Contiguous U.S., Average Temperature Rankings, August 1919 1901-2000 Degrees Fahrenheit 1 72.27 72.10 0.17 71 58 1927 1983 1917 1918 normal 1896 2 73.31 72.86 0.45 82 47 1992 1936 1918 1901 normal 3 71.97 71.40 0.57 81 48 1915 1936,2021 1917 1918 normal 1932 4 68.99 68.60 0.39 74 55 1907 2018 1917 1918 normal 5 65.46 65.09 0.37 73 56 1907 2012 1918 1914 normal 1914 6 61.37 61.16 0.21 69 60 1917 2012 1917 1918 normal 7 57.21 57.25 -0.04 52 77 1917 2012 1917 1918 normal 1970 8 54.03 53.86 0.17 64 65 1912 2012 1918 1911 normal 9 51.86 51.52 0.34 75 53 1917 2012 1918 1911 normal 10 50.72 50.54 0.18 69 59 1912 2012 1918 1914 normal 2001 11 51.22 50.86 0.36 77 51 1912 2012 1918 1911 normal 12 52.11 52.03 0.08 60 68 1917 2012 1918 1914 normal 18 55.39 55.07 0.32 79 49 1917 2017 1918 1911 normal 1955 24 51.76 52.02 -0.26 36 91 1918 2017 1918 1911 bottom-third 36 51.12 52.00 -0.88 7 119 1917 2018 1918 1916 bottom-tenth 48 51.28 51.99 -0.71 8 117 1920 2018 1918 1916 bottom-tenth 60 51.22 51.98 -0.76 5 119 1920 2020 1918 1918 bottom-tenth 1918