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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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Kentucky

Average Temperature Rankings, May 1943

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
May 1943 1-Month	66.9°F (19.4°C)	64.4°F (18.0°C)	2.5°F (1.4°C)	98th Coolest	Coolest since: 1942	1917
				31st Warmest	Warmest since: 1941	2018
	Ties: 1922, 1975
Apr–May 1943 2-Month	60.0°F (15.6°C)	59.8°F (15.4°C)	0.2°F (0.2°C)	59th Coolest	Coolest since: 1940	1907
				70th Warmest	Warmest since: 1942	1896
	Ties: 1916, 1925, 1936, 2013
Mar–May 1943 3-Month	53.9°F (12.2°C)	55.0°F (12.8°C)	-1.1°F (-0.6°C)	34th Coolest	Coolest since: 1940	1960
				95th Warmest	Warmest since: 1942	2012
	Ties: 1914
Feb–May 1943 4-Month	50.0°F (10.0°C)	50.3°F (10.2°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	51st Coolest	Coolest since: 1941	1960
				78th Warmest	Warmest since: 1942	2012
	Ties: 1905, 1936, 1975, 1981, 2008
Jan–May 1943 5-Month	47.3°F (8.5°C)	47.0°F (8.3°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	67th Coolest	Coolest since: 1942	1978
				62nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2012
	Ties: 1956, 1964
Dec 1942–May 1943 6-Month	45.2°F (7.3°C)	45.2°F (7.3°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	53rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1940	1978
				75th Warmest	Warmest since: 1942	2012
	Ties: 1962
Nov 1942–May 1943 7-Month	45.6°F (7.6°C)	45.2°F (7.3°C)	0.4°F (0.3°C)	61st Coolest	Coolest since: 1941	1978
				67th Warmest	Warmest since: 1942	2012
	Ties: 1929, 2010, 2013
Oct 1942–May 1943 8-Month	47.1°F (8.4°C)	46.7°F (8.2°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	67th Coolest	Coolest since: 1940	1978
				61st Warmest	Warmest since: 1942	2012, 2017
	Ties: 1911, 1934
Sep 1942–May 1943 9-Month	49.4°F (9.7°C)	49.2°F (9.6°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	66th Coolest	Coolest since: 1941	1978
				62nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1942	2017
	Ties: 1962, 2011
Aug 1942–May 1943 10-Month	51.9°F (11.1°C)	51.8°F (11.0°C)	0.1°F (0.1°C)	60th Coolest	Coolest since: 1941	1977
				68th Warmest	Warmest since: 1942	2017
	Ties: 1941, 2003, 2009
Jul 1942–May 1943 11-Month	54.2°F (12.3°C)	53.9°F (12.2°C)	0.3°F (0.1°C)	64th Coolest	Coolest since: 1941	1977
				64th Warmest	Warmest since: 1942	2017
	Ties: 1911, 1929
Jun 1942–May 1943 12-Month	55.9°F (13.3°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	73rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1941	1977
				55th Warmest	Warmest since: 1942	2017
	Ties: 1925, 1945, 1952
Dec 1941–May 1943 18-Month	52.5°F (11.4°C)	52.0°F (11.1°C)	0.5°F (0.3°C)	77th Coolest	Coolest since: 1941	1979
				50th Warmest	Warmest since: 1942	2017
	Ties: 1907
Jun 1941–May 1943 24-Month	56.4°F (13.6°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	102nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1942	1978
				25th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2017
	Ties: 1934, 1953, 1991, 2003
Jun 1940–May 1943 36-Month	56.1°F (13.4°C)	55.4°F (13.0°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	89th Coolest	Coolest since: 1942	1979
				37th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2018
	Ties: 1909, 1987, 1991, 1999, 2005
Jun 1939–May 1943 48-Month	55.7°F (13.2°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	55th Coolest	Coolest since: 1931	1980
				70th Warmest	Warmest since: 1942	2019
	Ties: 1951, 1952, 1958, 1976, 1990, 1994, 1999
Jun 1938–May 1943 60-Month	55.9°F (13.3°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	76th Coolest	Coolest since: 1940	1981
				48th Warmest	Warmest since: 1942	2020
	Ties: 1922, 1926, 1947, 1948, 1958, 1976, 1989

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 27, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/