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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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Minimum Temperature Rankings, May 1948

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
May 1948 1-Month	45.1°F (7.3°C)	44.1°F (6.7°C)	1.0°F (0.6°C)	84th Coolest	Coolest since: 1946	1917
				45th Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	1996
	Ties: 1922
Apr–May 1948 2-Month	41.6°F (5.3°C)	39.9°F (4.4°C)	1.7°F (0.9°C)	109th Coolest	Coolest since: 1947	1975, 1983
				20th Warmest	Warmest since: 1936	1934
	Ties: 1902, 1911, 1936, 2009
Mar–May 1948 3-Month	35.7°F (2.1°C)	36.1°F (2.3°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	45th Coolest	Coolest since: 1947	1917
				84th Warmest	Warmest since: 1946	2020
	Ties: 1961, 1984
Feb–May 1948 4-Month	32.3°F (0.2°C)	32.9°F (0.5°C)	-0.6°F (-0.3°C)	35th Coolest	Coolest since: 1947	1933
				94th Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	2017
	Ties: 1895, 1947, 1987
Jan–May 1948 5-Month	29.2°F (-1.6°C)	30.3°F (-0.9°C)	-1.1°F (-0.7°C)	26th Coolest	Coolest since: 1947	1964
				103rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	1911
	Ties: 1947, 1949, 1984
Dec 1947–May 1948 6-Month	27.4°F (-2.6°C)	28.6°F (-1.9°C)	-1.2°F (-0.7°C)	15th Coolest	Coolest since: 1944	1964
				113th Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	2017
	Ties: 1924, 1937, 1988
Nov 1947–May 1948 7-Month	26.9°F (-2.8°C)	28.4°F (-2.0°C)	-1.5°F (-0.8°C)	11th Coolest	Coolest since: 1944	1964
				117th Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	2017
Oct 1947–May 1948 8-Month	28.7°F (-1.8°C)	29.8°F (-1.2°C)	-1.1°F (-0.6°C)	15th Coolest	Coolest since: 1944	1933
				113th Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	2017
	Ties: 1919, 1930
Sep 1947–May 1948 9-Month	31.1°F (-0.5°C)	32.0°F (0.0°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	17th Coolest	Coolest since: 1944	1913, 1933
				111th Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	2017
	Ties: 1924, 1930, 1949, 1962, 1976, 1988
Aug 1947–May 1948 10-Month	33.8°F (1.0°C)	34.5°F (1.4°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	27th Coolest	Coolest since: 1944	1913, 1933
				101st Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	2017
	Ties: 1931, 1969, 1980
Jul 1947–May 1948 11-Month	36.0°F (2.2°C)	36.6°F (2.6°C)	-0.6°F (-0.4°C)	28th Coolest	Coolest since: 1946	1913
				100th Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	2017
	Ties: 1924, 1931, 1942, 1946, 1961
Jun 1947–May 1948 12-Month	37.3°F (2.9°C)	38.0°F (3.3°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	22nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1946	1913
				106th Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	2017
	Ties: 1930, 1949, 1962, 1969, 1973
Dec 1946–May 1948 18-Month	34.3°F (1.3°C)	34.9°F (1.6°C)	-0.6°F (-0.3°C)	23rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1946	1913
				104th Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	2018
	Ties: 1899, 1929, 1931, 1966, 1969, 1972
Jun 1946–May 1948 24-Month	37.7°F (3.2°C)	38.0°F (3.3°C)	-0.3°F (-0.1°C)	33rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1947	1913, 1977
				94th Warmest	Warmest since: 1943	2018
	Ties: 1904, 1925, 1953, 1956, 1960, 1963, 1967, 1978, 1980
Jun 1945–May 1948 36-Month	37.5°F (3.1°C)	38.0°F (3.3°C)	-0.5°F (-0.2°C)	20th Coolest	Coolest since: 1946	1977
				106th Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	2018
	Ties: 1949, 1953, 1965, 1972
Jun 1944–May 1948 48-Month	37.5°F (3.1°C)	38.0°F (3.3°C)	-0.5°F (-0.2°C)	15th Coolest	Coolest since: 1947	1977
				110th Warmest	Warmest since: 1946	2018
	Ties: 1916, 1945, 1946, 1950, 1952, 1953, 1962, 1963, 1966, 1971, 1973
Jun 1943–May 1948 60-Month	37.3°F (2.9°C)	37.9°F (3.3°C)	-0.6°F (-0.4°C)	6th Coolest	Coolest since: 1933	1977
				118th Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	2019, 2020
	Ties: 1917

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Minimum Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 1, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/