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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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Arkansas

Average Temperature Rankings, May 1916

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
May 1916 1-Month	70.9°F (21.6°C)	68.7°F (20.4°C)	2.2°F (1.2°C)	102nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1915	1917
				27th Warmest	Warmest since: 1902	2018
	Ties: 2022
Apr–May 1916 2-Month	64.8°F (18.2°C)	64.6°F (18.1°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	58th Coolest	Coolest since: 1914	1907
				71st Warmest	Warmest since: 1915	1896
	Ties: 1936, 1944, 1975, 2016
Mar–May 1916 3-Month	60.7°F (15.9°C)	60.2°F (15.7°C)	0.5°F (0.2°C)	78th Coolest	Coolest since: 1915	1960
				51st Warmest	Warmest since: 1911	2012
	Ties: 1899, 1998, 2020
Feb–May 1916 4-Month	56.0°F (13.3°C)	55.9°F (13.3°C)	0.1°F (0.0°C)	66th Coolest	Coolest since: 1915	1960
				63rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1911	2012
	Ties: 1933, 1994
Jan–May 1916 5-Month	53.4°F (11.9°C)	52.6°F (11.4°C)	0.8°F (0.5°C)	83rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1915	1978
				46th Warmest	Warmest since: 1911	2012
	Ties: 1897, 1909, 1943, 2019
Dec 1915–May 1916 6-Month	51.7°F (10.9°C)	50.8°F (10.4°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	83rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1915	1978
				45th Warmest	Warmest since: 1911	2012
	Ties: 1933, 1987
Nov 1915–May 1916 7-Month	51.9°F (11.1°C)	50.6°F (10.3°C)	1.3°F (0.8°C)	98th Coolest	Coolest since: 1915	1978
				30th Warmest	Warmest since: 1911	2012
	Ties: 1897, 1946, 1955, 1957, 2002
Oct 1915–May 1916 8-Month	53.2°F (11.8°C)	52.0°F (11.1°C)	1.2°F (0.7°C)	101st Coolest	Coolest since: 1915	1978
				27th Warmest	Warmest since: 1911	2017
	Ties: 1934, 1939
Sep 1915–May 1916 9-Month	55.5°F (13.1°C)	54.3°F (12.4°C)	1.2°F (0.7°C)	103rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1915	1978
				25th Warmest	Warmest since: 1911	2017
	Ties: 1908, 1938
Aug 1915–May 1916 10-Month	57.4°F (14.1°C)	56.8°F (13.8°C)	0.6°F (0.3°C)	84th Coolest	Coolest since: 1915	1977
				44th Warmest	Warmest since: 1911	2017
	Ties: 1896, 1900, 1943, 1948, 1950, 1981, 1992
Jul 1915–May 1916 11-Month	59.3°F (15.2°C)	59.0°F (15.0°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	74th Coolest	Coolest since: 1915	1968, 1977
				54th Warmest	Warmest since: 1914	2017
	Ties: 1896, 1900, 1907, 1914, 1920, 1948, 1953
Jun 1915–May 1916 12-Month	60.6°F (15.9°C)	60.4°F (15.8°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	60th Coolest	Coolest since: 1915	1977
				68th Warmest	Warmest since: 1914	2012
	Ties: 1926, 1928, 1998
Dec 1914–May 1916 18-Month	56.6°F (13.7°C)	57.2°F (14.0°C)	-0.6°F (-0.3°C)	30th Coolest	Coolest since: 1913	1979, 1980
				97th Warmest	Warmest since: 1915	2017
	Ties: 1900, 2010
Jun 1914–May 1916 24-Month	60.3°F (15.7°C)	60.4°F (15.8°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	44th Coolest	Coolest since: 1915	1978
				83rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1915	2017
	Ties: 1912, 1914, 1915, 1931
Jun 1913–May 1916 36-Month	60.4°F (15.8°C)	60.4°F (15.8°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	51st Coolest	Coolest since: 1915	1979
				75th Warmest	Warmest since: 1912	2018
	Ties: 1900, 1942, 1953, 1967, 1989, 1993, 2003, 2011
Jun 1912–May 1916 48-Month	60.3°F (15.7°C)	60.4°F (15.8°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	39th Coolest	Coolest since: 1915	1980
				86th Warmest	Warmest since: 1914	2019
	Ties: 1913, 1914, 1921, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1998
Jun 1911–May 1916 60-Month	60.0°F (15.6°C)	60.4°F (15.8°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	24th Coolest	Coolest since: 1908	1980
				100th Warmest	Warmest since: 1915	2020
	Ties: 1904, 1918, 1919, 1985, 1986, 1996

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/