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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, May 1938

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
May 1938 1-Month	72.9°F (22.7°C)	72.5°F (22.5°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	80th Coolest	Coolest since: 1936	1907
				49th Warmest	Warmest since: 1937	1996
	Ties: 1925, 1943, 1965
Apr–May 1938 2-Month	68.4°F (20.2°C)	68.7°F (20.4°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	58th Coolest	Coolest since: 1936	1931
				71st Warmest	Warmest since: 1937	2022
	Ties: 1898, 1909, 1918, 1923, 1959
Mar–May 1938 3-Month	66.2°F (19.0°C)	64.6°F (18.1°C)	1.6°F (0.9°C)	102nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1937	1931
				27th Warmest	Warmest since: 1927	2012
	Ties: 1896, 1904, 2002
Feb–May 1938 4-Month	63.0°F (17.2°C)	60.7°F (15.9°C)	2.3°F (1.3°C)	112th Coolest	Coolest since: 1937	1895, 1958
				17th Warmest	Warmest since: 1927	2000
	Ties: 1904
Jan–May 1938 5-Month	60.0°F (15.6°C)	57.7°F (14.3°C)	2.3°F (1.3°C)	115th Coolest	Coolest since: 1937	1924
				14th Warmest	Warmest since: 1927	2000, 2017
	Ties: 2011
Dec 1937–May 1938 6-Month	57.8°F (14.3°C)	55.9°F (13.3°C)	1.9°F (1.0°C)	112th Coolest	Coolest since: 1937	1915
				16th Warmest	Warmest since: 1927	2017
	Ties: 1916, 1950, 1986, 2008, 2018
Nov 1937–May 1938 7-Month	57.0°F (13.9°C)	55.7°F (13.2°C)	1.3°F (0.7°C)	95th Coolest	Coolest since: 1937	1973
				33rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1935	2017
	Ties: 1922, 1943, 1955
Oct 1937–May 1938 8-Month	58.2°F (14.6°C)	57.0°F (13.9°C)	1.2°F (0.7°C)	95th Coolest	Coolest since: 1937	1924, 1977
				33rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1935	2017
	Ties: 1922, 1991, 1996
Sep 1937–May 1938 9-Month	60.3°F (15.7°C)	59.1°F (15.1°C)	1.2°F (0.6°C)	96th Coolest	Coolest since: 1937	1977
				32nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1935	2017
	Ties: 2002
Aug 1937–May 1938 10-Month	62.7°F (17.1°C)	61.4°F (16.3°C)	1.3°F (0.8°C)	105th Coolest	Coolest since: 1937	1977
				23rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1935	2017
	Ties: 2004
Jul 1937–May 1938 11-Month	64.6°F (18.1°C)	63.3°F (17.4°C)	1.3°F (0.7°C)	110th Coolest	Coolest since: 1937	1977
				18th Warmest	Warmest since: 1935	2017
	Ties: 1925, 1932, 1986, 2002, 2008
Jun 1937–May 1938 12-Month	65.9°F (18.8°C)	64.6°F (18.1°C)	1.3°F (0.7°C)	110th Coolest	Coolest since: 1937	1977
				18th Warmest	Warmest since: 1935	2012
	Ties: 1927, 1932, 1995, 2009
Dec 1936–May 1938 18-Month	62.4°F (16.9°C)	61.7°F (16.5°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	89th Coolest	Coolest since: 1937	1913
				38th Warmest	Warmest since: 1935	2017
	Ties: 1910, 1952, 1991, 2003, 2008
Jun 1936–May 1938 24-Month	65.0°F (18.3°C)	64.7°F (18.2°C)	0.3°F (0.1°C)	82nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1937	1977
				45th Warmest	Warmest since: 1936	2017
	Ties: 1912, 1917, 1933, 1946, 1950, 1951, 1964, 1990, 1991, 2010
Jun 1935–May 1938 36-Month	64.6°F (18.1°C)	64.6°F (18.1°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	48th Coolest	Coolest since: 1933	1977
				78th Warmest	Warmest since: 1937	2018
	Ties: 1941, 1964, 1966, 1974, 1982, 1990
Jun 1934–May 1938 48-Month	65.2°F (18.4°C)	64.6°F (18.1°C)	0.6°F (0.3°C)	92nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1934	1915
				33rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1937	2019, 2020
	Ties: 1928, 1998, 2010
Jun 1933–May 1938 60-Month	65.4°F (18.6°C)	64.6°F (18.1°C)	0.8°F (0.5°C)	96th Coolest	Coolest since: 1937	1977, 1979
				28th Warmest	Warmest since: 1936	2020
	Ties: 1935, 1954

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/