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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 2015

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
May 2015 1-Month	61.8°F (16.6°C)	55.7°F (13.2°C)	6.1°F (3.4°C)	128th Coolest	Coolest since: 2014	1917
				1st Warmest	Warmest to Date	2015
Apr–May 2015 2-Month	53.6°F (12.0°C)	50.2°F (10.1°C)	3.4°F (1.9°C)	125th Coolest	Coolest since: 2014	1917
				4th Warmest	Warmest since: 2012	2010
	Ties: 1942
Mar–May 2015 3-Month	45.5°F (7.5°C)	44.8°F (7.1°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	77th Coolest	Coolest since: 2014	1967
				52nd Warmest	Warmest since: 2013	2012
	Ties: 1913, 1919, 1925
Feb–May 2015 4-Month	37.8°F (3.2°C)	39.9°F (4.4°C)	-2.1°F (-1.2°C)	19th Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1907
				110th Warmest	Warmest since: 2014	2012
	Ties: 1900
Jan–May 2015 5-Month	34.6°F (1.4°C)	36.8°F (2.7°C)	-2.2°F (-1.3°C)	16th Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1907
				113th Warmest	Warmest since: 2014	2012
	Ties: 1895, 1934
Dec 2014–May 2015 6-Month	34.6°F (1.4°C)	35.3°F (1.8°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	33rd Coolest	Coolest since: 2003	1904
				95th Warmest	Warmest since: 2014	2012
	Ties: 1927, 1965, 1996
Nov 2014–May 2015 7-Month	35.2°F (1.8°C)	35.9°F (2.2°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	35th Coolest	Coolest since: 2003	1904, 1905
				93rd Warmest	Warmest since: 2014	2012
	Ties: 1902, 1922, 1924, 1944, 1959, 1972
Oct 2014–May 2015 8-Month	37.5°F (3.1°C)	37.7°F (3.2°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	51st Coolest	Coolest since: 2014	1905
				77th Warmest	Warmest since: 2013	2012
	Ties: 1909, 1946
Sep 2014–May 2015 9-Month	40.2°F (4.6°C)	40.1°F (4.5°C)	0.1°F (0.1°C)	56th Coolest	Coolest since: 2014	1905
				72nd Warmest	Warmest since: 2013	2012
	Ties: 1909, 1915
Aug 2014–May 2015 10-Month	42.9°F (6.1°C)	42.9°F (6.1°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	54th Coolest	Coolest since: 2014	1905
				74th Warmest	Warmest since: 2013	2012
	Ties: 1915, 1981, 1987
Jul 2014–May 2015 11-Month	45.5°F (7.5°C)	45.4°F (7.4°C)	0.1°F (0.1°C)	64th Coolest	Coolest since: 2003	1905
				64th Warmest	Warmest since: 2014	2012
	Ties: 1939, 1964, 1969, 1988
Jun 2014–May 2015 12-Month	47.2°F (8.4°C)	46.9°F (8.3°C)	0.3°F (0.1°C)	70th Coolest	Coolest since: 2005	1904
				58th Warmest	Warmest since: 2014	2012
	Ties: 1919, 1938, 1939, 1975, 1988, 2005
Dec 2013–May 2015 18-Month	43.1°F (6.2°C)	43.1°F (6.2°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	58th Coolest	Coolest since: 1994	1905
				69th Warmest	Warmest since: 2014	2017
	Ties: 1913, 1956, 1973
Jun 2013–May 2015 24-Month	47.4°F (8.6°C)	47.0°F (8.3°C)	0.4°F (0.3°C)	80th Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1905
				47th Warmest	Warmest since: 2014	2013
	Ties: 1981, 1989, 1997
Jun 2012–May 2015 36-Month	48.1°F (8.9°C)	46.9°F (8.3°C)	1.2°F (0.6°C)	97th Coolest	Coolest since: 2005	1906
				29th Warmest	Warmest since: 2014	2022
	Ties: 1985, 1993
Jun 2011–May 2015 48-Month	49.0°F (9.4°C)	46.9°F (8.3°C)	2.1°F (1.1°C)	115th Coolest	Coolest since: 2011	1907
				10th Warmest	Warmest since: 2014	2022
	Ties: 2000, 2009, 2017
Jun 2010–May 2015 60-Month	49.0°F (9.4°C)	46.9°F (8.3°C)	2.1°F (1.1°C)	112th Coolest	Coolest since: 2011	1908
				12th Warmest	Warmest since: 2014	2020, 2022
	Ties: 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 25, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/