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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, April 1940

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
April 1940 1-Month	52.9°F (11.6°C)	54.5°F (12.5°C)	-1.6°F (-0.9°C)	34th Coolest	Coolest since: 1939	1907
				95th Warmest	Warmest since: 1938	1981
Mar–Apr 1940 2-Month	47.4°F (8.6°C)	49.1°F (9.5°C)	-1.7°F (-0.9°C)	33rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1937	1960
				96th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2012
	Ties: 1978
Feb–Apr 1940 3-Month	42.3°F (5.7°C)	44.0°F (6.7°C)	-1.7°F (-1.0°C)	34th Coolest	Coolest since: 1937	1899
				95th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2012
	Ties: 1924, 1969
Jan–Apr 1940 4-Month	35.2°F (1.8°C)	40.3°F (4.6°C)	-5.1°F (-2.8°C)	5th Coolest	Coolest since: 1912	1912
				124th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2012
Dec 1939–Apr 1940 5-Month	35.6°F (2.0°C)	38.8°F (3.8°C)	-3.2°F (-1.8°C)	9th Coolest	Coolest since: 1936	1978
				119th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2012
	Ties: 1905
Nov 1939–Apr 1940 6-Month	36.7°F (2.6°C)	39.7°F (4.3°C)	-3.0°F (-1.7°C)	9th Coolest	Coolest since: 1936	1899, 1912
				119th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2012
Oct 1939–Apr 1940 7-Month	40.0°F (4.4°C)	42.1°F (5.6°C)	-2.1°F (-1.2°C)	13th Coolest	Coolest since: 1936	1899
				115th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2012
	Ties: 1902, 1958, 1984
Sep 1939–Apr 1940 8-Month	44.4°F (6.9°C)	45.5°F (7.5°C)	-1.1°F (-0.6°C)	30th Coolest	Coolest since: 1936	1899
				98th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2017
	Ties: 1968
Aug 1939–Apr 1940 9-Month	47.7°F (8.7°C)	48.8°F (9.3°C)	-1.1°F (-0.6°C)	23rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1936	1899, 1918
				105th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2017
	Ties: 1920, 1980, 1994, 1996, 1997
Jul 1939–Apr 1940 10-Month	50.9°F (10.5°C)	51.7°F (10.9°C)	-0.8°F (-0.4°C)	30th Coolest	Coolest since: 1936	1899
				98th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2012
	Ties: 1929, 1952, 1973
Jun 1939–Apr 1940 11-Month	53.0°F (11.7°C)	53.7°F (12.1°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	35th Coolest	Coolest since: 1936	1918
				93rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2012
	Ties: 1913, 1963, 1965, 1984
May 1939–Apr 1940 12-Month	54.1°F (12.3°C)	54.5°F (12.5°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	40th Coolest	Coolest since: 1936	1918
				88th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2012
	Ties: 1913, 1959
Nov 1938–Apr 1940 18-Month	49.8°F (9.9°C)	49.6°F (9.8°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	72nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1937	1979
				55th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2017
	Ties: 1908, 1911, 1921, 1943, 1945, 1950, 1964, 1966, 1990, 1995
May 1938–Apr 1940 24-Month	55.2°F (12.9°C)	54.5°F (12.5°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	94th Coolest	Coolest since: 1937	1905
				33rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2017
	Ties: 1987, 2002
May 1937–Apr 1940 36-Month	55.4°F (13.0°C)	54.5°F (12.5°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	101st Coolest	Coolest since: 1938	1979
				25th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2018
	Ties: 1954
May 1936–Apr 1940 48-Month	55.5°F (13.1°C)	54.5°F (12.5°C)	1.0°F (0.6°C)	110th Coolest	Coolest since: 1939	1980
				15th Warmest	Warmest since: 1935	1935, 2019
	Ties: 2000, 2006, 2009, 2014, 2017
May 1935–Apr 1940 60-Month	54.8°F (12.7°C)	54.4°F (12.4°C)	0.4°F (0.3°C)	76th Coolest	Coolest since: 1931	1906, 1908
				48th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2020
	Ties: 1959, 1993, 2011

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 30, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/