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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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Illinois, Climate Division 7. East Southeast

Average Temperature Rankings, August 1988

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
August 1988 1-Month	78.4°F (25.8°C)	74.2°F (23.4°C)	4.2°F (2.4°C)	120th Coolest	Coolest since: 1987	1915
				9th Warmest	Warmest since: 1983	1947
Jul–Aug 1988 2-Month	78.2°F (25.7°C)	75.3°F (24.1°C)	2.9°F (1.6°C)	120th Coolest	Coolest since: 1987	1915, 1967
				9th Warmest	Warmest since: 1983	1936
	Ties: 1901, 1995
Jun–Aug 1988 3-Month	76.9°F (24.9°C)	74.3°F (23.5°C)	2.6°F (1.4°C)	118th Coolest	Coolest since: 1987	1927
				11th Warmest	Warmest since: 1983	1936
	Ties: 1921, 2002, 2012
May–Aug 1988 4-Month	74.0°F (23.3°C)	71.6°F (22.0°C)	2.4°F (1.3°C)	118th Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1915
				11th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	1936
	Ties: 1953, 2007
Apr–Aug 1988 5-Month	69.9°F (21.1°C)	67.8°F (19.9°C)	2.1°F (1.2°C)	115th Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1907
				14th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2010
	Ties: 2011
Mar–Aug 1988 6-Month	65.3°F (18.5°C)	63.5°F (17.5°C)	1.8°F (1.0°C)	117th Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1960
				12th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2012
	Ties: 1954
Feb–Aug 1988 7-Month	60.0°F (15.6°C)	58.9°F (14.9°C)	1.1°F (0.7°C)	93rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1904
				36th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2012
	Ties: 1918, 2001
Jan–Aug 1988 8-Month	55.7°F (13.2°C)	55.0°F (12.8°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	79th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1978
				50th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2012
	Ties: 1935, 1992
Dec 1987–Aug 1988 9-Month	53.4°F (11.9°C)	52.3°F (11.3°C)	1.1°F (0.6°C)	90th Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1904
				38th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2012
	Ties: 1930, 1931
Nov 1987–Aug 1988 10-Month	52.8°F (11.6°C)	51.4°F (10.8°C)	1.4°F (0.8°C)	104th Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1904
				24th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2012
	Ties: 1955, 2022
Oct 1987–Aug 1988 11-Month	52.5°F (11.4°C)	51.7°F (10.9°C)	0.8°F (0.5°C)	81st Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1904
				47th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2012
	Ties: 1964
Sep 1987–Aug 1988 12-Month	53.8°F (12.1°C)	53.0°F (11.7°C)	0.8°F (0.4°C)	85th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1904
				43rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2012
	Ties: 1931, 2004
Mar 1987–Aug 1988 18-Month	57.9°F (14.4°C)	56.5°F (13.6°C)	1.4°F (0.8°C)	106th Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1904
				22nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2012
	Ties: 1914, 1939, 1942, 2008
Sep 1986–Aug 1988 24-Month	54.4°F (12.4°C)	53.1°F (11.7°C)	1.3°F (0.7°C)	108th Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1979
				19th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2017
	Ties: 1934, 1942
Sep 1985–Aug 1988 36-Month	54.3°F (12.4°C)	53.1°F (11.7°C)	1.2°F (0.7°C)	106th Coolest	Coolest since: 1987	1979
				20th Warmest	Warmest since: 1956	2018
	Ties: 1992
Sep 1984–Aug 1988 48-Month	54.0°F (12.2°C)	53.1°F (11.7°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	102nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1987	1980
				23rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	2019
	Ties: 1992, 1993, 2003
Sep 1983–Aug 1988 60-Month	53.5°F (11.9°C)	53.0°F (11.7°C)	0.5°F (0.2°C)	74th Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1906, 1981, 1982
				50th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2020
	Ties: 1939, 1941, 1946, 1950, 1994, 2015

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Divisional Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 26, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/