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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 1970

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
August 1970 1-Month	69.4°F (20.8°C)	67.5°F (19.7°C)	1.9°F (1.1°C)	91st Coolest	Coolest since: 1968	1903
				38th Warmest	Warmest since: 1969	2022
	Ties: 2007
Jul–Aug 1970 2-Month	70.2°F (21.2°C)	68.7°F (20.4°C)	1.5°F (0.8°C)	97th Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1903
				32nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2022
	Ties: 1938, 1990
Jun–Aug 1970 3-Month	68.1°F (20.1°C)	67.2°F (19.6°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	90th Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1903
				39th Warmest	Warmest since: 1967	2020
	Ties: 1900, 1930, 1931, 1939, 1959, 1967, 1981, 2014
May–Aug 1970 4-Month	65.5°F (18.6°C)	64.4°F (18.0°C)	1.1°F (0.6°C)	100th Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1903
				29th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2022
	Ties: 1911, 1943, 1952
Apr–Aug 1970 5-Month	61.4°F (16.3°C)	60.5°F (15.8°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	93rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1907
				36th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2010
	Ties: 1921, 1983, 2004, 2007
Mar–Aug 1970 6-Month	56.5°F (13.6°C)	56.0°F (13.3°C)	0.5°F (0.3°C)	75th Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1926
				54th Warmest	Warmest since: 1968	2010
	Ties: 1925, 1951, 1968, 1986
Feb–Aug 1970 7-Month	52.1°F (11.2°C)	51.6°F (10.9°C)	0.5°F (0.3°C)	75th Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1907
				54th Warmest	Warmest since: 1969	2012
	Ties: 1919, 1944, 1969
Jan–Aug 1970 8-Month	47.6°F (8.7°C)	48.2°F (9.0°C)	-0.6°F (-0.3°C)	37th Coolest	Coolest since: 1968	1907
				92nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1969	2012
	Ties: 1896, 1897, 1943
Dec 1969–Aug 1970 9-Month	45.3°F (7.4°C)	46.0°F (7.8°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	35th Coolest	Coolest since: 1967	1904, 1907
				93rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1969	2012
	Ties: 1915, 1946, 1965
Nov 1969–Aug 1970 10-Month	44.8°F (7.1°C)	45.3°F (7.4°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	37th Coolest	Coolest since: 1968	1904
				91st Warmest	Warmest since: 1969	2012
	Ties: 1897, 1900, 1903, 1936, 1946, 1965, 1967, 1996
Oct 1969–Aug 1970 11-Month	45.2°F (7.3°C)	45.7°F (7.6°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	36th Coolest	Coolest since: 1968	1905
				92nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1969	2012
	Ties: 1901, 1903, 1915, 1922, 1936, 1967
Sep 1969–Aug 1970 12-Month	46.5°F (8.1°C)	46.9°F (8.3°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	37th Coolest	Coolest since: 1968	1905
				91st Warmest	Warmest since: 1969	2012
	Ties: 1896, 1900
Mar 1969–Aug 1970 18-Month	49.8°F (9.9°C)	50.0°F (10.0°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	48th Coolest	Coolest since: 1968	1918
				80th Warmest	Warmest since: 1969	2012
	Ties: 1898, 1928, 1944, 1964
Sep 1968–Aug 1970 24-Month	46.9°F (8.3°C)	47.0°F (8.3°C)	-0.1°F (0.0°C)	51st Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1905
				76th Warmest	Warmest since: 1961	2013
	Ties: 1946, 1959, 1961
Sep 1967–Aug 1970 36-Month	46.7°F (8.2°C)	46.9°F (8.3°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	40th Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1905, 1906
				86th Warmest	Warmest since: 1962	2022
	Ties: 1910, 1922, 1929, 1971, 1972, 1978
Sep 1966–Aug 1970 48-Month	46.6°F (8.1°C)	46.9°F (8.3°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	37th Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1907
				88th Warmest	Warmest since: 1969	2013
	Ties: 1901, 1916, 1942, 1963, 1969, 1971
Sep 1965–Aug 1970 60-Month	46.6°F (8.1°C)	46.9°F (8.3°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	39th Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1907, 1908
				85th Warmest	Warmest since: 1969	2022
	Ties: 1940, 1941, 1963, 1969

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/