Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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Kansas
Average Temperature Rankings, May 1972
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Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Warmest/Coolest Since |
Record |
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May 1972 1-Month |
62.8°F (17.1°C) | 63.4°F (17.4°C) |
-0.6°F (-0.3°C) | 54th Coolest | Coolest since: 1971 | 1917 |
73rd Warmest | Warmest since: 1970 | 1962, 2018 | ||||
Ties: 1908, 1938 | ||||||
Apr–May 1972 2-Month |
58.8°F (14.9°C) | 58.5°F (14.7°C) |
0.3°F (0.2°C) | 62nd Coolest | Coolest since: 1971 | 1907 |
65th Warmest | Warmest since: 1970 | 2012 | ||||
Ties: 1943 | ||||||
Mar–May 1972 3-Month |
55.1°F (12.8°C) | 53.1°F (11.7°C) |
2.0°F (1.1°C) | 103rd Coolest | Coolest since: 1971 | 1924 |
24th Warmest | Warmest since: 1967 | 2012 | ||||
Ties: 1895, 1939, 1967, 1994 | ||||||
Feb–May 1972 4-Month |
50.0°F (10.0°C) | 48.3°F (9.1°C) |
1.7°F (0.9°C) | 101st Coolest | Coolest since: 1971 | 1899 |
26th Warmest | Warmest since: 1967 | 2012 | ||||
Ties: 1967 | ||||||
Jan–May 1972 5-Month |
45.4°F (7.4°C) | 44.3°F (6.8°C) |
1.1°F (0.6°C) | 86th Coolest | Coolest since: 1971 | 1912 |
41st Warmest | Warmest since: 1967 | 2012 | ||||
Dec 1971–May 1972 6-Month |
43.6°F (6.4°C) | 42.2°F (5.7°C) |
1.4°F (0.7°C) | 94th Coolest | Coolest since: 1971 | 1912 |
32nd Warmest | Warmest since: 1967 | 2012 | ||||
Ties: 1935, 1967, 1974, 2003 | ||||||
Nov 1971–May 1972 7-Month |
43.5°F (6.4°C) | 42.1°F (5.6°C) |
1.4°F (0.8°C) | 94th Coolest | Coolest since: 1971 | 1912 |
32nd Warmest | Warmest since: 1967 | 2012 | ||||
Ties: 1896, 1932, 1938, 2003 | ||||||
Oct 1971–May 1972 8-Month |
45.4°F (7.4°C) | 43.9°F (6.6°C) |
1.5°F (0.8°C) | 100th Coolest | Coolest since: 1971 | 1899, 1912 |
26th Warmest | Warmest since: 1964 | 2012 | ||||
Ties: 1963, 2018 | ||||||
Sep 1971–May 1972 9-Month |
47.9°F (8.8°C) | 46.7°F (8.2°C) |
1.2°F (0.6°C) | 99th Coolest | Coolest since: 1971 | 1899 |
27th Warmest | Warmest since: 1964 | 2016 | ||||
Ties: 1938, 1941 | ||||||
Aug 1971–May 1972 10-Month |
50.7°F (10.4°C) | 49.8°F (9.9°C) |
0.9°F (0.5°C) | 97th Coolest | Coolest since: 1971 | 1899 |
29th Warmest | Warmest since: 1964 | 2012 | ||||
Ties: 1908, 1923, 1963, 2015 | ||||||
Jul 1971–May 1972 11-Month |
53.0°F (11.7°C) | 52.4°F (11.3°C) |
0.6°F (0.4°C) | 86th Coolest | Coolest since: 1971 | 1899 |
40th Warmest | Warmest since: 1967 | 2012 | ||||
Ties: 1902, 1923, 1931, 1948, 1967, 1998 | ||||||
Jun 1971–May 1972 12-Month |
55.0°F (12.8°C) | 54.2°F (12.3°C) |
0.8°F (0.5°C) | 93rd Coolest | Coolest since: 1971 | 1899 |
33rd Warmest | Warmest since: 1964 | 2012 | ||||
Ties: 1921, 1946, 1974, 2005, 2013 | ||||||
Dec 1970–May 1972 18-Month |
50.4°F (10.2°C) | 50.1°F (10.1°C) |
0.3°F (0.1°C) | 73rd Coolest | Coolest since: 1971 | 1899, 1913 |
52nd Warmest | Warmest since: 1967 | 2017 | ||||
Ties: 1898, 1914, 1943, 1998 | ||||||
Jun 1970–May 1972 24-Month |
54.2°F (12.3°C) | 54.2°F (12.3°C) |
0.0°F (0.0°C) | 66th Coolest | Coolest since: 1971 | 1905, 1994 |
59th Warmest | Warmest since: 1967 | 2017 | ||||
Ties: 1901, 1976, 1996 | ||||||
Jun 1969–May 1972 36-Month |
54.0°F (12.2°C) | 54.1°F (12.3°C) |
-0.1°F (-0.1°C) | 49th Coolest | Coolest since: 1971 | 1905 |
75th Warmest | Warmest since: 1967 | 2018 | ||||
Ties: 1910, 1921, 1949, 1978, 1996 | ||||||
Jun 1968–May 1972 48-Month |
53.7°F (12.1°C) | 54.1°F (12.3°C) |
-0.4°F (-0.2°C) | 33rd Coolest | Coolest since: 1971 | 1906 |
90th Warmest | Warmest since: 1969 | 1935, 2018 | ||||
Ties: 1909, 1910, 1960, 1969, 1997 | ||||||
Jun 1967–May 1972 60-Month |
53.6°F (12.0°C) | 54.1°F (12.3°C) |
-0.5°F (-0.3°C) | 22nd Coolest | Coolest since: 1971 | 1907 |
100th Warmest | Warmest since: 1970 | 1935, 2006, 2016 | ||||
Ties: 1904, 1930, 1963, 1980 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published February 2021, retrieved on February 25, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/