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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 1956

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
May 1956 1-Month	50.4°F (10.2°C)	54.5°F (12.5°C)	-4.1°F (-2.3°C)	10th Coolest	Coolest since: 1935	1917
				119th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	1911
Apr–May 1956 2-Month	45.0°F (7.2°C)	48.6°F (9.2°C)	-3.6°F (-2.0°C)	6th Coolest	Coolest since: 1926	1907
				123rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2010
Mar–May 1956 3-Month	38.6°F (3.7°C)	42.7°F (5.9°C)	-4.1°F (-2.2°C)	2nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1926	1926
				127th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2012
Feb–May 1956 4-Month	34.9°F (1.6°C)	37.1°F (2.8°C)	-2.2°F (-1.2°C)	19th Coolest	Coolest since: 1950	1926
				110th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2012
Jan–May 1956 5-Month	32.0°F (0.0°C)	33.7°F (0.9°C)	-1.7°F (-0.9°C)	24th Coolest	Coolest since: 1943	1940
				105th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2012
	Ties: 1916, 1961, 1967
Dec 1955–May 1956 6-Month	29.8°F (-1.2°C)	32.2°F (0.1°C)	-2.4°F (-1.3°C)	15th Coolest	Coolest since: 1943	1904
				113th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2012
Nov 1955–May 1956 7-Month	30.5°F (-0.8°C)	32.8°F (0.4°C)	-2.3°F (-1.2°C)	13th Coolest	Coolest since: 1940	1904
				115th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2012
Oct 1955–May 1956 8-Month	33.0°F (0.6°C)	34.7°F (1.5°C)	-1.7°F (-0.9°C)	17th Coolest	Coolest since: 1943	1905
				111th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2012
	Ties: 1977
Sep 1955–May 1956 9-Month	35.8°F (2.1°C)	37.4°F (3.0°C)	-1.6°F (-0.9°C)	16th Coolest	Coolest since: 1943	1905, 1918
				112th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2012
	Ties: 1943
Aug 1955–May 1956 10-Month	39.3°F (4.1°C)	40.3°F (4.6°C)	-1.0°F (-0.5°C)	23rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1943	1904, 1905
				105th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2012
	Ties: 1961, 1968
Jul 1955–May 1956 11-Month	42.3°F (5.7°C)	42.8°F (6.0°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	40th Coolest	Coolest since: 1944	1904, 1905
				88th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2012
	Ties: 1914, 2014, 2015
Jun 1955–May 1956 12-Month	44.1°F (6.7°C)	44.5°F (6.9°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	39th Coolest	Coolest since: 1943	1904
				89th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2012
	Ties: 1981, 2014
Dec 1954–May 1956 18-Month	40.5°F (4.7°C)	40.4°F (4.7°C)	0.1°F (0.0°C)	56th Coolest	Coolest since: 1948	1905
				71st Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2017
	Ties: 1901, 1910, 1929, 1934, 1945, 1980
Jun 1954–May 1956 24-Month	44.6°F (7.0°C)	44.5°F (6.9°C)	0.1°F (0.1°C)	53rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1948	1905
				74th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2013
	Ties: 1900, 1930, 1945, 1948, 1961, 1973, 1981, 1983, 1995, 1997
Jun 1953–May 1956 36-Month	45.1°F (7.3°C)	44.5°F (6.9°C)	0.6°F (0.4°C)	85th Coolest	Coolest since: 1948	1906
				41st Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2013
	Ties: 1923, 1939, 1988, 1990, 1997
Jun 1952–May 1956 48-Month	45.5°F (7.5°C)	44.5°F (6.9°C)	1.0°F (0.6°C)	94th Coolest	Coolest since: 1953	1907
				31st Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2013
	Ties: 1951, 1953, 1998
Jun 1951–May 1956 60-Month	45.4°F (7.4°C)	44.5°F (6.9°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	94th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1908
				30th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2020
	Ties: 1957, 2005

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/