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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 1960

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
May 1960 1-Month	71.5°F (21.9°C)	72.5°F (22.5°C)	-1.0°F (-0.6°C)	30th Coolest	Coolest since: 1957	1907
				99th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	1996
	Ties: 1897, 1904, 1982, 1994
Apr–May 1960 2-Month	69.0°F (20.6°C)	68.6°F (20.3°C)	0.4°F (0.3°C)	78th Coolest	Coolest since: 1959	1931
				51st Warmest	Warmest since: 1956	2022
	Ties: 1908, 2004
Mar–May 1960 3-Month	62.9°F (17.2°C)	64.5°F (18.1°C)	-1.6°F (-0.9°C)	17th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1931
				112th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2012
	Ties: 1917, 1957
Feb–May 1960 4-Month	58.1°F (14.5°C)	60.8°F (16.0°C)	-2.7°F (-1.5°C)	7th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1895, 1958
				122nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2000
Jan–May 1960 5-Month	55.3°F (12.9°C)	57.7°F (14.3°C)	-2.4°F (-1.4°C)	9th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1924
				120th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2000, 2017
	Ties: 1973, 1978
Dec 1959–May 1960 6-Month	54.1°F (12.3°C)	55.9°F (13.3°C)	-1.8°F (-1.0°C)	15th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1915
				113th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2017
Nov 1959–May 1960 7-Month	53.4°F (11.9°C)	55.7°F (13.2°C)	-2.3°F (-1.3°C)	6th Coolest	Coolest since: 1931	1973
				122nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2017
	Ties: 1931
Oct 1959–May 1960 8-Month	54.9°F (12.7°C)	57.1°F (13.9°C)	-2.2°F (-1.2°C)	9th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1924, 1977
				119th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2017
	Ties: 1926
Sep 1959–May 1960 9-Month	57.4°F (14.1°C)	59.1°F (15.1°C)	-1.7°F (-1.0°C)	8th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1977
				120th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2017
	Ties: 1926, 1931, 1968
Aug 1959–May 1960 10-Month	59.8°F (15.4°C)	61.4°F (16.3°C)	-1.6°F (-0.9°C)	8th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1977
				120th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2017
	Ties: 1905, 1912, 1926, 1979
Jul 1959–May 1960 11-Month	61.7°F (16.5°C)	63.3°F (17.4°C)	-1.6°F (-0.9°C)	7th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1977
				121st Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2017
	Ties: 1905, 1958
Jun 1959–May 1960 12-Month	63.2°F (17.3°C)	64.7°F (18.2°C)	-1.5°F (-0.9°C)	8th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1977
				120th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2012
	Ties: 1968
Dec 1958–May 1960 18-Month	60.3°F (15.7°C)	61.7°F (16.5°C)	-1.4°F (-0.8°C)	2nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1915	1913
				125th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2017
	Ties: 1915, 1977, 1980
Jun 1958–May 1960 24-Month	63.7°F (17.6°C)	64.6°F (18.1°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	9th Coolest	Coolest since: 1959	1977
				118th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2017
	Ties: 1900, 1959, 1980
Jun 1957–May 1960 36-Month	63.5°F (17.5°C)	64.6°F (18.1°C)	-1.1°F (-0.6°C)	4th Coolest	Coolest since: 1915	1977
				122nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2018
Jun 1956–May 1960 48-Month	64.1°F (17.8°C)	64.6°F (18.1°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	14th Coolest	Coolest since: 1920	1915
				111th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2019, 2020
	Ties: 1907, 1920, 1963, 1969
Jun 1955–May 1960 60-Month	64.3°F (17.9°C)	64.6°F (18.1°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	23rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1944	1977, 1979
				101st Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2020
	Ties: 1901, 1903, 1905, 1908, 1944, 1964, 1976, 1983

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 26, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/