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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 1981

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
August 1981 1-Month	72.10°F (22.28°C)	72.10°F (22.28°C)	0.00°F (0.00°C)	59th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1927
				70th Warmest	Warmest since: 1980	1983
	Ties: 1944, 1949, 1953
Jul–Aug 1981 2-Month	73.03°F (22.79°C)	72.86°F (22.70°C)	0.17°F (0.09°C)	71st Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1992
				58th Warmest	Warmest since: 1980	1936
	Ties: 1941, 1996
Jun–Aug 1981 3-Month	71.96°F (22.20°C)	71.40°F (21.89°C)	0.56°F (0.31°C)	79th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1915
				50th Warmest	Warmest since: 1980	1936, 2021
	Ties: 1940
May–Aug 1981 4-Month	68.71°F (20.39°C)	68.60°F (20.33°C)	0.11°F (0.06°C)	59th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1907
				70th Warmest	Warmest since: 1980	2018
Apr–Aug 1981 5-Month	65.99°F (18.88°C)	65.09°F (18.38°C)	0.90°F (0.50°C)	99th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1907
				30th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2012
Mar–Aug 1981 6-Month	62.14°F (16.74°C)	61.16°F (16.20°C)	0.98°F (0.54°C)	98th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1917
				31st Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2012
	Ties: 1938
Feb–Aug 1981 7-Month	58.49°F (14.72°C)	57.26°F (14.03°C)	1.23°F (0.69°C)	106th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1917
				23rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2012
	Ties: 1999
Jan–Aug 1981 8-Month	55.23°F (12.91°C)	53.86°F (12.14°C)	1.37°F (0.77°C)	107th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1912
				22nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1934	2012
Dec 1980–Aug 1981 9-Month	53.00°F (11.67°C)	51.51°F (10.84°C)	1.49°F (0.83°C)	109th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1917
				19th Warmest	Warmest since: 1934	2012
Nov 1980–Aug 1981 10-Month	51.93°F (11.07°C)	50.53°F (10.29°C)	1.40°F (0.78°C)	111th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1912
				17th Warmest	Warmest since: 1934	2012
Oct 1980–Aug 1981 11-Month	51.99°F (11.11°C)	50.86°F (10.48°C)	1.13°F (0.63°C)	107th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1912
				21st Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2012
Sep 1980–Aug 1981 12-Month	53.18°F (11.77°C)	52.03°F (11.13°C)	1.15°F (0.64°C)	108th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1917
				20th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2012
Mar 1980–Aug 1981 18-Month	55.92°F (13.29°C)	55.07°F (12.82°C)	0.85°F (0.47°C)	98th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1917
				30th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2017
	Ties: 1998, 2001
Sep 1979–Aug 1981 24-Month	52.83°F (11.57°C)	52.02°F (11.12°C)	0.81°F (0.45°C)	98th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1918
				29th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2017
Sep 1978–Aug 1981 36-Month	52.02°F (11.12°C)	52.01°F (11.12°C)	0.01°F (0.00°C)	59th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1917
				67th Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	2018
Sep 1977–Aug 1981 48-Month	51.87°F (11.04°C)	51.99°F (11.11°C)	-0.12°F (-0.07°C)	44th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1920
				81st Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2018
	Ties: 1931, 1975
Sep 1976–Aug 1981 60-Month	51.80°F (11.00°C)	51.99°F (11.11°C)	-0.19°F (-0.11°C)	37th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1920
				87th Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	2020
	Ties: 1924

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 1, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/