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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 1953

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
August 1953 1-Month	79.6°F (26.4°C)	80.2°F (26.8°C)	-0.6°F (-0.4°C)	40th Coolest	Coolest since: 1950	1967
				89th Warmest	Warmest since: 1952	1954, 2007
	Ties: 1922, 1949, 2013
Jul–Aug 1953 2-Month	80.1°F (26.7°C)	80.5°F (26.9°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	41st Coolest	Coolest since: 1950	1967
				88th Warmest	Warmest since: 1952	1954
	Ties: 1906, 2003
Jun–Aug 1953 3-Month	81.1°F (27.3°C)	79.8°F (26.6°C)	1.3°F (0.7°C)	106th Coolest	Coolest since: 1950	1961, 1967
				23rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1952	2010
	Ties: 1897, 1925
May–Aug 1953 4-Month	79.2°F (26.2°C)	77.6°F (25.3°C)	1.6°F (0.9°C)	117th Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1976
				12th Warmest	Warmest since: 1952	2010
	Ties: 1934
Apr–Aug 1953 5-Month	75.7°F (24.3°C)	74.8°F (23.8°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	99th Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1961
				30th Warmest	Warmest since: 1952	1896
	Ties: 1905, 1965
Mar–Aug 1953 6-Month	73.1°F (22.8°C)	71.7°F (22.1°C)	1.4°F (0.7°C)	110th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1931
				19th Warmest	Warmest since: 1943	2012
	Ties: 1905, 1963
Feb–Aug 1953 7-Month	69.7°F (20.9°C)	68.3°F (20.2°C)	1.4°F (0.7°C)	107th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1947, 1958
				22nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1944	2012
	Ties: 1935, 1944, 2019
Jan–Aug 1953 8-Month	67.2°F (19.6°C)	65.4°F (18.6°C)	1.8°F (1.0°C)	114th Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1940
				15th Warmest	Warmest since: 1952	2012
Dec 1952–Aug 1953 9-Month	64.9°F (18.3°C)	63.4°F (17.4°C)	1.5°F (0.9°C)	110th Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1940, 1978
				18th Warmest	Warmest since: 1952	2012
	Ties: 1943
Nov 1952–Aug 1953 10-Month	63.6°F (17.6°C)	62.4°F (16.9°C)	1.2°F (0.7°C)	102nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1940
				26th Warmest	Warmest since: 1952	1932
	Ties: 1950
Oct 1952–Aug 1953 11-Month	63.0°F (17.2°C)	62.6°F (17.0°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	78th Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1940, 1978
				50th Warmest	Warmest since: 1952	1932
	Ties: 1896, 1948, 1985
Sep 1952–Aug 1953 12-Month	63.9°F (17.7°C)	63.7°F (17.6°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	73rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1968, 1977
				55th Warmest	Warmest since: 1952	1932
	Ties: 1929, 1956, 2015
Mar 1952–Aug 1953 18-Month	66.7°F (19.3°C)	66.3°F (19.1°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	78th Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1984
				50th Warmest	Warmest since: 1952	2017
	Ties: 1896, 1919, 1945, 1946, 1995
Sep 1951–Aug 1953 24-Month	64.5°F (18.1°C)	63.6°F (17.6°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	104th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1978
				23rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1950	2017
	Ties: 1927, 1932, 1939, 1955, 2007
Sep 1950–Aug 1953 36-Month	64.2°F (17.9°C)	63.7°F (17.6°C)	0.5°F (0.3°C)	88th Coolest	Coolest since: 1949	1970
				38th Warmest	Warmest since: 1952	2018
	Ties: 1908, 1921, 1933, 1945
Sep 1949–Aug 1953 48-Month	64.3°F (17.9°C)	63.6°F (17.6°C)	0.7°F (0.3°C)	99th Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1970, 1971
				26th Warmest	Warmest since: 1952	2019
	Ties: 1909, 1927, 1938, 1954, 2007, 2009
Sep 1948–Aug 1953 60-Month	64.4°F (18.0°C)	63.7°F (17.6°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	111th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1971
				13th Warmest	Warmest since: 1952	2020
	Ties: 1929, 1934, 1937, 1939, 1952, 1954, 1956, 2002, 2009, 2017

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 25, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/