Contiguous U.S. May 1917 Minimum Temperature Rankings
1901-2000
Degrees Fahrenheit
1
43.02
47.44
-4.42
1
129
1917
2018
1917
1916
lowest
2
39.92
43.03
-3.11
2
128
1907
2012
1907
1916
bottom-tenth
3
35.49
38.68
-3.19
1
129
1917
2012
1917
1916
lowest
4
31.19
34.72
-3.53
1
129
1917
2012
1917
1916
lowest
5
28.46
31.72
-3.26
1
129
1917
2012
1917
1916
lowest
6
26.72
30.21
-3.49
1
128
1917
2012
1917
1916
lowest
7
26.87
30.28
-3.41
1
128
1917
2012
1917
1916
lowest
8
28.44
31.68
-3.24
1
128
1917
2016,2017
1917
1916
lowest
9
30.83
33.92
-3.09
1
128
1917
2016
1917
1916
lowest
10
33.64
36.44
-2.80
1
128
1917
2017
1917
1916
lowest
11
36.17
38.63
-2.46
1
128
1917
2017
1917
1916
lowest
12
37.60
40.04
-2.44
1
128
1917
2017
1917
1916
lowest
18
34.90
36.76
-1.86
2
126
1918
2017
1917
1916
bottom-tenth
24
38.48
40.03
-1.55
2
126
1918
2017
1917
1916
bottom-tenth
36
38.98
40.02
-1.04
3
124
1918
2017
1917
1916
bottom-tenth
48
39.32
40.01
-0.69
6
120
1918
2018
1906
1916
bottom-tenth
60
39.22
40.00
-0.78
4
121
1920
2020
1917
1916
bottom-tenth