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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, May 1947

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
May 1947 1-Month	50.8°F (10.4°C)	50.2°F (10.1°C)	0.6°F (0.3°C)	80th Coolest	Coolest since: 1946	1907, 1927
				49th Warmest	Warmest since: 1944	1934
	Ties: 1910, 1971, 1986
Apr–May 1947 2-Month	45.8°F (7.7°C)	45.5°F (7.5°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	75th Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1975
				54th Warmest	Warmest since: 1946	1934
	Ties: 1913, 2005
Mar–May 1947 3-Month	39.1°F (3.9°C)	40.1°F (4.5°C)	-1.0°F (-0.6°C)	41st Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1899
				88th Warmest	Warmest since: 1946	1910
	Ties: 1923
Feb–May 1947 4-Month	34.1°F (1.2°C)	35.4°F (1.9°C)	-1.3°F (-0.7°C)	37th Coolest	Coolest since: 1936	1899
				92nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1946	1992
	Ties: 1898, 1919, 1935
Jan–May 1947 5-Month	31.2°F (-0.4°C)	31.6°F (-0.2°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	55th Coolest	Coolest since: 1943	1899
				74th Warmest	Warmest since: 1946	1992
	Ties: 1898
Dec 1946–May 1947 6-Month	29.6°F (-1.3°C)	29.8°F (-1.2°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	56th Coolest	Coolest since: 1943	1917
				72nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1946	1992
	Ties: 1966, 2010
Nov 1946–May 1947 7-Month	29.0°F (-1.7°C)	29.8°F (-1.2°C)	-0.8°F (-0.5°C)	47th Coolest	Coolest since: 1943	1899
				81st Warmest	Warmest since: 1946	1992
	Ties: 1960
Oct 1946–May 1947 8-Month	30.1°F (-1.1°C)	31.5°F (-0.3°C)	-1.4°F (-0.8°C)	30th Coolest	Coolest since: 1937	1899
				98th Warmest	Warmest since: 1946	1934, 2000
	Ties: 1896, 1898, 1923
Sep 1946–May 1947 9-Month	32.6°F (0.3°C)	34.0°F (1.1°C)	-1.4°F (-0.8°C)	30th Coolest	Coolest since: 1937	1899
				98th Warmest	Warmest since: 1946	2016
	Ties: 1904, 1971, 1982
Aug 1946–May 1947 10-Month	35.6°F (2.0°C)	36.9°F (2.7°C)	-1.3°F (-0.7°C)	27th Coolest	Coolest since: 1937	1917
				101st Warmest	Warmest since: 1946	1992, 2016
	Ties: 1904, 1962
Jul 1946–May 1947 11-Month	38.5°F (3.6°C)	39.6°F (4.2°C)	-1.1°F (-0.6°C)	29th Coolest	Coolest since: 1936	1917
				99th Warmest	Warmest since: 1946	1992, 2016
	Ties: 1962, 1975, 1997
Jun 1946–May 1947 12-Month	40.1°F (4.5°C)	41.2°F (5.1°C)	-1.1°F (-0.6°C)	29th Coolest	Coolest since: 1943	1917
				99th Warmest	Warmest since: 1946	2016
	Ties: 1982
Dec 1945–May 1947 18-Month	37.6°F (3.1°C)	37.4°F (3.0°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	69th Coolest	Coolest since: 1944	1917
				58th Warmest	Warmest since: 1946	2016
Jun 1945–May 1947 24-Month	41.1°F (5.1°C)	41.2°F (5.1°C)	-0.1°F (0.0°C)	53rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1944	1917
				74th Warmest	Warmest since: 1946	2016
	Ties: 1944, 1978, 1985, 2019
Jun 1944–May 1947 36-Month	41.0°F (5.0°C)	41.1°F (5.1°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	50th Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1918
				76th Warmest	Warmest since: 1946	2017
	Ties: 1910, 1945, 1958, 1997, 2011
Jun 1943–May 1947 48-Month	41.3°F (5.2°C)	41.1°F (5.1°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	73rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1946	1899, 1952
				52nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1946	2016
	Ties: 1927, 1946, 1962, 1986
Jun 1942–May 1947 60-Month	41.1°F (5.1°C)	41.1°F (5.1°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	55th Coolest	Coolest since: 1933	1952
				69th Warmest	Warmest since: 1946	2016
	Ties: 1926, 1928, 1957, 1966, 1968

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/