Climate at a Glance
National Rankings
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.
Contiguous U.S.
Average Temperature Rankings, August 2012
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Warmest/Coolest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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August 2012 1-Month |
73.80°F (23.22°C) | 72.10°F (22.28°C) |
1.70°F (0.94°C) | 112th Coolest | Coolest since: 2009 | 1927 |
| 17th Warmest | Warmest since: 2011 | 1983 | ||||
|
Jul–Aug 2012 2-Month |
75.29°F (24.05°C) | 72.86°F (22.70°C) |
2.43°F (1.35°C) | 125th Coolest | Coolest since: 2010 | 1992 |
| 4th Warmest | Warmest since: 2011 | 1936 | ||||
|
Jun–Aug 2012 3-Month |
73.70°F (23.17°C) | 71.40°F (21.89°C) |
2.30°F (1.28°C) | 125th Coolest | Coolest since: 2011 | 1915 |
| 4th Warmest | Warmest since: 1936 | 1936, 2021 | ||||
|
May–Aug 2012 4-Month |
71.14°F (21.74°C) | 68.60°F (20.33°C) |
2.54°F (1.41°C) | 125th Coolest | Coolest since: 2011 | 1907 |
| 4th Warmest | Warmest since: 1936 | 2018 | ||||
|
Apr–Aug 2012 5-Month |
67.85°F (19.92°C) | 65.09°F (18.38°C) |
2.76°F (1.54°C) | 128th Coolest | Coolest since: 2011 | 1907 |
| 1st Warmest | Warmest to Date | 2012 | ||||
|
Mar–Aug 2012 6-Month |
64.94°F (18.30°C) | 61.16°F (16.20°C) |
3.78°F (2.10°C) | 128th Coolest | Coolest since: 2011 | 1917 |
| 1st Warmest | Warmest to Date | 2012 | ||||
|
Feb–Aug 2012 7-Month |
61.02°F (16.12°C) | 57.25°F (14.03°C) |
3.77°F (2.09°C) | 128th Coolest | Coolest since: 2011 | 1917 |
| 1st Warmest | Warmest to Date | 2012 | ||||
|
Jan–Aug 2012 8-Month |
57.91°F (14.39°C) | 53.86°F (12.14°C) |
4.05°F (2.25°C) | 128th Coolest | Coolest since: 2011 | 1912 |
| 1st Warmest | Warmest to Date | 2012 | ||||
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Dec 2011–Aug 2012 9-Month |
55.41°F (13.01°C) | 51.52°F (10.84°C) |
3.89°F (2.17°C) | 127th Coolest | Coolest since: 2011 | 1917 |
| 1st Warmest | Warmest to Date | 2012 | ||||
|
Nov 2011–Aug 2012 10-Month |
54.24°F (12.36°C) | 50.53°F (10.29°C) |
3.71°F (2.07°C) | 127th Coolest | Coolest since: 2011 | 1912 |
| 1st Warmest | Warmest to Date | 2012 | ||||
|
Oct 2011–Aug 2012 11-Month |
54.32°F (12.40°C) | 50.86°F (10.48°C) |
3.46°F (1.92°C) | 127th Coolest | Coolest since: 2011 | 1912 |
| 1st Warmest | Warmest to Date | 2012 | ||||
|
Sep 2011–Aug 2012 12-Month |
55.30°F (12.94°C) | 52.03°F (11.13°C) |
3.27°F (1.81°C) | 127th Coolest | Coolest since: 2011 | 1917 |
| 1st Warmest | Warmest to Date | 2012 | ||||
|
Mar 2011–Aug 2012 18-Month |
57.71°F (14.28°C) | 55.07°F (12.82°C) |
2.64°F (1.46°C) | 125th Coolest | Coolest since: 2011 | 1917 |
| 3rd Warmest | Warmest to Date | 2017 | ||||
|
Sep 2010–Aug 2012 24-Month |
54.12°F (12.29°C) | 52.02°F (11.12°C) |
2.10°F (1.17°C) | 120th Coolest | Coolest since: 2011 | 1918 |
| 7th Warmest | Warmest since: 2000 | 2017 | ||||
|
Sep 2009–Aug 2012 36-Month |
53.60°F (12.00°C) | 52.00°F (11.11°C) |
1.60°F (0.89°C) | 116th Coolest | Coolest since: 2011 | 1917 |
| 10th Warmest | Warmest since: 2007 | 2018 | ||||
| Ties: 2002, 2016 | ||||||
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Sep 2008–Aug 2012 48-Month |
53.35°F (11.86°C) | 51.99°F (11.11°C) |
1.36°F (0.75°C) | 107th Coolest | Coolest since: 2011 | 1920 |
| 18th Warmest | Warmest since: 2008 | 2018 | ||||
|
Sep 2007–Aug 2012 60-Month |
53.23°F (11.79°C) | 51.98°F (11.10°C) |
1.25°F (0.69°C) | 106th Coolest | Coolest since: 2011 | 1920 |
| 18th Warmest | Warmest since: 2009 | 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 1, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/