Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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Mississippi
Average Temperature Rankings, May 1987
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Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Warmest/Coolest Since |
Record |
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May 1987 1-Month |
74.5°F (23.6°C) | 71.3°F (21.8°C) |
3.2°F (1.8°C) | 118th Coolest | Coolest since: 1986 | 1976 |
9th Warmest | Warmest since: 1962 | 1896 | ||||
Apr–May 1987 2-Month |
67.8°F (19.9°C) | 67.4°F (19.7°C) |
0.4°F (0.2°C) | 74th Coolest | Coolest since: 1984 | 1907 |
53rd Warmest | Warmest since: 1986 | 1896 | ||||
Ties: 1935, 1949, 2000, 2016 | ||||||
Mar–May 1987 3-Month |
63.7°F (17.6°C) | 63.5°F (17.5°C) |
0.2°F (0.1°C) | 70th Coolest | Coolest since: 1984 | 1931 |
57th Warmest | Warmest since: 1986 | 2012 | ||||
Ties: 1939, 1944, 1998 | ||||||
Feb–May 1987 4-Month |
60.2°F (15.7°C) | 59.7°F (15.4°C) |
0.5°F (0.3°C) | 74th Coolest | Coolest since: 1985 | 1960 |
53rd Warmest | Warmest since: 1986 | 2012 | ||||
Ties: 1963 | ||||||
Jan–May 1987 5-Month |
56.7°F (13.7°C) | 56.8°F (13.8°C) |
-0.1°F (-0.1°C) | 53rd Coolest | Coolest since: 1985 | 1978 |
74th Warmest | Warmest since: 1986 | 2012 | ||||
Ties: 1904, 1965, 2001 | ||||||
Dec 1986–May 1987 6-Month |
54.8°F (12.7°C) | 55.1°F (12.8°C) |
-0.3°F (-0.1°C) | 50th Coolest | Coolest since: 1984 | 1978 |
76th Warmest | Warmest since: 1986 | 2017 | ||||
Nov 1986–May 1987 7-Month |
55.2°F (12.9°C) | 55.0°F (12.8°C) |
0.2°F (0.1°C) | 65th Coolest | Coolest since: 1985 | 1940, 1978 |
61st Warmest | Warmest since: 1986 | 2017 | ||||
Ties: 1920 | ||||||
Oct 1986–May 1987 8-Month |
56.4°F (13.6°C) | 56.2°F (13.4°C) |
0.2°F (0.2°C) | 72nd Coolest | Coolest since: 1984 | 1977 |
54th Warmest | Warmest since: 1986 | 2017 | ||||
Ties: 1948, 1990, 2009 | ||||||
Sep 1986–May 1987 9-Month |
58.7°F (14.8°C) | 58.2°F (14.6°C) |
0.5°F (0.2°C) | 81st Coolest | Coolest since: 1985 | 1977 |
45th Warmest | Warmest since: 1986 | 2017 | ||||
Ties: 1897, 1929, 1948, 1954, 1985 | ||||||
Aug 1986–May 1987 10-Month |
60.8°F (16.0°C) | 60.5°F (15.8°C) |
0.3°F (0.2°C) | 76th Coolest | Coolest since: 1985 | 1977 |
50th Warmest | Warmest since: 1986 | 2017 | ||||
Ties: 1896, 1928, 1933, 1954, 1956 | ||||||
Jul 1986–May 1987 11-Month |
62.8°F (17.1°C) | 62.3°F (16.8°C) |
0.5°F (0.3°C) | 82nd Coolest | Coolest since: 1986 | 1977 |
44th Warmest | Warmest since: 1986 | 2017 | ||||
Ties: 1903, 1933, 1946, 1986, 2007 | ||||||
Jun 1986–May 1987 12-Month |
64.2°F (17.9°C) | 63.7°F (17.6°C) |
0.5°F (0.3°C) | 84th Coolest | Coolest since: 1986 | 1977 |
42nd Warmest | Warmest since: 1974 | 2017 | ||||
Ties: 1921, 1953, 1995, 2005, 2018 | ||||||
Dec 1985–May 1987 18-Month |
61.1°F (16.2°C) | 60.8°F (16.0°C) |
0.3°F (0.2°C) | 74th Coolest | Coolest since: 1985 | 1977 |
51st Warmest | Warmest since: 1986 | 2017 | ||||
Ties: 1937, 1951, 2003, 2005, 2009 | ||||||
Jun 1985–May 1987 24-Month |
64.1°F (17.8°C) | 63.6°F (17.6°C) |
0.5°F (0.2°C) | 83rd Coolest | Coolest since: 1986 | 1978 |
42nd Warmest | Warmest since: 1957 | 2017 | ||||
Ties: 1897, 1907, 1910, 1912, 1920, 1943, 2001 | ||||||
Jun 1984–May 1987 36-Month |
64.0°F (17.8°C) | 63.7°F (17.6°C) |
0.3°F (0.2°C) | 77th Coolest | Coolest since: 1986 | 1970 |
47th Warmest | Warmest since: 1974 | 2018 | ||||
Ties: 2002 | ||||||
Jun 1983–May 1987 48-Month |
63.5°F (17.5°C) | 63.6°F (17.6°C) |
-0.1°F (-0.1°C) | 42nd Coolest | Coolest since: 1986 | 1971, 1980 |
81st Warmest | Warmest since: 1975 | 2019 | ||||
Ties: 1920, 1931, 1941, 1993, 1994 | ||||||
Jun 1982–May 1987 60-Month |
63.3°F (17.4°C) | 63.6°F (17.6°C) |
-0.3°F (-0.2°C) | 29th Coolest | Coolest since: 1986 | 1980 |
93rd Warmest | Warmest since: 1976 | 2020 | ||||
Ties: 1918, 1919, 1988 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published January 2021, retrieved on January 22, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/