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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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Mississippi

Average Temperature Rankings, August 1947

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
August 1947 1-Month	82.3°F (27.9°C)	80.2°F (26.8°C)	2.1°F (1.1°C)	112th Coolest	Coolest since: 1946	1967
				17th Warmest	Warmest since: 1943	1954, 2007
	Ties: 1935
Jul–Aug 1947 2-Month	80.2°F (26.8°C)	80.5°F (26.9°C)	-0.3°F (-0.1°C)	44th Coolest	Coolest since: 1946	1967
				85th Warmest	Warmest since: 1944	1954
	Ties: 1898, 1908, 1912, 1929, 1933, 1959, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1991, 2017
Jun–Aug 1947 3-Month	79.5°F (26.4°C)	79.8°F (26.6°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	47th Coolest	Coolest since: 1946	1961, 1967
				82nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1944	2010
	Ties: 1915, 1927, 1933, 1964
May–Aug 1947 4-Month	77.1°F (25.1°C)	77.7°F (25.4°C)	-0.6°F (-0.3°C)	33rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1946	1976
				96th Warmest	Warmest since: 1944	2010
	Ties: 1920, 1950, 1988
Apr–Aug 1947 5-Month	74.6°F (23.7°C)	74.8°F (23.8°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	43rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1946	1961
				86th Warmest	Warmest since: 1944	1896
	Ties: 1901, 1916, 1958, 2005, 2008, 2009
Mar–Aug 1947 6-Month	70.4°F (21.3°C)	71.7°F (22.1°C)	-1.3°F (-0.8°C)	14th Coolest	Coolest since: 1940	1931
				115th Warmest	Warmest since: 1946	2012
	Ties: 1969
Feb–Aug 1947 7-Month	66.1°F (18.9°C)	68.3°F (20.2°C)	-2.2°F (-1.3°C)	1st Coolest	Coolest since: 1947	1947, 1958
				128th Warmest	Warmest since: 1946	2012
	Ties: 1958
Jan–Aug 1947 8-Month	63.8°F (17.7°C)	65.4°F (18.6°C)	-1.6°F (-0.9°C)	15th Coolest	Coolest since: 1940	1940
				114th Warmest	Warmest since: 1946	2012
Dec 1946–Aug 1947 9-Month	62.4°F (16.9°C)	63.4°F (17.4°C)	-1.0°F (-0.5°C)	24th Coolest	Coolest since: 1940	1940, 1978
				104th Warmest	Warmest since: 1946	2012
	Ties: 1959
Nov 1946–Aug 1947 10-Month	62.0°F (16.7°C)	62.4°F (16.9°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	43rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1942	1940
				85th Warmest	Warmest since: 1946	1932
	Ties: 1902, 1967, 2013
Oct 1946–Aug 1947 11-Month	62.3°F (16.8°C)	62.6°F (17.0°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	47th Coolest	Coolest since: 1940	1940, 1978
				81st Warmest	Warmest since: 1946	1932
Sep 1946–Aug 1947 12-Month	63.2°F (17.3°C)	63.6°F (17.6°C)	-0.4°F (-0.3°C)	41st Coolest	Coolest since: 1940	1968, 1977
				87th Warmest	Warmest since: 1946	1932
	Ties: 1924
Mar 1946–Aug 1947 18-Month	66.1°F (18.9°C)	66.3°F (19.1°C)	-0.2°F (-0.2°C)	44th Coolest	Coolest since: 1941	1984
				84th Warmest	Warmest since: 1946	2017
	Ties: 1912, 1913, 1917, 1964, 1982, 2010
Sep 1945–Aug 1947 24-Month	63.5°F (17.5°C)	63.6°F (17.6°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	48th Coolest	Coolest since: 1941	1978
				79th Warmest	Warmest since: 1946	2017
	Ties: 1902, 1972, 1990, 1996
Sep 1944–Aug 1947 36-Month	63.6°F (17.6°C)	63.6°F (17.6°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	53rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1942	1970
				73rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1946	2018
	Ties: 1900, 1940, 1975, 1993, 2004, 2014
Sep 1943–Aug 1947 48-Month	63.6°F (17.6°C)	63.6°F (17.6°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	49th Coolest	Coolest since: 1943	1970, 1971
				76th Warmest	Warmest since: 1946	2019
	Ties: 1916, 1989, 1991, 1993
Sep 1942–Aug 1947 60-Month	63.9°F (17.7°C)	63.6°F (17.6°C)	0.3°F (0.1°C)	71st Coolest	Coolest since: 1944	1971
				53rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1946	2020
	Ties: 1900, 1931, 1949, 1958, 2015

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/