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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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Massachusetts

Average Temperature Rankings, August 1938

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
August 1938 1-Month	70.5°F (21.4°C)	67.5°F (19.7°C)	3.0°F (1.7°C)	110th Coolest	Coolest since: 1936	1903
				19th Warmest	Warmest since: 1937	2022
	Ties: 1944
Jul–Aug 1938 2-Month	70.2°F (21.2°C)	68.7°F (20.4°C)	1.5°F (0.8°C)	97th Coolest	Coolest since: 1936	1903
				32nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1937	2022
	Ties: 1970, 1990
Jun–Aug 1938 3-Month	68.4°F (20.2°C)	67.2°F (19.6°C)	1.2°F (0.6°C)	95th Coolest	Coolest since: 1936	1903
				34th Warmest	Warmest since: 1937	2020
	Ties: 2007
May–Aug 1938 4-Month	64.7°F (18.2°C)	64.3°F (17.9°C)	0.4°F (0.3°C)	70th Coolest	Coolest since: 1936	1903
				59th Warmest	Warmest since: 1937	2022
	Ties: 1899, 1901, 1936, 1957, 1969
Apr–Aug 1938 5-Month	61.1°F (16.2°C)	60.4°F (15.8°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	78th Coolest	Coolest since: 1936	1907
				51st Warmest	Warmest since: 1937	2010
	Ties: 1930, 1933, 1934, 1975, 1987
Mar–Aug 1938 6-Month	57.0°F (13.9°C)	56.0°F (13.3°C)	1.0°F (0.6°C)	91st Coolest	Coolest since: 1937	1926
				38th Warmest	Warmest since: 1931	2010
	Ties: 1957, 2009, 2015
Feb–Aug 1938 7-Month	52.8°F (11.6°C)	51.6°F (10.9°C)	1.2°F (0.7°C)	91st Coolest	Coolest since: 1937	1907
				38th Warmest	Warmest since: 1925	2012
Jan–Aug 1938 8-Month	49.0°F (9.4°C)	48.1°F (8.9°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	89th Coolest	Coolest since: 1936	1907
				40th Warmest	Warmest since: 1937	2012
	Ties: 1919, 1988
Dec 1937–Aug 1938 9-Month	46.6°F (8.1°C)	46.0°F (7.8°C)	0.6°F (0.3°C)	78th Coolest	Coolest since: 1936	1904, 1907
				50th Warmest	Warmest since: 1937	2012
	Ties: 1931, 1960, 1990, 1993, 2004
Nov 1937–Aug 1938 10-Month	45.8°F (7.7°C)	45.3°F (7.4°C)	0.5°F (0.3°C)	73rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1936	1904
				55th Warmest	Warmest since: 1937	2012
	Ties: 1987, 1993
Oct 1937–Aug 1938 11-Month	46.0°F (7.8°C)	45.7°F (7.6°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	68th Coolest	Coolest since: 1936	1905
				60th Warmest	Warmest since: 1937	2012
	Ties: 1939, 1992, 2015
Sep 1937–Aug 1938 12-Month	47.1°F (8.4°C)	46.9°F (8.3°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	59th Coolest	Coolest since: 1936	1905
				69th Warmest	Warmest since: 1937	2012
	Ties: 1929, 1939, 1972, 1992, 1993
Mar 1937–Aug 1938 18-Month	50.1°F (10.1°C)	50.0°F (10.0°C)	0.1°F (0.1°C)	58th Coolest	Coolest since: 1936	1918
				70th Warmest	Warmest since: 1937	2012
Sep 1936–Aug 1938 24-Month	47.5°F (8.6°C)	46.9°F (8.3°C)	0.6°F (0.3°C)	82nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1937	1905
				45th Warmest	Warmest since: 1933	2013
	Ties: 1931
Sep 1935–Aug 1938 36-Month	47.1°F (8.4°C)	46.9°F (8.3°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	61st Coolest	Coolest since: 1937	1905, 1906
				65th Warmest	Warmest since: 1934	2022
	Ties: 1944, 1959, 1983
Sep 1934–Aug 1938 48-Month	46.9°F (8.3°C)	46.9°F (8.3°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	52nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1937	1907
				73rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1935	2013
	Ties: 1922, 1930, 1944, 1961, 1962, 1978, 1981
Sep 1933–Aug 1938 60-Month	46.5°F (8.1°C)	46.9°F (8.3°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	28th Coolest	Coolest since: 1930	1907, 1908
				96th Warmest	Warmest since: 1937	2022
	Ties: 1900, 1901, 1902, 1913, 1923, 1943, 1944, 1966, 1968, 1971

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/