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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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Arkansas

Average Temperature Rankings, August 1986

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
August 1986 1-Month	76.7°F (24.8°C)	79.3°F (26.3°C)	-2.6°F (-1.5°C)	15th Coolest	Coolest since: 1976	1992
				114th Warmest	Warmest since: 1985	1954
	Ties: 1917
Jul–Aug 1986 2-Month	80.1°F (26.7°C)	79.8°F (26.6°C)	0.3°F (0.1°C)	75th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1967
				54th Warmest	Warmest since: 1983	1954
	Ties: 1902, 1914, 1955, 1969, 1988
Jun–Aug 1986 3-Month	79.3°F (26.3°C)	78.8°F (26.0°C)	0.5°F (0.3°C)	84th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1961, 1992
				45th Warmest	Warmest since: 1980	1934, 1954, 2011
	Ties: 1916, 1951
May–Aug 1986 4-Month	76.8°F (24.9°C)	76.2°F (24.6°C)	0.6°F (0.3°C)	82nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1976
				47th Warmest	Warmest since: 1980	1934
	Ties: 1922, 2005, 2015
Apr–Aug 1986 5-Month	73.9°F (23.3°C)	73.0°F (22.8°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	92nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1961
				37th Warmest	Warmest since: 1980	1896
	Ties: 1953, 1956, 1978
Mar–Aug 1986 6-Month	70.6°F (21.4°C)	69.4°F (20.8°C)	1.2°F (0.6°C)	105th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1915
				24th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2012
	Ties: 1987, 2000
Feb–Aug 1986 7-Month	67.2°F (19.6°C)	65.6°F (18.7°C)	1.6°F (0.9°C)	111th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1960
				18th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2012
	Ties: 1911, 1934, 2006, 2018
Jan–Aug 1986 8-Month	64.0°F (17.8°C)	62.4°F (16.9°C)	1.6°F (0.9°C)	110th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1979
				19th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2012
	Ties: 1999
Dec 1985–Aug 1986 9-Month	61.0°F (16.1°C)	60.1°F (15.6°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	92nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1979
				36th Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	2012
	Ties: 1972, 1987, 2018
Nov 1985–Aug 1986 10-Month	60.3°F (15.7°C)	59.1°F (15.1°C)	1.2°F (0.6°C)	102nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1912
				26th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2012
	Ties: 1935
Oct 1985–Aug 1986 11-Month	60.6°F (15.9°C)	59.3°F (15.2°C)	1.3°F (0.7°C)	110th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1912
				18th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2012
	Ties: 1938, 1995
Sep 1985–Aug 1986 12-Month	61.5°F (16.4°C)	60.4°F (15.8°C)	1.1°F (0.6°C)	100th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1904, 1979
				28th Warmest	Warmest since: 1974	1932
	Ties: 1896, 1898, 1927
Mar 1985–Aug 1986 18-Month	64.5°F (18.1°C)	63.5°F (17.5°C)	1.0°F (0.6°C)	108th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	2014
				20th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2012
	Ties: 1909, 1943, 2005
Sep 1984–Aug 1986 24-Month	60.9°F (16.1°C)	60.4°F (15.8°C)	0.5°F (0.3°C)	84th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1979
				43rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	2017
	Ties: 1926, 1936
Sep 1983–Aug 1986 36-Month	60.2°F (15.7°C)	60.4°F (15.8°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	38th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1979
				88th Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	2018
	Ties: 1967, 1973, 1989, 1997, 1998
Sep 1982–Aug 1986 48-Month	60.1°F (15.6°C)	60.4°F (15.8°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	29th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1906
				96th Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	1935, 2019
	Ties: 1908, 1964, 1976, 1995
Sep 1981–Aug 1986 60-Month	60.0°F (15.6°C)	60.4°F (15.8°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	27th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1906
				97th Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	2020
	Ties: 1903, 1916, 1918, 1968, 1996

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 30, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/