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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 2008

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
August 2008 1-Month	67.2°F (19.6°C)	67.5°F (19.7°C)	-0.3°F (-0.1°C)	45th Coolest	Coolest since: 2000	1903
				84th Warmest	Warmest since: 2007	2022
	Ties: 1943, 1976, 1994, 2014
Jul–Aug 2008 2-Month	69.8°F (21.0°C)	68.6°F (20.3°C)	1.2°F (0.7°C)	87th Coolest	Coolest since: 2007	1903
				42nd Warmest	Warmest since: 2007	2022
	Ties: 1901, 1931, 2007
Jun–Aug 2008 3-Month	69.0°F (20.6°C)	67.2°F (19.6°C)	1.8°F (1.0°C)	107th Coolest	Coolest since: 2007	1903
				22nd Warmest	Warmest since: 2006	2020
May–Aug 2008 4-Month	65.3°F (18.5°C)	64.3°F (17.9°C)	1.0°F (0.6°C)	88th Coolest	Coolest since: 2004	1903
				41st Warmest	Warmest since: 2007	2022
	Ties: 1931, 1984, 1989
Apr–Aug 2008 5-Month	61.8°F (16.6°C)	60.4°F (15.8°C)	1.4°F (0.8°C)	102nd Coolest	Coolest since: 2007	1907
				27th Warmest	Warmest since: 2006	2010
	Ties: 1944, 1993
Mar–Aug 2008 6-Month	57.3°F (14.1°C)	56.1°F (13.4°C)	1.2°F (0.7°C)	101st Coolest	Coolest since: 2007	1926
				28th Warmest	Warmest since: 2006	2010
	Ties: 1988, 2004
Feb–Aug 2008 7-Month	53.2°F (11.8°C)	51.6°F (10.9°C)	1.6°F (0.9°C)	104th Coolest	Coolest since: 2007	1907
				25th Warmest	Warmest since: 2006	2012
	Ties: 1957
Jan–Aug 2008 8-Month	50.1°F (10.1°C)	48.2°F (9.0°C)	1.9°F (1.1°C)	109th Coolest	Coolest since: 2007	1907
				20th Warmest	Warmest since: 2006	2012
Dec 2007–Aug 2008 9-Month	47.7°F (8.7°C)	46.0°F (7.8°C)	1.7°F (0.9°C)	105th Coolest	Coolest since: 2005	1904, 1907
				23rd Warmest	Warmest since: 2007	2012
	Ties: 1933, 1937, 1952, 1955
Nov 2007–Aug 2008 10-Month	46.8°F (8.2°C)	45.3°F (7.4°C)	1.5°F (0.8°C)	102nd Coolest	Coolest since: 2005	1904
				26th Warmest	Warmest since: 2007	2012
	Ties: 1921
Oct 2007–Aug 2008 11-Month	47.6°F (8.7°C)	45.7°F (7.6°C)	1.9°F (1.1°C)	109th Coolest	Coolest since: 2005	1905
				19th Warmest	Warmest since: 2007	2012
	Ties: 1953, 1955
Sep 2007–Aug 2008 12-Month	48.9°F (9.4°C)	46.9°F (8.3°C)	2.0°F (1.1°C)	112th Coolest	Coolest since: 2007	1905
				16th Warmest	Warmest since: 2006	2012
	Ties: 1983, 1995
Mar 2007–Aug 2008 18-Month	51.5°F (10.8°C)	49.9°F (9.9°C)	1.6°F (0.9°C)	107th Coolest	Coolest since: 2005	1918
				21st Warmest	Warmest since: 2007	2012
Sep 2006–Aug 2008 24-Month	48.9°F (9.4°C)	46.9°F (8.3°C)	2.0°F (1.1°C)	111th Coolest	Coolest since: 2006	1905
				16th Warmest	Warmest since: 2007	2013
	Ties: 1991
Sep 2005–Aug 2008 36-Month	49.1°F (9.5°C)	46.9°F (8.3°C)	2.2°F (1.2°C)	115th Coolest	Coolest since: 2007	1905, 1906
				11th Warmest	Warmest since: 2000	2022
Sep 2004–Aug 2008 48-Month	48.9°F (9.4°C)	46.9°F (8.3°C)	2.0°F (1.1°C)	114th Coolest	Coolest since: 2007	1907
				11th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2013
	Ties: 2000, 2010
Sep 2003–Aug 2008 60-Month	48.6°F (9.2°C)	46.8°F (8.2°C)	1.8°F (1.0°C)	109th Coolest	Coolest since: 2007	1907, 1908
				15th Warmest	Warmest since: 2003	2022
	Ties: 2001, 2003, 2009

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 30, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/