Climate at a Glance
Divisional Rankings
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Illinois, Climate Division 2. Northeast
Average Temperature Rankings, May 1940
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Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Warmest/Coolest Since |
Record |
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May 1940 1-Month |
55.1°F (12.8°C) | 58.9°F (14.9°C) |
-3.8°F (-2.1°C) | 13th Coolest | Coolest since: 1935 | 1907 |
114th Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 1977 | ||||
Ties: 2002 | ||||||
Apr–May 1940 2-Month |
50.2°F (10.1°C) | 53.4°F (11.9°C) |
-3.2°F (-1.8°C) | 9th Coolest | Coolest since: 1935 | 1907 |
118th Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 1896, 1977 | ||||
Ties: 1904, 1950 | ||||||
Mar–May 1940 3-Month |
43.8°F (6.6°C) | 47.6°F (8.7°C) |
-3.8°F (-2.1°C) | 4th Coolest | Coolest since: 1926 | 1926 |
123rd Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2012 | ||||
Feb–May 1940 4-Month |
39.4°F (4.1°C) | 41.9°F (5.5°C) |
-2.5°F (-1.4°C) | 15th Coolest | Coolest since: 1936 | 1904, 1947 |
112th Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2012 | ||||
Ties: 1900, 1996 | ||||||
Jan–May 1940 5-Month |
34.0°F (1.1°C) | 37.7°F (3.2°C) |
-3.7°F (-2.1°C) | 6th Coolest | Coolest since: 1917 | 1912 |
121st Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2012 | ||||
Ties: 1895, 1917 | ||||||
Dec 1939–May 1940 6-Month |
33.7°F (0.9°C) | 35.7°F (2.1°C) |
-2.0°F (-1.2°C) | 17th Coolest | Coolest since: 1936 | 1904 |
109th Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2012 | ||||
Nov 1939–May 1940 7-Month |
34.3°F (1.3°C) | 36.1°F (2.3°C) |
-1.8°F (-1.0°C) | 18th Coolest | Coolest since: 1936 | 1904 |
108th Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2012 | ||||
Oct 1939–May 1940 8-Month |
36.7°F (2.6°C) | 38.1°F (3.4°C) |
-1.4°F (-0.8°C) | 21st Coolest | Coolest since: 1936 | 1904 |
105th Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2012 | ||||
Ties: 1984, 1997 | ||||||
Sep 1939–May 1940 9-Month |
40.2°F (4.6°C) | 41.0°F (5.0°C) |
-0.8°F (-0.4°C) | 30th Coolest | Coolest since: 1936 | 1904 |
96th Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2012 | ||||
Ties: 1952, 1958 | ||||||
Aug 1939–May 1940 10-Month |
43.3°F (6.3°C) | 44.0°F (6.7°C) |
-0.7°F (-0.4°C) | 32nd Coolest | Coolest since: 1936 | 1904 |
94th Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2012 | ||||
Ties: 1910, 1960, 1967 | ||||||
Jul 1939–May 1940 11-Month |
46.0°F (7.8°C) | 46.6°F (8.1°C) |
-0.6°F (-0.3°C) | 32nd Coolest | Coolest since: 1936 | 1904 |
94th Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2012 | ||||
Ties: 1925, 1958, 1959, 1965 | ||||||
Jun 1939–May 1940 12-Month |
48.1°F (8.9°C) | 48.5°F (9.2°C) |
-0.4°F (-0.3°C) | 41st Coolest | Coolest since: 1936 | 1904 |
85th Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2012 | ||||
Ties: 1966, 1971, 1975 | ||||||
Dec 1938–May 1940 18-Month |
44.4°F (6.9°C) | 44.2°F (6.8°C) |
0.2°F (0.1°C) | 66th Coolest | Coolest since: 1937 | 1905, 1918 |
59th Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2017 | ||||
Ties: 1928, 1947 | ||||||
Jun 1938–May 1940 24-Month |
48.9°F (9.4°C) | 48.5°F (9.2°C) |
0.4°F (0.2°C) | 83rd Coolest | Coolest since: 1938 | 1905 |
42nd Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2017 | ||||
Ties: 1914, 1938, 1945, 1950, 1957, 1975, 1984, 1993, 2019 | ||||||
Jun 1937–May 1940 36-Month |
49.0°F (9.4°C) | 48.5°F (9.2°C) |
0.5°F (0.2°C) | 82nd Coolest | Coolest since: 1938 | 1918 |
42nd Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2000 | ||||
Ties: 1941 | ||||||
Jun 1936–May 1940 48-Month |
48.9°F (9.4°C) | 48.4°F (9.1°C) |
0.5°F (0.3°C) | 79th Coolest | Coolest since: 1939 | 1907 |
44th Warmest | Warmest since: 1935 | 2001 | ||||
Ties: 1944, 1958, 1974, 1975, 1998 | ||||||
Jun 1935–May 1940 60-Month |
48.4°F (9.1°C) | 48.4°F (9.1°C) |
0.0°F (0.0°C) | 52nd Coolest | Coolest since: 1931 | 1908 |
70th Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2002 | ||||
Ties: 1984 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Divisional Time Series, published January 2021, retrieved on January 19, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/