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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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Average Temperature Rankings, August 2020

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
August 2020 1-Month	80.2°F (26.8°C)	80.2°F (26.8°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	64th Coolest	Coolest since: 2017	1967
				65th Warmest	Warmest since: 2019	1954, 2007
	Ties: 1895, 1897, 1898, 1933, 1955, 1972, 1978
Jul–Aug 2020 2-Month	81.1°F (27.3°C)	80.5°F (26.9°C)	0.6°F (0.4°C)	85th Coolest	Coolest since: 2019	1967
				44th Warmest	Warmest since: 2019	1954
	Ties: 1977, 2019
Jun–Aug 2020 3-Month	80.1°F (26.7°C)	79.8°F (26.6°C)	0.3°F (0.1°C)	80th Coolest	Coolest since: 2017	1961, 1967
				49th Warmest	Warmest since: 2019	2010
	Ties: 1913, 1938
May–Aug 2020 4-Month	77.7°F (25.4°C)	77.7°F (25.4°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	58th Coolest	Coolest since: 2017	1976
				71st Warmest	Warmest since: 2019	2010
Apr–Aug 2020 5-Month	74.7°F (23.7°C)	74.8°F (23.8°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	50th Coolest	Coolest since: 2014	1961
				79th Warmest	Warmest since: 2019	1896
	Ties: 1895, 1913, 1939, 1985
Mar–Aug 2020 6-Month	73.0°F (22.8°C)	71.7°F (22.1°C)	1.3°F (0.7°C)	107th Coolest	Coolest since: 2019	1931
				22nd Warmest	Warmest since: 2016	2012
	Ties: 1935, 1948
Feb–Aug 2020 7-Month	69.8°F (21.0°C)	68.3°F (20.2°C)	1.5°F (0.8°C)	112th Coolest	Coolest since: 2019	1947, 1958
				17th Warmest	Warmest since: 2018	2012
	Ties: 1897, 1908, 1932, 1999
Jan–Aug 2020 8-Month	67.4°F (19.7°C)	65.5°F (18.6°C)	1.9°F (1.1°C)	121st Coolest	Coolest since: 2019	1940
				8th Warmest	Warmest since: 2017	2012
	Ties: 1925, 1952, 2000
Dec 2019–Aug 2020 9-Month	65.5°F (18.6°C)	63.3°F (17.4°C)	2.2°F (1.2°C)	120th Coolest	Coolest since: 2019	1940, 1978
				8th Warmest	Warmest since: 2017	2012
Nov 2019–Aug 2020 10-Month	64.0°F (17.8°C)	62.4°F (16.9°C)	1.6°F (0.9°C)	114th Coolest	Coolest since: 2019	1940
				14th Warmest	Warmest since: 2017	1932
	Ties: 1911, 1957
Oct 2019–Aug 2020 11-Month	64.2°F (17.9°C)	62.6°F (17.0°C)	1.6°F (0.9°C)	117th Coolest	Coolest since: 2019	1940, 1978
				11th Warmest	Warmest since: 2017	1932
	Ties: 1911, 1934, 1957
Sep 2019–Aug 2020 12-Month	65.6°F (18.7°C)	63.6°F (17.6°C)	2.0°F (1.1°C)	121st Coolest	Coolest since: 2019	1968, 1977
				7th Warmest	Warmest since: 2017	1932
Mar 2019–Aug 2020 18-Month	67.8°F (19.9°C)	66.3°F (19.1°C)	1.5°F (0.8°C)	121st Coolest	Coolest since: 2019	1984
				7th Warmest	Warmest since: 2017	2017
	Ties: 1934
Sep 2018–Aug 2020 24-Month	65.3°F (18.5°C)	63.6°F (17.6°C)	1.7°F (0.9°C)	123rd Coolest	Coolest since: 2019	1978
				4th Warmest	Warmest since: 2018	2017
	Ties: 1922, 1933, 1935
Sep 2017–Aug 2020 36-Month	65.1°F (18.4°C)	63.6°F (17.6°C)	1.5°F (0.8°C)	120th Coolest	Coolest since: 2016	1970
				6th Warmest	Warmest since: 2019	2018
	Ties: 2000
Sep 2016–Aug 2020 48-Month	65.5°F (18.6°C)	63.6°F (17.6°C)	1.9°F (1.0°C)	123rd Coolest	Coolest since: 2018	1970, 1971
				2nd Warmest	Warmest since: 2019	2019
Sep 2015–Aug 2020 60-Month	65.6°F (18.7°C)	63.6°F (17.6°C)	2.0°F (1.1°C)	123rd Coolest	Coolest since: 2019	1971
				1st Warmest	Warmest to Date	2020

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 29, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/