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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.

Minimum Temperature Rankings, August 1918

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
August 1918 1-Month	59.22°F (15.12°C)	59.06°F (15.03°C)	0.16°F (0.09°C)	65th Coolest	Coolest since: 1917	1950
				64th Warmest	Warmest since: 1913	2022
Jul–Aug 1918 2-Month	59.16°F (15.09°C)	59.80°F (15.44°C)	-0.64°F (-0.35°C)	23rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1915	1950
				106th Warmest	Warmest since: 1917	2022
	Ties: 1910, 2004
Jun–Aug 1918 3-Month	58.64°F (14.80°C)	58.41°F (14.67°C)	0.23°F (0.13°C)	61st Coolest	Coolest since: 1917	1915
				68th Warmest	Warmest since: 1914	2021
	Ties: 1940
May–Aug 1918 4-Month	55.93°F (13.29°C)	55.67°F (13.15°C)	0.26°F (0.14°C)	67th Coolest	Coolest since: 1917	1907
				62nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1914	2018
Apr–Aug 1918 5-Month	52.09°F (11.16°C)	52.25°F (11.25°C)	-0.16°F (-0.09°C)	45th Coolest	Coolest since: 1917	1907
				84th Warmest	Warmest since: 1914	2012
	Ties: 1905
Mar–Aug 1918 6-Month	48.94°F (9.41°C)	48.54°F (9.19°C)	0.40°F (0.22°C)	76th Coolest	Coolest since: 1917	1917
				53rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1910	2012
Feb–Aug 1918 7-Month	45.05°F (7.25°C)	44.86°F (7.14°C)	0.19°F (0.11°C)	70th Coolest	Coolest since: 1917	1917
				59th Warmest	Warmest since: 1898	2012
	Ties: 1952
Jan–Aug 1918 8-Month	41.08°F (5.04°C)	41.73°F (5.41°C)	-0.65°F (-0.37°C)	24th Coolest	Coolest since: 1917	1917
				105th Warmest	Warmest since: 1915	2012
	Ties: 1937
Dec 1917–Aug 1918 9-Month	38.59°F (3.66°C)	39.61°F (4.23°C)	-1.02°F (-0.57°C)	11th Coolest	Coolest since: 1917	1917
				117th Warmest	Warmest since: 1916	2012
	Ties: 1915
Nov 1917–Aug 1918 10-Month	37.83°F (3.24°C)	38.72°F (3.73°C)	-0.89°F (-0.49°C)	9th Coolest	Coolest since: 1917	1917
				119th Warmest	Warmest since: 1916	2016
	Ties: 1915, 1924
Oct 1917–Aug 1918 11-Month	37.71°F (3.17°C)	38.97°F (3.87°C)	-1.26°F (-0.70°C)	7th Coolest	Coolest since: 1917	1917
				121st Warmest	Warmest since: 1916	2016
Sep 1917–Aug 1918 12-Month	38.83°F (3.79°C)	40.05°F (4.47°C)	-1.22°F (-0.68°C)	6th Coolest	Coolest since: 1917	1917
				122nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1916	2016
Mar 1917–Aug 1918 18-Month	41.35°F (5.19°C)	42.87°F (6.04°C)	-1.52°F (-0.85°C)	2nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1917	1917
				126th Warmest	Warmest since: 1916	2016
Sep 1916–Aug 1918 24-Month	38.14°F (3.41°C)	40.04°F (4.47°C)	-1.90°F (-1.06°C)	1st Coolest	Coolest since: 1918	1918
				126th Warmest	Warmest since: 1917	2017
Sep 1915–Aug 1918 36-Month	38.66°F (3.70°C)	40.02°F (4.46°C)	-1.36°F (-0.76°C)	1st Coolest	Coolest since: 1918	1918
				125th Warmest	Warmest since: 1917	2017
Sep 1914–Aug 1918 48-Month	38.85°F (3.81°C)	40.01°F (4.45°C)	-1.16°F (-0.64°C)	1st Coolest	Coolest since: 1918	1918
				124th Warmest	Warmest since: 1917	2018
Sep 1913–Aug 1918 60-Month	39.16°F (3.98°C)	39.99°F (4.44°C)	-0.83°F (-0.46°C)	2nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1918	1920
				122nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1917	2020
	Ties: 1919

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, Minimum Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 25, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/