Contiguous U.S. August 2003 Average Temperature Rankings
1901-2000
Degrees Fahrenheit
1
74.66
72.10
2.56
126
4
1927
1983
2002
1983
top-tenth
1937
2
75.07
72.86
2.21
124
6
1992
1936
2002
1936
top-tenth
3
72.73
71.40
1.33
111
19
1915
1936,2021
2001
2002
top-third
4
69.79
68.60
1.19
112
18
1907
2018
2002
2001
top-third
5
66.21
65.09
1.12
107
23
1907
2012
1999
2002
top-third
6
62.39
61.16
1.23
106
24
1917
2012
2002
2001
top-third
1925
7
58.16
57.25
0.91
96
34
1917
2012
1997
2002
top-third
8
54.99
53.86
1.13
100
30
1912
2012
1997
2002
top-third
9
52.78
51.52
1.26
106
23
1917
2012
2001
2002
top-third
10
51.70
50.54
1.16
106
23
1912
2012
2001
2002
top-third
11
51.71
50.86
0.85
100
29
1912
2012
2001
2002
top-third
2011
12
52.97
52.03
0.94
102
27
1917
2012
2001
2002
top-third
18
55.98
55.07
0.91
101
28
1917
2017
2001
2002
top-third
24
53.42
52.02
1.40
113
15
1918
2017
2002
2001
top-third
36
53.05
52.00
1.05
105
22
1917
2018
1998
2002
top-third
48
53.44
51.99
1.45
109
17
1920
2018
1999
2002
top-third
60
53.55
51.98
1.57
114
11
1920
2020
2001
2002
top-tenth