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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 2019

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
May 2019 1-Month	70.6°F (21.4°C)	68.6°F (20.3°C)	2.0°F (1.1°C)	97th Coolest	Coolest since: 2017	1917
				32nd Warmest	Warmest since: 2018	2018
	Ties: 1936
Apr–May 2019 2-Month	65.7°F (18.7°C)	64.6°F (18.1°C)	1.1°F (0.6°C)	91st Coolest	Coolest since: 2018	1907
				38th Warmest	Warmest since: 2017	1896
	Ties: 1934, 1985
Mar–May 2019 3-Month	60.1°F (15.6°C)	60.1°F (15.6°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	59th Coolest	Coolest since: 2014	1960
				70th Warmest	Warmest since: 2018	2012
	Ties: 1934, 1941, 1957
Feb–May 2019 4-Month	56.6°F (13.7°C)	55.9°F (13.3°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	81st Coolest	Coolest since: 2015	1960
				48th Warmest	Warmest since: 2018	2012
	Ties: 1943, 1949, 1995, 2005, 2020
Jan–May 2019 5-Month	53.4°F (11.9°C)	52.5°F (11.4°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	83rd Coolest	Coolest since: 2018	1978
				46th Warmest	Warmest since: 2017	2012
	Ties: 1897, 1909, 1916, 1943
Dec 2018–May 2019 6-Month	51.9°F (11.1°C)	50.8°F (10.4°C)	1.1°F (0.7°C)	92nd Coolest	Coolest since: 2018	1978
				36th Warmest	Warmest since: 2017	2012
	Ties: 1897, 1949, 1954, 1976, 2004
Nov 2018–May 2019 7-Month	51.0°F (10.6°C)	50.6°F (10.3°C)	0.4°F (0.3°C)	74th Coolest	Coolest since: 2015	1978
				54th Warmest	Warmest since: 2018	2012
	Ties: 1919, 1945, 1952
Oct 2018–May 2019 8-Month	52.5°F (11.4°C)	52.1°F (11.2°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	76th Coolest	Coolest since: 2015	1978
				52nd Warmest	Warmest since: 2018	2017
	Ties: 1900, 1941, 1945, 1952
Sep 2018–May 2019 9-Month	55.0°F (12.8°C)	54.4°F (12.4°C)	0.6°F (0.4°C)	84th Coolest	Coolest since: 2015	1978
				44th Warmest	Warmest since: 2018	2017
	Ties: 1896, 1942, 1992, 2007
Aug 2018–May 2019 10-Month	57.3°F (14.1°C)	56.8°F (13.8°C)	0.5°F (0.3°C)	76th Coolest	Coolest since: 2015	1977
				52nd Warmest	Warmest since: 2018	2017
	Ties: 1945, 1952
Jul 2018–May 2019 11-Month	59.6°F (15.3°C)	59.0°F (15.0°C)	0.6°F (0.3°C)	90th Coolest	Coolest since: 2018	1968, 1977
				38th Warmest	Warmest since: 2018	2017
	Ties: 1901, 1942, 1987, 2018
Jun 2018–May 2019 12-Month	61.3°F (16.3°C)	60.4°F (15.8°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	98th Coolest	Coolest since: 2018	1977
				30th Warmest	Warmest since: 2017	2012
	Ties: 1921, 1923, 1986
Dec 2017–May 2019 18-Month	58.0°F (14.4°C)	57.2°F (14.0°C)	0.8°F (0.4°C)	97th Coolest	Coolest since: 2015	1979, 1980
				30th Warmest	Warmest since: 2018	2017
	Ties: 1938, 1944, 1950, 1957, 1987
Jun 2017–May 2019 24-Month	61.1°F (16.2°C)	60.4°F (15.8°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	98th Coolest	Coolest since: 2016	1978
				29th Warmest	Warmest since: 2018	2017
	Ties: 1897, 1909, 1936, 1944, 1945, 2005
Jun 2016–May 2019 36-Month	62.0°F (16.7°C)	60.4°F (15.8°C)	1.6°F (0.9°C)	123rd Coolest	Coolest since: 2017	1979
				3rd Warmest	Warmest since: 2018	2018
	Ties: 2000, 2017
Jun 2015–May 2019 48-Month	62.2°F (16.8°C)	60.4°F (15.8°C)	1.8°F (1.0°C)	124th Coolest	Coolest since: 2018	1980
				1st Warmest	Warmest to Date	2019
Jun 2014–May 2019 60-Month	61.6°F (16.4°C)	60.4°F (15.8°C)	1.2°F (0.6°C)	121st Coolest	Coolest since: 2018	1980
				3rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1936	2020
	Ties: 1936

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 7, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/