Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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South Carolina
Average Temperature Rankings, May 1959
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Warmest/Coolest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
May 1959 1-Month |
72.7°F (22.6°C) | 70.3°F (21.3°C) |
2.4°F (1.3°C) | 109th Coolest | Coolest since: 1958 | 1917 |
| 18th Warmest | Warmest since: 1953 | 1896 | ||||
| Ties: 2012 | ||||||
|
Apr–May 1959 2-Month |
68.1°F (20.1°C) | 66.1°F (18.9°C) |
2.0°F (1.2°C) | 111th Coolest | Coolest since: 1958 | 1961 |
| 16th Warmest | Warmest since: 1955 | 1896 | ||||
| Ties: 1947, 1948 | ||||||
|
Mar–May 1959 3-Month |
62.5°F (16.9°C) | 62.0°F (16.7°C) |
0.5°F (0.2°C) | 73rd Coolest | Coolest since: 1958 | 1960 |
| 54th Warmest | Warmest since: 1955 | 2012 | ||||
| Ties: 1899, 1998 | ||||||
|
Feb–May 1959 4-Month |
59.1°F (15.1°C) | 58.2°F (14.6°C) |
0.9°F (0.5°C) | 83rd Coolest | Coolest since: 1958 | 1895 |
| 44th Warmest | Warmest since: 1957 | 2012 | ||||
| Ties: 1911, 1930, 1997 | ||||||
|
Jan–May 1959 5-Month |
55.9°F (13.3°C) | 55.5°F (13.1°C) |
0.4°F (0.2°C) | 70th Coolest | Coolest since: 1958 | 1940 |
| 57th Warmest | Warmest since: 1957 | 2017 | ||||
| Ties: 1965 | ||||||
|
Dec 1958–May 1959 6-Month |
53.5°F (11.9°C) | 53.8°F (12.1°C) |
-0.3°F (-0.2°C) | 48th Coolest | Coolest since: 1958 | 1940 |
| 78th Warmest | Warmest since: 1957 | 2012, 2017 | ||||
| Ties: 1956 | ||||||
|
Nov 1958–May 1959 7-Month |
54.0°F (12.2°C) | 53.8°F (12.1°C) |
0.2°F (0.1°C) | 60th Coolest | Coolest since: 1958 | 1940 |
| 66th Warmest | Warmest since: 1957 | 2012, 2017 | ||||
| Ties: 1897, 1944, 1992 | ||||||
|
Oct 1958–May 1959 8-Month |
54.8°F (12.7°C) | 54.9°F (12.7°C) |
-0.1°F (0.0°C) | 43rd Coolest | Coolest since: 1958 | 1904 |
| 83rd Warmest | Warmest since: 1957 | 2017 | ||||
| Ties: 1928, 1934, 1967, 1973, 1979, 2003, 2014 | ||||||
|
Sep 1958–May 1959 9-Month |
56.9°F (13.8°C) | 57.0°F (13.9°C) |
-0.1°F (-0.1°C) | 45th Coolest | Coolest since: 1958 | 1904 |
| 81st Warmest | Warmest since: 1957 | 2017 | ||||
| Ties: 1906, 1973, 2014 | ||||||
|
Aug 1958–May 1959 10-Month |
59.2°F (15.1°C) | 59.2°F (15.1°C) |
0.0°F (0.0°C) | 48th Coolest | Coolest since: 1958 | 1968, 1977 |
| 78th Warmest | Warmest since: 1957 | 2017 | ||||
| Ties: 1920, 1975 | ||||||
|
Jul 1958–May 1959 11-Month |
61.1°F (16.2°C) | 61.1°F (16.2°C) |
0.0°F (0.0°C) | 52nd Coolest | Coolest since: 1958 | 1968 |
| 74th Warmest | Warmest since: 1957 | 2017 | ||||
| Ties: 1911, 1947 | ||||||
|
Jun 1958–May 1959 12-Month |
62.4°F (16.9°C) | 62.4°F (16.9°C) |
0.0°F (0.0°C) | 49th Coolest | Coolest since: 1958 | 1968 |
| 77th Warmest | Warmest since: 1957 | 2017 | ||||
| Ties: 1912, 1930, 1947, 1962, 1965, 1989, 1998 | ||||||
|
Dec 1957–May 1959 18-Month |
58.6°F (14.8°C) | 59.6°F (15.3°C) |
-1.0°F (-0.5°C) | 15th Coolest | Coolest since: 1941 | 1902, 1905, 1970 |
| 110th Warmest | Warmest since: 1958 | 2017 | ||||
| Ties: 1979, 1980 | ||||||
|
Jun 1957–May 1959 24-Month |
61.6°F (16.4°C) | 62.5°F (16.9°C) |
-0.9°F (-0.5°C) | 14th Coolest | Coolest since: 1941 | 1969 |
| 111th Warmest | Warmest since: 1958 | 2017 | ||||
| Ties: 1931, 1965, 1971, 1981 | ||||||
|
Jun 1956–May 1959 36-Month |
62.3°F (16.8°C) | 62.4°F (16.9°C) |
-0.1°F (-0.1°C) | 41st Coolest | Coolest since: 1958 | 1970 |
| 83rd Warmest | Warmest since: 1957 | 2018, 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1911, 1926, 1973 | ||||||
|
Jun 1955–May 1959 48-Month |
62.2°F (16.8°C) | 62.4°F (16.9°C) |
-0.2°F (-0.1°C) | 35th Coolest | Coolest since: 1941 | 1969, 1970 |
| 88th Warmest | Warmest since: 1958 | 2019, 2020 | ||||
| Ties: 1903, 1941 | ||||||
|
Jun 1954–May 1959 60-Month |
62.5°F (16.9°C) | 62.4°F (16.9°C) |
0.1°F (0.0°C) | 48th Coolest | Coolest since: 1944 | 1970 |
| 74th Warmest | Warmest since: 1958 | 2020 | ||||
| Ties: 1911, 1913, 1940, 1941, 1943, 1974 | ||||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published February 2021, retrieved on February 28, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/