Climate at a Glance
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San Francisco, California
Average Temperature Rankings, May 1978
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Period | Value | 1981-2010 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Warmest/Coolest Since |
Record |
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May 1978 1-Month |
61.4°F (16.3°C) | 59.8°F (15.4°C) |
1.6°F (0.9°C) | 65th Coolest | Coolest since: 1977 | 1964 |
11th Warmest | Warmest since: 1970 | 1997 | ||||
Apr–May 1978 2-Month |
58.6°F (14.8°C) | 58.4°F (14.7°C) |
0.2°F (0.1°C) | 49th Coolest | Coolest since: 1977 | 1964, 1999 |
27th Warmest | Warmest since: 1973 | 1992 | ||||
Ties: 1979 | ||||||
Mar–May 1978 3-Month |
58.4°F (14.7°C) | 57.3°F (14.1°C) |
1.1°F (0.6°C) | 63rd Coolest | Coolest since: 1977 | 1999 |
13th Warmest | Warmest to Date | 1992 | ||||
Ties: 1984, 1986, 2020 | ||||||
Feb–May 1978 4-Month |
57.3°F (14.1°C) | 56.3°F (13.5°C) |
1.0°F (0.6°C) | 60th Coolest | Coolest since: 1977 | 1948, 1999 |
15th Warmest | Warmest since: 1970 | 1992 | ||||
Ties: 1970, 1988 | ||||||
Jan–May 1978 5-Month |
56.5°F (13.6°C) | 55.1°F (12.8°C) |
1.4°F (0.8°C) | 66th Coolest | Coolest since: 1977 | 1949 |
9th Warmest | Warmest since: 1970 | 2014, 2016 | ||||
Ties: 1970, 2004, 2017, 2020 | ||||||
Dec 1977–May 1978 6-Month |
56.0°F (13.3°C) | 54.4°F (12.4°C) |
1.6°F (0.9°C) | 67th Coolest | Coolest since: 1977 | 1949 |
8th Warmest | Warmest since: 1970 | 2015 | ||||
Ties: 2020 | ||||||
Nov 1977–May 1978 7-Month |
56.0°F (13.3°C) | 54.6°F (12.6°C) |
1.4°F (0.7°C) | 65th Coolest | Coolest since: 1977 | 1949 |
10th Warmest | Warmest since: 1970 | 2015 | ||||
Oct 1977–May 1978 8-Month |
56.7°F (13.7°C) | 55.6°F (13.1°C) |
1.1°F (0.6°C) | 64th Coolest | Coolest since: 1977 | 1949, 1999 |
11th Warmest | Warmest since: 1970 | 2015 | ||||
Sep 1977–May 1978 9-Month |
57.6°F (14.2°C) | 56.6°F (13.7°C) |
1.0°F (0.5°C) | 61st Coolest | Coolest since: 1977 | 1949 |
14th Warmest | Warmest since: 1970 | 2015 | ||||
Ties: 1993 | ||||||
Aug 1977–May 1978 10-Month |
58.3°F (14.6°C) | 57.4°F (14.1°C) |
0.9°F (0.5°C) | 60th Coolest | Coolest since: 1977 | 1949 |
15th Warmest | Warmest since: 1970 | 2015 | ||||
Jul 1977–May 1978 11-Month |
58.8°F (14.9°C) | 58.0°F (14.4°C) |
0.8°F (0.5°C) | 59th Coolest | Coolest since: 1977 | 1949 |
15th Warmest | Warmest since: 1970 | 2015 | ||||
Ties: 2017 | ||||||
Jun 1977–May 1978 12-Month |
59.0°F (15.0°C) | 58.4°F (14.7°C) |
0.6°F (0.3°C) | 57th Coolest | Coolest since: 1977 | 1949 |
16th Warmest | Warmest since: 1970 | 2015 | ||||
Dec 1976–May 1978 18-Month |
56.9°F (13.8°C) | 57.0°F (13.9°C) |
-0.1°F (-0.1°C) | 47th Coolest | Coolest since: 1977 | 1950 |
25th Warmest | Warmest since: 1970 | 2016 | ||||
Ties: 1979, 1985 | ||||||
Jun 1976–May 1978 24-Month |
58.4°F (14.7°C) | 58.3°F (14.6°C) |
0.1°F (0.1°C) | 49th Coolest | Coolest since: 1977 | 1950 |
22nd Warmest | Warmest since: 1960 | 2016 | ||||
Jun 1975–May 1978 36-Month |
57.8°F (14.3°C) | 58.3°F (14.6°C) |
-0.5°F (-0.3°C) | 26th Coolest | Coolest since: 1977 | 1950 |
44th Warmest | Warmest since: 1972 | 2016 | ||||
Ties: 1969, 2000, 2008, 2009 | ||||||
Jun 1974–May 1978 48-Month |
57.6°F (14.2°C) | 58.3°F (14.6°C) |
-0.7°F (-0.4°C) | 18th Coolest | Coolest since: 1977 | 1951, 1952, 1955, 1956 |
51st Warmest | Warmest since: 1973 | 2018 | ||||
Ties: 1969, 2002 | ||||||
Jun 1973–May 1978 60-Month |
57.6°F (14.2°C) | 58.4°F (14.7°C) |
-0.8°F (-0.5°C) | 16th Coolest | Coolest since: 1977 | 1952, 1953, 1956 |
52nd Warmest | Warmest since: 1974 | 2018 | ||||
Ties: 1969, 1979 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: City Time Series, published January 2021, retrieved on January 20, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/