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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 1918

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
May 1918 1-Month	71.6°F (22.0°C)	68.6°F (20.3°C)	3.0°F (1.7°C)	115th Coolest	Coolest since: 1917	1917
				14th Warmest	Warmest since: 1902	2018
	Ties: 1898
Apr–May 1918 2-Month	65.1°F (18.4°C)	64.6°F (18.1°C)	0.5°F (0.3°C)	72nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1917	1907
				57th Warmest	Warmest since: 1915	1896
	Ties: 1905, 1969, 2018
Mar–May 1918 3-Month	62.4°F (16.9°C)	60.2°F (15.7°C)	2.2°F (1.2°C)	110th Coolest	Coolest since: 1917	1960
				19th Warmest	Warmest since: 1908	2012
Feb–May 1918 4-Month	58.2°F (14.6°C)	55.9°F (13.3°C)	2.3°F (1.3°C)	114th Coolest	Coolest since: 1917	1960
				15th Warmest	Warmest since: 1911	2012
	Ties: 1986
Jan–May 1918 5-Month	51.8°F (11.0°C)	52.6°F (11.4°C)	-0.8°F (-0.4°C)	38th Coolest	Coolest since: 1917	1978
				91st Warmest	Warmest since: 1917	2012
	Ties: 1901, 1917
Dec 1917–May 1918 6-Month	48.8°F (9.3°C)	50.7°F (10.4°C)	-1.9°F (-1.1°C)	11th Coolest	Coolest since: 1915	1978
				117th Warmest	Warmest since: 1917	2012
Nov 1917–May 1918 7-Month	48.9°F (9.4°C)	50.7°F (10.4°C)	-1.8°F (-1.0°C)	12th Coolest	Coolest since: 1915	1978
				116th Warmest	Warmest since: 1917	2012
	Ties: 1902, 1904, 1936, 1980
Oct 1917–May 1918 8-Month	49.8°F (9.9°C)	52.1°F (11.2°C)	-2.3°F (-1.3°C)	7th Coolest	Coolest since: 1912	1978
				121st Warmest	Warmest since: 1917	2017
	Ties: 1977, 1984
Sep 1917–May 1918 9-Month	52.1°F (11.2°C)	54.3°F (12.4°C)	-2.2°F (-1.2°C)	2nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1918	1978
				126th Warmest	Warmest since: 1917	2017
	Ties: 1977
Aug 1917–May 1918 10-Month	54.6°F (12.6°C)	56.8°F (13.8°C)	-2.2°F (-1.2°C)	2nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1918	1977
				126th Warmest	Warmest since: 1917	2017
Jul 1917–May 1918 11-Month	56.8°F (13.8°C)	58.9°F (14.9°C)	-2.1°F (-1.1°C)	3rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1918	1968, 1977
				125th Warmest	Warmest since: 1917	2017
Jun 1917–May 1918 12-Month	58.3°F (14.6°C)	60.4°F (15.8°C)	-2.1°F (-1.2°C)	2nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1904	1977
				126th Warmest	Warmest since: 1917	2012
	Ties: 1904
Dec 1916–May 1918 18-Month	55.5°F (13.1°C)	57.1°F (13.9°C)	-1.6°F (-0.8°C)	3rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1904	1979, 1980
				124th Warmest	Warmest since: 1917	2017
	Ties: 1904
Jun 1916–May 1918 24-Month	59.2°F (15.1°C)	60.4°F (15.8°C)	-1.2°F (-0.7°C)	8th Coolest	Coolest since: 1906	1978
				119th Warmest	Warmest since: 1917	2017
	Ties: 1904, 1970, 1994
Jun 1915–May 1918 36-Month	59.7°F (15.4°C)	60.4°F (15.8°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	17th Coolest	Coolest since: 1907	1979
				109th Warmest	Warmest since: 1917	2018
	Ties: 1968, 2015
Jun 1914–May 1918 48-Month	59.8°F (15.4°C)	60.4°F (15.8°C)	-0.6°F (-0.4°C)	15th Coolest	Coolest since: 1907	1980
				110th Warmest	Warmest since: 1917	2019
	Ties: 1904, 1960, 1982, 1996
Jun 1913–May 1918 60-Month	60.0°F (15.6°C)	60.4°F (15.8°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	24th Coolest	Coolest since: 1916	1980
				100th Warmest	Warmest since: 1917	2020
	Ties: 1904, 1916, 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 26, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/