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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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Contiguous U.S.

Average Temperature Rankings, August 1951

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
August 1951 1-Month	71.89°F (22.16°C)	72.10°F (22.28°C)	-0.21°F (-0.12°C)	46th Coolest	Coolest since: 1950	1927
				83rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1949	1983
	Ties: 1993, 2009
Jul–Aug 1951 2-Month	72.79°F (22.66°C)	72.86°F (22.70°C)	-0.07°F (-0.04°C)	52nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1950	1992
				77th Warmest	Warmest since: 1949	1936
	Ties: 1963
Jun–Aug 1951 3-Month	70.74°F (21.52°C)	71.40°F (21.89°C)	-0.66°F (-0.37°C)	26th Coolest	Coolest since: 1950	1915
				103rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1949	1936, 2021
May–Aug 1951 4-Month	68.25°F (20.14°C)	68.60°F (20.33°C)	-0.35°F (-0.19°C)	36th Coolest	Coolest since: 1950	1907
				93rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1949	2018
Apr–Aug 1951 5-Month	64.54°F (18.08°C)	65.09°F (18.38°C)	-0.55°F (-0.30°C)	29th Coolest	Coolest since: 1950	1907
				100th Warmest	Warmest since: 1949	2012
Mar–Aug 1951 6-Month	60.21°F (15.67°C)	61.16°F (16.20°C)	-0.95°F (-0.53°C)	14th Coolest	Coolest since: 1950	1917
				115th Warmest	Warmest since: 1949	2012
Feb–Aug 1951 7-Month	56.54°F (13.63°C)	57.25°F (14.03°C)	-0.71°F (-0.40°C)	26th Coolest	Coolest since: 1950	1917
				103rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1949	2012
Jan–Aug 1951 8-Month	53.25°F (11.81°C)	53.86°F (12.14°C)	-0.61°F (-0.33°C)	29th Coolest	Coolest since: 1950	1912
				100th Warmest	Warmest since: 1949	2012
	Ties: 1962
Dec 1950–Aug 1951 9-Month	51.00°F (10.56°C)	51.51°F (10.84°C)	-0.51°F (-0.28°C)	32nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1950	1917
				96th Warmest	Warmest since: 1949	2012
	Ties: 1918
Nov 1950–Aug 1951 10-Month	49.97°F (9.98°C)	50.54°F (10.30°C)	-0.57°F (-0.32°C)	23rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1948	1912
				105th Warmest	Warmest since: 1950	2012
	Ties: 1906, 1907, 1968
Oct 1950–Aug 1951 11-Month	50.65°F (10.36°C)	50.86°F (10.48°C)	-0.21°F (-0.12°C)	46th Coolest	Coolest since: 1950	1912
				82nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	2012
Sep 1950–Aug 1951 12-Month	51.72°F (10.96°C)	52.03°F (11.13°C)	-0.31°F (-0.17°C)	35th Coolest	Coolest since: 1950	1917
				93rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1949	2012
Mar 1950–Aug 1951 18-Month	54.26°F (12.37°C)	55.06°F (12.81°C)	-0.80°F (-0.44°C)	11th Coolest	Coolest since: 1924	1917
				117th Warmest	Warmest since: 1950	2017
Sep 1949–Aug 1951 24-Month	51.63°F (10.91°C)	52.02°F (11.12°C)	-0.39°F (-0.21°C)	26th Coolest	Coolest since: 1930	1918
				101st Warmest	Warmest since: 1950	2017
Sep 1948–Aug 1951 36-Month	51.68°F (10.93°C)	52.00°F (11.11°C)	-0.32°F (-0.18°C)	27th Coolest	Coolest since: 1929	1917
				99th Warmest	Warmest since: 1950	2018
Sep 1947–Aug 1951 48-Month	51.72°F (10.96°C)	51.99°F (11.11°C)	-0.27°F (-0.15°C)	29th Coolest	Coolest since: 1929	1920
				96th Warmest	Warmest since: 1950	2018
Sep 1946–Aug 1951 60-Month	51.75°F (10.97°C)	51.98°F (11.10°C)	-0.23°F (-0.13°C)	29th Coolest	Coolest since: 1930	1920
				95th Warmest	Warmest since: 1950	2020
	Ties: 1930, 1952

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 29, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/