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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 1921

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
August 1921 1-Month	65.2°F (18.4°C)	67.5°F (19.7°C)	-2.3°F (-1.3°C)	14th Coolest	Coolest since: 1919	1903
				115th Warmest	Warmest since: 1920	2022
	Ties: 1923
Jul–Aug 1921 2-Month	68.4°F (20.2°C)	68.6°F (20.3°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	48th Coolest	Coolest since: 1920	1903
				81st Warmest	Warmest since: 1918	2022
	Ties: 1908, 1918, 1951, 1953
Jun–Aug 1921 3-Month	67.2°F (19.6°C)	67.2°F (19.6°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	50th Coolest	Coolest since: 1920	1903
				79th Warmest	Warmest since: 1917	2020
	Ties: 1911, 1963, 2004
May–Aug 1921 4-Month	64.4°F (18.0°C)	64.4°F (18.0°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	50th Coolest	Coolest since: 1920	1903
				79th Warmest	Warmest since: 1918	2022
	Ties: 1895, 1898, 1900, 1971
Apr–Aug 1921 5-Month	61.4°F (16.3°C)	60.5°F (15.8°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	93rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1920	1907
				36th Warmest	Warmest to Date	2010
	Ties: 1970, 1983, 2004, 2007
Mar–Aug 1921 6-Month	58.1°F (14.5°C)	56.1°F (13.4°C)	2.0°F (1.1°C)	115th Coolest	Coolest since: 1920	1926
				14th Warmest	Warmest to Date	2010
	Ties: 2013
Feb–Aug 1921 7-Month	53.7°F (12.1°C)	51.6°F (10.9°C)	2.1°F (1.2°C)	113th Coolest	Coolest since: 1920	1907
				16th Warmest	Warmest to Date	2012
	Ties: 1955, 1976
Jan–Aug 1921 8-Month	50.2°F (10.1°C)	48.2°F (9.0°C)	2.0°F (1.1°C)	110th Coolest	Coolest since: 1920	1907
				19th Warmest	Warmest to Date	2012
Dec 1920–Aug 1921 9-Month	48.0°F (8.9°C)	46.0°F (7.8°C)	2.0°F (1.1°C)	108th Coolest	Coolest since: 1920	1904, 1907
				20th Warmest	Warmest to Date	2012
	Ties: 2019
Nov 1920–Aug 1921 10-Month	46.8°F (8.2°C)	45.3°F (7.4°C)	1.5°F (0.8°C)	102nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1920	1904
				26th Warmest	Warmest to Date	2012
	Ties: 2008
Oct 1920–Aug 1921 11-Month	47.5°F (8.6°C)	45.7°F (7.6°C)	1.8°F (1.0°C)	106th Coolest	Coolest since: 1920	1905
				22nd Warmest	Warmest to Date	2012
Sep 1920–Aug 1921 12-Month	48.7°F (9.3°C)	46.9°F (8.3°C)	1.8°F (1.0°C)	105th Coolest	Coolest since: 1920	1905
				23rd Warmest	Warmest to Date	2012
Mar 1920–Aug 1921 18-Month	50.6°F (10.3°C)	50.0°F (10.0°C)	0.6°F (0.3°C)	85th Coolest	Coolest since: 1920	1918
				43rd Warmest	Warmest to Date	2012
	Ties: 1931, 1989, 2001
Sep 1919–Aug 1921 24-Month	46.7°F (8.2°C)	46.9°F (8.3°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	45th Coolest	Coolest since: 1920	1905
				82nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1914	2013
	Ties: 1899, 1934, 1969, 1972
Sep 1918–Aug 1921 36-Month	46.9°F (8.3°C)	46.9°F (8.3°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	54th Coolest	Coolest since: 1920	1905, 1906
				72nd Warmest	Warmest to Date	2022
	Ties: 1943, 1946, 1948
Sep 1917–Aug 1921 48-Month	46.2°F (7.9°C)	46.9°F (8.3°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	15th Coolest	Coolest since: 1920	1907
				110th Warmest	Warmest since: 1916	2013
	Ties: 1910, 1912, 1923, 1925
Sep 1916–Aug 1921 60-Month	46.0°F (7.8°C)	46.9°F (8.3°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	12th Coolest	Coolest since: 1920	1907, 1908
				112th Warmest	Warmest since: 1917	2022

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 28, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/