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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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Average Temperature Rankings, May 1938

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
May 1938 1-Month	65.1°F (18.4°C)	64.4°F (18.0°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	73rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1937	1917
				56th Warmest	Warmest since: 1936	2018
	Ties: 1926, 1942
Apr–May 1938 2-Month	61.6°F (16.4°C)	59.8°F (15.4°C)	1.8°F (1.0°C)	102nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1937	1907
				27th Warmest	Warmest since: 1930	1896
	Ties: 1906, 1999
Mar–May 1938 3-Month	58.4°F (14.7°C)	55.0°F (12.8°C)	3.4°F (1.9°C)	123rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1937	1960
				6th Warmest	Warmest since: 1921	2012
Feb–May 1938 4-Month	54.9°F (12.7°C)	50.3°F (10.2°C)	4.6°F (2.5°C)	126th Coolest	Coolest since: 1937	1960
				3rd Warmest	Warmest to Date	2012
Jan–May 1938 5-Month	50.9°F (10.5°C)	47.0°F (8.3°C)	3.9°F (2.2°C)	125th Coolest	Coolest since: 1937	1978
				4th Warmest	Warmest since: 1921	2012
Dec 1937–May 1938 6-Month	48.1°F (8.9°C)	45.2°F (7.3°C)	2.9°F (1.6°C)	121st Coolest	Coolest since: 1937	1978
				7th Warmest	Warmest since: 1932	2012
	Ties: 1998, 2020, 2022
Nov 1937–May 1938 7-Month	47.2°F (8.4°C)	45.2°F (7.3°C)	2.0°F (1.1°C)	109th Coolest	Coolest since: 1937	1978
				19th Warmest	Warmest since: 1932	2012
	Ties: 1957
Oct 1937–May 1938 8-Month	48.1°F (8.9°C)	46.7°F (8.2°C)	1.4°F (0.7°C)	96th Coolest	Coolest since: 1937	1978
				32nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1935	2012, 2017
Sep 1937–May 1938 9-Month	50.2°F (10.1°C)	49.2°F (9.6°C)	1.0°F (0.5°C)	93rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1937	1978
				35th Warmest	Warmest since: 1935	2017
	Ties: 1954, 1992, 2018
Aug 1937–May 1938 10-Month	52.9°F (11.6°C)	51.7°F (10.9°C)	1.2°F (0.7°C)	98th Coolest	Coolest since: 1936	1977
				30th Warmest	Warmest since: 1937	2017
	Ties: 1909
Jul 1937–May 1938 11-Month	54.9°F (12.7°C)	53.9°F (12.2°C)	1.0°F (0.5°C)	97th Coolest	Coolest since: 1936	1977
				31st Warmest	Warmest since: 1937	2017
	Ties: 1933, 1950, 1953, 1954, 1972, 1987, 1998, 2007
Jun 1937–May 1938 12-Month	56.5°F (13.6°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	1.0°F (0.5°C)	98th Coolest	Coolest since: 1936	1977
				30th Warmest	Warmest since: 1937	2017
	Ties: 1927, 1933, 1972, 1987, 2011
Dec 1936–May 1938 18-Month	53.2°F (11.8°C)	52.1°F (11.2°C)	1.1°F (0.6°C)	99th Coolest	Coolest since: 1937	1979
				28th Warmest	Warmest since: 1935	2017
	Ties: 1942, 2007
Jun 1936–May 1938 24-Month	56.9°F (13.8°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	1.4°F (0.7°C)	116th Coolest	Coolest since: 1937	1978
				11th Warmest	Warmest since: 1935	2017
	Ties: 1935, 1992
Jun 1935–May 1938 36-Month	56.0°F (13.3°C)	55.4°F (13.0°C)	0.6°F (0.3°C)	83rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1936	1979
				43rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1937	2018
	Ties: 1898, 1936, 1945, 1976, 1988, 1993
Jun 1934–May 1938 48-Month	56.4°F (13.6°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	102nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1937	1980
				23rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1935	2019
	Ties: 1932, 1957, 2003, 2006, 2014
Jun 1933–May 1938 60-Month	56.4°F (13.6°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	107th Coolest	Coolest since: 1937	1981
				17th Warmest	Warmest since: 1937	2020
	Ties: 1925, 1933, 1937, 1939, 2007, 2013, 2017

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/