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Anchorage, Alaska
Average Temperature Rankings, May 1979
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| Period | Value | 1981-2010 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Warmest/Coolest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
May 1979 1-Month |
48.9°F (9.4°C) | 48.4°F (9.1°C) |
0.5°F (0.3°C) | 43rd Coolest | Coolest since: 1978 | 1964 |
| 26th Warmest | Warmest since: 1961 | 2014 | ||||
| Ties: 1961 | ||||||
|
Apr–May 1979 2-Month |
43.2°F (6.2°C) | 42.9°F (6.1°C) |
0.3°F (0.1°C) | 38th Coolest | Coolest since: 1978 | 1972 |
| 31st Warmest | Warmest since: 1974 | 2016 | ||||
|
Mar–May 1979 3-Month |
38.9°F (3.8°C) | 37.7°F (3.2°C) |
1.2°F (0.6°C) | 52nd Coolest | Coolest since: 1978 | 1972 |
| 17th Warmest | Warmest since: 1970 | 2016 | ||||
| Ties: 1969 | ||||||
|
Feb–May 1979 4-Month |
31.5°F (-0.3°C) | 33.5°F (0.8°C) |
-2.0°F (-1.1°C) | 23rd Coolest | Coolest since: 1976 | 1972 |
| 46th Warmest | Warmest since: 1978 | 2016 | ||||
| Ties: 2002 | ||||||
|
Jan–May 1979 5-Month |
29.4°F (-1.4°C) | 30.4°F (-0.9°C) |
-1.0°F (-0.5°C) | 34th Coolest | Coolest since: 1976 | 1972 |
| 34th Warmest | Warmest since: 1978 | 1981, 2016 | ||||
| Ties: 1965, 2011 | ||||||
|
Dec 1978–May 1979 6-Month |
27.9°F (-2.3°C) | 28.6°F (-1.9°C) |
-0.7°F (-0.4°C) | 38th Coolest | Coolest since: 1976 | 1972 |
| 30th Warmest | Warmest since: 1978 | 2016 | ||||
|
Nov 1978–May 1979 7-Month |
27.5°F (-2.5°C) | 27.8°F (-2.3°C) |
-0.3°F (-0.2°C) | 39th Coolest | Coolest since: 1978 | 1956 |
| 29th Warmest | Warmest since: 1977 | 2003, 2016 | ||||
| Ties: 1997 | ||||||
|
Oct 1978–May 1979 8-Month |
28.8°F (-1.8°C) | 28.7°F (-1.8°C) |
0.1°F (0.0°C) | 42nd Coolest | Coolest since: 1978 | 1956 |
| 26th Warmest | Warmest since: 1977 | 2003 | ||||
| Ties: 1960, 1963 | ||||||
|
Sep 1978–May 1979 9-Month |
31.2°F (-0.4°C) | 31.0°F (-0.6°C) |
0.2°F (0.2°C) | 45th Coolest | Coolest since: 1978 | 1956 |
| 23rd Warmest | Warmest since: 1977 | 2003 | ||||
| Ties: 1961 | ||||||
|
Aug 1978–May 1979 10-Month |
33.9°F (1.1°C) | 33.6°F (0.9°C) |
0.3°F (0.2°C) | 45th Coolest | Coolest since: 1978 | 1956 |
| 23rd Warmest | Warmest since: 1977 | 2003 | ||||
|
Jul 1978–May 1979 11-Month |
36.1°F (2.3°C) | 36.0°F (2.2°C) |
0.1°F (0.1°C) | 43rd Coolest | Coolest since: 1978 | 1972 |
| 25th Warmest | Warmest since: 1977 | 2003, 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 1978–May 1979 12-Month |
37.5°F (3.1°C) | 37.6°F (3.1°C) |
-0.1°F (0.0°C) | 39th Coolest | Coolest since: 1978 | 1972 |
| 29th Warmest | Warmest since: 1977 | 2016, 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1996 | ||||||
|
Dec 1977–May 1979 18-Month |
34.4°F (1.3°C) | 34.6°F (1.4°C) |
-0.2°F (-0.1°C) | 39th Coolest | Coolest since: 1977 | 1972 |
| 28th Warmest | Warmest since: 1978 | 2016 | ||||
|
Jun 1977–May 1979 24-Month |
37.3°F (2.9°C) | 37.6°F (3.1°C) |
-0.3°F (-0.2°C) | 38th Coolest | Coolest since: 1977 | 1972 |
| 29th Warmest | Warmest since: 1978 | 2016 | ||||
|
Jun 1976–May 1979 36-Month |
38.0°F (3.3°C) | 37.7°F (3.2°C) |
0.3°F (0.1°C) | 52nd Coolest | Coolest since: 1978 | 1973 |
| 14th Warmest | Warmest to Date | 2016 | ||||
| Ties: 2002 | ||||||
|
Jun 1975–May 1979 48-Month |
37.1°F (2.8°C) | 37.7°F (3.2°C) |
-0.6°F (-0.4°C) | 29th Coolest | Coolest since: 1978 | 1974 |
| 36th Warmest | Warmest since: 1961 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 2000, 2010 | ||||||
|
Jun 1974–May 1979 60-Month |
36.8°F (2.7°C) | 37.7°F (3.2°C) |
-0.9°F (-0.5°C) | 22nd Coolest | Coolest since: 1978 | 1975 |
| 42nd Warmest | Warmest since: 1962 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1986, 1992 | ||||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: City Time Series, published November 2020, retrieved on November 23, 2020 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/