Climate at a Glance
Statewide 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.
Kentucky
Average Temperature Rankings, May 2016
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Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Warmest/Coolest Since |
Record |
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May 2016 1-Month |
62.9°F (17.2°C) | 64.4°F (18.0°C) |
-1.5°F (-0.8°C) | 38th Coolest | Coolest since: 2008 | 1917 |
90th Warmest | Warmest since: 2015 | 2018 | ||||
Ties: 1963 | ||||||
Apr–May 2016 2-Month |
60.1°F (15.6°C) | 59.8°F (15.4°C) |
0.3°F (0.2°C) | 65th Coolest | Coolest since: 2013 | 1907 |
63rd Warmest | Warmest since: 2015 | 1896 | ||||
Ties: 1967 | ||||||
Mar–May 2016 3-Month |
57.3°F (14.1°C) | 55.0°F (12.8°C) |
2.3°F (1.3°C) | 108th Coolest | Coolest since: 2015 | 1960 |
20th Warmest | Warmest since: 2012 | 2012 | ||||
Feb–May 2016 4-Month |
52.7°F (11.5°C) | 50.3°F (10.2°C) |
2.4°F (1.3°C) | 111th Coolest | Coolest since: 2015 | 1960 |
17th Warmest | Warmest since: 2012 | 2012 | ||||
Jan–May 2016 5-Month |
48.5°F (9.2°C) | 47.0°F (8.3°C) |
1.5°F (0.9°C) | 94th Coolest | Coolest since: 2015 | 1978 |
34th Warmest | Warmest since: 2012 | 2012 | ||||
Ties: 1898, 2007 | ||||||
Dec 2015–May 2016 6-Month |
48.5°F (9.2°C) | 45.2°F (7.3°C) |
3.3°F (1.9°C) | 122nd Coolest | Coolest since: 2015 | 1978 |
5th Warmest | Warmest since: 2012 | 2012 | ||||
Ties: 1991 | ||||||
Nov 2015–May 2016 7-Month |
48.9°F (9.4°C) | 45.3°F (7.4°C) |
3.6°F (2.0°C) | 123rd Coolest | Coolest since: 2015 | 1978 |
4th Warmest | Warmest since: 2012 | 2012 | ||||
Oct 2015–May 2016 8-Month |
50.0°F (10.0°C) | 46.7°F (8.2°C) |
3.3°F (1.8°C) | 123rd Coolest | Coolest since: 2015 | 1978 |
4th Warmest | Warmest since: 2012 | 2012, 2017 | ||||
Sep 2015–May 2016 9-Month |
52.2°F (11.2°C) | 49.1°F (9.5°C) |
3.1°F (1.7°C) | 123rd Coolest | Coolest since: 2015 | 1978 |
4th Warmest | Warmest since: 2012 | 2017 | ||||
Aug 2015–May 2016 10-Month |
54.3°F (12.4°C) | 51.7°F (10.9°C) |
2.6°F (1.5°C) | 123rd Coolest | Coolest since: 2015 | 1977 |
4th Warmest | Warmest since: 2012 | 2017 | ||||
Jul 2015–May 2016 11-Month |
56.3°F (13.5°C) | 54.0°F (12.2°C) |
2.3°F (1.3°C) | 123rd Coolest | Coolest since: 2015 | 1977 |
4th Warmest | Warmest since: 2012 | 2017 | ||||
Jun 2015–May 2016 12-Month |
57.8°F (14.3°C) | 55.5°F (13.1°C) |
2.3°F (1.2°C) | 122nd Coolest | Coolest since: 2015 | 1977 |
5th Warmest | Warmest since: 2012 | 2017 | ||||
Dec 2014–May 2016 18-Month |
53.4°F (11.9°C) | 52.1°F (11.2°C) |
1.3°F (0.7°C) | 103rd Coolest | Coolest since: 2015 | 1979 |
23rd Warmest | Warmest since: 2013 | 2017 | ||||
Ties: 1923, 1955 | ||||||
Jun 2014–May 2016 24-Month |
56.2°F (13.4°C) | 55.5°F (13.1°C) |
0.7°F (0.3°C) | 91st Coolest | Coolest since: 2015 | 1978 |
35th Warmest | Warmest since: 2013 | 2017 | ||||
Ties: 2005 | ||||||
Jun 2013–May 2016 36-Month |
55.6°F (13.1°C) | 55.5°F (13.1°C) |
0.1°F (0.0°C) | 53rd Coolest | Coolest since: 2015 | 1979 |
72nd Warmest | Warmest since: 2014 | 2018 | ||||
Ties: 1899, 1910, 1929, 1941, 1942, 1975 | ||||||
Jun 2012–May 2016 48-Month |
55.6°F (13.1°C) | 55.5°F (13.1°C) |
0.1°F (0.0°C) | 49th Coolest | Coolest since: 1998 | 1980 |
75th Warmest | Warmest since: 2015 | 2019 | ||||
Ties: 1899, 1900, 1911, 1915, 1930 | ||||||
Jun 2011–May 2016 60-Month |
56.3°F (13.5°C) | 55.5°F (13.1°C) |
0.8°F (0.4°C) | 99th Coolest | Coolest since: 2015 | 1981 |
24th Warmest | Warmest since: 2013 | 2020 | ||||
Ties: 1924, 1946, 1956, 2004, 2010 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published May 2022, retrieved on May 21, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/