Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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South Carolina
Average Temperature Rankings, May 1921
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Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Warmest/Coolest Since |
Record |
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May 1921 1-Month |
67.5°F (19.7°C) | 70.3°F (21.3°C) |
-2.8°F (-1.6°C) | 10th Coolest | Coolest since: 1920 | 1917 |
117th Warmest | Warmest since: 1919 | 1896 | ||||
Ties: 2005 | ||||||
Apr–May 1921 2-Month |
65.0°F (18.3°C) | 66.1°F (18.9°C) |
-1.1°F (-0.6°C) | 26th Coolest | Coolest since: 1920 | 1961 |
101st Warmest | Warmest since: 1919 | 1896 | ||||
Ties: 1917, 2007, 2013 | ||||||
Mar–May 1921 3-Month |
63.9°F (17.7°C) | 62.0°F (16.7°C) |
1.9°F (1.0°C) | 105th Coolest | Coolest since: 1920 | 1960 |
22nd Warmest | Warmest since: 1908 | 2012 | ||||
Ties: 1953, 2000 | ||||||
Feb–May 1921 4-Month |
60.1°F (15.6°C) | 58.2°F (14.6°C) |
1.9°F (1.0°C) | 104th Coolest | Coolest since: 1920 | 1895 |
23rd Warmest | Warmest since: 1918 | 2012 | ||||
Ties: 1957, 1986 | ||||||
Jan–May 1921 5-Month |
57.3°F (14.1°C) | 55.5°F (13.1°C) |
1.8°F (1.0°C) | 107th Coolest | Coolest since: 1920 | 1940 |
20th Warmest | Warmest to Date | 2017 | ||||
Ties: 2006 | ||||||
Dec 1920–May 1921 6-Month |
55.2°F (12.9°C) | 53.8°F (12.1°C) |
1.4°F (0.8°C) | 97th Coolest | Coolest since: 1920 | 1940 |
29th Warmest | Warmest since: 1913 | 2012, 2017 | ||||
Ties: 1937, 1945, 1972, 1975, 2000 | ||||||
Nov 1920–May 1921 7-Month |
54.7°F (12.6°C) | 53.8°F (12.1°C) |
0.9°F (0.5°C) | 92nd Coolest | Coolest since: 1920 | 1940 |
34th Warmest | Warmest since: 1913 | 2012, 2017 | ||||
Ties: 1907, 1937, 1938, 1952, 1975, 1976, 2004 | ||||||
Oct 1920–May 1921 8-Month |
55.7°F (13.2°C) | 54.9°F (12.7°C) |
0.8°F (0.5°C) | 86th Coolest | Coolest since: 1920 | 1904 |
40th Warmest | Warmest since: 1919 | 2017 | ||||
Ties: 1945, 1953, 2004 | ||||||
Sep 1920–May 1921 9-Month |
57.9°F (14.4°C) | 57.0°F (13.9°C) |
0.9°F (0.5°C) | 93rd Coolest | Coolest since: 1920 | 1904 |
33rd Warmest | Warmest since: 1916 | 2017 | ||||
Ties: 1907, 1909, 1942, 1945, 1946, 2007 | ||||||
Aug 1920–May 1921 10-Month |
59.9°F (15.5°C) | 59.2°F (15.1°C) |
0.7°F (0.4°C) | 88th Coolest | Coolest since: 1920 | 1968, 1977 |
38th Warmest | Warmest since: 1916 | 2017 | ||||
Ties: 1896, 1946, 1985 | ||||||
Jul 1920–May 1921 11-Month |
61.6°F (16.4°C) | 61.1°F (16.2°C) |
0.5°F (0.2°C) | 82nd Coolest | Coolest since: 1920 | 1968 |
44th Warmest | Warmest since: 1916 | 2017 | ||||
Ties: 1929, 1943, 1953 | ||||||
Jun 1920–May 1921 12-Month |
62.9°F (17.2°C) | 62.4°F (16.9°C) |
0.5°F (0.3°C) | 80th Coolest | Coolest since: 1920 | 1968 |
46th Warmest | Warmest since: 1916 | 2017 | ||||
Ties: 1909, 1923, 1954 | ||||||
Dec 1919–May 1921 18-Month |
59.3°F (15.2°C) | 59.6°F (15.3°C) |
-0.3°F (-0.1°C) | 37th Coolest | Coolest since: 1919 | 1902, 1905, 1970 |
88th Warmest | Warmest since: 1920 | 2017 | ||||
Ties: 1900, 1903, 1936, 1940, 1997 | ||||||
Jun 1919–May 1921 24-Month |
62.6°F (17.0°C) | 62.4°F (16.9°C) |
0.2°F (0.1°C) | 66th Coolest | Coolest since: 1920 | 1969 |
59th Warmest | Warmest since: 1913 | 2017 | ||||
Ties: 1930, 1937, 1972, 1988 | ||||||
Jun 1918–May 1921 36-Month |
62.5°F (16.9°C) | 62.4°F (16.9°C) |
0.1°F (0.0°C) | 53rd Coolest | Coolest since: 1920 | 1970 |
71st Warmest | Warmest since: 1913 | 2018, 2019 | ||||
Ties: 1910, 1989, 1990 | ||||||
Jun 1917–May 1921 48-Month |
62.0°F (16.7°C) | 62.4°F (16.9°C) |
-0.4°F (-0.2°C) | 26th Coolest | Coolest since: 1920 | 1969, 1970 |
97th Warmest | Warmest since: 1919 | 2019, 2020 | ||||
Ties: 1902, 1917, 1919, 1931, 1973, 1985 | ||||||
Jun 1916–May 1921 60-Month |
62.0°F (16.7°C) | 62.4°F (16.9°C) |
-0.4°F (-0.2°C) | 25th Coolest | Coolest since: 1919 | 1970 |
97th Warmest | Warmest since: 1920 | 2020 | ||||
Ties: 1907, 1961, 1985 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published February 2021, retrieved on March 4, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/