Climate at a Glance
Regional Rankings
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Southeast Climate Region
Average Temperature Rankings, May 1942
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Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Warmest/Coolest Since |
Record |
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May 1942 1-Month |
70.4°F (21.3°C) | 69.8°F (21.0°C) |
0.6°F (0.3°C) | 75th Coolest | Coolest since: 1940 | 1917 |
52nd Warmest | Warmest since: 1941 | 1896 | ||||
Ties: 1974 | ||||||
Apr–May 1942 2-Month |
66.6°F (19.2°C) | 65.9°F (18.8°C) |
0.7°F (0.4°C) | 87th Coolest | Coolest since: 1940 | 1961 |
40th Warmest | Warmest since: 1941 | 1896 | ||||
Ties: 1914, 1944, 1963, 1964, 2001, 2014 | ||||||
Mar–May 1942 3-Month |
62.3°F (16.8°C) | 62.0°F (16.7°C) |
0.3°F (0.1°C) | 66th Coolest | Coolest since: 1941 | 1931, 1960 |
61st Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2012 | ||||
Ties: 1911, 1913, 1959 | ||||||
Feb–May 1942 4-Month |
57.4°F (14.1°C) | 58.5°F (14.7°C) |
-1.1°F (-0.6°C) | 28th Coolest | Coolest since: 1941 | 1895 |
99th Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2012 | ||||
Ties: 1904, 1912, 1937, 1979, 1988, 1996 | ||||||
Jan–May 1942 5-Month |
54.6°F (12.6°C) | 55.8°F (13.2°C) |
-1.2°F (-0.6°C) | 30th Coolest | Coolest since: 1941 | 1940 |
97th Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2012, 2017 | ||||
Ties: 1900, 1905, 1914, 1961 | ||||||
Dec 1941–May 1942 6-Month |
53.7°F (12.1°C) | 54.3°F (12.4°C) |
-0.6°F (-0.3°C) | 43rd Coolest | Coolest since: 1941 | 1940 |
83rd Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2012, 2017 | ||||
Ties: 1993 | ||||||
Nov 1941–May 1942 7-Month |
53.8°F (12.1°C) | 54.3°F (12.4°C) |
-0.5°F (-0.3°C) | 38th Coolest | Coolest since: 1941 | 1940 |
88th Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2012, 2017 | ||||
Ties: 1928, 1956, 1988, 2003 | ||||||
Oct 1941–May 1942 8-Month |
55.8°F (13.2°C) | 55.4°F (13.0°C) |
0.4°F (0.2°C) | 69th Coolest | Coolest since: 1941 | 1977 |
57th Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2017 | ||||
Ties: 1930, 1955, 1962, 1965, 1989 | ||||||
Sep 1941–May 1942 9-Month |
58.0°F (14.4°C) | 57.4°F (14.1°C) |
0.6°F (0.3°C) | 83rd Coolest | Coolest since: 1941 | 1977 |
43rd Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2017 | ||||
Ties: 1903, 1925, 1955, 1987, 2004 | ||||||
Aug 1941–May 1942 10-Month |
60.1°F (15.6°C) | 59.5°F (15.3°C) |
0.6°F (0.3°C) | 87th Coolest | Coolest since: 1941 | 1977 |
39th Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2017 | ||||
Ties: 1903, 1909, 1925, 1946, 1985 | ||||||
Jul 1941–May 1942 11-Month |
61.8°F (16.6°C) | 61.2°F (16.2°C) |
0.6°F (0.4°C) | 85th Coolest | Coolest since: 1941 | 1977 |
41st Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2017 | ||||
Ties: 1897, 1909, 1953 | ||||||
Jun 1941–May 1942 12-Month |
63.1°F (17.3°C) | 62.5°F (16.9°C) |
0.6°F (0.4°C) | 87th Coolest | Coolest since: 1941 | 1977 |
39th Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2017 | ||||
Dec 1940–May 1942 18-Month |
59.9°F (15.5°C) | 59.8°F (15.4°C) |
0.1°F (0.1°C) | 55th Coolest | Coolest since: 1941 | 1902, 1941, 1970 |
70th Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2017 | ||||
Ties: 1910, 1912, 1913, 1937, 1943, 1947, 1948, 1951, 2004, 2014, 2015 | ||||||
Jun 1940–May 1942 24-Month |
62.4°F (16.9°C) | 62.5°F (16.9°C) |
-0.1°F (0.0°C) | 41st Coolest | Coolest since: 1941 | 1978 |
84th Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2017 | ||||
Ties: 1901, 1912, 1916, 1924, 2010 | ||||||
Jun 1939–May 1942 36-Month |
61.9°F (16.6°C) | 62.5°F (16.9°C) |
-0.6°F (-0.3°C) | 17th Coolest | Coolest since: 1919 | 1970 |
107th Warmest | Warmest since: 1941 | 2018, 2019 | ||||
Ties: 1902, 1963, 1982 | ||||||
Jun 1938–May 1942 48-Month |
62.2°F (16.8°C) | 62.4°F (16.9°C) |
-0.2°F (-0.1°C) | 29th Coolest | Coolest since: 1941 | 1971 |
94th Warmest | Warmest since: 1941 | 2019, 2020 | ||||
Ties: 1917, 1921, 1931, 1941, 1943, 1960, 1985 | ||||||
Jun 1937–May 1942 60-Month |
62.4°F (16.9°C) | 62.5°F (16.9°C) |
-0.1°F (0.0°C) | 37th Coolest | Coolest since: 1921 | 1970 |
85th Warmest | Warmest since: 1941 | 2020 | ||||
Ties: 1914, 1917, 1943, 1986 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Regional Time Series, published February 2021, retrieved on March 5, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/