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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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Average Temperature Rankings, July 2020

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
July 2020 1-Month	78.7°F (25.9°C)	76.3°F (24.6°C)	2.4°F (1.3°C)	113th Coolest	Coolest since: 2019	1947
				16th Warmest	Warmest since: 2012	1901
	Ties: 1954, 1980
Jun–Jul 2020 2-Month	75.6°F (24.2°C)	74.4°F (23.6°C)	1.2°F (0.6°C)	96th Coolest	Coolest since: 2019	1974
				33rd Warmest	Warmest since: 2018	1934
	Ties: 1939, 1987, 1993, 2005
May–Jul 2020 3-Month	71.2°F (21.8°C)	71.1°F (21.7°C)	0.1°F (0.1°C)	71st Coolest	Coolest since: 2017	1917
				58th Warmest	Warmest since: 2019	1934
	Ties: 1906, 1937, 1980, 1982, 2017
Apr–Jul 2020 4-Month	66.6°F (19.2°C)	67.1°F (19.5°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	40th Coolest	Coolest since: 2009	1961
				89th Warmest	Warmest since: 2019	2010
	Ties: 1903, 1909, 1927, 1975, 2009
Mar–Jul 2020 5-Month	63.5°F (17.5°C)	62.7°F (17.1°C)	0.8°F (0.4°C)	79th Coolest	Coolest since: 2014	1960
				50th Warmest	Warmest since: 2019	2012
	Ties: 1914, 1954, 1957
Feb–Jul 2020 6-Month	59.6°F (15.3°C)	58.4°F (14.7°C)	1.2°F (0.6°C)	99th Coolest	Coolest since: 2015	1947
				30th Warmest	Warmest since: 2019	2012
	Ties: 1927, 1939, 1990, 2002, 2004
Jan–Jul 2020 7-Month	56.8°F (13.8°C)	54.8°F (12.7°C)	2.0°F (1.1°C)	114th Coolest	Coolest since: 2019	1978
				15th Warmest	Warmest since: 2017	2012
Dec 2019–Jul 2020 8-Month	55.0°F (12.8°C)	52.6°F (11.4°C)	2.4°F (1.4°C)	120th Coolest	Coolest since: 2019	1978
				8th Warmest	Warmest since: 2017	2012
	Ties: 1949, 1952, 1953
Nov 2019–Jul 2020 9-Month	53.4°F (11.9°C)	51.7°F (10.9°C)	1.7°F (1.0°C)	114th Coolest	Coolest since: 2019	1978
				14th Warmest	Warmest since: 2017	2012
	Ties: 1998
Oct 2019–Jul 2020 10-Month	54.1°F (12.3°C)	52.3°F (11.3°C)	1.8°F (1.0°C)	116th Coolest	Coolest since: 2019	1978
				12th Warmest	Warmest since: 2017	2012
	Ties: 1919
Sep 2019–Jul 2020 11-Month	56.0°F (13.3°C)	53.8°F (12.1°C)	2.2°F (1.2°C)	120th Coolest	Coolest since: 2019	1978
				8th Warmest	Warmest since: 2017	1932, 2012, 2017
	Ties: 2022
Aug 2019–Jul 2020 12-Month	57.6°F (14.2°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	2.1°F (1.1°C)	120th Coolest	Coolest since: 2019	1977
				8th Warmest	Warmest since: 2017	2017
	Ties: 1991
Feb 2019–Jul 2020 18-Month	58.5°F (14.7°C)	56.5°F (13.6°C)	2.0°F (1.1°C)	122nd Coolest	Coolest since: 2019	1918
				6th Warmest	Warmest since: 2017	2017
Aug 2018–Jul 2020 24-Month	57.4°F (14.1°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	1.9°F (1.0°C)	120th Coolest	Coolest since: 2019	1978
				7th Warmest	Warmest since: 2018	2017
Aug 2017–Jul 2020 36-Month	57.1°F (13.9°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	1.6°F (0.8°C)	121st Coolest	Coolest since: 2016	1979
				5th Warmest	Warmest since: 2019	2018
	Ties: 1923, 2000, 2012, 2022
Aug 2016–Jul 2020 48-Month	57.6°F (14.2°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	2.1°F (1.1°C)	123rd Coolest	Coolest since: 2018	1980
				2nd Warmest	Warmest since: 2019	2019
Aug 2015–Jul 2020 60-Month	57.7°F (14.3°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	2.2°F (1.2°C)	123rd Coolest	Coolest since: 2019	1981
				1st Warmest	Warmest to Date	2020

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 6, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/