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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 2014

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
May 2014 1-Month	57.2°F (14.0°C)	55.7°F (13.2°C)	1.5°F (0.8°C)	85th Coolest	Coolest since: 2009	1917
				44th Warmest	Warmest since: 2013	2015
	Ties: 1908, 1985, 2016
Apr–May 2014 2-Month	51.6°F (10.9°C)	50.3°F (10.2°C)	1.3°F (0.7°C)	93rd Coolest	Coolest since: 2008	1917
				36th Warmest	Warmest since: 2013	2010
	Ties: 1931, 1979, 1980, 2002, 2018
Mar–May 2014 3-Month	44.1°F (6.7°C)	44.9°F (7.2°C)	-0.8°F (-0.5°C)	39th Coolest	Coolest since: 2005	1967
				90th Warmest	Warmest since: 2013	2012
	Ties: 1895, 1915, 1935
Feb–May 2014 4-Month	39.1°F (3.9°C)	39.9°F (4.4°C)	-0.8°F (-0.5°C)	38th Coolest	Coolest since: 2003	1907
				91st Warmest	Warmest since: 2013	2012
	Ties: 1961, 1966
Jan–May 2014 5-Month	35.9°F (2.2°C)	36.8°F (2.7°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	37th Coolest	Coolest since: 2003	1907
				92nd Warmest	Warmest since: 2013	2012
Dec 2013–May 2014 6-Month	34.8°F (1.6°C)	35.3°F (1.8°C)	-0.5°F (-0.2°C)	41st Coolest	Coolest since: 2003	1904
				87th Warmest	Warmest since: 2013	2012
	Ties: 1964, 1968, 1972
Nov 2013–May 2014 7-Month	35.4°F (1.9°C)	35.9°F (2.2°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	43rd Coolest	Coolest since: 2003	1904, 1905
				85th Warmest	Warmest since: 2013	2012
	Ties: 1969
Oct 2013–May 2014 8-Month	37.4°F (3.0°C)	37.6°F (3.1°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	49th Coolest	Coolest since: 2003	1905
				79th Warmest	Warmest since: 2013	2012
	Ties: 1993
Sep 2013–May 2014 9-Month	40.0°F (4.4°C)	40.2°F (4.6°C)	-0.2°F (-0.2°C)	50th Coolest	Coolest since: 2003	1905
				78th Warmest	Warmest since: 2013	2012
	Ties: 1922, 1925, 1938
Aug 2013–May 2014 10-Month	42.8°F (6.0°C)	42.9°F (6.1°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	51st Coolest	Coolest since: 2003	1905
				77th Warmest	Warmest since: 2013	2012
	Ties: 1925, 1979
Jul 2013–May 2014 11-Month	45.7°F (7.6°C)	45.3°F (7.4°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	73rd Coolest	Coolest since: 2005	1905
				55th Warmest	Warmest since: 2013	2012
	Ties: 1931, 1975, 1990, 2005
Jun 2013–May 2014 12-Month	47.5°F (8.6°C)	46.9°F (8.3°C)	0.6°F (0.3°C)	79th Coolest	Coolest since: 2005	1904
				49th Warmest	Warmest since: 2013	2012
	Ties: 1952
Dec 2012–May 2014 18-Month	44.4°F (6.9°C)	43.0°F (6.1°C)	1.4°F (0.8°C)	98th Coolest	Coolest since: 2005	1905
				29th Warmest	Warmest since: 2013	2017
	Ties: 1933, 1976
Jun 2012–May 2014 24-Month	48.5°F (9.2°C)	46.9°F (8.3°C)	1.6°F (0.9°C)	104th Coolest	Coolest since: 2009	1905
				23rd Warmest	Warmest since: 2013	2013
	Ties: 1933, 1998, 2009
Jun 2011–May 2014 36-Month	49.7°F (9.8°C)	47.0°F (8.3°C)	2.7°F (1.5°C)	121st Coolest	Coolest since: 2011	1906
				5th Warmest	Warmest since: 2013	2022
	Ties: 2021
Jun 2010–May 2014 48-Month	49.4°F (9.7°C)	46.8°F (8.2°C)	2.6°F (1.5°C)	118th Coolest	Coolest since: 2011	1907
				7th Warmest	Warmest since: 2013	2022
	Ties: 2018
Jun 2009–May 2014 60-Month	49.4°F (9.7°C)	46.9°F (8.3°C)	2.5°F (1.4°C)	119th Coolest	Coolest since: 2012	1908
				5th Warmest	Warmest since: 2013	2020, 2022
	Ties: 2012, 2016

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/