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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 1956

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
May 1956 1-Month	65.9°F (18.8°C)	64.4°F (18.0°C)	1.5°F (0.8°C)	83rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1954	1917
				46th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2018
	Ties: 1930, 1986
Apr–May 1956 2-Month	59.4°F (15.2°C)	59.8°F (15.4°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	41st Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1907
				88th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	1896
	Ties: 1939, 1949, 1978, 2005
Mar–May 1956 3-Month	54.6°F (12.6°C)	55.0°F (12.8°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	50th Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1960
				79th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2012
	Ties: 1988
Feb–May 1956 4-Month	51.3°F (10.7°C)	50.4°F (10.2°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	85th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1960
				44th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2012
	Ties: 1949, 1959, 2002, 2006
Jan–May 1956 5-Month	47.3°F (8.5°C)	47.1°F (8.4°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	67th Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1978
				62nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2012
	Ties: 1943, 1964
Dec 1955–May 1956 6-Month	45.0°F (7.2°C)	45.2°F (7.3°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	51st Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1978
				77th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2012
	Ties: 2010
Nov 1955–May 1956 7-Month	44.7°F (7.1°C)	45.3°F (7.4°C)	-0.6°F (-0.3°C)	40th Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1978
				88th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2012
	Ties: 2003
Oct 1955–May 1956 8-Month	46.2°F (7.9°C)	46.8°F (8.2°C)	-0.6°F (-0.3°C)	36th Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1978
				92nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2012, 2017
	Ties: 1910, 1959, 1993
Sep 1955–May 1956 9-Month	49.0°F (9.4°C)	49.2°F (9.6°C)	-0.2°F (-0.2°C)	48th Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1978
				80th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2017
	Ties: 1920, 1947
Aug 1955–May 1956 10-Month	51.8°F (11.0°C)	51.7°F (10.9°C)	0.1°F (0.1°C)	56th Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1977
				72nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2017
	Ties: 1908, 1945, 1962
Jul 1955–May 1956 11-Month	54.3°F (12.4°C)	54.0°F (12.2°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	71st Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1977
				57th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2017
	Ties: 1916, 1925, 1952, 2003, 2013
Jun 1955–May 1956 12-Month	55.4°F (13.0°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	49th Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1977
				79th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2017
	Ties: 1908, 1929, 1931, 1988
Dec 1954–May 1956 18-Month	52.4°F (11.3°C)	52.1°F (11.2°C)	0.3°F (0.1°C)	75th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1979
				52nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2017
	Ties: 1921, 1930, 1937, 1988, 2004, 2009
Jun 1954–May 1956 24-Month	56.1°F (13.4°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	0.6°F (0.3°C)	89th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1978
				38th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2017
	Ties: 1944, 1945, 1946, 1974, 2004
Jun 1953–May 1956 36-Month	56.3°F (13.5°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	0.8°F (0.4°C)	98th Coolest	Coolest since: 1953	1979
				28th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2018
	Ties: 1921, 1924, 1937, 1957, 1974, 2004, 2009
Jun 1952–May 1956 48-Month	56.5°F (13.6°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	1.0°F (0.5°C)	106th Coolest	Coolest since: 1954	1980
				19th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2019
	Ties: 1924, 2000, 2007
Jun 1951–May 1956 60-Month	56.3°F (13.5°C)	55.4°F (13.0°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	99th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1981
				25th Warmest	Warmest since: 1946	2020
	Ties: 1924, 1946, 2004, 2010, 2016

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 3, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/