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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

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Average Temperature Rankings, August 1946

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
August 1946 1-Month	70.4°F (21.3°C)	74.8°F (23.8°C)	-4.4°F (-2.5°C)	3rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1927	1927, 1967
				126th Warmest	Warmest since: 1945	2007
Jul–Aug 1946 2-Month	73.2°F (22.9°C)	75.6°F (24.2°C)	-2.4°F (-1.3°C)	9th Coolest	Coolest since: 1927	1967
				120th Warmest	Warmest since: 1945	1936
	Ties: 1920, 1963
Jun–Aug 1946 3-Month	73.0°F (22.8°C)	74.5°F (23.6°C)	-1.5°F (-0.8°C)	17th Coolest	Coolest since: 1927	1967
				112th Warmest	Warmest since: 1945	1936
May–Aug 1946 4-Month	70.5°F (21.4°C)	72.0°F (22.2°C)	-1.5°F (-0.8°C)	19th Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1967
				110th Warmest	Warmest since: 1944	1936
	Ties: 1907, 1915
Apr–Aug 1946 5-Month	68.1°F (20.1°C)	68.6°F (20.3°C)	-0.5°F (-0.2°C)	34th Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1961
				95th Warmest	Warmest since: 1944	2010
	Ties: 1923, 2008, 2013
Mar–Aug 1946 6-Month	65.9°F (18.8°C)	64.8°F (18.2°C)	1.1°F (0.6°C)	101st Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1960
				28th Warmest	Warmest since: 1944	2012
	Ties: 1896, 1899, 1948, 1986
Feb–Aug 1946 7-Month	62.1°F (16.7°C)	60.7°F (15.9°C)	1.4°F (0.8°C)	104th Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1960
				25th Warmest	Warmest since: 1944	2012
	Ties: 1977, 1999, 2002
Jan–Aug 1946 8-Month	58.7°F (14.8°C)	57.3°F (14.1°C)	1.4°F (0.7°C)	99th Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1978
				30th Warmest	Warmest since: 1944	2012
	Ties: 1922, 1987, 2011
Dec 1945–Aug 1946 9-Month	55.6°F (13.1°C)	55.0°F (12.8°C)	0.6°F (0.3°C)	79th Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1978
				49th Warmest	Warmest since: 1944	2012
	Ties: 1914
Nov 1945–Aug 1946 10-Month	54.7°F (12.6°C)	54.0°F (12.2°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	81st Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1978
				47th Warmest	Warmest since: 1944	2012
	Ties: 1896, 1937
Oct 1945–Aug 1946 11-Month	54.8°F (12.7°C)	54.3°F (12.4°C)	0.5°F (0.3°C)	73rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1978
				55th Warmest	Warmest since: 1944	2012
	Ties: 1901, 1911, 1923
Sep 1945–Aug 1946 12-Month	56.2°F (13.4°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	0.7°F (0.3°C)	81st Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1978
				47th Warmest	Warmest since: 1943	1932
	Ties: 1914, 1916, 1923, 1972, 2011, 2021
Mar 1945–Aug 1946 18-Month	59.4°F (15.2°C)	58.6°F (14.8°C)	0.8°F (0.4°C)	89th Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1918
				39th Warmest	Warmest since: 1943	2017
	Ties: 1901, 1903, 1914, 1930
Sep 1944–Aug 1946 24-Month	55.7°F (13.2°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	68th Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1978
				59th Warmest	Warmest since: 1944	2017
	Ties: 1907, 1947
Sep 1943–Aug 1946 36-Month	55.8°F (13.2°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	0.3°F (0.1°C)	71st Coolest	Coolest since: 1942	1979
				55th Warmest	Warmest since: 1945	2018
	Ties: 1940, 1948, 1975, 1976
Sep 1942–Aug 1946 48-Month	56.0°F (13.3°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	0.5°F (0.2°C)	85th Coolest	Coolest since: 1943	1980
				40th Warmest	Warmest since: 1945	2019
	Ties: 1901, 1940, 1988, 1992, 1993
Sep 1941–Aug 1946 60-Month	56.1°F (13.4°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	0.6°F (0.3°C)	89th Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1981
				35th Warmest	Warmest since: 1945	2020
	Ties: 1945, 1991, 2004

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 30, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/