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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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Nevada

Average Temperature Rankings, August 1987

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
August 1987 1-Month	71.0°F (21.7°C)	70.1°F (21.2°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	76th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1899
				53rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1986	2020
	Ties: 1936
Jul–Aug 1987 2-Month	69.9°F (21.1°C)	71.1°F (21.7°C)	-1.2°F (-0.6°C)	23rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1983	1912
				106th Warmest	Warmest since: 1986	2021
	Ties: 1957
Jun–Aug 1987 3-Month	69.0°F (20.6°C)	68.8°F (20.4°C)	0.2°F (0.2°C)	61st Coolest	Coolest since: 1984	1907
				68th Warmest	Warmest since: 1986	2021
	Ties: 1909, 1991
May–Aug 1987 4-Month	66.0°F (18.9°C)	65.3°F (18.5°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	78th Coolest	Coolest since: 1983	1907
				51st Warmest	Warmest since: 1986	2021
	Ties: 1898, 1921, 1922, 1959
Apr–Aug 1987 5-Month	63.2°F (17.3°C)	61.5°F (16.4°C)	1.7°F (0.9°C)	98th Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1975
				31st Warmest	Warmest since: 1985	2021
	Ties: 1961, 1988
Mar–Aug 1987 6-Month	59.3°F (15.2°C)	57.9°F (14.4°C)	1.4°F (0.8°C)	91st Coolest	Coolest since: 1984	1944, 1975
				38th Warmest	Warmest since: 1986	2007
	Ties: 1966
Feb–Aug 1987 7-Month	55.8°F (13.2°C)	54.5°F (12.5°C)	1.3°F (0.7°C)	96th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1903, 1944
				33rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1986	1934
	Ties: 1925
Jan–Aug 1987 8-Month	52.3°F (11.3°C)	51.4°F (10.8°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	86th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1917
				43rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1986	1934, 2015
Dec 1986–Aug 1987 9-Month	50.1°F (10.1°C)	49.2°F (9.6°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	88th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1917
				40th Warmest	Warmest since: 1986	1934
	Ties: 1918, 1951
Nov 1986–Aug 1987 10-Month	49.1°F (9.5°C)	48.1°F (8.9°C)	1.0°F (0.6°C)	89th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1917
				39th Warmest	Warmest since: 1986	1934, 2015
	Ties: 1921, 1930
Oct 1986–Aug 1987 11-Month	49.2°F (9.6°C)	48.4°F (9.1°C)	0.8°F (0.5°C)	88th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1917
				40th Warmest	Warmest since: 1986	1934, 2015
	Ties: 1927, 1931, 1966, 1989, 2005
Sep 1986–Aug 1987 12-Month	49.8°F (9.9°C)	49.5°F (9.7°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	72nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1917
				56th Warmest	Warmest since: 1986	2015
	Ties: 1905, 1960, 1963, 1966, 2008, 2011
Mar 1986–Aug 1987 18-Month	53.2°F (11.8°C)	52.2°F (11.2°C)	1.0°F (0.6°C)	89th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1917, 1949
				39th Warmest	Warmest since: 1986	2015
	Ties: 1995
Sep 1985–Aug 1987 24-Month	50.3°F (10.2°C)	49.5°F (9.7°C)	0.8°F (0.5°C)	89th Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1913
				38th Warmest	Warmest since: 1982	2016
	Ties: 1919, 1926, 1954
Sep 1984–Aug 1987 36-Month	49.8°F (9.9°C)	49.4°F (9.7°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	75th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1913
				51st Warmest	Warmest since: 1986	2017
	Ties: 1968, 1970, 1980
Sep 1983–Aug 1987 48-Month	49.9°F (9.9°C)	49.5°F (9.7°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	78th Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1913
				47th Warmest	Warmest since: 1984	2018
	Ties: 1929, 1959, 1960, 1984
Sep 1982–Aug 1987 60-Month	49.6°F (9.8°C)	49.5°F (9.7°C)	0.1°F (0.1°C)	59th Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1917
				65th Warmest	Warmest since: 1985	2018
	Ties: 1944, 1971, 1978

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 5, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/