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