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.
Maximum Temperature Rankings, August 2020
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Warmest/Coolest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
August 2020 1-Month |
87.85°F (31.03°C) | 85.14°F (29.52°C) |
2.71°F (1.51°C) | 124th Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1927 |
| 5th Warmest | Warmest since: 2011 | 2011 | ||||
|
Jul–Aug 2020 2-Month |
88.13°F (31.18°C) | 85.91°F (29.95°C) |
2.22°F (1.23°C) | 124th Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1992 |
| 5th Warmest | Warmest since: 2012 | 1936 | ||||
|
Jun–Aug 2020 3-Month |
86.44°F (30.24°C) | 84.38°F (29.10°C) |
2.06°F (1.14°C) | 119th Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1915 |
| 10th Warmest | Warmest since: 2012 | 1936 | ||||
|
May–Aug 2020 4-Month |
83.19°F (28.44°C) | 81.53°F (27.52°C) |
1.66°F (0.92°C) | 118th Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1915 |
| 11th Warmest | Warmest since: 2018 | 1934 | ||||
|
Apr–Aug 2020 5-Month |
79.28°F (26.27°C) | 77.92°F (25.51°C) |
1.36°F (0.76°C) | 112th Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1907 |
| 17th Warmest | Warmest since: 2018 | 1934 | ||||
| Ties: 1925 | ||||||
|
Mar–Aug 2020 6-Month |
75.52°F (24.18°C) | 73.77°F (23.21°C) |
1.75°F (0.97°C) | 116th Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1912 |
| 13th Warmest | Warmest since: 2016 | 2012 | ||||
|
Feb–Aug 2020 7-Month |
71.46°F (21.92°C) | 69.63°F (20.91°C) |
1.83°F (1.01°C) | 119th Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1912 |
| 10th Warmest | Warmest since: 2017 | 2012 | ||||
| Ties: 1977, 2022 | ||||||
|
Jan–Aug 2020 8-Month |
68.16°F (20.09°C) | 65.99°F (18.88°C) |
2.17°F (1.21°C) | 122nd Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1912 |
| 7th Warmest | Warmest since: 2017 | 2012 | ||||
|
Dec 2019–Aug 2020 9-Month |
65.70°F (18.72°C) | 63.41°F (17.45°C) |
2.29°F (1.27°C) | 121st Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1979 |
| 7th Warmest | Warmest since: 2016 | 2012 | ||||
|
Nov 2019–Aug 2020 10-Month |
64.36°F (17.98°C) | 62.35°F (16.86°C) |
2.01°F (1.12°C) | 118th Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1912 |
| 10th Warmest | Warmest since: 2017 | 2012 | ||||
|
Oct 2019–Aug 2020 11-Month |
64.35°F (17.97°C) | 62.76°F (17.09°C) |
1.59°F (0.88°C) | 116th Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1912 |
| 12th Warmest | Warmest since: 2018 | 2012 | ||||
|
Sep 2019–Aug 2020 12-Month |
65.70°F (18.72°C) | 64.00°F (17.78°C) |
1.70°F (0.94°C) | 115th Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1912 |
| 13th Warmest | Warmest since: 2018 | 2012 | ||||
|
Mar 2019–Aug 2020 18-Month |
68.35°F (20.19°C) | 67.26°F (19.59°C) |
1.09°F (0.60°C) | 108th Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1899 |
| 20th Warmest | Warmest since: 2018 | 2012 | ||||
|
Sep 2018–Aug 2020 24-Month |
64.70°F (18.17°C) | 63.99°F (17.77°C) |
0.71°F (0.40°C) | 96th Coolest | Coolest since: 2015 | 1913 |
| 31st Warmest | Warmest since: 2019 | 2017 | ||||
|
Sep 2017–Aug 2020 36-Month |
65.10°F (18.39°C) | 63.98°F (17.77°C) |
1.12°F (0.62°C) | 106th Coolest | Coolest since: 2015 | 1905 |
| 20th Warmest | Warmest since: 2019 | 2018 | ||||
| Ties: 2021 | ||||||
|
Sep 2016–Aug 2020 48-Month |
65.48°F (18.60°C) | 63.97°F (17.76°C) |
1.51°F (0.84°C) | 117th Coolest | Coolest since: 2016 | 1915 |
| 8th Warmest | Warmest since: 2019 | 2018 | ||||
| Ties: 2022 | ||||||
|
Sep 2015–Aug 2020 60-Month |
65.76°F (18.76°C) | 63.96°F (17.76°C) |
1.80°F (1.00°C) | 123rd Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1907 |
| 1st Warmest | Warmest to Date | 2020 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, Maximum Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 6, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/