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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 2016

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
May 2016 1-Month	55.1°F (12.8°C)	55.0°F (12.8°C)	0.1°F (0.0°C)	64th Coolest	Coolest since: 2011	1953
				65th Warmest	Warmest since: 2015	1992, 2001
Apr–May 2016 2-Month	52.6°F (11.4°C)	50.8°F (10.4°C)	1.8°F (1.0°C)	93rd Coolest	Coolest since: 2015	1975
				36th Warmest	Warmest since: 2014	1992
	Ties: 1928, 1993, 2002
Mar–May 2016 3-Month	49.8°F (9.9°C)	47.0°F (8.3°C)	2.8°F (1.6°C)	111th Coolest	Coolest since: 2011	1917
				18th Warmest	Warmest since: 2015	1934
	Ties: 1993
Feb–May 2016 4-Month	46.8°F (8.2°C)	43.8°F (6.6°C)	3.0°F (1.6°C)	118th Coolest	Coolest since: 2013	1933
				11th Warmest	Warmest since: 2015	1934
	Ties: 1940
Jan–May 2016 5-Month	43.7°F (6.5°C)	41.0°F (5.0°C)	2.7°F (1.5°C)	117th Coolest	Coolest since: 2013	1917
				12th Warmest	Warmest since: 2015	1934
	Ties: 1900, 1954, 2003
Dec 2015–May 2016 6-Month	41.6°F (5.3°C)	39.4°F (4.1°C)	2.2°F (1.2°C)	110th Coolest	Coolest since: 2013	1917
				18th Warmest	Warmest since: 2015	1934
	Ties: 1947, 1954
Nov 2015–May 2016 7-Month	40.7°F (4.8°C)	39.3°F (4.1°C)	1.4°F (0.7°C)	97th Coolest	Coolest since: 2013	1917
				31st Warmest	Warmest since: 2015	1934
	Ties: 1947
Oct 2015–May 2016 8-Month	42.7°F (5.9°C)	40.8°F (4.9°C)	1.9°F (1.0°C)	109th Coolest	Coolest since: 2013	1917
				19th Warmest	Warmest since: 2015	1934
	Ties: 2003
Sep 2015–May 2016 9-Month	45.3°F (7.4°C)	43.1°F (6.2°C)	2.2°F (1.2°C)	118th Coolest	Coolest since: 2014	1917
				10th Warmest	Warmest since: 2015	1934
	Ties: 1954, 2004
Aug 2015–May 2016 10-Month	48.0°F (8.9°C)	45.8°F (7.7°C)	2.2°F (1.2°C)	119th Coolest	Coolest since: 2014	1917
				9th Warmest	Warmest since: 2015	1934
	Ties: 2004, 2009
Jul 2015–May 2016 11-Month	50.1°F (10.1°C)	48.2°F (9.0°C)	1.9°F (1.1°C)	114th Coolest	Coolest since: 2013	1917
				14th Warmest	Warmest since: 2015	1934
	Ties: 1997, 2003, 2012, 2013
Jun 2015–May 2016 12-Month	51.8°F (11.0°C)	49.5°F (9.7°C)	2.3°F (1.3°C)	118th Coolest	Coolest since: 2013	1917
				10th Warmest	Warmest since: 2015	1934
	Ties: 2017
Dec 2014–May 2016 18-Month	49.4°F (9.7°C)	46.1°F (7.8°C)	3.3°F (1.9°C)	125th Coolest	Coolest since: 2014	1917
				2nd Warmest	Warmest since: 2015	2015
Jun 2014–May 2016 24-Month	52.6°F (11.4°C)	49.4°F (9.7°C)	3.2°F (1.7°C)	125th Coolest	Coolest since: 2014	1917
				2nd Warmest	Warmest since: 2015	2015
Jun 2013–May 2016 36-Month	52.4°F (11.3°C)	49.5°F (9.7°C)	2.9°F (1.6°C)	125th Coolest	Coolest since: 2015	1917
				1st Warmest	Warmest to Date	2016, 2017
	Ties: 2017
Jun 2012–May 2016 48-Month	52.2°F (11.2°C)	49.5°F (9.7°C)	2.7°F (1.5°C)	122nd Coolest	Coolest since: 2015	1917
				3rd Warmest	Warmest to Date	2018
Jun 2011–May 2016 60-Month	52.0°F (11.1°C)	49.5°F (9.7°C)	2.5°F (1.4°C)	120th Coolest	Coolest since: 2015	1917
				4th Warmest	Warmest to Date	2018

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/