Climate at a Glance

• Global
• National
• Regional
• Statewide
• Divisional
• County
• City

• Mapping
• Time Series
• Rankings
• Haywood Plots
• Data Information
• Background

Statewide Rankings

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

Month: January February March April May June July August September October November December

State: Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming

---

« March 1950

May 1950 »

South Dakota

Average Temperature Rankings, April 1950

View Period (Months):All1234567891011121824364860

Download:

• Record Coolest
• Bottom 1/10
• Bottom 1/3
• Normal
• Top 1/3
• Top 1/10
• Record Warmest

Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
April 1950 1-Month	37.0°F (2.8°C)	44.7°F (7.1°C)	-7.7°F (-4.3°C)	4th Coolest	Coolest since: 1920	1920
				125th Warmest	Warmest since: 1949	1915
Mar–Apr 1950 2-Month	30.1°F (-1.1°C)	37.8°F (3.2°C)	-7.7°F (-4.3°C)	2nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1899	1899
				127th Warmest	Warmest since: 1949	2012
Feb–Apr 1950 3-Month	26.3°F (-3.2°C)	31.8°F (-0.1°C)	-5.5°F (-3.1°C)	6th Coolest	Coolest since: 1936	1899
				123rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1949	2012
Jan–Apr 1950 4-Month	20.2°F (-6.6°C)	27.6°F (-2.4°C)	-7.4°F (-4.2°C)	3rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1936	1936
				126th Warmest	Warmest since: 1949	2012
Dec 1949–Apr 1950 5-Month	19.7°F (-6.8°C)	26.1°F (-3.3°C)	-6.4°F (-3.5°C)	5th Coolest	Coolest since: 1936	1936
				123rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1949	2012
Nov 1949–Apr 1950 6-Month	23.2°F (-4.9°C)	27.0°F (-2.8°C)	-3.8°F (-2.1°C)	12th Coolest	Coolest since: 1937	1936
				116th Warmest	Warmest since: 1949	2012
Oct 1949–Apr 1950 7-Month	26.6°F (-3.0°C)	30.0°F (-1.1°C)	-3.4°F (-1.9°C)	12th Coolest	Coolest since: 1937	1899
				116th Warmest	Warmest since: 1949	2012
Sep 1949–Apr 1950 8-Month	30.4°F (-0.9°C)	33.7°F (0.9°C)	-3.3°F (-1.8°C)	10th Coolest	Coolest since: 1936	1899
				118th Warmest	Warmest since: 1949	2012
	Ties: 1952
Aug 1949–Apr 1950 9-Month	35.2°F (1.8°C)	37.8°F (3.2°C)	-2.6°F (-1.4°C)	14th Coolest	Coolest since: 1936	1899
				114th Warmest	Warmest since: 1949	2012
Jul 1949–Apr 1950 10-Month	39.2°F (4.0°C)	41.4°F (5.2°C)	-2.2°F (-1.2°C)	18th Coolest	Coolest since: 1936	1899
				110th Warmest	Warmest since: 1949	2012
	Ties: 1969
Jun 1949–Apr 1950 11-Month	41.7°F (5.4°C)	43.5°F (6.4°C)	-1.8°F (-1.0°C)	21st Coolest	Coolest since: 1936	1899
				107th Warmest	Warmest since: 1949	2012
	Ties: 1918
May 1949–Apr 1950 12-Month	43.2°F (6.2°C)	44.6°F (7.0°C)	-1.4°F (-0.8°C)	24th Coolest	Coolest since: 1936	1899
				104th Warmest	Warmest since: 1949	2012
	Ties: 1907, 1909
Nov 1948–Apr 1950 18-Month	36.9°F (2.7°C)	38.7°F (3.7°C)	-1.8°F (-1.0°C)	16th Coolest	Coolest since: 1937	1979
				111th Warmest	Warmest since: 1949	2000, 2006
May 1948–Apr 1950 24-Month	43.4°F (6.3°C)	44.6°F (7.0°C)	-1.2°F (-0.7°C)	20th Coolest	Coolest since: 1937	1917
				107th Warmest	Warmest since: 1949	2000
	Ties: 1912, 1969
May 1947–Apr 1950 36-Month	43.7°F (6.5°C)	44.5°F (6.9°C)	-0.8°F (-0.4°C)	25th Coolest	Coolest since: 1930	1918
				101st Warmest	Warmest since: 1949	2000
May 1946–Apr 1950 48-Month	43.7°F (6.5°C)	44.5°F (6.9°C)	-0.8°F (-0.4°C)	19th Coolest	Coolest since: 1930	1899
				106th Warmest	Warmest since: 1949	2007
	Ties: 1909, 1913
May 1945–Apr 1950 60-Month	43.9°F (6.6°C)	44.5°F (6.9°C)	-0.6°F (-0.3°C)	27th Coolest	Coolest since: 1930	1920
				97th Warmest	Warmest since: 1949	2006
	Ties: 1905, 1930, 1971

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/