Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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South Carolina
Average Temperature Rankings, May 1960
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Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Warmest/Coolest Since |
Record |
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May 1960 1-Month |
69.3°F (20.7°C) | 70.3°F (21.3°C) |
-1.0°F (-0.6°C) | 43rd Coolest | Coolest since: 1954 | 1917 |
84th Warmest | Warmest since: 1959 | 1896 | ||||
Ties: 1910, 1963 | ||||||
Apr–May 1960 2-Month |
66.6°F (19.2°C) | 66.1°F (18.9°C) |
0.5°F (0.3°C) | 77th Coolest | Coolest since: 1958 | 1961 |
50th Warmest | Warmest since: 1959 | 1896 | ||||
Ties: 1899, 1902, 1935, 1964, 1975, 2016 | ||||||
Mar–May 1960 3-Month |
58.5°F (14.7°C) | 62.1°F (16.7°C) |
-3.6°F (-2.0°C) | 1st Coolest | Coolest to Date | 1960 |
126th Warmest | Warmest since: 1959 | 2012 | ||||
Feb–May 1960 4-Month |
54.9°F (12.7°C) | 58.2°F (14.6°C) |
-3.3°F (-1.9°C) | 2nd Coolest | Coolest since: 1895 | 1895 |
125th Warmest | Warmest since: 1959 | 2012 | ||||
Jan–May 1960 5-Month |
52.8°F (11.6°C) | 55.5°F (13.1°C) |
-2.7°F (-1.5°C) | 6th Coolest | Coolest since: 1958 | 1940 |
121st Warmest | Warmest since: 1959 | 2017 | ||||
Dec 1959–May 1960 6-Month |
51.7°F (10.9°C) | 53.9°F (12.2°C) |
-2.2°F (-1.3°C) | 9th Coolest | Coolest since: 1958 | 1940 |
117th Warmest | Warmest since: 1959 | 2012, 2017 | ||||
Ties: 1902, 1961 | ||||||
Nov 1959–May 1960 7-Month |
51.8°F (11.0°C) | 53.7°F (12.1°C) |
-1.9°F (-1.1°C) | 9th Coolest | Coolest since: 1958 | 1940 |
117th Warmest | Warmest since: 1959 | 2012, 2017 | ||||
Ties: 1915, 1918, 1964, 1968 | ||||||
Oct 1959–May 1960 8-Month |
53.5°F (11.9°C) | 54.9°F (12.7°C) |
-1.4°F (-0.8°C) | 17th Coolest | Coolest since: 1958 | 1904 |
109th Warmest | Warmest since: 1959 | 2017 | ||||
Ties: 1926, 1963 | ||||||
Sep 1959–May 1960 9-Month |
55.7°F (13.2°C) | 57.0°F (13.9°C) |
-1.3°F (-0.7°C) | 15th Coolest | Coolest since: 1958 | 1904 |
111th Warmest | Warmest since: 1959 | 2017 | ||||
Ties: 1905, 1936, 1966 | ||||||
Aug 1959–May 1960 10-Month |
58.1°F (14.5°C) | 59.2°F (15.1°C) |
-1.1°F (-0.6°C) | 19th Coolest | Coolest since: 1958 | 1968, 1977 |
107th Warmest | Warmest since: 1959 | 2017 | ||||
Ties: 1936, 1982 | ||||||
Jul 1959–May 1960 11-Month |
60.0°F (15.6°C) | 61.1°F (16.2°C) |
-1.1°F (-0.6°C) | 18th Coolest | Coolest since: 1958 | 1968 |
108th Warmest | Warmest since: 1959 | 2017 | ||||
Ties: 1936 | ||||||
Jun 1959–May 1960 12-Month |
61.4°F (16.3°C) | 62.4°F (16.9°C) |
-1.0°F (-0.6°C) | 17th Coolest | Coolest since: 1958 | 1968 |
109th Warmest | Warmest since: 1959 | 2017 | ||||
Ties: 1951, 1980 | ||||||
Dec 1958–May 1960 18-Month |
58.8°F (14.9°C) | 59.6°F (15.3°C) |
-0.8°F (-0.4°C) | 20th Coolest | Coolest since: 1959 | 1902, 1905, 1970 |
105th Warmest | Warmest since: 1958 | 2017 | ||||
Ties: 1931, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1981, 1984 | ||||||
Jun 1958–May 1960 24-Month |
61.9°F (16.6°C) | 62.4°F (16.9°C) |
-0.5°F (-0.3°C) | 26th Coolest | Coolest since: 1959 | 1969 |
99th Warmest | Warmest since: 1958 | 2017 | ||||
Ties: 1979, 1980, 1982 | ||||||
Jun 1957–May 1960 36-Month |
61.5°F (16.4°C) | 62.4°F (16.9°C) |
-0.9°F (-0.5°C) | 9th Coolest | Coolest since: 1906 | 1970 |
115th Warmest | Warmest since: 1959 | 2018, 2019 | ||||
Ties: 1904, 1964, 1965 | ||||||
Jun 1956–May 1960 48-Month |
62.1°F (16.7°C) | 62.4°F (16.9°C) |
-0.3°F (-0.2°C) | 33rd Coolest | Coolest since: 1931 | 1969, 1970 |
90th Warmest | Warmest since: 1959 | 2019, 2020 | ||||
Ties: 1915 | ||||||
Jun 1955–May 1960 60-Month |
62.1°F (16.7°C) | 62.4°F (16.9°C) |
-0.3°F (-0.2°C) | 29th Coolest | Coolest since: 1921 | 1970 |
93rd Warmest | Warmest since: 1959 | 2020 | ||||
Ties: 1915, 1920, 1978 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published January 2021, retrieved on January 28, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/