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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 1920

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
May 1920 1-Month	51.8°F (11.0°C)	51.8°F (11.0°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	57th Coolest	Coolest since: 1918	1917
				72nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1919	1934
	Ties: 1972
Apr–May 1920 2-Month	43.6°F (6.4°C)	47.2°F (8.4°C)	-3.6°F (-2.0°C)	4th Coolest	Coolest since: 1917	1917
				125th Warmest	Warmest since: 1919	1934
	Ties: 1909
Mar–May 1920 3-Month	39.7°F (4.3°C)	42.7°F (5.9°C)	-3.0°F (-1.6°C)	5th Coolest	Coolest since: 1917	1917
				124th Warmest	Warmest since: 1919	2012
	Ties: 1983
Feb–May 1920 4-Month	36.9°F (2.7°C)	38.8°F (3.8°C)	-1.9°F (-1.1°C)	18th Coolest	Coolest since: 1917	1917
				111th Warmest	Warmest since: 1919	1934
Jan–May 1920 5-Month	34.7°F (1.5°C)	35.9°F (2.2°C)	-1.2°F (-0.7°C)	28th Coolest	Coolest since: 1919	1917
				101st Warmest	Warmest since: 1918	1934
	Ties: 1965
Dec 1919–May 1920 6-Month	32.6°F (0.3°C)	34.1°F (1.2°C)	-1.5°F (-0.9°C)	23rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1919	1917
				105th Warmest	Warmest since: 1918	1934
	Ties: 1968
Nov 1919–May 1920 7-Month	32.3°F (0.2°C)	34.0°F (1.1°C)	-1.7°F (-0.9°C)	16th Coolest	Coolest since: 1919	1917
				112th Warmest	Warmest since: 1918	1934
	Ties: 1975
Oct 1919–May 1920 8-Month	33.5°F (0.8°C)	35.6°F (2.0°C)	-2.1°F (-1.2°C)	10th Coolest	Coolest since: 1917	1917
				118th Warmest	Warmest since: 1919	1934
	Ties: 1903, 1909
Sep 1919–May 1920 9-Month	36.4°F (2.4°C)	38.0°F (3.3°C)	-1.6°F (-0.9°C)	13th Coolest	Coolest since: 1919	1917
				115th Warmest	Warmest since: 1918	1934
	Ties: 1962
Aug 1919–May 1920 10-Month	39.4°F (4.1°C)	40.7°F (4.8°C)	-1.3°F (-0.7°C)	15th Coolest	Coolest since: 1919	1917
				113th Warmest	Warmest since: 1918	1934
	Ties: 1952
Jul 1919–May 1920 11-Month	42.0°F (5.6°C)	43.0°F (6.1°C)	-1.0°F (-0.5°C)	15th Coolest	Coolest since: 1919	1917
				113th Warmest	Warmest since: 1918	1934
	Ties: 1942, 1952
Jun 1919–May 1920 12-Month	43.6°F (6.4°C)	44.6°F (7.0°C)	-1.0°F (-0.6°C)	17th Coolest	Coolest since: 1919	1917
				111th Warmest	Warmest since: 1918	1934
	Ties: 1896, 1905, 1930, 1949
Dec 1918–May 1920 18-Month	39.7°F (4.3°C)	41.1°F (5.1°C)	-1.4°F (-0.8°C)	8th Coolest	Coolest since: 1918	1913
				119th Warmest	Warmest since: 1919	2018
	Ties: 1914, 1933, 1980
Jun 1918–May 1920 24-Month	43.5°F (6.4°C)	44.6°F (7.0°C)	-1.1°F (-0.6°C)	9th Coolest	Coolest since: 1918	1913
				118th Warmest	Warmest since: 1919	2018
	Ties: 1900, 1974
Jun 1917–May 1920 36-Month	43.8°F (6.6°C)	44.6°F (7.0°C)	-0.8°F (-0.4°C)	14th Coolest	Coolest since: 1919	1914
				112th Warmest	Warmest since: 1916	2018
	Ties: 1905, 1916, 1929
Jun 1916–May 1920 48-Month	43.2°F (6.2°C)	44.5°F (6.9°C)	-1.3°F (-0.7°C)	2nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1917	1915
				123rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1919	2018
	Ties: 1917
Jun 1915–May 1920 60-Month	43.3°F (6.3°C)	44.5°F (6.9°C)	-1.2°F (-0.6°C)	3rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1917	1917
				121st Warmest	Warmest since: 1919	2018

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 28, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/