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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 1985

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
August 1985 1-Month	79.3°F (26.3°C)	80.2°F (26.8°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	30th Coolest	Coolest since: 1984	1967
				99th Warmest	Warmest since: 1983	1954, 2007
	Ties: 1940, 1958, 2017
Jul–Aug 1985 2-Month	79.4°F (26.3°C)	80.5°F (26.9°C)	-1.1°F (-0.6°C)	21st Coolest	Coolest since: 1984	1967
				108th Warmest	Warmest since: 1983	1954
	Ties: 1923, 1972
Jun–Aug 1985 3-Month	79.1°F (26.2°C)	79.8°F (26.6°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	31st Coolest	Coolest since: 1984	1961, 1967
				98th Warmest	Warmest since: 1983	2010
	Ties: 2001, 2013, 2017
May–Aug 1985 4-Month	77.2°F (25.1°C)	77.7°F (25.4°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	37th Coolest	Coolest since: 1984	1976
				92nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1982	2010
	Ties: 1919, 1975, 2001
Apr–Aug 1985 5-Month	74.7°F (23.7°C)	74.8°F (23.8°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	50th Coolest	Coolest since: 1984	1961
				79th Warmest	Warmest since: 1981	1896
	Ties: 1895, 1913, 1939, 2020
Mar–Aug 1985 6-Month	72.2°F (22.3°C)	71.6°F (22.0°C)	0.6°F (0.3°C)	82nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1984	1931
				47th Warmest	Warmest since: 1981	2012
	Ties: 1952, 1986
Feb–Aug 1985 7-Month	68.2°F (20.1°C)	68.3°F (20.2°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	59th Coolest	Coolest since: 1984	1947, 1958
				70th Warmest	Warmest since: 1982	2012
	Ties: 1937, 1974, 1982, 2002, 2003
Jan–Aug 1985 8-Month	64.3°F (17.9°C)	65.4°F (18.6°C)	-1.1°F (-0.7°C)	21st Coolest	Coolest since: 1984	1940
				108th Warmest	Warmest since: 1982	2012
	Ties: 1915
Dec 1984–Aug 1985 9-Month	63.4°F (17.4°C)	63.3°F (17.4°C)	0.1°F (0.0°C)	62nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1984	1940, 1978
				66th Warmest	Warmest since: 1975	2012
	Ties: 1941, 1997
Nov 1984–Aug 1985 10-Month	62.3°F (16.8°C)	62.4°F (16.9°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	56th Coolest	Coolest since: 1984	1940
				72nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1975	1932
	Ties: 1917, 1948
Oct 1984–Aug 1985 11-Month	63.0°F (17.2°C)	62.6°F (17.0°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	78th Coolest	Coolest since: 1984	1940, 1978
				50th Warmest	Warmest since: 1974	1932
	Ties: 1896, 1948, 1953
Sep 1984–Aug 1985 12-Month	63.8°F (17.7°C)	63.7°F (17.6°C)	0.1°F (0.1°C)	69th Coolest	Coolest since: 1984	1968, 1977
				59th Warmest	Warmest since: 1974	1932
	Ties: 1913, 1914, 1930, 1933, 1942, 1946
Mar 1984–Aug 1985 18-Month	65.9°F (18.8°C)	66.3°F (19.1°C)	-0.4°F (-0.3°C)	36th Coolest	Coolest since: 1984	1984
				92nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1982	2017
	Ties: 1905, 1963, 1975, 1989, 1990
Sep 1983–Aug 1985 24-Month	62.8°F (17.1°C)	63.7°F (17.6°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	15th Coolest	Coolest since: 1984	1978
				112th Warmest	Warmest since: 1983	2017
	Ties: 1905, 1994
Sep 1982–Aug 1985 36-Month	62.7°F (17.1°C)	63.6°F (17.6°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	12th Coolest	Coolest since: 1984	1970
				114th Warmest	Warmest since: 1983	2018
	Ties: 1962
Sep 1981–Aug 1985 48-Month	62.8°F (17.1°C)	63.6°F (17.6°C)	-0.8°F (-0.5°C)	11th Coolest	Coolest since: 1984	1970, 1971
				114th Warmest	Warmest since: 1983	2019
	Ties: 1962, 1963, 1972
Sep 1980–Aug 1985 60-Month	62.9°F (17.2°C)	63.6°F (17.6°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	15th Coolest	Coolest since: 1984	1971
				109th Warmest	Warmest since: 1983	2020
	Ties: 1961, 1963, 1983

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 28, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/