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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 1940

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
May 1940 1-Month	61.5°F (16.4°C)	64.4°F (18.0°C)	-2.9°F (-1.6°C)	20th Coolest	Coolest since: 1925	1917
				109th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2018
Apr–May 1940 2-Month	57.4°F (14.1°C)	59.8°F (15.4°C)	-2.4°F (-1.3°C)	12th Coolest	Coolest since: 1928	1907
				117th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	1896
	Ties: 1897
Mar–May 1940 3-Month	52.5°F (11.4°C)	55.0°F (12.8°C)	-2.5°F (-1.4°C)	9th Coolest	Coolest since: 1931	1960
				120th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2012
	Ties: 1917
Feb–May 1940 4-Month	48.1°F (8.9°C)	50.3°F (10.2°C)	-2.2°F (-1.3°C)	14th Coolest	Coolest since: 1924	1960
				115th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2012
Jan–May 1940 5-Month	42.5°F (5.8°C)	47.0°F (8.3°C)	-4.5°F (-2.5°C)	2nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1940	1978
				127th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2012
Dec 1939–May 1940 6-Month	41.7°F (5.4°C)	45.2°F (7.3°C)	-3.5°F (-1.9°C)	2nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1940	1978
				126th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2012
Nov 1939–May 1940 7-Month	41.8°F (5.4°C)	45.3°F (7.4°C)	-3.5°F (-2.0°C)	2nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1940	1978
				126th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2012
Oct 1939–May 1940 8-Month	44.0°F (6.7°C)	46.7°F (8.2°C)	-2.7°F (-1.5°C)	5th Coolest	Coolest since: 1918	1978
				123rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2012, 2017
Sep 1939–May 1940 9-Month	47.3°F (8.5°C)	49.1°F (9.5°C)	-1.8°F (-1.0°C)	10th Coolest	Coolest since: 1918	1978
				118th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2017
	Ties: 1996
Aug 1939–May 1940 10-Month	50.1°F (10.1°C)	51.7°F (10.9°C)	-1.6°F (-0.8°C)	10th Coolest	Coolest since: 1918	1977
				118th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2017
Jul 1939–May 1940 11-Month	52.5°F (11.4°C)	54.0°F (12.2°C)	-1.5°F (-0.8°C)	11th Coolest	Coolest since: 1918	1977
				117th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2017
Jun 1939–May 1940 12-Month	54.3°F (12.4°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	-1.2°F (-0.7°C)	11th Coolest	Coolest since: 1918	1977
				117th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2017
	Ties: 1960, 1979, 1993
Dec 1938–May 1940 18-Month	51.9°F (11.1°C)	52.1°F (11.2°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	46th Coolest	Coolest since: 1936	1979
				81st Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2017
	Ties: 1912, 1948, 1952, 1989
Jun 1938–May 1940 24-Month	55.5°F (13.1°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	52nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1929	1978
				75th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2017
	Ties: 1897, 1924, 1990, 1995
Jun 1937–May 1940 36-Month	55.9°F (13.3°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	76th Coolest	Coolest since: 1931	1979
				50th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2018
	Ties: 2003, 2010
Jun 1936–May 1940 48-Month	56.2°F (13.4°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	0.7°F (0.3°C)	93rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1939	1980
				32nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2019
	Ties: 1925, 1936, 1939, 1944, 1992
Jun 1935–May 1940 60-Month	55.8°F (13.2°C)	55.4°F (13.0°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	68th Coolest	Coolest since: 1931	1981
				56th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2020
	Ties: 1944, 1952, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1999

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 4, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/