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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 1961

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
August 1961 1-Month	68.0°F (20.0°C)	67.5°F (19.7°C)	0.5°F (0.3°C)	67th Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1903
				62nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2022
	Ties: 1935, 1965, 2013, 2017
Jul–Aug 1961 2-Month	68.6°F (20.3°C)	68.6°F (20.3°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	55th Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1903
				74th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2022
	Ties: 1958, 1985, 1997
Jun–Aug 1961 3-Month	67.5°F (19.7°C)	67.2°F (19.6°C)	0.3°F (0.1°C)	59th Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1903
				70th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2020
	Ties: 1906, 1925, 1957, 1987, 1997
May–Aug 1961 4-Month	64.0°F (17.8°C)	64.3°F (17.9°C)	-0.3°F (-0.1°C)	43rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1903
				86th Warmest	Warmest since: 1960	2022
	Ties: 1964
Apr–Aug 1961 5-Month	59.8°F (15.4°C)	60.5°F (15.8°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	30th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1907
				99th Warmest	Warmest since: 1960	2010
	Ties: 1898, 1913, 1966, 1997
Mar–Aug 1961 6-Month	55.4°F (13.0°C)	56.0°F (13.3°C)	-0.6°F (-0.3°C)	29th Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1926
				100th Warmest	Warmest since: 1960	2010
	Ties: 1895, 1903, 1958, 1960, 1962, 1978, 1997
Feb–Aug 1961 7-Month	51.3°F (10.7°C)	51.6°F (10.9°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	43rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1907
				86th Warmest	Warmest since: 1960	2012
	Ties: 1903, 1913, 1936, 1939, 1947, 1964, 1971
Jan–Aug 1961 8-Month	47.1°F (8.4°C)	48.2°F (9.0°C)	-1.1°F (-0.6°C)	20th Coolest	Coolest since: 1956	1907
				109th Warmest	Warmest since: 1960	2012
	Ties: 1956, 1967, 1971
Dec 1960–Aug 1961 9-Month	44.4°F (6.9°C)	45.9°F (7.7°C)	-1.5°F (-0.8°C)	13th Coolest	Coolest since: 1956	1904, 1907
				115th Warmest	Warmest since: 1960	2012
	Ties: 1912, 1948
Nov 1960–Aug 1961 10-Month	44.2°F (6.8°C)	45.3°F (7.4°C)	-1.1°F (-0.6°C)	20th Coolest	Coolest since: 1956	1904
				108th Warmest	Warmest since: 1960	2012
	Ties: 1914
Oct 1960–Aug 1961 11-Month	44.6°F (7.0°C)	45.7°F (7.6°C)	-1.1°F (-0.6°C)	18th Coolest	Coolest since: 1956	1905
				110th Warmest	Warmest since: 1960	2012
Sep 1960–Aug 1961 12-Month	45.9°F (7.7°C)	46.9°F (8.3°C)	-1.0°F (-0.6°C)	17th Coolest	Coolest since: 1956	1905
				111th Warmest	Warmest since: 1960	2012
	Ties: 1916, 1977
Mar 1960–Aug 1961 18-Month	49.1°F (9.5°C)	50.0°F (10.0°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	19th Coolest	Coolest since: 1941	1918
				109th Warmest	Warmest since: 1960	2012
	Ties: 1902, 1915
Sep 1959–Aug 1961 24-Month	46.9°F (8.3°C)	46.9°F (8.3°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	51st Coolest	Coolest since: 1959	1905
				76th Warmest	Warmest since: 1960	2013
	Ties: 1946, 1959, 1970
Sep 1958–Aug 1961 36-Month	46.8°F (8.2°C)	46.9°F (8.3°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	47th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1905, 1906
				79th Warmest	Warmest since: 1960	2022
	Ties: 1915, 1923, 1937, 1945, 1958, 1982
Sep 1957–Aug 1961 48-Month	46.9°F (8.3°C)	46.9°F (8.3°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	52nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1959	1907
				73rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1960	2013
	Ties: 1922, 1930, 1938, 1944, 1962, 1978, 1981
Sep 1956–Aug 1961 60-Month	47.0°F (8.3°C)	46.9°F (8.3°C)	0.1°F (0.0°C)	56th Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1907, 1908
				68th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2022
	Ties: 1931, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1962, 1973, 1980

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 25, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/