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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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Massachusetts

Average Temperature Rankings, May 1938

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
May 1938 1-Month	53.6°F (12.0°C)	55.7°F (13.2°C)	-2.1°F (-1.2°C)	21st Coolest	Coolest since: 1935	1917
				108th Warmest	Warmest since: 1937	2015
	Ties: 1926, 1954, 1961
Apr–May 1938 2-Month	50.2°F (10.1°C)	50.2°F (10.1°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	49th Coolest	Coolest since: 1937	1917
				80th Warmest	Warmest since: 1936	2010
	Ties: 1929, 1954, 1965, 1982, 1989
Mar–May 1938 3-Month	45.6°F (7.6°C)	44.8°F (7.1°C)	0.8°F (0.5°C)	82nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1937	1967
				47th Warmest	Warmest since: 1936	2012
	Ties: 1980, 2008, 2017, 2019
Feb–May 1938 4-Month	41.2°F (5.1°C)	39.9°F (4.4°C)	1.3°F (0.7°C)	88th Coolest	Coolest since: 1937	1907
				41st Warmest	Warmest since: 1925	2012
Jan–May 1938 5-Month	37.4°F (3.0°C)	36.7°F (2.6°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	73rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1936	1907
				56th Warmest	Warmest since: 1937	2012
	Ties: 1931, 1987
Dec 1937–May 1938 6-Month	35.7°F (2.1°C)	35.4°F (1.9°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	69th Coolest	Coolest since: 1936	1904
				59th Warmest	Warmest since: 1937	2012
	Ties: 1925, 1979, 1990
Nov 1937–May 1938 7-Month	36.1°F (2.3°C)	35.9°F (2.2°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	61st Coolest	Coolest since: 1936	1904, 1905
				67th Warmest	Warmest since: 1937	2012
	Ties: 1925, 1964, 1984, 2005
Oct 1937–May 1938 8-Month	37.6°F (3.1°C)	37.6°F (3.1°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	54th Coolest	Coolest since: 1936	1905
				74th Warmest	Warmest since: 1937	2012
	Ties: 1969
Sep 1937–May 1938 9-Month	40.0°F (4.4°C)	40.2°F (4.6°C)	-0.2°F (-0.2°C)	50th Coolest	Coolest since: 1936	1905
				78th Warmest	Warmest since: 1937	2012
	Ties: 1922, 1925, 2014
Aug 1937–May 1938 10-Month	43.2°F (6.2°C)	42.9°F (6.1°C)	0.3°F (0.1°C)	67th Coolest	Coolest since: 1936	1905
				61st Warmest	Warmest since: 1937	2012
Jul 1937–May 1938 11-Month	45.6°F (7.6°C)	45.3°F (7.4°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	68th Coolest	Coolest since: 1936	1905
				60th Warmest	Warmest since: 1937	2012
	Ties: 1957
Jun 1937–May 1938 12-Month	47.2°F (8.4°C)	46.9°F (8.3°C)	0.3°F (0.1°C)	70th Coolest	Coolest since: 1936	1904
				58th Warmest	Warmest since: 1937	2012
	Ties: 1919, 1939, 1975, 1988, 2005, 2015
Dec 1936–May 1938 18-Month	43.9°F (6.6°C)	43.1°F (6.2°C)	0.8°F (0.4°C)	86th Coolest	Coolest since: 1937	1905
				41st Warmest	Warmest since: 1933	2017
	Ties: 1942, 1996
Jun 1936–May 1938 24-Month	47.3°F (8.5°C)	46.9°F (8.3°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	76th Coolest	Coolest since: 1937	1905
				51st Warmest	Warmest since: 1933	2013
	Ties: 1931, 1945, 1946, 1973, 1980
Jun 1935–May 1938 36-Month	47.0°F (8.3°C)	46.9°F (8.3°C)	0.1°F (0.0°C)	57th Coolest	Coolest since: 1937	1906
				69th Warmest	Warmest since: 1934	2022
	Ties: 1930, 1944, 1959, 1973, 1982, 1983
Jun 1934–May 1938 48-Month	46.8°F (8.2°C)	46.9°F (8.3°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	48th Coolest	Coolest since: 1937	1907
				77th Warmest	Warmest since: 1935	2022
	Ties: 1922, 1940, 1946, 1959, 1972, 1979
Jun 1933–May 1938 60-Month	46.5°F (8.1°C)	46.9°F (8.3°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	29th Coolest	Coolest since: 1930	1908
				95th Warmest	Warmest since: 1937	2020, 2022
	Ties: 1901, 1902, 1923, 1943, 1944, 1966, 1968, 1970, 1971

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/