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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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Mississippi

Average Temperature Rankings, August 1956

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
August 1956 1-Month	80.8°F (27.1°C)	80.2°F (26.8°C)	0.6°F (0.3°C)	84th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1967
				45th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	1954, 2007
	Ties: 1905
Jul–Aug 1956 2-Month	81.2°F (27.3°C)	80.6°F (27.0°C)	0.6°F (0.3°C)	93rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1967
				36th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	1954
	Ties: 1897, 1913, 1925, 1941, 1960, 1981, 1987
Jun–Aug 1956 3-Month	79.7°F (26.5°C)	79.8°F (26.6°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	58th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1961, 1967
				71st Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2010
	Ties: 1895, 2002
May–Aug 1956 4-Month	78.4°F (25.8°C)	77.7°F (25.4°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	92nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1976
				37th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2010
	Ties: 1901, 1925, 1941, 1948, 1986, 1999
Apr–Aug 1956 5-Month	75.1°F (23.9°C)	74.8°F (23.8°C)	0.3°F (0.1°C)	70th Coolest	Coolest since: 1950	1961
				59th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	1896
	Ties: 1900, 1906, 1909, 1924, 1987, 2007
Mar–Aug 1956 6-Month	71.8°F (22.1°C)	71.7°F (22.1°C)	0.1°F (0.0°C)	68th Coolest	Coolest since: 1950	1931
				61st Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2012
	Ties: 1932, 1946, 2003, 2009
Feb–Aug 1956 7-Month	69.1°F (20.6°C)	68.3°F (20.2°C)	0.8°F (0.4°C)	89th Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1947, 1958
				40th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2012
	Ties: 1902
Jan–Aug 1956 8-Month	65.8°F (18.8°C)	65.4°F (18.6°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	76th Coolest	Coolest since: 1948	1940
				53rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2012
	Ties: 1902, 1916, 2009
Dec 1955–Aug 1956 9-Month	63.7°F (17.6°C)	63.3°F (17.4°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	75th Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1940, 1978
				53rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2012
	Ties: 1916, 1929
Nov 1955–Aug 1956 10-Month	62.6°F (17.0°C)	62.4°F (16.9°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	71st Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1940
				57th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	1932
	Ties: 1929, 1946, 1962, 1965, 1987
Oct 1955–Aug 1956 11-Month	62.7°F (17.1°C)	62.6°F (17.0°C)	0.1°F (0.1°C)	64th Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1940, 1978
				64th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	1932
Sep 1955–Aug 1956 12-Month	63.9°F (17.7°C)	63.6°F (17.6°C)	0.3°F (0.1°C)	73rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1953	1968, 1977
				55th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	1932
	Ties: 1929, 1953, 2015
Mar 1955–Aug 1956 18-Month	66.8°F (19.3°C)	66.3°F (19.1°C)	0.5°F (0.2°C)	85th Coolest	Coolest since: 1953	1984
				43rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2017
	Ties: 1908, 1930, 1938, 1944, 1987, 2013
Sep 1954–Aug 1956 24-Month	64.1°F (17.8°C)	63.6°F (17.6°C)	0.5°F (0.2°C)	82nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1948	1978
				45th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2017
	Ties: 1912, 1925, 1936, 1986, 2005
Sep 1953–Aug 1956 36-Month	64.3°F (17.9°C)	63.6°F (17.6°C)	0.7°F (0.3°C)	94th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1970
				32nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2018
	Ties: 1925, 1932, 1937, 1951, 1955
Sep 1952–Aug 1956 48-Month	64.2°F (17.9°C)	63.6°F (17.6°C)	0.6°F (0.3°C)	92nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1970, 1971
				33rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2019
	Ties: 1929, 1932, 1939, 1950, 1951, 2006, 2012
Sep 1951–Aug 1956 60-Month	64.4°F (18.0°C)	63.6°F (17.6°C)	0.8°F (0.4°C)	111th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1971
				13th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2020
	Ties: 1929, 1934, 1937, 1939, 1952, 1953, 1954, 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 October 4, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/