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Birmingham, Alabama
Average Temperature Rankings, May 1979
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Period | Value | 1981-2010 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Warmest/Coolest Since |
Record |
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May 1979 1-Month |
69.9°F (21.1°C) | 71.0°F (21.7°C) |
-1.1°F (-0.6°C) | 34th Coolest | Coolest since: 1976 | 1976 |
58th Warmest | Warmest since: 1978 | 1962 | ||||
Apr–May 1979 2-Month |
66.7°F (19.3°C) | 66.8°F (19.3°C) |
-0.1°F (0.0°C) | 37th Coolest | Coolest since: 1976 | 1961 |
55th Warmest | Warmest since: 1978 | 2012 | ||||
Ties: 1956, 1958 | ||||||
Mar–May 1979 3-Month |
62.9°F (17.2°C) | 63.1°F (17.3°C) |
-0.2°F (-0.1°C) | 50th Coolest | Coolest since: 1978 | 1960 |
42nd Warmest | Warmest since: 1977 | 2012 | ||||
Ties: 1964 | ||||||
Feb–May 1979 4-Month |
58.2°F (14.6°C) | 59.3°F (15.2°C) |
-1.1°F (-0.6°C) | 29th Coolest | Coolest since: 1978 | 1947, 1960 |
63rd Warmest | Warmest since: 1977 | 2012 | ||||
Ties: 1943, 1961 | ||||||
Jan–May 1979 5-Month |
54.1°F (12.3°C) | 56.3°F (13.5°C) |
-2.2°F (-1.2°C) | 16th Coolest | Coolest since: 1978 | 1940 |
76th Warmest | Warmest since: 1977 | 2012 | ||||
Ties: 1941, 1942, 1980, 1988, 2014 | ||||||
Dec 1978–May 1979 6-Month |
52.8°F (11.6°C) | 54.6°F (12.6°C) |
-1.8°F (-1.0°C) | 21st Coolest | Coolest since: 1978 | 1940 |
70th Warmest | Warmest since: 1976 | 2012 | ||||
Ties: 1983 | ||||||
Nov 1978–May 1979 7-Month |
53.6°F (12.0°C) | 54.7°F (12.6°C) |
-1.1°F (-0.6°C) | 31st Coolest | Coolest since: 1978 | 1940 |
60th Warmest | Warmest since: 1976 | 2017 | ||||
Ties: 1948, 1954, 1956, 2015 | ||||||
Oct 1978–May 1979 8-Month |
54.5°F (12.5°C) | 55.8°F (13.2°C) |
-1.3°F (-0.7°C) | 28th Coolest | Coolest since: 1978 | 1940 |
63rd Warmest | Warmest since: 1976 | 2017 | ||||
Ties: 1947, 1956, 2001 | ||||||
Sep 1978–May 1979 9-Month |
57.1°F (13.9°C) | 58.0°F (14.4°C) |
-0.9°F (-0.5°C) | 38th Coolest | Coolest since: 1978 | 1977 |
53rd Warmest | Warmest since: 1975 | 2017 | ||||
Ties: 1954 | ||||||
Aug 1978–May 1979 10-Month |
59.4°F (15.2°C) | 60.2°F (15.7°C) |
-0.8°F (-0.5°C) | 38th Coolest | Coolest since: 1978 | 1968 |
53rd Warmest | Warmest since: 1975 | 2017 | ||||
Ties: 1956, 2013 | ||||||
Jul 1978–May 1979 11-Month |
61.5°F (16.4°C) | 62.2°F (16.8°C) |
-0.7°F (-0.4°C) | 39th Coolest | Coolest since: 1978 | 1968 |
52nd Warmest | Warmest since: 1974 | 2017 | ||||
Ties: 1981, 2001 | ||||||
Jun 1978–May 1979 12-Month |
62.9°F (17.2°C) | 63.5°F (17.5°C) |
-0.6°F (-0.3°C) | 37th Coolest | Coolest since: 1978 | 1968 |
54th Warmest | Warmest since: 1974 | 2017 | ||||
Ties: 1944, 1981, 2001 | ||||||
Dec 1977–May 1979 18-Month |
58.8°F (14.9°C) | 60.5°F (15.8°C) |
-1.7°F (-0.9°C) | 16th Coolest | Coolest since: 1978 | 1941, 1968, 1977 |
74th Warmest | Warmest since: 1976 | 2017 | ||||
Jun 1977–May 1979 24-Month |
62.3°F (16.8°C) | 63.5°F (17.5°C) |
-1.2°F (-0.7°C) | 22nd Coolest | Coolest since: 1978 | 1969 |
68th Warmest | Warmest since: 1975 | 2017 | ||||
Ties: 1948, 1958, 1962 | ||||||
Jun 1976–May 1979 36-Month |
61.5°F (16.4°C) | 63.4°F (17.4°C) |
-1.9°F (-1.0°C) | 6th Coolest | Coolest since: 1978 | 1970 |
83rd Warmest | Warmest since: 1977 | 2018 | ||||
Ties: 1960, 1977 | ||||||
Jun 1975–May 1979 48-Month |
61.7°F (16.5°C) | 63.4°F (17.4°C) |
-1.7°F (-0.9°C) | 8th Coolest | Coolest since: 1978 | 1969, 1971 |
80th Warmest | Warmest since: 1977 | 2019, 2020 | ||||
Jun 1974–May 1979 60-Month |
61.8°F (16.6°C) | 63.4°F (17.4°C) |
-1.6°F (-0.8°C) | 8th Coolest | Coolest since: 1973 | 1970 |
79th Warmest | Warmest since: 1978 | 2020 | ||||
Ties: 1962, 1964, 1967, 1981 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: City Time Series, published February 2021, retrieved on March 1, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/