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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 1960

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
August 1960 1-Month	67.7°F (19.8°C)	67.5°F (19.7°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	59th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1903
				70th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2022
Jul–Aug 1960 2-Month	67.8°F (19.9°C)	68.6°F (20.3°C)	-0.8°F (-0.4°C)	28th Coolest	Coolest since: 1957	1903
				101st Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2022
	Ties: 1897, 1926, 1941, 1942, 1976
Jun–Aug 1960 3-Month	66.9°F (19.4°C)	67.2°F (19.6°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	39th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1903
				90th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2020
	Ties: 1896, 1919, 1936, 1942
May–Aug 1960 4-Month	64.5°F (18.1°C)	64.3°F (17.9°C)	0.2°F (0.2°C)	55th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1903
				74th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2022
	Ties: 1906, 1941, 1947, 1965, 1978
Apr–Aug 1960 5-Month	61.0°F (16.1°C)	60.4°F (15.8°C)	0.6°F (0.3°C)	72nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1907
				57th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2010
	Ties: 1995
Mar–Aug 1960 6-Month	55.4°F (13.0°C)	56.0°F (13.3°C)	-0.6°F (-0.3°C)	29th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1926
				100th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2010
	Ties: 1895, 1903, 1958, 1961, 1962, 1978, 1997
Feb–Aug 1960 7-Month	51.9°F (11.1°C)	51.6°F (10.9°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	67th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1907
				62nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2012
	Ties: 1980, 1986, 2007
Jan–Aug 1960 8-Month	48.6°F (9.2°C)	48.2°F (9.0°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	72nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1959	1907
				57th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2012
	Ties: 1898, 1959, 1974, 1980, 2004
Dec 1959–Aug 1960 9-Month	46.6°F (8.1°C)	45.9°F (7.7°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	78th Coolest	Coolest since: 1959	1904, 1907
				50th Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	2012
	Ties: 1931, 1938, 1990, 1993, 2004
Nov 1959–Aug 1960 10-Month	45.9°F (7.7°C)	45.2°F (7.3°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	78th Coolest	Coolest since: 1959	1904
				50th Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	2012
	Ties: 1931, 1947, 1984, 1990
Oct 1959–Aug 1960 11-Month	46.4°F (8.0°C)	45.7°F (7.6°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	82nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1959	1905
				46th Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	2012
	Ties: 2001, 2009
Sep 1959–Aug 1960 12-Month	47.8°F (8.8°C)	46.9°F (8.3°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	89th Coolest	Coolest since: 1959	1905
				39th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2012
	Ties: 1984, 2004, 2009
Mar 1959–Aug 1960 18-Month	51.0°F (10.6°C)	50.0°F (10.0°C)	1.0°F (0.6°C)	99th Coolest	Coolest since: 1959	1918
				29th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2012
	Ties: 1950, 1952, 1983, 1984
Sep 1958–Aug 1960 24-Month	47.2°F (8.4°C)	46.9°F (8.3°C)	0.3°F (0.1°C)	71st Coolest	Coolest since: 1959	1905
				56th Warmest	Warmest since: 1958	2013
	Ties: 1929, 1942, 1943, 1983, 1997, 2004, 2015
Sep 1957–Aug 1960 36-Month	47.2°F (8.4°C)	46.9°F (8.3°C)	0.3°F (0.1°C)	69th Coolest	Coolest since: 1959	1905, 1906
				57th Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	2022
	Ties: 1957, 1973, 1977, 1981
Sep 1956–Aug 1960 48-Month	47.3°F (8.5°C)	46.9°F (8.3°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	71st Coolest	Coolest since: 1959	1907
				54th Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	2013
	Ties: 1974, 1977, 1983, 1984
Sep 1955–Aug 1960 60-Month	46.9°F (8.3°C)	46.8°F (8.2°C)	0.1°F (0.1°C)	51st Coolest	Coolest since: 1948	1907, 1908
				73rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2022
	Ties: 1936, 1939, 1948, 1979

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 3, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/