927	2017
	Ties: 1927, 1973
Jun 1925–May 1928 36-Month	55.4°F (13.0°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	44th Coolest	Coolest since: 1926	1979
				82nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1927	2018
	Ties: 1952
Jun 1924–May 1928 48-Month	55.5°F (13.1°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	44th Coolest	Coolest since: 1927	1980
				81st Warmest	Warmest since: 1927	2019
	Ties: 1914, 1917, 1926, 1927
Jun 1923–May 1928 60-Month	55.4°F (13.0°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	37th Coolest	Coolest since: 1921	1981
				87th Warmest	Warmest since: 1927	2020
	Ties: 1912, 1914, 1974

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/