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Parameter: Average Temperature Maximum Temperature Minimum Temperature Precipitation Cooling Degree Days Heating Degree Days Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI) Palmer Hydrological Drought Index (PHDI) Palmer Modified Drought Index (PMDI) Palmer Z-Index

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Average Temperature Rankings, August 1988

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Period	Value	1981-2010 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
August 1988 1-Month	79.4°F (26.3°C)	82.0°F (27.8°C)	-2.6°F (-1.5°C)	20th Coolest	Coolest since: 1974	1906
				109th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2020
	Ties: 1941
Jul–Aug 1988 2-Month	80.7°F (27.1°C)	82.8°F (28.2°C)	-2.1°F (-1.1°C)	22nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1976	1906
				107th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2020
	Ties: 1911, 1916, 1972
Jun–Aug 1988 3-Month	80.8°F (27.1°C)	82.8°F (28.2°C)	-2.0°F (-1.1°C)	26th Coolest	Coolest since: 1976	1898
				103rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2020
	Ties: 1896, 1899
May–Aug 1988 4-Month	78.6°F (25.9°C)	80.8°F (27.1°C)	-2.2°F (-1.2°C)	20th Coolest	Coolest since: 1976	1895
				109th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2020
	Ties: 1897, 1919, 1920
Apr–Aug 1988 5-Month	75.5°F (24.2°C)	77.8°F (25.4°C)	-2.3°F (-1.2°C)	20th Coolest	Coolest since: 1987	1973
				109th Warmest	Warmest since: 1986	2020
	Ties: 1938, 1968, 1976
Mar–Aug 1988 6-Month	72.1°F (22.3°C)	74.4°F (23.6°C)	-2.3°F (-1.3°C)	16th Coolest	Coolest since: 1987	1973
				113th Warmest	Warmest since: 1986	2020
	Ties: 1906, 1917
Feb–Aug 1988 7-Month	69.0°F (20.6°C)	71.1°F (21.7°C)	-2.1°F (-1.1°C)	15th Coolest	Coolest since: 1987	1973
				114th Warmest	Warmest since: 1986	2018
	Ties: 1906, 1909, 1917, 1979
Jan–Aug 1988 8-Month	65.9°F (18.8°C)	67.9°F (19.9°C)	-2.0°F (-1.1°C)	16th Coolest	Coolest since: 1987	1973
				111th Warmest	Warmest since: 1986	2018
	Ties: 1897, 1899, 1940, 1949
Dec 1987–Aug 1988 9-Month	63.3°F (17.4°C)	65.4°F (18.6°C)	-2.1°F (-1.2°C)	13th Coolest	Coolest since: 1987	1913
				113th Warmest	Warmest since: 1986	2018
	Ties: 1964
Nov 1987–Aug 1988 10-Month	62.3°F (16.8°C)	64.3°F (17.9°C)	-2.0°F (-1.1°C)	13th Coolest	Coolest since: 1987	1913
				113th Warmest	Warmest since: 1986	2018
Oct 1987–Aug 1988 11-Month	62.9°F (17.2°C)	64.4°F (18.0°C)	-1.5°F (-0.8°C)	19th Coolest	Coolest since: 1987	1913
				107th Warmest	Warmest since: 1986	2018
	Ties: 1940, 1964, 1979
Sep 1987–Aug 1988 12-Month	63.8°F (17.7°C)	65.4°F (18.6°C)	-1.6°F (-0.9°C)	19th Coolest	Coolest since: 1987	1913
				107th Warmest	Warmest since: 1986	2018
Mar 1987–Aug 1988 18-Month	66.4°F (19.1°C)	68.4°F (20.2°C)	-2.0°F (-1.1°C)	10th Coolest	Coolest since: 1977	1913
				116th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2018
	Ties: 1898
Sep 1986–Aug 1988 24-Month	63.4°F (17.4°C)	65.4°F (18.6°C)	-2.0°F (-1.2°C)	5th Coolest	Coolest since: 1914	1913
				118th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2018
Sep 1985–Aug 1988 36-Month	64.0°F (17.8°C)	65.4°F (18.6°C)	-1.4°F (-0.8°C)	13th Coolest	Coolest since: 1987	1914
				107th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2018, 2019, 2020
	Ties: 1919, 1987
Sep 1984–Aug 1988 48-Month	64.0°F (17.8°C)	65.4°F (18.6°C)	-1.4°F (-0.8°C)	12th Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1915
				105th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2020
	Ties: 1905, 1907, 1913, 1978
Sep 1983–Aug 1988 60-Month	64.2°F (17.9°C)	65.3°F (18.5°C)	-1.1°F (-0.6°C)	17th Coolest	Coolest since: 1987	1915
				97th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2020
	Ties: 1902, 1903, 1919, 1921, 1968, 1987

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: City Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 28, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/