Climate at a Glance
Regional Rankings
Look up monthly rankings for 1-12, 18, 24, 36, 48, and 60-month time periods using the options below. Data and statistics are as of April 2022. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
California River Basin
Average Temperature Rankings, May 1938
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Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Warmest/Coolest Since |
Record |
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May 1938 1-Month |
61.1°F (16.2°C) | 60.7°F (15.9°C) |
0.4°F (0.3°C) | 59th Coolest | Coolest since: 1935 | 1977 |
69th Warmest | Warmest since: 1937 | 2001 | ||||
Ties: 1922, 1923, 1978 | ||||||
Apr–May 1938 2-Month |
57.4°F (14.1°C) | 57.4°F (14.1°C) |
0.0°F (0.0°C) | 61st Coolest | Coolest since: 1935 | 1967 |
67th Warmest | Warmest since: 1937 | 1992 | ||||
Ties: 1960 | ||||||
Mar–May 1938 3-Month |
53.4°F (11.9°C) | 54.5°F (12.5°C) |
-1.1°F (-0.6°C) | 36th Coolest | Coolest since: 1935 | 1917 |
92nd Warmest | Warmest since: 1937 | 1934 | ||||
Ties: 1907, 1921, 1929, 1995 | ||||||
Feb–May 1938 4-Month |
50.9°F (10.5°C) | 52.2°F (11.2°C) |
-1.3°F (-0.7°C) | 25th Coolest | Coolest since: 1933 | 1917 |
103rd Warmest | Warmest since: 1937 | 1934 | ||||
Ties: 1899, 1920, 1949, 1956, 2010 | ||||||
Jan–May 1938 5-Month |
49.6°F (9.8°C) | 50.2°F (10.1°C) |
-0.6°F (-0.3°C) | 36th Coolest | Coolest since: 1937 | 1917 |
92nd Warmest | Warmest since: 1936 | 2015 | ||||
Ties: 1901, 1920, 1923, 1956, 1982 | ||||||
Dec 1937–May 1938 6-Month |
49.1°F (9.5°C) | 49.0°F (9.4°C) |
0.1°F (0.1°C) | 60th Coolest | Coolest since: 1937 | 1917 |
67th Warmest | Warmest since: 1936 | 2015 | ||||
Ties: 1910, 2008 | ||||||
Nov 1937–May 1938 7-Month |
49.4°F (9.7°C) | 49.1°F (9.5°C) |
0.3°F (0.2°C) | 71st Coolest | Coolest since: 1937 | 1917 |
56th Warmest | Warmest since: 1936 | 2015 | ||||
Ties: 1958, 1966, 1993 | ||||||
Oct 1937–May 1938 8-Month |
50.9°F (10.5°C) | 50.5°F (10.3°C) |
0.4°F (0.2°C) | 76th Coolest | Coolest since: 1937 | 1917 |
51st Warmest | Warmest since: 1936 | 2015 | ||||
Ties: 1924, 1936, 1963, 1970 | ||||||
Sep 1937–May 1938 9-Month |
53.0°F (11.7°C) | 52.4°F (11.3°C) |
0.6°F (0.4°C) | 81st Coolest | Coolest since: 1937 | 1917 |
46th Warmest | Warmest since: 1936 | 2015 | ||||
Ties: 1905, 1941, 2005 | ||||||
Aug 1937–May 1938 10-Month |
55.2°F (12.9°C) | 54.6°F (12.6°C) |
0.6°F (0.3°C) | 84th Coolest | Coolest since: 1937 | 1917 |
43rd Warmest | Warmest since: 1936 | 2015 | ||||
Ties: 1936, 1941, 2005 | ||||||
Jul 1937–May 1938 11-Month |
57.1°F (13.9°C) | 56.4°F (13.6°C) |
0.7°F (0.3°C) | 90th Coolest | Coolest since: 1937 | 1917 |
37th Warmest | Warmest since: 1934 | 2015 | ||||
Ties: 1960, 1980, 1988, 1994, 2005 | ||||||
Jun 1937–May 1938 12-Month |
58.1°F (14.5°C) | 57.4°F (14.1°C) |
0.7°F (0.4°C) | 86th Coolest | Coolest since: 1937 | 1917 |
41st Warmest | Warmest since: 1934 | 2015 | ||||
Ties: 1930, 1987, 2008 | ||||||
Dec 1936–May 1938 18-Month |
54.2°F (12.3°C) | 54.5°F (12.5°C) |
-0.3°F (-0.2°C) | 31st Coolest | Coolest since: 1933 | 1917 |
95th Warmest | Warmest since: 1937 | 2015 | ||||
Ties: 1902, 1919, 1929, 1942, 1973, 1974 | ||||||
Jun 1936–May 1938 24-Month |
57.4°F (14.1°C) | 57.3°F (14.1°C) |
0.1°F (0.0°C) | 54th Coolest | Coolest since: 1937 | 1913, 1917 |
72nd Warmest | Warmest since: 1937 | 2015 | ||||
Ties: 1926, 1932, 1937, 1944, 1952, 1963, 1983 | ||||||
Jun 1935–May 1938 36-Month |
57.6°F (14.2°C) | 57.3°F (14.1°C) |
0.3°F (0.1°C) | 70th Coolest | Coolest since: 1937 | 1913, 1917 |
55th Warmest | Warmest since: 1936 | 2016 | ||||
Ties: 1932, 1934, 1968, 1979 | ||||||
Jun 1934–May 1938 48-Month |
57.5°F (14.2°C) | 57.3°F (14.1°C) |
0.2°F (0.1°C) | 62nd Coolest | Coolest since: 1935 | 1913 |
62nd Warmest | Warmest since: 1937 | 2016, 2017, 2018 | ||||
Ties: 1931, 1935, 1954, 1968, 1978, 1979 | ||||||
Jun 1933–May 1938 60-Month |
58.0°F (14.4°C) | 57.3°F (14.1°C) |
0.7°F (0.3°C) | 84th Coolest | Coolest since: 1937 | 1913, 1917 |
39th Warmest | Warmest to Date | 2018 | ||||
Ties: 1941, 1984 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Regional Time Series, published May 2022, retrieved on May 25, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/