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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 1997

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
August 1997 1-Month	71.74°F (22.08°C)	72.10°F (22.28°C)	-0.36°F (-0.20°C)	37th Coolest	Coolest since: 1992	1927
				92nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1996	1983
	Ties: 1899
Jul–Aug 1997 2-Month	72.46°F (22.48°C)	72.86°F (22.70°C)	-0.40°F (-0.22°C)	34th Coolest	Coolest since: 1993	1992
				95th Warmest	Warmest since: 1996	1936
Jun–Aug 1997 3-Month	71.08°F (21.71°C)	71.40°F (21.89°C)	-0.32°F (-0.18°C)	37th Coolest	Coolest since: 1993	1915
				92nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1996	1936, 2021
	Ties: 1944
May–Aug 1997 4-Month	68.16°F (20.09°C)	68.60°F (20.33°C)	-0.44°F (-0.24°C)	30th Coolest	Coolest since: 1993	1907
				99th Warmest	Warmest since: 1996	2018
	Ties: 1909, 1928
Apr–Aug 1997 5-Month	64.11°F (17.84°C)	65.09°F (18.38°C)	-0.98°F (-0.54°C)	12th Coolest	Coolest since: 1975	1907
				117th Warmest	Warmest since: 1996	2012
Mar–Aug 1997 6-Month	60.87°F (16.04°C)	61.16°F (16.20°C)	-0.29°F (-0.16°C)	42nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1993	1917
				87th Warmest	Warmest since: 1996	2012
Feb–Aug 1997 7-Month	57.32°F (14.07°C)	57.25°F (14.03°C)	0.07°F (0.04°C)	60th Coolest	Coolest since: 1993	1917
				69th Warmest	Warmest since: 1996	2012
	Ties: 1980
Jan–Aug 1997 8-Month	53.90°F (12.17°C)	53.86°F (12.14°C)	0.04°F (0.03°C)	57th Coolest	Coolest since: 1993	1912
				72nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1996	2012
Dec 1996–Aug 1997 9-Month	51.68°F (10.93°C)	51.52°F (10.84°C)	0.16°F (0.09°C)	64th Coolest	Coolest since: 1993	1917
				64th Warmest	Warmest since: 1996	2012
	Ties: 1901, 1926
Nov 1996–Aug 1997 10-Month	50.48°F (10.27°C)	50.54°F (10.30°C)	-0.06°F (-0.03°C)	51st Coolest	Coolest since: 1993	1912
				77th Warmest	Warmest since: 1996	2012
	Ties: 1898
Oct 1996–Aug 1997 11-Month	50.76°F (10.42°C)	50.86°F (10.48°C)	-0.10°F (-0.06°C)	52nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1993	1912
				76th Warmest	Warmest since: 1996	2012
	Ties: 1952
Sep 1996–Aug 1997 12-Month	51.82°F (11.01°C)	52.03°F (11.13°C)	-0.21°F (-0.12°C)	43rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1993	1917
				85th Warmest	Warmest since: 1996	2012
	Ties: 1966
Mar 1996–Aug 1997 18-Month	54.91°F (12.73°C)	55.06°F (12.81°C)	-0.15°F (-0.08°C)	48th Coolest	Coolest since: 1993	1917
				80th Warmest	Warmest since: 1996	2017
	Ties: 1902, 1944
Sep 1995–Aug 1997 24-Month	52.02°F (11.12°C)	52.02°F (11.12°C)	0.00°F (0.00°C)	61st Coolest	Coolest since: 1994	1918
				66th Warmest	Warmest since: 1996	2017
	Ties: 1944
Sep 1994–Aug 1997 36-Month	52.34°F (11.30°C)	52.00°F (11.11°C)	0.34°F (0.19°C)	79th Coolest	Coolest since: 1995	1917
				47th Warmest	Warmest since: 1996	2018
	Ties: 1942
Sep 1993–Aug 1997 48-Month	52.29°F (11.27°C)	51.99°F (11.11°C)	0.30°F (0.16°C)	76th Coolest	Coolest since: 1996	1920
				49th Warmest	Warmest since: 1995	2018
Sep 1992–Aug 1997 60-Month	52.10°F (11.17°C)	51.98°F (11.10°C)	0.12°F (0.07°C)	65th Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1920
				59th Warmest	Warmest since: 1996	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 30, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/