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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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Average Temperature Rankings, August 2002

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
August 2002 1-Month	72.86°F (22.70°C)	72.10°F (22.28°C)	0.76°F (0.42°C)	88th Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1927
				41st Warmest	Warmest since: 2001	1983
	Ties: 1900
Jul–Aug 2002 2-Month	74.35°F (23.53°C)	72.85°F (22.69°C)	1.50°F (0.84°C)	110th Coolest	Coolest since: 2000	1992
				19th Warmest	Warmest since: 2001	1936
Jun–Aug 2002 3-Month	73.19°F (22.88°C)	71.40°F (21.89°C)	1.79°F (0.99°C)	118th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1915
				11th Warmest	Warmest since: 1936	1936, 2021
May–Aug 2002 4-Month	69.72°F (20.96°C)	68.61°F (20.34°C)	1.11°F (0.62°C)	107th Coolest	Coolest since: 1999	1907
				22nd Warmest	Warmest since: 2001	2018
Apr–Aug 2002 5-Month	66.47°F (19.15°C)	65.09°F (18.38°C)	1.38°F (0.77°C)	116th Coolest	Coolest since: 1999	1907
				13th Warmest	Warmest since: 2001	2012
	Ties: 1988, 2010
Mar–Aug 2002 6-Month	61.98°F (16.66°C)	61.16°F (16.20°C)	0.82°F (0.46°C)	95th Coolest	Coolest since: 1999	1917
				34th Warmest	Warmest since: 2001	2012
	Ties: 1990, 2005
Feb–Aug 2002 7-Month	58.33°F (14.63°C)	57.26°F (14.03°C)	1.07°F (0.60°C)	99th Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1917
				30th Warmest	Warmest since: 2001	2012
Jan–Aug 2002 8-Month	55.35°F (12.97°C)	53.87°F (12.15°C)	1.48°F (0.82°C)	108th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1912
				21st Warmest	Warmest since: 2000	2012
Dec 2001–Aug 2002 9-Month	53.21°F (11.78°C)	51.52°F (10.84°C)	1.69°F (0.94°C)	113th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1917
				15th Warmest	Warmest since: 2000	2012
Nov 2001–Aug 2002 10-Month	52.63°F (11.46°C)	50.54°F (10.30°C)	2.09°F (1.16°C)	118th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1912
				10th Warmest	Warmest since: 2000	2012
Oct 2001–Aug 2002 11-Month	52.79°F (11.55°C)	50.87°F (10.48°C)	1.92°F (1.07°C)	119th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1912
				9th Warmest	Warmest since: 2000	2012
Sep 2001–Aug 2002 12-Month	53.86°F (12.14°C)	52.03°F (11.13°C)	1.83°F (1.01°C)	116th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1917
				12th Warmest	Warmest since: 2000	2012
Mar 2001–Aug 2002 18-Month	56.76°F (13.76°C)	55.06°F (12.81°C)	1.70°F (0.95°C)	117th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1917
				11th Warmest	Warmest since: 2000	2017
Sep 2000–Aug 2002 24-Month	53.09°F (11.72°C)	52.02°F (11.12°C)	1.07°F (0.60°C)	107th Coolest	Coolest since: 1998	1918
				20th Warmest	Warmest since: 2001	2017
	Ties: 1934
Sep 1999–Aug 2002 36-Month	53.60°F (12.00°C)	52.00°F (11.11°C)	1.60°F (0.89°C)	116th Coolest	Coolest since: 1999	1917
				10th Warmest	Warmest since: 2001	2018
	Ties: 2012, 2016
Sep 1998–Aug 2002 48-Month	53.70°F (12.06°C)	52.00°F (11.11°C)	1.70°F (0.95°C)	119th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1920
				6th Warmest	Warmest to Date	2018
Sep 1997–Aug 2002 60-Month	53.65°F (12.03°C)	51.99°F (11.11°C)	1.66°F (0.92°C)	116th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1920
				8th Warmest	Warmest to Date	2020

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 2, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/