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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 1957

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
May 1957 1-Month	65.6°F (18.7°C)	64.4°F (18.0°C)	1.2°F (0.7°C)	79th Coolest	Coolest since: 1954	1917
				50th Warmest	Warmest since: 1956	2018
	Ties: 1914
Apr–May 1957 2-Month	62.1°F (16.7°C)	59.8°F (15.4°C)	2.3°F (1.3°C)	112th Coolest	Coolest since: 1956	1907
				17th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	1896
Mar–May 1957 3-Month	56.0°F (13.3°C)	55.0°F (12.8°C)	1.0°F (0.5°C)	84th Coolest	Coolest since: 1956	1960
				45th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2012
	Ties: 1902, 1925, 1995
Feb–May 1957 4-Month	52.5°F (11.4°C)	50.3°F (10.2°C)	2.2°F (1.2°C)	106th Coolest	Coolest since: 1956	1960
				23rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2012
	Ties: 1903, 1990, 2011
Jan–May 1957 5-Month	48.4°F (9.1°C)	47.0°F (8.3°C)	1.4°F (0.8°C)	92nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1956	1978
				37th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2012
	Ties: 1950, 1987
Dec 1956–May 1957 6-Month	47.7°F (8.7°C)	45.2°F (7.3°C)	2.5°F (1.4°C)	113th Coolest	Coolest since: 1956	1978
				15th Warmest	Warmest since: 1953	2012
Nov 1956–May 1957 7-Month	47.2°F (8.4°C)	45.3°F (7.4°C)	1.9°F (1.0°C)	109th Coolest	Coolest since: 1956	1978
				19th Warmest	Warmest since: 1953	2012
	Ties: 1938
Oct 1956–May 1957 8-Month	48.8°F (9.3°C)	46.7°F (8.2°C)	2.1°F (1.1°C)	116th Coolest	Coolest since: 1956	1978
				12th Warmest	Warmest since: 1932	2012, 2017
Sep 1956–May 1957 9-Month	50.7°F (10.4°C)	49.1°F (9.5°C)	1.6°F (0.9°C)	108th Coolest	Coolest since: 1956	1978
				20th Warmest	Warmest since: 1949	2017
	Ties: 1903, 1939
Aug 1956–May 1957 10-Month	53.1°F (11.7°C)	51.7°F (10.9°C)	1.4°F (0.8°C)	108th Coolest	Coolest since: 1956	1977
				20th Warmest	Warmest since: 1949	2017
	Ties: 1903, 1937, 1942, 1949
Jul 1956–May 1957 11-Month	55.1°F (12.8°C)	53.9°F (12.2°C)	1.2°F (0.6°C)	102nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1956	1977
				26th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2017
Jun 1956–May 1957 12-Month	56.6°F (13.7°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	1.1°F (0.6°C)	101st Coolest	Coolest since: 1956	1977
				27th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2017
	Ties: 1950, 1992
Dec 1955–May 1957 18-Month	52.7°F (11.5°C)	52.1°F (11.2°C)	0.6°F (0.3°C)	87th Coolest	Coolest since: 1956	1979
				40th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2017
	Ties: 1946, 1986, 2002, 2011
Jun 1955–May 1957 24-Month	56.0°F (13.3°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	0.5°F (0.2°C)	83rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1978
				44th Warmest	Warmest since: 1956	2017
	Ties: 1898, 1901, 1975, 1986
Jun 1954–May 1957 36-Month	56.3°F (13.5°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	0.8°F (0.4°C)	98th Coolest	Coolest since: 1956	1979
				28th Warmest	Warmest since: 1956	2018
	Ties: 1921, 1924, 1937, 1956, 1974, 2004, 2009
Jun 1953–May 1957 48-Month	56.4°F (13.6°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	102nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1954	1980
				23rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1956	2019
	Ties: 1932, 1938, 2003, 2006, 2014
Jun 1952–May 1957 60-Month	56.5°F (13.6°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	1.0°F (0.5°C)	111th Coolest	Coolest since: 1956	1981
				13th Warmest	Warmest since: 1936	2020
	Ties: 2006, 2009, 2018

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/