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

---

« April 1949

June 1949 »

Colorado

Average Temperature Rankings, May 1949

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
May 1949 1-Month	52.3°F (11.3°C)	51.8°F (11.0°C)	0.5°F (0.3°C)	66th Coolest	Coolest since: 1946	1917
				63rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1948	1934
	Ties: 1945
Apr–May 1949 2-Month	48.2°F (9.0°C)	47.2°F (8.4°C)	1.0°F (0.6°C)	87th Coolest	Coolest since: 1947	1917
				42nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1948	1934
	Ties: 1910, 1960, 1966, 2009
Mar–May 1949 3-Month	43.5°F (6.4°C)	42.6°F (5.9°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	82nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1948	1917
				47th Warmest	Warmest since: 1946	2012
	Ties: 1916, 1987
Feb–May 1949 4-Month	38.5°F (3.6°C)	38.9°F (3.8°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	50th Coolest	Coolest since: 1948	1917
				79th Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	1934
	Ties: 1947, 1957
Jan–May 1949 5-Month	33.9°F (1.1°C)	35.9°F (2.2°C)	-2.0°F (-1.1°C)	18th Coolest	Coolest since: 1944	1917
				111th Warmest	Warmest since: 1948	1934
	Ties: 1919, 1944, 1975
Dec 1948–May 1949 6-Month	32.5°F (0.3°C)	34.1°F (1.2°C)	-1.6°F (-0.9°C)	19th Coolest	Coolest since: 1944	1917
				109th Warmest	Warmest since: 1948	1934
	Ties: 1942, 1944, 1955
Nov 1948–May 1949 7-Month	32.0°F (0.0°C)	34.0°F (1.1°C)	-2.0°F (-1.1°C)	13th Coolest	Coolest since: 1933	1917
				115th Warmest	Warmest since: 1948	1934
Oct 1948–May 1949 8-Month	33.8°F (1.0°C)	35.6°F (2.0°C)	-1.8°F (-1.0°C)	15th Coolest	Coolest since: 1933	1917
				113th Warmest	Warmest since: 1948	1934
Sep 1948–May 1949 9-Month	36.7°F (2.6°C)	37.9°F (3.3°C)	-1.2°F (-0.7°C)	18th Coolest	Coolest since: 1937	1917
				110th Warmest	Warmest since: 1948	1934
	Ties: 1930, 1984
Aug 1948–May 1949 10-Month	39.6°F (4.2°C)	40.7°F (4.8°C)	-1.1°F (-0.6°C)	19th Coolest	Coolest since: 1942	1917
				109th Warmest	Warmest since: 1948	1934
	Ties: 1942
Jul 1948–May 1949 11-Month	42.1°F (5.6°C)	43.1°F (6.2°C)	-1.0°F (-0.6°C)	18th Coolest	Coolest since: 1942	1917
				110th Warmest	Warmest since: 1948	1934
	Ties: 1915, 1930
Jun 1948–May 1949 12-Month	43.6°F (6.4°C)	44.6°F (7.0°C)	-1.0°F (-0.6°C)	17th Coolest	Coolest since: 1942	1917
				111th Warmest	Warmest since: 1948	1934
	Ties: 1896, 1905, 1920, 1930
Dec 1947–May 1949 18-Month	40.0°F (4.4°C)	41.1°F (5.1°C)	-1.1°F (-0.7°C)	13th Coolest	Coolest since: 1933	1913
				114th Warmest	Warmest since: 1948	2018
	Ties: 1900, 1965, 1974
Jun 1947–May 1949 24-Month	43.8°F (6.6°C)	44.6°F (7.0°C)	-0.8°F (-0.4°C)	15th Coolest	Coolest since: 1933	1913
				112th Warmest	Warmest since: 1948	2018
	Ties: 1904, 1906, 1915, 1916, 1919, 1931, 1933, 1973, 1980
Jun 1946–May 1949 36-Month	44.1°F (6.7°C)	44.6°F (7.0°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	25th Coolest	Coolest since: 1933	1914
				101st Warmest	Warmest since: 1948	2018
	Ties: 1906, 1909, 1922, 1932, 1970, 1974, 1985
Jun 1945–May 1949 48-Month	44.3°F (6.8°C)	44.6°F (7.0°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	36th Coolest	Coolest since: 1933	1915
				89th Warmest	Warmest since: 1948	2018
	Ties: 1902, 1907
Jun 1944–May 1949 60-Month	44.4°F (6.9°C)	44.6°F (7.0°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	39th Coolest	Coolest since: 1933	1917
				85th Warmest	Warmest since: 1948	2018
	Ties: 1953, 1971, 1972

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 29, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/