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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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Average Temperature Rankings, August 1940

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
August 1940 1-Month	78.4°F (25.8°C)	80.9°F (27.2°C)	-2.5°F (-1.4°C)	19th Coolest	Coolest since: 1927	1915
				110th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2011
	Ties: 1981
Jul–Aug 1940 2-Month	79.6°F (26.4°C)	81.3°F (27.4°C)	-1.7°F (-1.0°C)	22nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1927	1950
				107th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2011
	Ties: 1895, 1898, 1959, 1972, 1975
Jun–Aug 1940 3-Month	78.2°F (25.7°C)	79.8°F (26.6°C)	-1.6°F (-0.9°C)	17th Coolest	Coolest since: 1927	1915
				112th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2011
May–Aug 1940 4-Month	75.6°F (24.2°C)	76.9°F (24.9°C)	-1.3°F (-0.7°C)	22nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1920	1915
				107th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2011
Apr–Aug 1940 5-Month	72.2°F (22.3°C)	73.4°F (23.0°C)	-1.2°F (-0.7°C)	27th Coolest	Coolest since: 1931	1992
				102nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2011
	Ties: 1982
Mar–Aug 1940 6-Month	68.7°F (20.4°C)	69.3°F (20.7°C)	-0.6°F (-0.3°C)	35th Coolest	Coolest since: 1931	1915
				94th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2011, 2012
	Ties: 1919, 1971, 1996
Feb–Aug 1940 7-Month	64.7°F (18.2°C)	65.4°F (18.6°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	38th Coolest	Coolest since: 1931	1915
				91st Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2012
	Ties: 1948, 1966
Jan–Aug 1940 8-Month	59.6°F (15.3°C)	61.8°F (16.6°C)	-2.2°F (-1.3°C)	7th Coolest	Coolest since: 1915	1979
				122nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2012
	Ties: 1903
Dec 1939–Aug 1940 9-Month	57.8°F (14.3°C)	59.2°F (15.1°C)	-1.4°F (-0.8°C)	14th Coolest	Coolest since: 1920	1979
				114th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2012
Nov 1939–Aug 1940 10-Month	56.8°F (13.8°C)	58.2°F (14.6°C)	-1.4°F (-0.8°C)	14th Coolest	Coolest since: 1920	1979
				114th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2012
Oct 1939–Aug 1940 11-Month	57.5°F (14.2°C)	58.4°F (14.7°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	21st Coolest	Coolest since: 1926	1912, 1979
				107th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2012
	Ties: 1949, 1997
Sep 1939–Aug 1940 12-Month	59.4°F (15.2°C)	59.7°F (15.4°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	47th Coolest	Coolest since: 1930	1899
				81st Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	1934
	Ties: 1913, 1944, 1947, 1959, 1985, 1992, 2003
Mar 1939–Aug 1940 18-Month	63.3°F (17.4°C)	63.0°F (17.2°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	87th Coolest	Coolest since: 1936	1899
				41st Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2012
	Ties: 1897, 1910, 1936, 1947, 1952, 1987
Sep 1938–Aug 1940 24-Month	60.4°F (15.8°C)	59.7°F (15.4°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	98th Coolest	Coolest since: 1938	1979
				29th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2017
	Ties: 1943
Sep 1937–Aug 1940 36-Month	60.5°F (15.8°C)	59.6°F (15.3°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	103rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1938	1905
				23rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2018
	Ties: 2002
Sep 1936–Aug 1940 48-Month	60.3°F (15.7°C)	59.6°F (15.3°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	97th Coolest	Coolest since: 1933	1906
				28th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	1935
	Ties: 1923, 1924, 1933, 1941, 2011
Sep 1935–Aug 1940 60-Month	60.3°F (15.7°C)	59.7°F (15.4°C)	0.6°F (0.3°C)	92nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1933	1906, 1907, 1979
				32nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	1936, 2020
	Ties: 1942, 1943, 1954, 2010

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 7, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/