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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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Contiguous U.S.

Average Temperature Rankings, August 1961

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
August 1961 1-Month	72.70°F (22.61°C)	72.10°F (22.28°C)	0.60°F (0.33°C)	82nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1927
				47th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	1983
Jul–Aug 1961 2-Month	72.97°F (22.76°C)	72.86°F (22.70°C)	0.11°F (0.06°C)	65th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1992
				64th Warmest	Warmest since: 1960	1936
Jun–Aug 1961 3-Month	71.81°F (22.12°C)	71.40°F (21.89°C)	0.41°F (0.23°C)	71st Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1915
				58th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	1936, 2021
May–Aug 1961 4-Month	68.58°F (20.32°C)	68.61°F (20.34°C)	-0.03°F (-0.02°C)	51st Coolest	Coolest since: 1957	1907
				78th Warmest	Warmest since: 1960	2018
	Ties: 1948, 1962
Apr–Aug 1961 5-Month	64.59°F (18.11°C)	65.09°F (18.38°C)	-0.50°F (-0.27°C)	32nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1907
				97th Warmest	Warmest since: 1960	2012
Mar–Aug 1961 6-Month	61.07°F (16.15°C)	61.16°F (16.20°C)	-0.09°F (-0.05°C)	48th Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1917
				81st Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2012
	Ties: 1935
Feb–Aug 1961 7-Month	57.69°F (14.27°C)	57.25°F (14.03°C)	0.44°F (0.24°C)	80th Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1917
				49th Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	2012
	Ties: 1943, 2013
Jan–Aug 1961 8-Month	54.20°F (12.33°C)	53.87°F (12.15°C)	0.33°F (0.18°C)	76th Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1912
				53rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2012
	Ties: 1932
Dec 1960–Aug 1961 9-Month	51.55°F (10.86°C)	51.51°F (10.84°C)	0.04°F (0.02°C)	57th Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1917
				71st Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2012
	Ties: 1898
Nov 1960–Aug 1961 10-Month	50.67°F (10.37°C)	50.54°F (10.30°C)	0.13°F (0.07°C)	67th Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1912
				61st Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2012
	Ties: 1942
Oct 1960–Aug 1961 11-Month	51.04°F (10.58°C)	50.86°F (10.48°C)	0.18°F (0.10°C)	64th Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1912
				64th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2012
Sep 1960–Aug 1961 12-Month	52.33°F (11.29°C)	52.03°F (11.13°C)	0.30°F (0.16°C)	74th Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1917
				54th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2012
	Ties: 1959
Mar 1960–Aug 1961 18-Month	55.05°F (12.81°C)	55.07°F (12.82°C)	-0.02°F (-0.01°C)	62nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1917
				66th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2017
Sep 1959–Aug 1961 24-Month	51.82°F (11.01°C)	52.02°F (11.12°C)	-0.20°F (-0.11°C)	41st Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1918
				86th Warmest	Warmest since: 1960	2017
	Ties: 1908, 1925, 1949, 1960
Sep 1958–Aug 1961 36-Month	51.99°F (11.11°C)	52.00°F (11.11°C)	-0.01°F (0.00°C)	56th Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1917
				70th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2018
Sep 1957–Aug 1961 48-Month	51.93°F (11.07°C)	51.99°F (11.11°C)	-0.06°F (-0.04°C)	52nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1920
				73rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1960	2018
Sep 1956–Aug 1961 60-Month	52.03°F (11.13°C)	51.99°F (11.11°C)	0.04°F (0.02°C)	62nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1920
				62nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	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 24, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/