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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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Average Temperature Rankings, May 2020

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
May 2020 1-Month	50.6°F (10.3°C)	50.2°F (10.1°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	74th Coolest	Coolest since: 2019	1907, 1927
				55th Warmest	Warmest since: 2018	1934
Apr–May 2020 2-Month	44.4°F (6.9°C)	45.4°F (7.4°C)	-1.0°F (-0.5°C)	43rd Coolest	Coolest since: 2013	1975
				86th Warmest	Warmest since: 2019	1934
	Ties: 1999, 2013
Mar–May 2020 3-Month	40.2°F (4.6°C)	40.1°F (4.5°C)	0.1°F (0.1°C)	62nd Coolest	Coolest since: 2019	1899
				67th Warmest	Warmest since: 2018	1910
	Ties: 1957, 1983
Feb–May 2020 4-Month	36.5°F (2.5°C)	35.4°F (1.9°C)	1.1°F (0.6°C)	83rd Coolest	Coolest since: 2019	1899
				46th Warmest	Warmest since: 2017	1992
Jan–May 2020 5-Month	33.9°F (1.1°C)	31.7°F (-0.2°C)	2.2°F (1.3°C)	94th Coolest	Coolest since: 2019	1899
				35th Warmest	Warmest since: 2017	1992
	Ties: 2001
Dec 2019–May 2020 6-Month	32.6°F (0.3°C)	29.9°F (-1.2°C)	2.7°F (1.5°C)	102nd Coolest	Coolest since: 2019	1917
				26th Warmest	Warmest since: 2016	1992
Nov 2019–May 2020 7-Month	32.1°F (0.1°C)	29.8°F (-1.2°C)	2.3°F (1.3°C)	103rd Coolest	Coolest since: 2019	1899
				25th Warmest	Warmest since: 2016	1992
	Ties: 1963, 1976
Oct 2019–May 2020 8-Month	32.5°F (0.3°C)	31.5°F (-0.3°C)	1.0°F (0.6°C)	81st Coolest	Coolest since: 2019	1899
				47th Warmest	Warmest since: 2017	1934, 2000
	Ties: 1901
Sep 2019–May 2020 9-Month	35.0°F (1.7°C)	34.0°F (1.1°C)	1.0°F (0.6°C)	82nd Coolest	Coolest since: 2019	1899
				46th Warmest	Warmest since: 2017	2016
Aug 2019–May 2020 10-Month	38.0°F (3.3°C)	37.0°F (2.8°C)	1.0°F (0.5°C)	82nd Coolest	Coolest since: 2019	1917
				46th Warmest	Warmest since: 2017	1992, 2016
Jul 2019–May 2020 11-Month	40.4°F (4.7°C)	39.5°F (4.2°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	81st Coolest	Coolest since: 2019	1917
				47th Warmest	Warmest since: 2017	1992, 2016
	Ties: 1902, 2009
Jun 2019–May 2020 12-Month	42.0°F (5.6°C)	41.2°F (5.1°C)	0.8°F (0.5°C)	82nd Coolest	Coolest since: 2019	1917
				46th Warmest	Warmest since: 2017	2016
	Ties: 1946, 1976, 1989
Dec 2018–May 2020 18-Month	37.4°F (3.0°C)	37.4°F (3.0°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	63rd Coolest	Coolest since: 2019	1917
				64th Warmest	Warmest since: 2018	2016
	Ties: 1906, 1953, 2010
Jun 2018–May 2020 24-Month	41.2°F (5.1°C)	41.2°F (5.1°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	58th Coolest	Coolest since: 2019	1917
				69th Warmest	Warmest since: 2018	2016
	Ties: 1911, 1974, 1976, 1983
Jun 2017–May 2020 36-Month	41.4°F (5.2°C)	41.1°F (5.1°C)	0.3°F (0.1°C)	73rd Coolest	Coolest since: 2011	1918
				53rd Warmest	Warmest since: 2019	2017
	Ties: 1959, 1965, 1976, 1978, 1981, 1984
Jun 2016–May 2020 48-Month	41.8°F (5.4°C)	41.1°F (5.1°C)	0.7°F (0.3°C)	85th Coolest	Coolest since: 2011	1899, 1952
				40th Warmest	Warmest since: 2019	2016
	Ties: 1961, 2021
Jun 2015–May 2020 60-Month	42.5°F (5.8°C)	41.0°F (5.0°C)	1.5°F (0.8°C)	106th Coolest	Coolest since: 2014	1952
				18th Warmest	Warmest since: 2019	2016
	Ties: 1935, 1942, 1990, 1993

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 6, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/