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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

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Average Temperature Rankings, May 1950

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
May 1950 1-Month	54.5°F (12.5°C)	54.5°F (12.5°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	57th Coolest	Coolest since: 1948	1917
				72nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1949	1911
	Ties: 1901, 1906, 1916
Apr–May 1950 2-Month	46.8°F (8.2°C)	48.6°F (9.2°C)	-1.8°F (-1.0°C)	17th Coolest	Coolest since: 1943	1907
				112th Warmest	Warmest since: 1949	2010
	Ties: 1940, 1972, 1995
Mar–May 1950 3-Month	39.4°F (4.1°C)	42.6°F (5.9°C)	-3.2°F (-1.8°C)	6th Coolest	Coolest since: 1940	1926
				123rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1949	2012
	Ties: 1923
Feb–May 1950 4-Month	34.5°F (1.4°C)	37.1°F (2.8°C)	-2.6°F (-1.4°C)	13th Coolest	Coolest since: 1940	1926
				116th Warmest	Warmest since: 1949	2012
Jan–May 1950 5-Month	33.4°F (0.8°C)	33.6°F (0.9°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	51st Coolest	Coolest since: 1948	1940
				78th Warmest	Warmest since: 1949	2012
	Ties: 2005
Dec 1949–May 1950 6-Month	32.5°F (0.3°C)	32.2°F (0.1°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	67th Coolest	Coolest since: 1948	1904
				61st Warmest	Warmest since: 1949	2012
	Ties: 1922, 1974
Nov 1949–May 1950 7-Month	32.7°F (0.4°C)	32.8°F (0.4°C)	-0.1°F (0.0°C)	52nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1948	1904
				76th Warmest	Warmest since: 1949	2012
	Ties: 1928
Oct 1949–May 1950 8-Month	35.2°F (1.8°C)	34.7°F (1.5°C)	0.5°F (0.3°C)	74th Coolest	Coolest since: 1948	1905
				54th Warmest	Warmest since: 1949	2012
	Ties: 1910, 1960, 1975, 2019
Sep 1949–May 1950 9-Month	37.6°F (3.1°C)	37.4°F (3.0°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	59th Coolest	Coolest since: 1948	1905, 1918
				69th Warmest	Warmest since: 1949	2012
	Ties: 1930, 1975
Aug 1949–May 1950 10-Month	40.7°F (4.8°C)	40.2°F (4.6°C)	0.5°F (0.2°C)	71st Coolest	Coolest since: 1948	1904, 1905
				57th Warmest	Warmest since: 1949	2012
	Ties: 1988
Jul 1949–May 1950 11-Month	43.5°F (6.4°C)	42.8°F (6.0°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	86th Coolest	Coolest since: 1948	1904, 1905
				42nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1949	2012
	Ties: 1922, 1937, 1951, 1980, 1990, 1992
Jun 1949–May 1950 12-Month	45.6°F (7.6°C)	44.5°F (6.9°C)	1.1°F (0.7°C)	98th Coolest	Coolest since: 1948	1904
				30th Warmest	Warmest since: 1949	2012
	Ties: 1913, 1974, 1983
Dec 1948–May 1950 18-Month	42.2°F (5.7°C)	40.4°F (4.7°C)	1.8°F (1.0°C)	105th Coolest	Coolest since: 1949	1905
				22nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1932	2017
Jun 1948–May 1950 24-Month	46.2°F (7.9°C)	44.5°F (6.9°C)	1.7°F (1.0°C)	111th Coolest	Coolest since: 1949	1905
				16th Warmest	Warmest since: 1933	2013
	Ties: 1932, 2002, 2003, 2011, 2016, 2020
Jun 1947–May 1950 36-Month	45.6°F (7.6°C)	44.5°F (6.9°C)	1.1°F (0.7°C)	99th Coolest	Coolest since: 1949	1906
				27th Warmest	Warmest since: 1933	2013
	Ties: 2003
Jun 1946–May 1950 48-Month	45.4°F (7.4°C)	44.5°F (6.9°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	90th Coolest	Coolest since: 1949	1907
				35th Warmest	Warmest since: 1933	2013
	Ties: 1932, 1993
Jun 1945–May 1950 60-Month	45.3°F (7.4°C)	44.5°F (6.9°C)	0.8°F (0.5°C)	91st Coolest	Coolest since: 1949	1908
				33rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1933	2020
	Ties: 1951, 1952, 1993

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 25, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/