Climate at a Glance

• Global
• National
• Regional
• Statewide
• Divisional
• County
• City

• Mapping
• Time Series
• Rankings
• Haywood Plots
• Data Information
• Background

Statewide Rankings

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

Month: January February March April May June July August September October November December

State: Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming

---

« April 1997

June 1997 »

New Mexico

Minimum Temperature Rankings, May 1997

View Period (Months):All1234567891011121824364860

Download:

• Record Coolest
• Bottom 1/10
• Bottom 1/3
• Normal
• Top 1/3
• Top 1/10
• Record Warmest

Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
May 1997 1-Month	46.1°F (7.8°C)	44.1°F (6.7°C)	2.0°F (1.1°C)	108th Coolest	Coolest since: 1995	1917
				21st Warmest	Warmest since: 1996	1996
Apr–May 1997 2-Month	40.2°F (4.6°C)	39.8°F (4.3°C)	0.4°F (0.3°C)	70th Coolest	Coolest since: 1995	1975, 1983
				59th Warmest	Warmest since: 1996	1934
	Ties: 1906, 1930, 1962, 1978, 2010, 2013, 2015, 2016
Mar–May 1997 3-Month	36.8°F (2.7°C)	36.1°F (2.3°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	77th Coolest	Coolest since: 1995	1917
				52nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1996	2020
	Ties: 1927, 1928, 1941, 1943
Feb–May 1997 4-Month	33.6°F (0.9°C)	32.9°F (0.5°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	77th Coolest	Coolest since: 1994	1933
				52nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1996	2017
	Ties: 1978, 1994
Jan–May 1997 5-Month	31.0°F (-0.6°C)	30.3°F (-0.9°C)	0.7°F (0.3°C)	79th Coolest	Coolest since: 1994	1964
				50th Warmest	Warmest since: 1996	1911
Dec 1996–May 1997 6-Month	29.5°F (-1.4°C)	28.6°F (-1.9°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	87th Coolest	Coolest since: 1994	1964
				41st Warmest	Warmest since: 1996	2017
	Ties: 1920, 1936, 2014
Nov 1996–May 1997 7-Month	29.5°F (-1.4°C)	28.5°F (-1.9°C)	1.0°F (0.5°C)	91st Coolest	Coolest since: 1994	1964
				37th Warmest	Warmest since: 1996	2017
	Ties: 1897, 1900, 2014
Oct 1996–May 1997 8-Month	30.6°F (-0.8°C)	29.7°F (-1.3°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	85th Coolest	Coolest since: 1994	1933
				43rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1996	2017
	Ties: 1920, 1993, 2007
Sep 1996–May 1997 9-Month	32.6°F (0.3°C)	32.0°F (0.0°C)	0.6°F (0.3°C)	80th Coolest	Coolest since: 1994	1913, 1933
				48th Warmest	Warmest since: 1996	2017
	Ties: 1901, 1906, 1993
Aug 1996–May 1997 10-Month	35.1°F (1.7°C)	34.5°F (1.4°C)	0.6°F (0.3°C)	82nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1994	1913, 1933
				46th Warmest	Warmest since: 1996	2017
	Ties: 1936, 2007, 2008
Jul 1996–May 1997 11-Month	37.4°F (3.0°C)	36.6°F (2.6°C)	0.8°F (0.4°C)	86th Coolest	Coolest since: 1994	1913
				42nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1996	2017
	Ties: 1985, 1989, 2007
Jun 1996–May 1997 12-Month	38.9°F (3.8°C)	37.9°F (3.3°C)	1.0°F (0.5°C)	94th Coolest	Coolest since: 1994	1913
				34th Warmest	Warmest since: 1996	2017
	Ties: 1902, 1938, 1981, 1982
Dec 1995–May 1997 18-Month	36.2°F (2.3°C)	34.9°F (1.6°C)	1.3°F (0.7°C)	108th Coolest	Coolest since: 1995	1913
				19th Warmest	Warmest since: 1996	2018
	Ties: 1995, 2003, 2007
Jun 1995–May 1997 24-Month	39.0°F (3.9°C)	38.0°F (3.3°C)	1.0°F (0.6°C)	104th Coolest	Coolest since: 1995	1913, 1977
				23rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1996	2018
	Ties: 1898, 1999, 2009
Jun 1994–May 1997 36-Month	39.3°F (4.1°C)	38.0°F (3.3°C)	1.3°F (0.8°C)	111th Coolest	Coolest since: 1996	1977
				15th Warmest	Warmest to Date	2018
	Ties: 2003, 2007
Jun 1993–May 1997 48-Month	38.9°F (3.8°C)	38.0°F (3.3°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	101st Coolest	Coolest since: 1996	1977
				24th Warmest	Warmest to Date	2018
Jun 1992–May 1997 60-Month	38.7°F (3.7°C)	38.0°F (3.3°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	98th Coolest	Coolest since: 1996	1977
				26th Warmest	Warmest since: 1996	2019, 2020
	Ties: 1911, 1996, 1998

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Minimum Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 24, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/