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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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Montana

Average Temperature Rankings, May 1998

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
May 1998 1-Month	52.7°F (11.5°C)	50.2°F (10.1°C)	2.5°F (1.4°C)	105th Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1907, 1927
				24th Warmest	Warmest since: 1994	1934
	Ties: 1976
Apr–May 1998 2-Month	48.2°F (9.0°C)	45.5°F (7.5°C)	2.7°F (1.5°C)	107th Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1975
				22nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1992	1934
Mar–May 1998 3-Month	41.8°F (5.4°C)	40.1°F (4.5°C)	1.7°F (0.9°C)	94th Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1899
				35th Warmest	Warmest since: 1994	1910
	Ties: 1940
Feb–May 1998 4-Month	38.9°F (3.8°C)	35.4°F (1.9°C)	3.5°F (1.9°C)	116th Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1899
				13th Warmest	Warmest since: 1992	1992
	Ties: 1930, 2017
Jan–May 1998 5-Month	34.9°F (1.6°C)	31.6°F (-0.2°C)	3.3°F (1.8°C)	110th Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1899
				19th Warmest	Warmest since: 1992	1992
Dec 1997–May 1998 6-Month	33.4°F (0.8°C)	29.8°F (-1.2°C)	3.6°F (2.0°C)	114th Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1917
				14th Warmest	Warmest since: 1992	1992
	Ties: 1961, 2005
Nov 1997–May 1998 7-Month	33.0°F (0.6°C)	29.8°F (-1.2°C)	3.2°F (1.8°C)	111th Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1899
				17th Warmest	Warmest since: 1992	1992
	Ties: 2003
Oct 1997–May 1998 8-Month	34.3°F (1.3°C)	31.5°F (-0.3°C)	2.8°F (1.6°C)	114th Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1899
				14th Warmest	Warmest since: 1992	1934, 2000
Sep 1997–May 1998 9-Month	36.9°F (2.7°C)	33.9°F (1.1°C)	3.0°F (1.6°C)	116th Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1899
				12th Warmest	Warmest since: 1992	2016
Aug 1997–May 1998 10-Month	39.7°F (4.3°C)	36.9°F (2.7°C)	2.8°F (1.6°C)	117th Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1917
				11th Warmest	Warmest since: 1992	1992, 2016
Jul 1997–May 1998 11-Month	42.0°F (5.6°C)	39.6°F (4.2°C)	2.4°F (1.4°C)	113th Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1917
				15th Warmest	Warmest since: 1992	1992, 2016
	Ties: 2004
Jun 1997–May 1998 12-Month	43.5°F (6.4°C)	41.1°F (5.1°C)	2.4°F (1.3°C)	113th Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1917
				15th Warmest	Warmest since: 1992	2016
Dec 1996–May 1998 18-Month	38.7°F (3.7°C)	37.4°F (3.0°C)	1.3°F (0.7°C)	89th Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1917
				38th Warmest	Warmest since: 1995	2016
Jun 1996–May 1998 24-Month	41.9°F (5.5°C)	41.1°F (5.1°C)	0.8°F (0.4°C)	82nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1917
				45th Warmest	Warmest since: 1993	2016
	Ties: 1958, 1961
Jun 1995–May 1998 36-Month	41.3°F (5.2°C)	41.1°F (5.1°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	66th Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1918
				60th Warmest	Warmest since: 1994	2017
	Ties: 1921, 1927, 1960, 1968
Jun 1994–May 1998 48-Month	41.6°F (5.3°C)	41.1°F (5.1°C)	0.5°F (0.2°C)	78th Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1899, 1952
				47th Warmest	Warmest since: 1995	2016
	Ties: 1926, 1933, 1936
Jun 1993–May 1998 60-Month	41.4°F (5.2°C)	41.1°F (5.1°C)	0.3°F (0.1°C)	71st Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1952
				53rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1996	2016
	Ties: 1937

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 28, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/