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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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New Jersey

Average Temperature Rankings, May 1980

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
May 1980 1-Month	62.4°F (16.9°C)	59.8°F (15.4°C)	2.6°F (1.5°C)	105th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1917
				24th Warmest	Warmest since: 1975	2015
Apr–May 1980 2-Month	57.0°F (13.9°C)	54.6°F (12.6°C)	2.4°F (1.3°C)	109th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1907
				20th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2010
Mar–May 1980 3-Month	50.6°F (10.3°C)	49.5°F (9.7°C)	1.1°F (0.6°C)	85th Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1940
				44th Warmest	Warmest since: 1979	2012
	Ties: 1949, 1981, 1995
Feb–May 1980 4-Month	45.0°F (7.2°C)	44.8°F (7.1°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	67th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1907
				62nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2012
	Ties: 1964, 1975, 1984, 1989
Jan–May 1980 5-Month	42.1°F (5.6°C)	41.8°F (5.4°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	63rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1904, 1940
				66th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2012
	Ties: 1977, 2005
Dec 1979–May 1980 6-Month	41.1°F (5.1°C)	40.3°F (4.6°C)	0.8°F (0.5°C)	76th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1904
				52nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	2012
Nov 1979–May 1980 7-Month	42.1°F (5.6°C)	40.7°F (4.8°C)	1.4°F (0.8°C)	92nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1904
				36th Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	2012
	Ties: 1973, 1986
Oct 1979–May 1980 8-Month	43.5°F (6.4°C)	42.4°F (5.8°C)	1.1°F (0.6°C)	87th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1904
				41st Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	2012
	Ties: 1933
Sep 1979–May 1980 9-Month	45.9°F (7.7°C)	44.9°F (7.2°C)	1.0°F (0.5°C)	87th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1904, 1918
				41st Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	2012
	Ties: 1903, 1957, 1997
Aug 1979–May 1980 10-Month	48.5°F (9.2°C)	47.5°F (8.6°C)	1.0°F (0.6°C)	87th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1904
				41st Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	2012
	Ties: 1957, 1997
Jul 1979–May 1980 11-Month	50.7°F (10.4°C)	49.9°F (9.9°C)	0.8°F (0.5°C)	86th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1904
				42nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	2012
	Ties: 1962, 1989
Jun 1979–May 1980 12-Month	52.0°F (11.1°C)	51.5°F (10.8°C)	0.5°F (0.3°C)	78th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1904
				50th Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	2012
	Ties: 1975, 2014, 2015
Dec 1978–May 1980 18-Month	48.1°F (8.9°C)	47.7°F (8.7°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	73rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1905
				54th Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	2017
	Ties: 1914, 1946, 1951, 1973
Jun 1978–May 1980 24-Month	51.7°F (10.9°C)	51.4°F (10.8°C)	0.3°F (0.1°C)	66th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1905
				61st Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2017
	Ties: 1943, 1947
Jun 1977–May 1980 36-Month	51.2°F (10.7°C)	51.4°F (10.8°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	43rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1906
				83rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	2022
	Ties: 1937, 1943
Jun 1976–May 1980 48-Month	51.0°F (10.6°C)	51.4°F (10.8°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	34th Coolest	Coolest since: 1970	1907
				91st Warmest	Warmest since: 1979	2019, 2022
	Ties: 1915, 1916, 1967, 1969, 1970
Jun 1975–May 1980 60-Month	51.4°F (10.8°C)	51.4°F (10.8°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	52nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1908
				72nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1979	2020
	Ties: 1945, 1979

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 29, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/