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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 1974

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
August 1974 1-Month	78.6°F (25.9°C)	80.2°F (26.8°C)	-1.6°F (-0.9°C)	19th Coolest	Coolest since: 1973	1967
				110th Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	1954, 2007
	Ties: 1997
Jul–Aug 1974 2-Month	79.3°F (26.3°C)	80.5°F (26.9°C)	-1.2°F (-0.6°C)	20th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1967
				109th Warmest	Warmest since: 1973	1954
Jun–Aug 1974 3-Month	77.6°F (25.3°C)	79.8°F (26.6°C)	-2.2°F (-1.3°C)	3rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1967	1961, 1967
				126th Warmest	Warmest since: 1973	2010
	Ties: 1976, 1992
May–Aug 1974 4-Month	76.5°F (24.7°C)	77.7°F (25.4°C)	-1.2°F (-0.7°C)	17th Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1976
				112th Warmest	Warmest since: 1973	2010
	Ties: 1903, 1945, 1972
Apr–Aug 1974 5-Month	73.7°F (23.2°C)	74.9°F (23.8°C)	-1.2°F (-0.6°C)	16th Coolest	Coolest since: 1973	1961
				113th Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	1896
	Ties: 1950, 2004, 2013
Mar–Aug 1974 6-Month	71.6°F (22.0°C)	71.7°F (22.1°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	56th Coolest	Coolest since: 1973	1931
				73rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1964	2012
	Ties: 1937, 1942, 1949, 1980, 1990
Feb–Aug 1974 7-Month	68.2°F (20.1°C)	68.3°F (20.2°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	59th Coolest	Coolest since: 1973	1947, 1958
				70th Warmest	Warmest since: 1963	2012
	Ties: 1937, 1982, 1985, 2002, 2003
Jan–Aug 1974 8-Month	66.1°F (18.9°C)	65.4°F (18.6°C)	0.7°F (0.3°C)	82nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1973	1940
				47th Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	2012
	Ties: 1955
Dec 1973–Aug 1974 9-Month	63.9°F (17.7°C)	63.4°F (17.4°C)	0.5°F (0.3°C)	83rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1973	1940, 1978
				45th Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	2012
	Ties: 1923, 1955, 2008, 2015
Nov 1973–Aug 1974 10-Month	63.4°F (17.4°C)	62.4°F (16.9°C)	1.0°F (0.5°C)	98th Coolest	Coolest since: 1973	1940
				30th Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	1932
	Ties: 1897, 1898, 2002, 2011
Oct 1973–Aug 1974 11-Month	63.8°F (17.7°C)	62.6°F (17.0°C)	1.2°F (0.7°C)	106th Coolest	Coolest since: 1973	1940, 1978
				22nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	1932
	Ties: 1898, 1921, 1995, 2018
Sep 1973–Aug 1974 12-Month	64.8°F (18.2°C)	63.6°F (17.6°C)	1.2°F (0.6°C)	105th Coolest	Coolest since: 1973	1968, 1977
				23rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	1932
	Ties: 1950, 1991, 2005
Mar 1973–Aug 1974 18-Month	67.0°F (19.4°C)	66.3°F (19.1°C)	0.7°F (0.3°C)	90th Coolest	Coolest since: 1973	1984
				38th Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	2017
	Ties: 1928, 2005
Sep 1972–Aug 1974 24-Month	63.9°F (17.7°C)	63.7°F (17.6°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	69th Coolest	Coolest since: 1973	1978
				58th Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	2017
	Ties: 1930, 1946, 2001, 2011
Sep 1971–Aug 1974 36-Month	64.1°F (17.8°C)	63.6°F (17.6°C)	0.5°F (0.2°C)	83rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1973	1970
				43rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	2018
	Ties: 1910, 1938, 1943, 1944, 1987, 2016
Sep 1970–Aug 1974 48-Month	63.7°F (17.6°C)	63.6°F (17.6°C)	0.1°F (0.0°C)	54th Coolest	Coolest since: 1973	1970, 1971
				71st Warmest	Warmest since: 1958	2019
	Ties: 1900, 1901, 1958, 1988, 1992, 1998, 2015
Sep 1969–Aug 1974 60-Month	63.4°F (17.4°C)	63.7°F (17.6°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	35th Coolest	Coolest since: 1973	1971
				89th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2020
	Ties: 1916, 1994

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 1, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/