Climate at a Glance
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Lexington, Kentucky
Average Temperature Rankings, May 1940
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| Period | Value | 1981-2010 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Warmest/Coolest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
May 1940 1-Month |
59.9°F (15.5°C) | 64.5°F (18.1°C) |
-4.6°F (-2.6°C) | 9th Coolest | Coolest since: 1925 | 1917 |
| 118th Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2018 | ||||
| Ties: 1897 | ||||||
|
Apr–May 1940 2-Month |
55.1°F (12.8°C) | 60.0°F (15.6°C) |
-4.9°F (-2.8°C) | 5th Coolest | Coolest since: 1917 | 1907 |
| 122nd Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 1896 | ||||
|
Mar–May 1940 3-Month |
50.1°F (10.1°C) | 55.2°F (12.9°C) |
-5.1°F (-2.8°C) | 4th Coolest | Coolest since: 1926 | 1960 |
| 123rd Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2012 | ||||
| Ties: 1924 | ||||||
|
Feb–May 1940 4-Month |
45.7°F (7.6°C) | 50.7°F (10.4°C) |
-5.0°F (-2.8°C) | 5th Coolest | Coolest since: 1924 | 1947 |
| 122nd Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2012 | ||||
| Ties: 1917, 1924 | ||||||
|
Jan–May 1940 5-Month |
40.2°F (4.6°C) | 47.2°F (8.4°C) |
-7.0°F (-3.8°C) | 1st Coolest | Coolest to Date | 1940, 1978 |
| 126th Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2017 | ||||
| Ties: 1978 | ||||||
|
Dec 1939–May 1940 6-Month |
39.3°F (4.1°C) | 45.4°F (7.4°C) |
-6.1°F (-3.3°C) | 2nd Coolest | Coolest to Date | 1978 |
| 124th Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2012 | ||||
|
Nov 1939–May 1940 7-Month |
39.5°F (4.2°C) | 45.5°F (7.5°C) |
-6.0°F (-3.3°C) | 1st Coolest | Coolest to Date | 1940 |
| 125th Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2012 | ||||
|
Oct 1939–May 1940 8-Month |
41.9°F (5.5°C) | 47.0°F (8.3°C) |
-5.1°F (-2.8°C) | 1st Coolest | Coolest to Date | 1940 |
| 125th Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2017 | ||||
|
Sep 1939–May 1940 9-Month |
45.5°F (7.5°C) | 49.4°F (9.7°C) |
-3.9°F (-2.2°C) | 3rd Coolest | Coolest since: 1918 | 1918 |
| 123rd Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2017 | ||||
|
Aug 1939–May 1940 10-Month |
48.4°F (9.1°C) | 52.0°F (11.1°C) |
-3.6°F (-2.0°C) | 3rd Coolest | Coolest since: 1918 | 1918 |
| 123rd Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2017 | ||||
|
Jul 1939–May 1940 11-Month |
50.8°F (10.4°C) | 54.2°F (12.3°C) |
-3.4°F (-1.9°C) | 3rd Coolest | Coolest since: 1918 | 1918 |
| 123rd Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2017 | ||||
| Ties: 1977 | ||||||
|
Jun 1939–May 1940 12-Month |
52.8°F (11.6°C) | 55.8°F (13.2°C) |
-3.0°F (-1.6°C) | 6th Coolest | Coolest since: 1918 | 1918 |
| 120th Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2017 | ||||
|
Dec 1938–May 1940 18-Month |
50.3°F (10.2°C) | 52.3°F (11.3°C) |
-2.0°F (-1.1°C) | 20th Coolest | Coolest since: 1936 | 1918 |
| 105th Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2017 | ||||
| Ties: 1936, 1962, 1970 | ||||||
|
Jun 1938–May 1940 24-Month |
54.3°F (12.4°C) | 55.8°F (13.2°C) |
-1.5°F (-0.8°C) | 29th Coolest | Coolest since: 1930 | 1918 |
| 96th Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2017 | ||||
| Ties: 1907, 1926, 1927, 1930, 1951, 1958, 1966, 1981, 1997 | ||||||
|
Jun 1937–May 1940 36-Month |
54.6°F (12.6°C) | 55.8°F (13.2°C) |
-1.2°F (-0.6°C) | 39th Coolest | Coolest since: 1931 | 1906 |
| 85th Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2018, 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1910, 1911, 1914, 1927, 1948, 1952 | ||||||
|
Jun 1936–May 1940 48-Month |
54.9°F (12.7°C) | 55.6°F (13.1°C) |
-0.7°F (-0.4°C) | 52nd Coolest | Coolest since: 1931 | 1980 |
| 71st Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1903, 1951, 1984, 1996, 1997 | ||||||
|
Jun 1935–May 1940 60-Month |
54.6°F (12.6°C) | 55.7°F (13.2°C) |
-1.1°F (-0.6°C) | 39th Coolest | Coolest since: 1931 | 1906, 1908, 1981 |
| 83rd Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2020 | ||||
| Ties: 1911, 1916, 1959, 1978, 1984 | ||||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: City Time Series, published January 2021, retrieved on January 16, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/