Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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South Carolina
Average Temperature Rankings, May 1989
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Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2019) |
Warmest/Coolest Since |
Record |
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May 1989 1-Month |
67.4°F (19.7°C) | 70.3°F (21.3°C) |
-2.9°F (-1.6°C) | 9th Coolest | Coolest since: 1976 | 1917 |
117th Warmest | Warmest since: 1988 | 1896 | ||||
Apr–May 1989 2-Month |
64.2°F (17.9°C) | 66.1°F (18.9°C) |
-1.9°F (-1.0°C) | 13th Coolest | Coolest since: 1984 | 1961 |
113th Warmest | Warmest since: 1988 | 1896 | ||||
Ties: 1931, 1940, 1984, 1993 | ||||||
Mar–May 1989 3-Month |
61.3°F (16.3°C) | 62.1°F (16.7°C) |
-0.8°F (-0.4°C) | 37th Coolest | Coolest since: 1988 | 1960 |
89th Warmest | Warmest since: 1987 | 2012 | ||||
Ties: 1900, 1906, 1923 | ||||||
Feb–May 1989 4-Month |
58.3°F (14.6°C) | 58.2°F (14.6°C) |
0.1°F (0.0°C) | 55th Coolest | Coolest since: 1988 | 1895 |
71st Warmest | Warmest since: 1986 | 2012 | ||||
Ties: 1916, 2014 | ||||||
Jan–May 1989 5-Month |
56.4°F (13.6°C) | 55.5°F (13.1°C) |
0.9°F (0.5°C) | 77th Coolest | Coolest since: 1988 | 1940 |
49th Warmest | Warmest since: 1986 | 2017 | ||||
Ties: 2007 | ||||||
Dec 1988–May 1989 6-Month |
54.5°F (12.5°C) | 53.8°F (12.1°C) |
0.7°F (0.4°C) | 71st Coolest | Coolest since: 1988 | 1940 |
54th Warmest | Warmest since: 1985 | 2012, 2017 | ||||
Ties: 2015 | ||||||
Nov 1988–May 1989 7-Month |
54.6°F (12.6°C) | 53.8°F (12.1°C) |
0.8°F (0.5°C) | 84th Coolest | Coolest since: 1988 | 1940 |
41st Warmest | Warmest since: 1986 | 2012, 2017 | ||||
Ties: 1898, 1930, 1945, 1946 | ||||||
Oct 1988–May 1989 8-Month |
55.0°F (12.8°C) | 54.9°F (12.7°C) |
0.1°F (0.1°C) | 52nd Coolest | Coolest since: 1988 | 1904 |
73rd Warmest | Warmest since: 1987 | 2017 | ||||
Ties: 1897, 1911, 1944, 1994, 2009, 2011 | ||||||
Sep 1988–May 1989 9-Month |
57.0°F (13.9°C) | 57.0°F (13.9°C) |
0.0°F (0.0°C) | 49th Coolest | Coolest since: 1988 | 1904 |
76th Warmest | Warmest since: 1987 | 2017 | ||||
Ties: 1979 | ||||||
Aug 1988–May 1989 10-Month |
59.4°F (15.2°C) | 59.2°F (15.1°C) |
0.2°F (0.1°C) | 59th Coolest | Coolest since: 1988 | 1968, 1977 |
66th Warmest | Warmest since: 1987 | 2017 | ||||
Ties: 1938, 1947, 2003, 2015 | ||||||
Jul 1988–May 1989 11-Month |
61.2°F (16.2°C) | 61.1°F (16.2°C) |
0.1°F (0.0°C) | 55th Coolest | Coolest since: 1988 | 1968 |
70th Warmest | Warmest since: 1987 | 2017 | ||||
Ties: 1919, 1930, 1938, 1962, 1979, 1997, 2009, 2015 | ||||||
Jun 1988–May 1989 12-Month |
62.4°F (16.9°C) | 62.4°F (16.9°C) |
0.0°F (0.0°C) | 49th Coolest | Coolest since: 1988 | 1968 |
76th Warmest | Warmest since: 1987 | 2017 | ||||
Ties: 1912, 1930, 1947, 1959, 1962, 1965, 1998 | ||||||
Dec 1987–May 1989 18-Month |
59.1°F (15.1°C) | 59.5°F (15.3°C) |
-0.4°F (-0.2°C) | 31st Coolest | Coolest since: 1988 | 1902, 1905, 1970 |
93rd Warmest | Warmest since: 1987 | 2017 | ||||
Ties: 1919 | ||||||
Jun 1987–May 1989 24-Month |
62.2°F (16.8°C) | 62.4°F (16.9°C) |
-0.2°F (-0.1°C) | 35th Coolest | Coolest since: 1984 | 1969 |
89th Warmest | Warmest since: 1988 | 2017 | ||||
Ties: 1916, 1924, 1925, 1940 | ||||||
Jun 1986–May 1989 36-Month |
62.5°F (16.9°C) | 62.4°F (16.9°C) |
0.1°F (0.0°C) | 53rd Coolest | Coolest since: 1985 | 1970 |
70th Warmest | Warmest since: 1988 | 2018 | ||||
Ties: 1910, 1921, 1990 | ||||||
Jun 1985–May 1989 48-Month |
62.8°F (17.1°C) | 62.4°F (16.9°C) |
0.4°F (0.2°C) | 75th Coolest | Coolest since: 1986 | 1969, 1970 |
47th Warmest | Warmest since: 1988 | 2019 | ||||
Ties: 1899, 1924, 1925, 1927, 1930, 1932, 1939, 1947, 1951, 1954, 1976, 1999, 2004 | ||||||
Jun 1984–May 1989 60-Month |
62.8°F (17.1°C) | 62.4°F (16.9°C) |
0.4°F (0.2°C) | 75th Coolest | Coolest since: 1988 | 1970 |
46th Warmest | Warmest since: 1976 | 2019 | ||||
Ties: 1925, 1926, 1927, 1930, 1947, 2005 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published December 2019, retrieved on December 15, 2019 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/