Contiguous U.S. May 1955 Average Temperature Rankings
1901-2000
Degrees Fahrenheit
1
61.29
60.20
1.09
98
32
1917
2018
1954
1949
top-third
2
57.08
55.63
1.45
113
17
1907
1934
1954
1941
top-third
3
51.40
50.92
0.48
81
49
1917
2012
1954
1949
normal
4
46.32
46.65
-0.33
51
79
1917
2012
1951
1954
normal
5
42.92
43.34
-0.42
42
88
1917
2012
1951
1954
bottom-third
6
41.42
41.57
-0.15
50
79
1917
2012
1951
1954
normal
1961
7
41.80
41.60
0.20
71
58
1917
2012
1952
1954
normal
8
43.41
43.16
0.25
72
57
1917
2012
1952
1954
normal
1945
9
45.97
45.57
0.40
79
50
1917
2012
1952
1954
normal
2019
10
48.59
48.22
0.37
80
49
1917
2012
1952
1954
normal
1972
11
51.03
50.53
0.50
86
43
1917
2012
1952
1954
top-third
1911
12
52.52
52.03
0.49
88
41
1917
2012
1952
1954
top-third
18
49.35
48.53
0.82
94
34
1918
2017
1953
1954
top-third
24
52.96
52.02
0.94
103
25
1918
2017
1953
1954
top-third
36
52.91
52.00
0.91
99
28
1918
2018
1954
1935
top-third
48
52.54
51.99
0.55
88
38
1918
2018
1954
1941
top-third
60
52.32
51.98
0.34
78
47
1920
2020
1954
1943
normal
1996