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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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Arizona

Average Temperature Rankings, May 1982

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
May 1982 1-Month	64.2°F (17.9°C)	65.0°F (18.3°C)	-0.8°F (-0.4°C)	42nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1917
				87th Warmest	Warmest since: 1981	2000
	Ties: 1949
Apr–May 1982 2-Month	60.5°F (15.8°C)	60.9°F (16.1°C)	-0.4°F (-0.3°C)	48th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1975
				81st Warmest	Warmest since: 1981	2000
	Ties: 1896, 2019
Mar–May 1982 3-Month	56.7°F (13.7°C)	57.1°F (13.9°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	50th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1917
				79th Warmest	Warmest since: 1981	1934
	Ties: 1903
Feb–May 1982 4-Month	54.0°F (12.2°C)	54.0°F (12.2°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	53rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1933
				76th Warmest	Warmest since: 1981	1934
Jan–May 1982 5-Month	51.4°F (10.8°C)	51.4°F (10.8°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	54th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1933
				75th Warmest	Warmest since: 1981	1934
	Ties: 1908, 1938, 1980
Dec 1981–May 1982 6-Month	50.3°F (10.2°C)	49.7°F (9.8°C)	0.6°F (0.4°C)	76th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1933
				52nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1981	2018
	Ties: 1938, 1951, 1963
Nov 1981–May 1982 7-Month	50.6°F (10.3°C)	49.6°F (9.8°C)	1.0°F (0.5°C)	88th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1933
				40th Warmest	Warmest since: 1981	2018
	Ties: 1914, 1916, 1972
Oct 1981–May 1982 8-Month	51.7°F (10.9°C)	51.1°F (10.6°C)	0.6°F (0.3°C)	81st Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1917
				47th Warmest	Warmest since: 1981	2018
	Ties: 1914, 1918, 1936, 1950, 1993, 2001
Sep 1981–May 1982 9-Month	54.0°F (12.2°C)	53.3°F (11.8°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	80th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1917
				48th Warmest	Warmest since: 1981	2018
	Ties: 1907, 1916, 1918, 1936, 1980
Aug 1981–May 1982 10-Month	56.6°F (13.7°C)	55.9°F (13.3°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	85th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1917
				43rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1981	2018
	Ties: 2005
Jul 1981–May 1982 11-Month	58.7°F (14.8°C)	57.9°F (14.4°C)	0.8°F (0.4°C)	85th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1913, 1917
				43rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1981	2018
	Ties: 1951, 1995, 2005
Jun 1981–May 1982 12-Month	60.4°F (15.8°C)	59.4°F (15.2°C)	1.0°F (0.6°C)	94th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1917
				34th Warmest	Warmest since: 1981	2018
	Ties: 1900, 1938, 1995, 2019
Dec 1980–May 1982 18-Month	57.8°F (14.3°C)	56.1°F (13.4°C)	1.7°F (0.9°C)	107th Coolest	Coolest since: 1981	1913
				20th Warmest	Warmest to Date	2018
Jun 1980–May 1982 24-Month	60.8°F (16.0°C)	59.4°F (15.2°C)	1.4°F (0.8°C)	103rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1981	1913
				24th Warmest	Warmest since: 1935	2018
	Ties: 2006
Jun 1979–May 1982 36-Month	60.4°F (15.8°C)	59.3°F (15.2°C)	1.1°F (0.6°C)	98th Coolest	Coolest since: 1981	1914
				28th Warmest	Warmest since: 1936	2018
Jun 1978–May 1982 48-Month	60.0°F (15.6°C)	59.4°F (15.2°C)	0.6°F (0.4°C)	92nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1915
				33rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1981	2018
	Ties: 1941, 1984, 1990
Jun 1977–May 1982 60-Month	60.2°F (15.7°C)	59.4°F (15.2°C)	0.8°F (0.5°C)	96th Coolest	Coolest since: 1981	1917
				28th Warmest	Warmest since: 1938	2018
	Ties: 1938, 1990

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/