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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 1954

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
August 1954 1-Month	72.18°F (22.32°C)	72.10°F (22.28°C)	0.08°F (0.04°C)	66th Coolest	Coolest since: 1953	1927
				63rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1952	1983
Jul–Aug 1954 2-Month	73.82°F (23.23°C)	72.85°F (22.69°C)	0.97°F (0.54°C)	97th Coolest	Coolest since: 1953	1992
				32nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1943	1936
Jun–Aug 1954 3-Month	72.17°F (22.32°C)	71.40°F (21.89°C)	0.77°F (0.43°C)	95th Coolest	Coolest since: 1953	1915
				34th Warmest	Warmest since: 1952	1936, 2021
May–Aug 1954 4-Month	68.77°F (20.43°C)	68.60°F (20.33°C)	0.17°F (0.10°C)	62nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1907
				67th Warmest	Warmest since: 1953	2018
Apr–Aug 1954 5-Month	65.85°F (18.81°C)	65.09°F (18.38°C)	0.76°F (0.43°C)	91st Coolest	Coolest since: 1953	1907
				38th Warmest	Warmest since: 1952	2012
Mar–Aug 1954 6-Month	61.42°F (16.34°C)	61.16°F (16.20°C)	0.26°F (0.14°C)	74th Coolest	Coolest since: 1953	1917
				55th Warmest	Warmest since: 1949	2012
	Ties: 2009
Feb–Aug 1954 7-Month	58.56°F (14.76°C)	57.25°F (14.03°C)	1.31°F (0.73°C)	108th Coolest	Coolest since: 1953	1917
				21st Warmest	Warmest since: 1934	2012
Jan–Aug 1954 8-Month	55.10°F (12.83°C)	53.86°F (12.14°C)	1.24°F (0.69°C)	104th Coolest	Coolest since: 1953	1912
				25th Warmest	Warmest since: 1938	2012
Dec 1953–Aug 1954 9-Month	52.72°F (11.51°C)	51.51°F (10.84°C)	1.21°F (0.67°C)	105th Coolest	Coolest since: 1953	1917
				23rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1934	2012
Nov 1953–Aug 1954 10-Month	51.84°F (11.02°C)	50.54°F (10.30°C)	1.30°F (0.72°C)	107th Coolest	Coolest since: 1953	1912
				21st Warmest	Warmest since: 1934	2012
Oct 1953–Aug 1954 11-Month	52.24°F (11.24°C)	50.87°F (10.48°C)	1.37°F (0.76°C)	111th Coolest	Coolest since: 1953	1912
				17th Warmest	Warmest since: 1934	2012
Sep 1953–Aug 1954 12-Month	53.40°F (11.89°C)	52.03°F (11.13°C)	1.37°F (0.76°C)	112th Coolest	Coolest since: 1953	1917
				16th Warmest	Warmest since: 1934	2012
Mar 1953–Aug 1954 18-Month	56.05°F (13.36°C)	55.07°F (12.82°C)	0.98°F (0.54°C)	104th Coolest	Coolest since: 1953	1917
				24th Warmest	Warmest since: 1935	2017
	Ties: 1992
Sep 1952–Aug 1954 24-Month	53.06°F (11.70°C)	52.02°F (11.12°C)	1.04°F (0.58°C)	105th Coolest	Coolest since: 1953	1918
				22nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1935	2017
Sep 1951–Aug 1954 36-Month	52.66°F (11.48°C)	52.00°F (11.11°C)	0.66°F (0.37°C)	93rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1953	1917
				33rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1940	2018
Sep 1950–Aug 1954 48-Month	52.43°F (11.35°C)	51.99°F (11.11°C)	0.44°F (0.24°C)	83rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1953	1920
				42nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1942	2018
Sep 1949–Aug 1954 60-Month	52.25°F (11.25°C)	51.98°F (11.10°C)	0.27°F (0.15°C)	74th Coolest	Coolest since: 1953	1920
				50th Warmest	Warmest since: 1943	2020

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 27, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/