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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, April 2018

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
April 2018 1-Month	36.7°F (2.6°C)	44.7°F (7.1°C)	-8.0°F (-4.5°C)	2nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1920	1920
				127th Warmest	Warmest since: 2017	1915
Mar–Apr 2018 2-Month	33.6°F (0.9°C)	37.8°F (3.2°C)	-4.2°F (-2.3°C)	16th Coolest	Coolest since: 2013	1899
				113th Warmest	Warmest since: 2017	2012
Feb–Apr 2018 3-Month	26.2°F (-3.2°C)	31.8°F (-0.1°C)	-5.6°F (-3.1°C)	5th Coolest	Coolest since: 1936	1899
				124th Warmest	Warmest since: 2017	2012
Jan–Apr 2018 4-Month	24.2°F (-4.3°C)	27.6°F (-2.4°C)	-3.4°F (-1.9°C)	22nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1982	1936
				107th Warmest	Warmest since: 2017	2012
Dec 2017–Apr 2018 5-Month	23.7°F (-4.6°C)	26.0°F (-3.3°C)	-2.3°F (-1.3°C)	28th Coolest	Coolest since: 2014	1936
				100th Warmest	Warmest since: 2017	2012
	Ties: 1909, 2014, 2019
Nov 2017–Apr 2018 6-Month	25.5°F (-3.6°C)	27.0°F (-2.8°C)	-1.5°F (-0.8°C)	37th Coolest	Coolest since: 2014	1936
				91st Warmest	Warmest since: 2017	2012
	Ties: 1909
Oct 2017–Apr 2018 7-Month	28.7°F (-1.8°C)	29.9°F (-1.2°C)	-1.2°F (-0.6°C)	37th Coolest	Coolest since: 2014	1899
				91st Warmest	Warmest since: 2017	2012
	Ties: 1916, 1928, 1986, 1994, 2011
Sep 2017–Apr 2018 8-Month	32.9°F (0.5°C)	33.8°F (1.0°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	42nd Coolest	Coolest since: 2014	1899
				86th Warmest	Warmest since: 2017	2012
	Ties: 1913, 1943, 1947, 1975
Aug 2017–Apr 2018 9-Month	36.7°F (2.6°C)	37.8°F (3.2°C)	-1.1°F (-0.6°C)	34th Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1899
				94th Warmest	Warmest since: 2017	2012
	Ties: 1909, 1913, 1947, 1949, 1975
Jul 2017–Apr 2018 10-Month	40.6°F (4.8°C)	41.3°F (5.2°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	44th Coolest	Coolest since: 2014	1899
				84th Warmest	Warmest since: 2017	2012
	Ties: 1905, 1970, 2010, 2011
Jun 2017–Apr 2018 11-Month	43.1°F (6.2°C)	43.5°F (6.4°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	48th Coolest	Coolest since: 2014	1899
				80th Warmest	Warmest since: 2017	2012
	Ties: 1906, 1975
May 2017–Apr 2018 12-Month	44.2°F (6.8°C)	44.6°F (7.0°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	51st Coolest	Coolest since: 2014	1899
				77th Warmest	Warmest since: 2017	2012
	Ties: 1930
Nov 2016–Apr 2018 18-Month	39.7°F (4.3°C)	38.7°F (3.7°C)	1.0°F (0.6°C)	89th Coolest	Coolest since: 2015	1979
				38th Warmest	Warmest since: 2017	2000, 2006
	Ties: 1940
May 2016–Apr 2018 24-Month	45.9°F (7.7°C)	44.6°F (7.0°C)	1.3°F (0.7°C)	94th Coolest	Coolest since: 2015	1917
				33rd Warmest	Warmest since: 2017	2000
May 2015–Apr 2018 36-Month	46.7°F (8.2°C)	44.6°F (7.0°C)	2.1°F (1.2°C)	119th Coolest	Coolest since: 2016	1918
				7th Warmest	Warmest since: 2017	2000
	Ties: 1935, 2001, 2004
May 2014–Apr 2018 48-Month	46.4°F (8.0°C)	44.5°F (6.9°C)	1.9°F (1.1°C)	114th Coolest	Coolest since: 2017	1899
				11th Warmest	Warmest since: 2008	2007
	Ties: 1942
May 2013–Apr 2018 60-Month	45.9°F (7.7°C)	44.5°F (6.9°C)	1.4°F (0.8°C)	107th Coolest	Coolest since: 2015	1920
				17th Warmest	Warmest since: 2017	2006
	Ties: 1993, 2019

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 6, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/