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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 1973

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
August 1973 1-Month	71.5°F (21.9°C)	67.5°F (19.7°C)	4.0°F (2.2°C)	119th Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1903
				10th Warmest	Warmest since: 1937	2022
	Ties: 2003, 2012
Jul–Aug 1973 2-Month	71.2°F (21.8°C)	68.7°F (20.4°C)	2.5°F (1.4°C)	114th Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1903
				15th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2022
	Ties: 2003
Jun–Aug 1973 3-Month	69.9°F (21.1°C)	67.2°F (19.6°C)	2.7°F (1.5°C)	119th Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1903
				10th Warmest	Warmest since: 1949	2020
	Ties: 1999
May–Aug 1973 4-Month	66.0°F (18.9°C)	64.4°F (18.0°C)	1.6°F (0.9°C)	110th Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1903
				19th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2022
	Ties: 1988, 2001, 2006
Apr–Aug 1973 5-Month	62.2°F (16.8°C)	60.4°F (15.8°C)	1.8°F (1.0°C)	111th Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1907
				18th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2010
	Ties: 1994, 2005
Mar–Aug 1973 6-Month	58.5°F (14.7°C)	56.0°F (13.3°C)	2.5°F (1.4°C)	120th Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1926
				9th Warmest	Warmest since: 1949	2010
Feb–Aug 1973 7-Month	53.8°F (12.1°C)	51.7°F (10.9°C)	2.1°F (1.2°C)	114th Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1907
				15th Warmest	Warmest since: 1949	2012
Jan–Aug 1973 8-Month	50.4°F (10.2°C)	48.1°F (8.9°C)	2.3°F (1.3°C)	111th Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1907
				18th Warmest	Warmest since: 1953	2012
Dec 1972–Aug 1973 9-Month	48.2°F (9.0°C)	46.0°F (7.8°C)	2.2°F (1.2°C)	111th Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1904, 1907
				17th Warmest	Warmest since: 1953	2012
	Ties: 1983
Nov 1972–Aug 1973 10-Month	47.0°F (8.3°C)	45.2°F (7.3°C)	1.8°F (1.0°C)	107th Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1904
				21st Warmest	Warmest since: 1953	2012
	Ties: 1951, 2019
Oct 1972–Aug 1973 11-Month	46.9°F (8.3°C)	45.7°F (7.6°C)	1.2°F (0.7°C)	95th Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1905
				33rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2012
	Ties: 1942, 1980
Sep 1972–Aug 1973 12-Month	48.1°F (8.9°C)	46.9°F (8.3°C)	1.2°F (0.6°C)	95th Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1905
				33rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2012
Mar 1972–Aug 1973 18-Month	50.3°F (10.2°C)	50.0°F (10.0°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	68th Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1918
				60th Warmest	Warmest since: 1969	2012
	Ties: 1913, 1919, 1945, 1969, 1987
Sep 1971–Aug 1973 24-Month	47.6°F (8.7°C)	46.9°F (8.3°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	85th Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1905
				42nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2013
	Ties: 1975, 1986
Sep 1970–Aug 1973 36-Month	47.2°F (8.4°C)	46.9°F (8.3°C)	0.3°F (0.1°C)	69th Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1905, 1906
				57th Warmest	Warmest since: 1960	2022
	Ties: 1957, 1960, 1977, 1981
Sep 1969–Aug 1973 48-Month	47.0°F (8.3°C)	46.9°F (8.3°C)	0.1°F (0.0°C)	60th Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1907
				65th Warmest	Warmest since: 1960	2013
	Ties: 1935, 1948
Sep 1968–Aug 1973 60-Month	47.0°F (8.3°C)	46.8°F (8.2°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	56th Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1907, 1908
				68th Warmest	Warmest since: 1962	2022
	Ties: 1931, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1961, 1962, 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 29, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/