Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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Alabama
Average Temperature Rankings, May 2018
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Warmest/Coolest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
May 2018 1-Month |
74.4°F (23.6°C) | 70.7°F (21.5°C) |
3.7°F (2.1°C) | 120th Coolest | Coolest since: 2017 | 1976 |
| 7th Warmest | Warmest since: 1962 | 1899 | ||||
|
Apr–May 2018 2-Month |
66.9°F (19.4°C) | 66.7°F (19.3°C) |
0.2°F (0.1°C) | 68th Coolest | Coolest since: 2016 | 1997 |
| 59th Warmest | Warmest since: 2017 | 1896 | ||||
| Ties: 1936, 1945, 1969, 1974, 1978, 1986, 2004, 2016 | ||||||
|
Mar–May 2018 3-Month |
63.1°F (17.3°C) | 62.9°F (17.2°C) |
0.2°F (0.1°C) | 74th Coolest | Coolest since: 2014 | 1960 |
| 53rd Warmest | Warmest since: 2017 | 2012 | ||||
| Ties: 1939, 1970, 1986, 1987, 1999 | ||||||
|
Feb–May 2018 4-Month |
61.8°F (16.6°C) | 59.1°F (15.1°C) |
2.7°F (1.5°C) | 118th Coolest | Coolest since: 2016 | 1960 |
| 9th Warmest | Warmest since: 2017 | 2012 | ||||
| Ties: 1922, 1955 | ||||||
|
Jan–May 2018 5-Month |
57.5°F (14.2°C) | 56.3°F (13.5°C) |
1.2°F (0.7°C) | 92nd Coolest | Coolest since: 2016 | 1940, 1978 |
| 35th Warmest | Warmest since: 2017 | 2012 | ||||
| Ties: 1896 | ||||||
|
Dec 2017–May 2018 6-Month |
55.8°F (13.2°C) | 54.7°F (12.6°C) |
1.1°F (0.6°C) | 92nd Coolest | Coolest since: 2015 | 1978 |
| 34th Warmest | Warmest since: 2017 | 2012 | ||||
| Ties: 1898, 1934, 2002, 2006 | ||||||
|
Nov 2017–May 2018 7-Month |
55.7°F (13.2°C) | 54.5°F (12.5°C) |
1.2°F (0.7°C) | 96th Coolest | Coolest since: 2015 | 1940 |
| 30th Warmest | Warmest since: 2017 | 2017 | ||||
| Ties: 1916, 1921, 1933 | ||||||
|
Oct 2017–May 2018 8-Month |
57.0°F (13.9°C) | 55.7°F (13.2°C) |
1.3°F (0.7°C) | 102nd Coolest | Coolest since: 2015 | 1977 |
| 24th Warmest | Warmest since: 2017 | 2017 | ||||
| Ties: 1898, 1916, 1920 | ||||||
|
Sep 2017–May 2018 9-Month |
58.8°F (14.9°C) | 57.8°F (14.3°C) |
1.0°F (0.6°C) | 94th Coolest | Coolest since: 2015 | 1977 |
| 32nd Warmest | Warmest since: 2017 | 2017 | ||||
| Ties: 1909, 1945, 1952 | ||||||
|
Aug 2017–May 2018 10-Month |
60.8°F (16.0°C) | 60.0°F (15.6°C) |
0.8°F (0.4°C) | 91st Coolest | Coolest since: 2015 | 1977 |
| 35th Warmest | Warmest since: 2017 | 2017 | ||||
| Ties: 1921, 1929, 1938, 1945, 1995 | ||||||
|
Jul 2017–May 2018 11-Month |
62.6°F (17.0°C) | 61.8°F (16.6°C) |
0.8°F (0.4°C) | 93rd Coolest | Coolest since: 2015 | 1977 |
| 33rd Warmest | Warmest since: 2017 | 2017 | ||||
| Ties: 1929, 1933, 1972 | ||||||
|
Jun 2017–May 2018 12-Month |
63.7°F (17.6°C) | 63.1°F (17.3°C) |
0.6°F (0.3°C) | 86th Coolest | Coolest since: 2015 | 1977 |
| 40th Warmest | Warmest since: 2017 | 2017 | ||||
| Ties: 1921, 1929, 1946 | ||||||
|
Dec 2016–May 2018 18-Month |
62.1°F (16.7°C) | 60.3°F (15.7°C) |
1.8°F (1.0°C) | 121st Coolest | Coolest since: 2016 | 1977 |
| 4th Warmest | Warmest since: 2017 | 2017 | ||||
| Ties: 1950, 1999 | ||||||
|
Jun 2016–May 2018 24-Month |
65.2°F (18.4°C) | 63.0°F (17.2°C) |
2.2°F (1.2°C) | 123rd Coolest | Coolest since: 2016 | 1978 |
| 2nd Warmest | Warmest since: 2017 | 2017 | ||||
| Ties: 2020 | ||||||
|
Jun 2015–May 2018 36-Month |
65.2°F (18.4°C) | 63.1°F (17.3°C) |
2.1°F (1.1°C) | 123rd Coolest | Coolest since: 2017 | 1970 |
| 1st Warmest | Warmest to Date | 2018, 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 2019 | ||||||
|
Jun 2014–May 2018 48-Month |
64.6°F (18.1°C) | 63.0°F (17.2°C) |
1.6°F (0.9°C) | 120th Coolest | Coolest since: 2017 | 1971 |
| 3rd Warmest | Warmest since: 1935 | 2019, 2020 | ||||
| Ties: 1935 | ||||||
|
Jun 2013–May 2018 60-Month |
64.1°F (17.8°C) | 63.1°F (17.3°C) |
1.0°F (0.5°C) | 117th Coolest | Coolest since: 2017 | 1971 |
| 5th Warmest | Warmest since: 1936 | 2020 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published August 2020, retrieved on August 11, 2020 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/