Contiguous U.S., Average Temperature Rankings, August 1955
1901-2000
Degrees Fahrenheit
1
73.87
72.10
1.77
113
16
1927
1983
1954
1947
top-third
2
74.16
72.86
1.30
105
24
1992
1936
1954
1937
top-third
3
71.62
71.40
0.22
61
68
1915
1936,2021
1951
1954
normal
4
69.04
68.60
0.44
76
53
1907
2018
1954
1952
normal
5
65.80
65.09
0.71
88
41
1907
2012
1953
1954
top-third
1980
6
61.51
61.16
0.35
79
50
1917
2012
1954
1949
normal
2013
7
57.16
57.25
-0.09
49
80
1917
2012
1951
1954
normal
8
53.68
53.86
-0.18
46
83
1912
2012
1951
1954
normal
1963
9
51.49
51.52
-0.03
52
76
1917
2012
1951
1954
normal
1933
10
50.74
50.54
0.20
72
56
1912
2012
1952
1954
normal
1996
11
51.10
50.86
0.24
69
59
1912
2012
1952
1954
normal
1963
12
52.38
52.03
0.35
79
49
1917
2012
1952
1954
normal
18
55.39
55.07
0.32
79
49
1917
2017
1952
1954
normal
1919
24
52.89
52.02
0.87
101
26
1918
2017
1953
1954
top-third
36
52.83
52.00
0.83
98
28
1917
2018
1954
1936
top-third
48
52.59
51.99
0.60
89
36
1920
2018
1954
1941
top-third
1988
60
52.42
51.98
0.44
81
43
1920
2020
1954
1943
normal