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Great Basin

Average Temperature Rankings, August 1940

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PeriodValue1901-2000
Mean
AnomalyRank
(1895-2022)
Warmest/Coolest
Since
Record
August 1940
1-Month
72.1°F
(22.3°C)
69.4°F
(20.8°C)
2.7°F
(1.5°C)
114th Coolest
Coolest since:
1899
15th Warmest
Warmest since:
2020
Ties: 1934, 1971, 1998
Jul–Aug 1940
2-Month
72.1°F
(22.3°C)
70.5°F
(21.4°C)
1.6°F
(0.9°C)
100th Coolest
Coolest since:
1912, 1993
29th Warmest
Warmest since:
2003, 2007, 2018, 2020, 2022
Ties: 1898, 1981
Jun–Aug 1940
3-Month
70.8°F
(21.6°C)
68.1°F
(20.1°C)
2.7°F
(1.5°C)
114th Coolest
Coolest since:
1907
15th Warmest
Warmest since:
2021
Ties: 1996, 2012
May–Aug 1940
4-Month
68.0°F
(20.0°C)
64.6°F
(18.1°C)
3.4°F
(1.9°C)
125th Coolest
Coolest since:
1907
4th Warmest
Warmest to Date
2021
Ties: 2001, 2017
Apr–Aug 1940
5-Month
63.9°F
(17.7°C)
60.8°F
(16.0°C)
3.1°F
(1.7°C)
123rd Coolest
Coolest since:
1975
6th Warmest
Warmest since:
2021
Mar–Aug 1940
6-Month
60.1°F
(15.6°C)
57.1°F
(13.9°C)
3.0°F
(1.7°C)
121st Coolest
Coolest since:
1975
8th Warmest
Warmest since:
1934, 2007
Ties: 2000
Feb–Aug 1940
7-Month
56.5°F
(13.6°C)
53.6°F
(12.0°C)
2.9°F
(1.6°C)
120th Coolest
Coolest since:
1903
9th Warmest
Warmest since:
1934
Jan–Aug 1940
8-Month
53.4°F
(11.9°C)
50.4°F
(10.2°C)
3.0°F
(1.7°C)
118th Coolest
Coolest since:
1917
11th Warmest
Warmest since:
1934
Ties: 1992, 1994, 2007
Dec 1939–Aug 1940
9-Month
51.5°F
(10.8°C)
48.1°F
(8.9°C)
3.4°F
(1.9°C)
125th Coolest
Coolest since:
1917
3rd Warmest
Warmest since:
1934
Ties: 2018
Nov 1939–Aug 1940
10-Month
50.4°F
(10.2°C)
47.1°F
(8.4°C)
3.3°F
(1.8°C)
123rd Coolest
Coolest since:
1917
5th Warmest
Warmest since:
1934
Oct 1939–Aug 1940
11-Month
50.3°F
(10.2°C)
47.3°F
(8.5°C)
3.0°F
(1.7°C)
123rd Coolest
Coolest since:
1917
5th Warmest
Warmest since:
1934
Ties: 2021
Sep 1939–Aug 1940
12-Month
51.2°F
(10.7°C)
48.4°F
(9.1°C)
2.8°F
(1.6°C)
121st Coolest
Coolest since:
1917
7th Warmest
Warmest since:
1934
Mar 1939–Aug 1940
18-Month
53.7°F
(12.1°C)
51.3°F
(10.7°C)
2.4°F
(1.4°C)
120th Coolest
Coolest since:
1917
8th Warmest
Warmest since:
2015
Sep 1938–Aug 1940
24-Month
49.9°F
(9.9°C)
48.4°F
(9.1°C)
1.5°F
(0.8°C)
110th Coolest
Coolest since:
1913
17th Warmest
Warmest since:
2016
Ties: 1941, 1981, 2002
Sep 1937–Aug 1940
36-Month
49.7°F
(9.8°C)
48.4°F
(9.1°C)
1.3°F
(0.7°C)
104th Coolest
Coolest since:
1917
22nd Warmest
Warmest since:
2017
Ties: 1997, 2009
Sep 1936–Aug 1940
48-Month
49.0°F
(9.4°C)
48.4°F
(9.1°C)
0.6°F
(0.3°C)
87th Coolest
Coolest since:
1913, 1915
38th Warmest
Warmest since:
2018
Ties: 1928, 1943, 1959, 1962, 1993
Sep 1935–Aug 1940
60-Month
49.1°F
(9.5°C)
48.4°F
(9.1°C)
0.7°F
(0.4°C)
91st Coolest
Coolest since:
1917
33rd Warmest
Warmest since:
2018
Ties: 1981, 1982, 1993

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