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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

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Average Temperature Rankings, August 1942

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
August 1942 1-Month	71.78°F (22.10°C)	72.10°F (22.28°C)	-0.32°F (-0.18°C)	39th Coolest	Coolest since: 1927	1927
				90th Warmest	Warmest since: 1941	1983
	Ties: 1977
Jul–Aug 1942 2-Month	72.87°F (22.71°C)	72.86°F (22.70°C)	0.01°F (0.01°C)	57th Coolest	Coolest since: 1928	1992
				72nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1941	1936
Jun–Aug 1942 3-Month	71.22°F (21.79°C)	71.40°F (21.89°C)	-0.18°F (-0.10°C)	44th Coolest	Coolest since: 1928	1915
				85th Warmest	Warmest since: 1941	1936, 2021
	Ties: 1989
May–Aug 1942 4-Month	68.18°F (20.10°C)	68.60°F (20.33°C)	-0.42°F (-0.23°C)	33rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1929	1907
				96th Warmest	Warmest since: 1941	2018
	Ties: 1910
Apr–Aug 1942 5-Month	65.16°F (18.42°C)	65.09°F (18.38°C)	0.07°F (0.04°C)	54th Coolest	Coolest since: 1935	1907
				75th Warmest	Warmest since: 1941	2012
Mar–Aug 1942 6-Month	61.19°F (16.22°C)	61.16°F (16.20°C)	0.03°F (0.02°C)	56th Coolest	Coolest since: 1935	1917
				73rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1941	2012
	Ties: 1898, 1973, 1978
Feb–Aug 1942 7-Month	56.84°F (13.80°C)	57.26°F (14.03°C)	-0.42°F (-0.23°C)	38th Coolest	Coolest since: 1929	1917
				91st Warmest	Warmest since: 1941	2012
Jan–Aug 1942 8-Month	53.46°F (11.92°C)	53.86°F (12.14°C)	-0.40°F (-0.22°C)	39th Coolest	Coolest since: 1940	1912
				90th Warmest	Warmest since: 1941	2012
Dec 1941–Aug 1942 9-Month	51.53°F (10.85°C)	51.51°F (10.84°C)	0.02°F (0.01°C)	55th Coolest	Coolest since: 1937	1917
				73rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1941	2012
Nov 1941–Aug 1942 10-Month	50.67°F (10.37°C)	50.53°F (10.29°C)	0.14°F (0.08°C)	67th Coolest	Coolest since: 1940	1912
				61st Warmest	Warmest since: 1941	2012
	Ties: 1961
Oct 1941–Aug 1942 11-Month	51.08°F (10.60°C)	50.86°F (10.48°C)	0.22°F (0.12°C)	67th Coolest	Coolest since: 1940	1912
				61st Warmest	Warmest since: 1941	2012
	Ties: 1996
Sep 1941–Aug 1942 12-Month	52.20°F (11.22°C)	52.02°F (11.12°C)	0.18°F (0.10°C)	68th Coolest	Coolest since: 1937	1917
				60th Warmest	Warmest since: 1941	2012
	Ties: 1898
Mar 1941–Aug 1942 18-Month	55.21°F (12.89°C)	55.06°F (12.81°C)	0.15°F (0.08°C)	70th Coolest	Coolest since: 1936	1917
				58th Warmest	Warmest since: 1941	2017
Sep 1940–Aug 1942 24-Month	52.34°F (11.30°C)	52.02°F (11.12°C)	0.32°F (0.18°C)	81st Coolest	Coolest since: 1938	1918
				46th Warmest	Warmest since: 1941	2017
Sep 1939–Aug 1942 36-Month	52.34°F (11.30°C)	52.00°F (11.11°C)	0.34°F (0.19°C)	79th Coolest	Coolest since: 1938	1917
				47th Warmest	Warmest since: 1941	2018
	Ties: 1997
Sep 1938–Aug 1942 48-Month	52.47°F (11.37°C)	51.99°F (11.11°C)	0.48°F (0.26°C)	85th Coolest	Coolest since: 1940	1920
				40th Warmest	Warmest since: 1941	2018
Sep 1937–Aug 1942 60-Month	52.54°F (11.41°C)	51.98°F (11.10°C)	0.56°F (0.31°C)	89th Coolest	Coolest since: 1941	1920
				35th Warmest	Warmest since: 1938	2020
	Ties: 1957

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 7, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/