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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 1944

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
May 1944 1-Month	69.8°F (21.0°C)	64.4°F (18.0°C)	5.4°F (3.0°C)	124th Coolest	Coolest since: 1943	1917
				5th Warmest	Warmest since: 1896	2018
Apr–May 1944 2-Month	62.2°F (16.8°C)	59.9°F (15.5°C)	2.3°F (1.3°C)	113th Coolest	Coolest since: 1943	1907
				16th Warmest	Warmest since: 1941	1896
Mar–May 1944 3-Month	56.1°F (13.4°C)	55.0°F (12.8°C)	1.1°F (0.6°C)	86th Coolest	Coolest since: 1943	1960
				43rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1942	2012
	Ties: 1953
Feb–May 1944 4-Month	52.3°F (11.3°C)	50.3°F (10.2°C)	2.0°F (1.1°C)	99th Coolest	Coolest since: 1943	1960
				30th Warmest	Warmest since: 1938	2012
Jan–May 1944 5-Month	49.1°F (9.5°C)	47.1°F (8.4°C)	2.0°F (1.1°C)	108th Coolest	Coolest since: 1943	1978
				21st Warmest	Warmest since: 1938	2012
	Ties: 1925
Dec 1943–May 1944 6-Month	46.5°F (8.1°C)	45.2°F (7.3°C)	1.3°F (0.8°C)	93rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1943	1978
				35th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2012
	Ties: 1935, 1954, 1955, 1995
Nov 1943–May 1944 7-Month	46.0°F (7.8°C)	45.2°F (7.3°C)	0.8°F (0.5°C)	81st Coolest	Coolest since: 1943	1978
				47th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2012
	Ties: 1965, 1990
Oct 1943–May 1944 8-Month	47.2°F (8.4°C)	46.8°F (8.2°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	74th Coolest	Coolest since: 1943	1978
				54th Warmest	Warmest since: 1942	2012, 2017
	Ties: 1907, 1913, 1937, 1941, 1948, 1983
Sep 1943–May 1944 9-Month	49.2°F (9.6°C)	49.1°F (9.5°C)	0.1°F (0.1°C)	56th Coolest	Coolest since: 1940	1978
				72nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1943	2017
	Ties: 1914, 1965
Aug 1943–May 1944 10-Month	52.0°F (11.1°C)	51.7°F (10.9°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	68th Coolest	Coolest since: 1943	1977
				60th Warmest	Warmest since: 1942	2017
	Ties: 1911, 1914, 1929, 1990
Jul 1943–May 1944 11-Month	54.4°F (12.4°C)	54.0°F (12.2°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	75th Coolest	Coolest since: 1943	1977
				53rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1942	2017
	Ties: 1913, 1930, 1948
Jun 1943–May 1944 12-Month	56.3°F (13.5°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	0.8°F (0.4°C)	90th Coolest	Coolest since: 1943	1977
				38th Warmest	Warmest since: 1942	2017
	Ties: 1901, 1907, 1946, 1995, 2007
Dec 1942–May 1944 18-Month	52.6°F (11.4°C)	52.1°F (11.2°C)	0.5°F (0.2°C)	82nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1943	1979
				45th Warmest	Warmest since: 1942	2017
	Ties: 1931, 1976, 1998, 2001
Jun 1942–May 1944 24-Month	56.1°F (13.4°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	0.6°F (0.3°C)	89th Coolest	Coolest since: 1941	1978
				38th Warmest	Warmest since: 1943	2017
	Ties: 1945, 1946, 1956, 1974, 2004
Jun 1941–May 1944 36-Month	56.4°F (13.6°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	101st Coolest	Coolest since: 1943	1979
				25th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2018
	Ties: 1950, 2014
Jun 1940–May 1944 48-Month	56.2°F (13.4°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	0.7°F (0.3°C)	93rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1943	1980
				32nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1940	2019
	Ties: 1925, 1936, 1939, 1940, 1992
Jun 1939–May 1944 60-Month	55.8°F (13.2°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	0.3°F (0.1°C)	68th Coolest	Coolest since: 1940	1981
				56th Warmest	Warmest since: 1943	2020
	Ties: 1940, 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 September 26, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/