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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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Pennsylvania

Average Temperature Rankings, August 2003

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
August 2003 1-Month	70.9°F (21.6°C)	68.4°F (20.2°C)	2.5°F (1.4°C)	105th Coolest	Coolest since: 2000	1927
				24th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2016
Jul–Aug 2003 2-Month	70.3°F (21.3°C)	69.4°F (20.8°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	86th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1927
				43rd Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	1955
Jun–Aug 2003 3-Month	68.2°F (20.1°C)	68.3°F (20.2°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	50th Coolest	Coolest since: 2000	1927
				79th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2005
	Ties: 1905, 1918, 1922, 1961, 1984, 1996
May–Aug 2003 4-Month	65.2°F (18.4°C)	65.6°F (18.7°C)	-0.4°F (-0.3°C)	43rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1907
				86th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	1991
	Ties: 1928, 2008
Apr–Aug 2003 5-Month	61.7°F (16.5°C)	61.8°F (16.6°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	45th Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1907
				84th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2010
Mar–Aug 2003 6-Month	57.6°F (14.2°C)	57.5°F (14.2°C)	0.1°F (0.0°C)	52nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1924
				77th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2012
	Ties: 1935, 1969, 1980, 1981, 1994
Feb–Aug 2003 7-Month	52.8°F (11.6°C)	53.1°F (11.7°C)	-0.3°F (-0.1°C)	44th Coolest	Coolest since: 1996	1907
				85th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2012
	Ties: 1962, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1989, 1994, 2007
Jan–Aug 2003 8-Month	48.8°F (9.3°C)	49.6°F (9.8°C)	-0.8°F (-0.5°C)	31st Coolest	Coolest since: 1996	1904, 1940
				98th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2012
	Ties: 1968
Dec 2002–Aug 2003 9-Month	46.4°F (8.0°C)	47.3°F (8.5°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	30th Coolest	Coolest since: 1996	1904
				98th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2012
	Ties: 1964, 1965
Nov 2002–Aug 2003 10-Month	45.7°F (7.6°C)	46.5°F (8.1°C)	-0.8°F (-0.5°C)	30th Coolest	Coolest since: 1996	1904
				98th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2012
	Ties: 1923
Oct 2002–Aug 2003 11-Month	46.0°F (7.8°C)	46.9°F (8.3°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	26th Coolest	Coolest since: 1996	1904
				102nd Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2012
	Ties: 1936, 1968
Sep 2002–Aug 2003 12-Month	47.6°F (8.7°C)	48.1°F (8.9°C)	-0.5°F (-0.2°C)	33rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1996	1904
				95th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2012
	Ties: 1934, 1941
Mar 2002–Aug 2003 18-Month	51.5°F (10.8°C)	51.3°F (10.7°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	62nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1918
				66th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2012
	Ties: 1906, 1945, 2009
Sep 2001–Aug 2003 24-Month	49.5°F (9.7°C)	48.1°F (8.9°C)	1.4°F (0.8°C)	106th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1905
				21st Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2017
	Ties: 2008
Sep 2000–Aug 2003 36-Month	49.1°F (9.5°C)	48.2°F (9.0°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	98th Coolest	Coolest since: 1998	1979
				28th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2018
	Ties: 1923, 1949, 2009
Sep 1999–Aug 2003 48-Month	49.3°F (9.6°C)	48.2°F (9.0°C)	1.1°F (0.6°C)	105th Coolest	Coolest since: 1999	1907
				20th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2019
	Ties: 1955
Sep 1998–Aug 2003 60-Month	49.5°F (9.7°C)	48.1°F (8.9°C)	1.4°F (0.8°C)	111th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1908
				13th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2020
	Ties: 2009, 2017, 2018

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/