Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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Alabama
Average Temperature Rankings, May 1981
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Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Warmest/Coolest Since |
Record |
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May 1981 1-Month |
67.3°F (19.6°C) | 70.7°F (21.5°C) |
-3.4°F (-1.9°C) | 6th Coolest | Coolest since: 1976 | 1976 |
122nd Warmest | Warmest since: 1980 | 1899 | ||||
Ties: 1924 | ||||||
Apr–May 1981 2-Month |
67.0°F (19.4°C) | 66.7°F (19.3°C) |
0.3°F (0.1°C) | 73rd Coolest | Coolest since: 1980 | 1997 |
55th Warmest | Warmest since: 1977 | 1896 | ||||
Ties: 1942, 1958, 2000 | ||||||
Mar–May 1981 3-Month |
62.1°F (16.7°C) | 62.9°F (17.2°C) |
-0.8°F (-0.5°C) | 35th Coolest | Coolest since: 1980 | 1960 |
93rd Warmest | Warmest since: 1979 | 2012 | ||||
Ties: 1962, 1976 | ||||||
Feb–May 1981 4-Month |
58.4°F (14.7°C) | 59.2°F (15.1°C) |
-0.8°F (-0.4°C) | 38th Coolest | Coolest since: 1980 | 1960 |
90th Warmest | Warmest since: 1977 | 2012 | ||||
Ties: 1899, 1902, 1970 | ||||||
Jan–May 1981 5-Month |
54.6°F (12.6°C) | 56.3°F (13.5°C) |
-1.7°F (-0.9°C) | 21st Coolest | Coolest since: 1980 | 1940, 1978 |
107th Warmest | Warmest since: 1980 | 2012 | ||||
Ties: 1977, 1980 | ||||||
Dec 1980–May 1981 6-Month |
53.0°F (11.7°C) | 54.7°F (12.6°C) |
-1.7°F (-0.9°C) | 17th Coolest | Coolest since: 1979 | 1978 |
110th Warmest | Warmest since: 1980 | 2012 | ||||
Ties: 1901, 1915, 1971 | ||||||
Nov 1980–May 1981 7-Month |
52.9°F (11.6°C) | 54.6°F (12.6°C) |
-1.7°F (-1.0°C) | 19th Coolest | Coolest since: 1978 | 1940 |
108th Warmest | Warmest since: 1980 | 2017 | ||||
Ties: 1899, 1915, 1961 | ||||||
Oct 1980–May 1981 8-Month |
53.8°F (12.1°C) | 55.7°F (13.2°C) |
-1.9°F (-1.1°C) | 9th Coolest | Coolest since: 1978 | 1977 |
118th Warmest | Warmest since: 1980 | 2017 | ||||
Ties: 1902, 1960, 2010 | ||||||
Sep 1980–May 1981 9-Month |
56.5°F (13.6°C) | 57.8°F (14.3°C) |
-1.3°F (-0.7°C) | 20th Coolest | Coolest since: 1980 | 1977 |
107th Warmest | Warmest since: 1979 | 2017 | ||||
Ties: 1971, 2014 | ||||||
Aug 1980–May 1981 10-Month |
59.0°F (15.0°C) | 60.0°F (15.6°C) |
-1.0°F (-0.6°C) | 25th Coolest | Coolest since: 1980 | 1977 |
102nd Warmest | Warmest since: 1979 | 2017 | ||||
Ties: 1924, 1983, 1988 | ||||||
Jul 1980–May 1981 11-Month |
61.1°F (16.2°C) | 61.8°F (16.6°C) |
-0.7°F (-0.4°C) | 30th Coolest | Coolest since: 1980 | 1977 |
97th Warmest | Warmest since: 1979 | 2017 | ||||
Ties: 1905, 1963, 1973 | ||||||
Jun 1980–May 1981 12-Month |
62.5°F (16.9°C) | 63.1°F (17.3°C) |
-0.6°F (-0.4°C) | 32nd Coolest | Coolest since: 1980 | 1977 |
95th Warmest | Warmest since: 1979 | 2017 | ||||
Ties: 1905, 1941, 1998 | ||||||
Dec 1979–May 1981 18-Month |
59.3°F (15.2°C) | 60.2°F (15.7°C) |
-0.9°F (-0.5°C) | 16th Coolest | Coolest since: 1980 | 1977 |
110th Warmest | Warmest since: 1976 | 2017 | ||||
Ties: 1904, 1905 | ||||||
Jun 1979–May 1981 24-Month |
62.0°F (16.7°C) | 63.1°F (17.3°C) |
-1.1°F (-0.6°C) | 9th Coolest | Coolest since: 1978 | 1978 |
117th Warmest | Warmest since: 1980 | 2017 | ||||
Ties: 1959, 1964 | ||||||
Jun 1978–May 1981 36-Month |
62.3°F (16.8°C) | 63.1°F (17.3°C) |
-0.8°F (-0.5°C) | 13th Coolest | Coolest since: 1980 | 1970 |
112th Warmest | Warmest since: 1976 | 2018, 2019 | ||||
Ties: 1906, 1962, 1966, 1982, 1985 | ||||||
Jun 1977–May 1981 48-Month |
62.0°F (16.7°C) | 63.0°F (17.2°C) |
-1.0°F (-0.5°C) | 7th Coolest | Coolest since: 1980 | 1971 |
117th Warmest | Warmest since: 1977 | 2019, 2020 | ||||
Ties: 1961 | ||||||
Jun 1976–May 1981 60-Month |
61.7°F (16.5°C) | 63.1°F (17.3°C) |
-1.4°F (-0.8°C) | 4th Coolest | Coolest since: 1980 | 1971 |
119th Warmest | Warmest since: 1979 | 2020 | ||||
Ties: 1979 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published May 2022, retrieved on May 23, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/