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Look up monthly rankings for 1-12, 18, 24, 36, 48, and 60-month time periods using the options below. Data and statistics are as of August 2022. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.

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

Year: 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

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Average Temperature Rankings, August 1920

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
August 1920 1-Month	70.63°F (21.46°C)	72.10°F (22.28°C)	-1.47°F (-0.82°C)	9th Coolest	Coolest since: 1915	1927
				120th Warmest	Warmest since: 1919	1983
Jul–Aug 1920 2-Month	71.66°F (22.03°C)	72.85°F (22.69°C)	-1.19°F (-0.66°C)	10th Coolest	Coolest since: 1915	1992
				119th Warmest	Warmest since: 1919	1936
	Ties: 1907
Jun–Aug 1920 3-Month	70.23°F (21.24°C)	71.40°F (21.89°C)	-1.17°F (-0.65°C)	11th Coolest	Coolest since: 1915	1915
				118th Warmest	Warmest since: 1919	1936, 2021
May–Aug 1920 4-Month	67.50°F (19.72°C)	68.60°F (20.33°C)	-1.10°F (-0.61°C)	13th Coolest	Coolest since: 1917	1907
				116th Warmest	Warmest since: 1919	2018
Apr–Aug 1920 5-Month	63.36°F (17.42°C)	65.09°F (18.38°C)	-1.73°F (-0.96°C)	3rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1917	1907
				126th Warmest	Warmest since: 1919	2012
Mar–Aug 1920 6-Month	59.51°F (15.28°C)	61.16°F (16.20°C)	-1.65°F (-0.92°C)	5th Coolest	Coolest since: 1917	1917
				124th Warmest	Warmest since: 1919	2012
Feb–Aug 1920 7-Month	55.82°F (13.23°C)	57.25°F (14.03°C)	-1.43°F (-0.80°C)	7th Coolest	Coolest since: 1917	1917
				122nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1919	2012
Jan–Aug 1920 8-Month	52.50°F (11.39°C)	53.86°F (12.14°C)	-1.36°F (-0.75°C)	8th Coolest	Coolest since: 1917	1912
				121st Warmest	Warmest since: 1919	2012
Dec 1919–Aug 1920 9-Month	49.86°F (9.92°C)	51.51°F (10.84°C)	-1.65°F (-0.92°C)	6th Coolest	Coolest since: 1917	1917
				122nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1919	2012
Nov 1919–Aug 1920 10-Month	48.81°F (9.34°C)	50.54°F (10.30°C)	-1.73°F (-0.96°C)	5th Coolest	Coolest since: 1917	1912
				123rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1919	2012
Oct 1919–Aug 1920 11-Month	49.15°F (9.53°C)	50.86°F (10.48°C)	-1.71°F (-0.95°C)	5th Coolest	Coolest since: 1917	1912
				123rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1919	2012
Sep 1919–Aug 1920 12-Month	50.53°F (10.29°C)	52.03°F (11.13°C)	-1.50°F (-0.84°C)	5th Coolest	Coolest since: 1917	1917
				123rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1919	2012
Mar 1919–Aug 1920 18-Month	54.14°F (12.30°C)	55.07°F (12.82°C)	-0.93°F (-0.52°C)	8th Coolest	Coolest since: 1918	1917
				120th Warmest	Warmest since: 1919	2017
Sep 1918–Aug 1920 24-Month	51.32°F (10.73°C)	52.02°F (11.12°C)	-0.70°F (-0.39°C)	10th Coolest	Coolest since: 1918	1918
				117th Warmest	Warmest since: 1919	2017
Sep 1917–Aug 1920 36-Month	51.35°F (10.75°C)	52.00°F (11.11°C)	-0.65°F (-0.36°C)	11th Coolest	Coolest since: 1919	1917
				115th Warmest	Warmest since: 1916	2018
Sep 1916–Aug 1920 48-Month	50.97°F (10.54°C)	51.99°F (11.11°C)	-1.02°F (-0.57°C)	1st Coolest	Coolest since: 1920	1920
				124th Warmest	Warmest since: 1919	2018
Sep 1915–Aug 1920 60-Month	51.13°F (10.63°C)	51.98°F (11.10°C)	-0.85°F (-0.47°C)	1st Coolest	Coolest since: 1920	1920
				123rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1919	2020

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 6, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/