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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

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Arizona

Average Temperature Rankings, August 1986

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
August 1986 1-Month	79.4°F (26.3°C)	77.8°F (25.4°C)	1.6°F (0.9°C)	106th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1968
				23rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1969	2020
	Ties: 1905, 2000
Jul–Aug 1986 2-Month	78.5°F (25.8°C)	78.8°F (26.0°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	45th Coolest	Coolest since: 1984	1912
				84th Warmest	Warmest since: 1985	2020
	Ties: 1935
Jun–Aug 1986 3-Month	77.9°F (25.5°C)	77.3°F (25.2°C)	0.6°F (0.3°C)	79th Coolest	Coolest since: 1984	1941
				50th Warmest	Warmest since: 1985	2020
	Ties: 1896, 1946, 1966, 1990, 1995, 2004
May–Aug 1986 4-Month	75.0°F (23.9°C)	74.2°F (23.4°C)	0.8°F (0.5°C)	83rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1983	1907
				46th Warmest	Warmest since: 1985	2020
	Ties: 1898, 1988
Apr–Aug 1986 5-Month	71.7°F (22.1°C)	70.7°F (21.5°C)	1.0°F (0.6°C)	87th Coolest	Coolest since: 1984	1941
				42nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1985	2020
	Ties: 1969, 1990, 2008
Mar–Aug 1986 6-Month	68.8°F (20.4°C)	67.2°F (19.6°C)	1.6°F (0.8°C)	98th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1965
				31st Warmest	Warmest since: 1985	2018, 2020
	Ties: 1985
Feb–Aug 1986 7-Month	65.8°F (18.8°C)	64.0°F (17.8°C)	1.8°F (1.0°C)	107th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1965, 1975
				22nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1981	2017
	Ties: 1936, 1981, 2001
Jan–Aug 1986 8-Month	63.5°F (17.5°C)	61.0°F (16.1°C)	2.5°F (1.4°C)	114th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1955
				15th Warmest	Warmest since: 1934	2018
	Ties: 2002, 2007, 2009
Dec 1985–Aug 1986 9-Month	61.2°F (16.2°C)	58.9°F (14.9°C)	2.3°F (1.3°C)	113th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1913, 1933
				15th Warmest	Warmest since: 1981	2018
	Ties: 1940
Nov 1985–Aug 1986 10-Month	59.9°F (15.5°C)	57.9°F (14.4°C)	2.0°F (1.1°C)	108th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1913, 1917
				20th Warmest	Warmest since: 1981	2018
Oct 1985–Aug 1986 11-Month	60.0°F (15.6°C)	58.2°F (14.6°C)	1.8°F (1.0°C)	105th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1913
				23rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1981	2018
Sep 1985–Aug 1986 12-Month	60.6°F (15.9°C)	59.3°F (15.2°C)	1.3°F (0.7°C)	102nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1913
				26th Warmest	Warmest since: 1981	2018
	Ties: 1900, 1959, 1997, 2008
Mar 1985–Aug 1986 18-Month	63.3°F (17.4°C)	61.9°F (16.6°C)	1.4°F (0.8°C)	99th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1913
				29th Warmest	Warmest since: 1940	2018
Sep 1984–Aug 1986 24-Month	60.1°F (15.6°C)	59.3°F (15.2°C)	0.8°F (0.4°C)	95th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1913
				32nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1982	2018
	Ties: 1911, 1940, 1959, 1994, 1995
Sep 1983–Aug 1986 36-Month	60.2°F (15.7°C)	59.4°F (15.2°C)	0.8°F (0.5°C)	96th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1914
				30th Warmest	Warmest since: 1982	2018
	Ties: 1940
Sep 1982–Aug 1986 48-Month	59.7°F (15.4°C)	59.3°F (15.2°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	79th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1915
				46th Warmest	Warmest since: 1984	2018
	Ties: 1903, 1940, 1943, 1957, 1962, 1993
Sep 1981–Aug 1986 60-Month	59.7°F (15.4°C)	59.3°F (15.2°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	79th Coolest	Coolest since: 1983	1917
				45th Warmest	Warmest since: 1985	2018
	Ties: 1958, 1959, 1963

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/