Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
Look up monthly rankings for 1-12, 18, 24, 36, 48, and 60-month time periods using the options below. Data and statistics are as of December 2020. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
Alaska
Average Temperature Rankings, May 2016
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Period | Value | 1925-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1925-2020) |
Warmest/Coolest Since |
Record |
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May 2016 1-Month |
44.0°F (6.7°C) | 37.8°F (3.2°C) |
6.2°F (3.5°C) | 95th Coolest | Coolest since: 2014 | 1964 |
2nd Warmest | Warmest since: 2015 | 2015 | ||||
Apr–May 2016 2-Month |
38.6°F (3.7°C) | 30.5°F (-0.8°C) |
8.1°F (4.5°C) | 96th Coolest | Coolest since: 2015 | 1985 |
1st Warmest | Warmest to Date | 2016 | ||||
Mar–May 2016 3-Month |
32.0°F (0.0°C) | 24.0°F (-4.4°C) |
8.0°F (4.4°C) | 95th Coolest | Coolest since: 2015 | 1972 |
2nd Warmest | Warmest to Date | 2019 | ||||
Feb–May 2016 4-Month |
28.3°F (-2.1°C) | 19.2°F (-7.1°C) |
9.1°F (5.0°C) | 95th Coolest | Coolest since: 2015 | 1972 |
2nd Warmest | Warmest to Date | 2019 | ||||
Jan–May 2016 5-Month |
26.1°F (-3.3°C) | 15.8°F (-9.0°C) |
10.3°F (5.7°C) | 96th Coolest | Coolest since: 2015 | 1971 |
1st Warmest | Warmest to Date | 2016 | ||||
Dec 2015–May 2016 6-Month |
23.1°F (-4.9°C) | 13.8°F (-10.1°C) |
9.3°F (5.2°C) | 95th Coolest | Coolest since: 2015 | 1971 |
1st Warmest | Warmest to Date | 2016 | ||||
Nov 2015–May 2016 7-Month |
22.3°F (-5.4°C) | 13.5°F (-10.3°C) |
8.8°F (4.9°C) | 95th Coolest | Coolest since: 2015 | 1972 |
1st Warmest | Warmest to Date | 2016 | ||||
Oct 2015–May 2016 8-Month |
23.4°F (-4.8°C) | 14.9°F (-9.5°C) |
8.5°F (4.7°C) | 95th Coolest | Coolest since: 2015 | 1971 |
1st Warmest | Warmest to Date | 2016 | ||||
Sep 2015–May 2016 9-Month |
25.2°F (-3.8°C) | 17.9°F (-7.8°C) |
7.3°F (4.0°C) | 94th Coolest | Coolest since: 2015 | 1971 |
2nd Warmest | Warmest to Date | 2019 | ||||
Aug 2015–May 2016 10-Month |
27.6°F (-2.4°C) | 21.0°F (-6.1°C) |
6.6°F (3.7°C) | 94th Coolest | Coolest since: 2015 | 1971 |
2nd Warmest | Warmest to Date | 2019 | ||||
Jul 2015–May 2016 11-Month |
30.0°F (-1.1°C) | 23.9°F (-4.5°C) |
6.1°F (3.4°C) | 94th Coolest | Coolest since: 2015 | 1971 |
2nd Warmest | Warmest to Date | 2019 | ||||
Jun 2015–May 2016 12-Month |
31.9°F (-0.1°C) | 26.0°F (-3.3°C) |
5.9°F (3.2°C) | 95th Coolest | Coolest since: 2015 | 1971 |
1st Warmest | Warmest to Date | 2016, 2019 | ||||
Ties: 2019 | ||||||
Dec 2014–May 2016 18-Month |
28.1°F (-2.2°C) | 21.9°F (-5.6°C) |
6.2°F (3.4°C) | 94th Coolest | Coolest since: 2015 | 1972 |
1st Warmest | Warmest to Date | 2016, 2019 | ||||
Ties: 2019 | ||||||
Jun 2014–May 2016 24-Month |
31.1°F (-0.5°C) | 26.0°F (-3.3°C) |
5.1°F (2.8°C) | 93rd Coolest | Coolest since: 2015 | 1972 |
2nd Warmest | Warmest to Date | 2019 | ||||
Jun 2013–May 2016 36-Month |
30.8°F (-0.7°C) | 25.9°F (-3.4°C) |
4.9°F (2.7°C) | 93rd Coolest | Coolest since: 2015 | 1973 |
1st Warmest | Warmest to Date | 2016 | ||||
Jun 2012–May 2016 48-Month |
29.4°F (-1.4°C) | 25.9°F (-3.4°C) |
3.5°F (2.0°C) | 88th Coolest | Coolest since: 2015 | 1974 |
5th Warmest | Warmest to Date | 2019 | ||||
Jun 2011–May 2016 60-Month |
28.6°F (-1.9°C) | 25.9°F (-3.4°C) |
2.7°F (1.5°C) | 86th Coolest | Coolest since: 2015 | 1975 |
6th Warmest | Warmest since: 2007 | 2019 | ||||
Ties: 2006, 2007 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published January 2021, retrieved on January 18, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/