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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: 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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Alaska

Average Temperature Rankings, May 2003

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Period	Value	1925-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1925-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
May 2003 1-Month	38.4°F (3.6°C)	37.8°F (3.2°C)	0.6°F (0.4°C)	48th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1964
				51st Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2015
	Ties: 1947, 1987
Apr–May 2003 2-Month	33.1°F (0.6°C)	30.6°F (-0.8°C)	2.5°F (1.4°C)	74th Coolest	Coolest since: 2002	1985
				25th Warmest	Warmest since: 1998	2016
	Ties: 1979, 2018
Mar–May 2003 3-Month	25.7°F (-3.5°C)	23.9°F (-4.5°C)	1.8°F (1.0°C)	66th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1972
				33rd Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2019
	Ties: 1942, 2000
Feb–May 2003 4-Month	23.4°F (-4.8°C)	19.2°F (-7.1°C)	4.2°F (2.3°C)	87th Coolest	Coolest since: 2002	1972
				12th Warmest	Warmest since: 1998	2019
Jan–May 2003 5-Month	20.8°F (-6.2°C)	15.8°F (-9.0°C)	5.0°F (2.8°C)	90th Coolest	Coolest since: 2002	1971
				9th Warmest	Warmest since: 1981	2016
Dec 2002–May 2003 6-Month	19.6°F (-6.9°C)	13.8°F (-10.1°C)	5.8°F (3.2°C)	93rd Coolest	Coolest since: 2002	1971
				5th Warmest	Warmest to Date	2016
Nov 2002–May 2003 7-Month	20.2°F (-6.6°C)	13.5°F (-10.3°C)	6.7°F (3.7°C)	94th Coolest	Coolest since: 2002	1972
				4th Warmest	Warmest to Date	2016
Oct 2002–May 2003 8-Month	21.7°F (-5.7°C)	15.0°F (-9.4°C)	6.7°F (3.7°C)	95th Coolest	Coolest since: 2002	1971
				3rd Warmest	Warmest to Date	2016
Sep 2002–May 2003 9-Month	24.0°F (-4.4°C)	17.8°F (-7.9°C)	6.2°F (3.5°C)	95th Coolest	Coolest since: 2002	1971
				3rd Warmest	Warmest to Date	2019
Aug 2002–May 2003 10-Month	26.5°F (-3.1°C)	21.0°F (-6.1°C)	5.5°F (3.0°C)	95th Coolest	Coolest since: 2002	1971
				3rd Warmest	Warmest to Date	2019
Jul 2002–May 2003 11-Month	29.0°F (-1.7°C)	23.9°F (-4.5°C)	5.1°F (2.8°C)	95th Coolest	Coolest since: 2002	1971
				3rd Warmest	Warmest to Date	2019
Jun 2002–May 2003 12-Month	30.7°F (-0.7°C)	26.0°F (-3.3°C)	4.7°F (2.6°C)	94th Coolest	Coolest since: 2002	1971
				4th Warmest	Warmest to Date	2016, 2019
Dec 2001–May 2003 18-Month	25.9°F (-3.4°C)	21.9°F (-5.6°C)	4.0°F (2.2°C)	91st Coolest	Coolest since: 2002	1972
				6th Warmest	Warmest to Date	2016, 2019
Jun 2001–May 2003 24-Month	28.9°F (-1.7°C)	26.0°F (-3.3°C)	2.9°F (1.6°C)	88th Coolest	Coolest since: 2002	1972
				9th Warmest	Warmest to Date	2019
Jun 2000–May 2003 36-Month	28.9°F (-1.7°C)	26.0°F (-3.3°C)	2.9°F (1.6°C)	88th Coolest	Coolest since: 2002	1973
				8th Warmest	Warmest to Date	2016
Jun 1999–May 2003 48-Month	28.3°F (-2.1°C)	25.9°F (-3.4°C)	2.4°F (1.3°C)	84th Coolest	Coolest since: 2002	1974
				11th Warmest	Warmest to Date	2019
Jun 1998–May 2003 60-Month	27.7°F (-2.4°C)	25.9°F (-3.4°C)	1.8°F (1.0°C)	80th Coolest	Coolest since: 2002	1975
				14th Warmest	Warmest since: 1981	2019
	Ties: 2015

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 27, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/