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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 2009

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
August 2009 1-Month	71.0°F (21.7°C)	67.5°F (19.7°C)	3.5°F (2.0°C)	113th Coolest	Coolest since: 2008	1903
				16th Warmest	Warmest since: 2005	2022
	Ties: 1939
Jul–Aug 2009 2-Month	69.3°F (20.7°C)	68.6°F (20.3°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	77th Coolest	Coolest since: 2004	1903
				52nd Warmest	Warmest since: 2008	2022
	Ties: 1966
Jun–Aug 2009 3-Month	67.1°F (19.5°C)	67.2°F (19.6°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	48th Coolest	Coolest since: 2000	1903
				81st Warmest	Warmest since: 2008	2020
	Ties: 1977
May–Aug 2009 4-Month	64.6°F (18.1°C)	64.3°F (17.9°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	61st Coolest	Coolest since: 2000	1903
				68th Warmest	Warmest since: 2008	2022
	Ties: 1918, 1990, 1996
Apr–Aug 2009 5-Month	61.3°F (16.3°C)	60.4°F (15.8°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	88th Coolest	Coolest since: 2003	1907
				41st Warmest	Warmest since: 2008	2010
	Ties: 1896, 1937, 1953, 1957, 1969, 1979, 1980
Mar–Aug 2009 6-Month	57.0°F (13.9°C)	56.0°F (13.3°C)	1.0°F (0.6°C)	91st Coolest	Coolest since: 2007	1926
				38th Warmest	Warmest since: 2008	2010
	Ties: 1938, 1957, 2015
Feb–Aug 2009 7-Month	52.9°F (11.6°C)	51.6°F (10.9°C)	1.3°F (0.7°C)	96th Coolest	Coolest since: 2007	1907
				33rd Warmest	Warmest since: 2008	2012
	Ties: 1925, 1988, 2001, 2005
Jan–Aug 2009 8-Month	48.8°F (9.3°C)	48.2°F (9.0°C)	0.6°F (0.3°C)	83rd Coolest	Coolest since: 2004	1907
				46th Warmest	Warmest since: 2008	2012
	Ties: 1932, 1944, 1945, 1957, 1984, 1997
Dec 2008–Aug 2009 9-Month	46.9°F (8.3°C)	46.0°F (7.8°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	89th Coolest	Coolest since: 2004	1904, 1907
				39th Warmest	Warmest since: 2008	2012
	Ties: 1942, 1957
Nov 2008–Aug 2009 10-Month	46.2°F (7.9°C)	45.3°F (7.4°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	86th Coolest	Coolest since: 2003	1904
				42nd Warmest	Warmest since: 2008	2012
	Ties: 1974, 1985, 1989, 1997
Oct 2008–Aug 2009 11-Month	46.4°F (8.0°C)	45.7°F (7.6°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	82nd Coolest	Coolest since: 2003	1905
				46th Warmest	Warmest since: 2008	2012
	Ties: 1960, 2001
Sep 2008–Aug 2009 12-Month	47.8°F (8.8°C)	47.0°F (8.3°C)	0.8°F (0.5°C)	89th Coolest	Coolest since: 2004	1905
				39th Warmest	Warmest since: 2008	2012
	Ties: 1960, 1984, 2004
Mar 2008–Aug 2009 18-Month	50.9°F (10.5°C)	49.9°F (9.9°C)	1.0°F (0.6°C)	94th Coolest	Coolest since: 2004	1918
				34th Warmest	Warmest since: 2008	2012
	Ties: 1955, 1976
Sep 2007–Aug 2009 24-Month	48.3°F (9.1°C)	46.9°F (8.3°C)	1.4°F (0.8°C)	99th Coolest	Coolest since: 2005	1905
				28th Warmest	Warmest since: 2008	2013
	Ties: 2014
Sep 2006–Aug 2009 36-Month	48.5°F (9.2°C)	46.9°F (8.3°C)	1.6°F (0.9°C)	107th Coolest	Coolest since: 2006	1905, 1906
				19th Warmest	Warmest since: 2008	2022
	Ties: 1951, 1955, 2006
Sep 2005–Aug 2009 48-Month	48.8°F (9.3°C)	46.9°F (8.3°C)	1.9°F (1.0°C)	111th Coolest	Coolest since: 2007	1907
				14th Warmest	Warmest since: 2008	2013
	Ties: 2001, 2011, 2016, 2017
Sep 2004–Aug 2009 60-Month	48.6°F (9.2°C)	46.8°F (8.2°C)	1.8°F (1.0°C)	109th Coolest	Coolest since: 2008	1907, 1908
				15th Warmest	Warmest since: 2008	2022
	Ties: 2001, 2003, 2008

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 6, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/