Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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South Carolina
Average Temperature Rankings, August 1940
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Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Warmest/Coolest Since |
Record |
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August 1940 1-Month |
78.2°F (25.7°C) | 78.7°F (25.9°C) |
-0.5°F (-0.2°C) | 35th Coolest | Coolest since: 1939 | 1969 |
93rd Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2007 | ||||
Ties: 1908, 1910, 1915, 1917, 1921, 1939, 1973 | ||||||
Jul–Aug 1940 2-Month |
78.8°F (26.0°C) | 79.3°F (26.3°C) |
-0.5°F (-0.3°C) | 38th Coolest | Coolest since: 1929 | 1967 |
90th Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2016 | ||||
Ties: 1908, 1917, 1921, 1969, 1973, 2014 | ||||||
Jun–Aug 1940 3-Month |
78.6°F (25.9°C) | 78.5°F (25.8°C) |
0.1°F (0.1°C) | 55th Coolest | Coolest since: 1938 | 1967 |
73rd Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2010 | ||||
Ties: 1905, 1944, 1945, 1959, 1969, 1970, 2004, 2014 | ||||||
May–Aug 1940 4-Month |
76.0°F (24.4°C) | 76.5°F (24.7°C) |
-0.5°F (-0.3°C) | 30th Coolest | Coolest since: 1929 | 1967 |
98th Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2010 | ||||
Ties: 1907, 1909, 1919, 1921, 1968, 1985 | ||||||
Apr–Aug 1940 5-Month |
72.8°F (22.7°C) | 73.5°F (23.1°C) |
-0.7°F (-0.4°C) | 21st Coolest | Coolest since: 1928 | 1961 |
107th Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2010 | ||||
Ties: 1901, 1917, 1983 | ||||||
Mar–Aug 1940 6-Month |
69.2°F (20.7°C) | 70.3°F (21.3°C) |
-1.1°F (-0.6°C) | 11th Coolest | Coolest since: 1926 | 1971 |
117th Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2016 | ||||
Ties: 1926, 1984 | ||||||
Feb–Aug 1940 7-Month |
65.7°F (18.7°C) | 66.9°F (19.4°C) |
-1.2°F (-0.7°C) | 15th Coolest | Coolest since: 1924 | 1895 |
113th Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2011, 2016 | ||||
Ties: 1904, 1924, 1967 | ||||||
Jan–Aug 1940 8-Month |
61.7°F (16.5°C) | 64.1°F (17.8°C) |
-2.4°F (-1.3°C) | 1st Coolest | Coolest to Date | 1940 |
127th Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2017 | ||||
Dec 1939–Aug 1940 9-Month |
59.9°F (15.5°C) | 62.1°F (16.7°C) |
-2.2°F (-1.2°C) | 1st Coolest | Coolest since: 1904 | 1904, 1940 |
126th Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2016 | ||||
Ties: 1904 | ||||||
Nov 1939–Aug 1940 10-Month |
58.9°F (14.9°C) | 61.2°F (16.2°C) |
-2.3°F (-1.3°C) | 1st Coolest | Coolest since: 1904 | 1904, 1940 |
126th Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2016 | ||||
Ties: 1904 | ||||||
Oct 1939–Aug 1940 11-Month |
59.5°F (15.3°C) | 61.3°F (16.3°C) |
-1.8°F (-1.0°C) | 2nd Coolest | Coolest since: 1904 | 1904 |
125th Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2016, 2017 | ||||
Sep 1939–Aug 1940 12-Month |
60.9°F (16.1°C) | 62.4°F (16.9°C) |
-1.5°F (-0.8°C) | 6th Coolest | Coolest since: 1918 | 1904 |
121st Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2017 | ||||
Ties: 1915, 1958, 1969 | ||||||
Mar 1939–Aug 1940 18-Month |
64.3°F (17.9°C) | 65.0°F (18.3°C) |
-0.7°F (-0.4°C) | 19th Coolest | Coolest since: 1931 | 1968 |
108th Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2017 | ||||
Ties: 1951, 1973 | ||||||
Sep 1938–Aug 1940 24-Month |
62.3°F (16.8°C) | 62.4°F (16.9°C) |
-0.1°F (-0.1°C) | 38th Coolest | Coolest since: 1931 | 1969 |
88th Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2017 | ||||
Ties: 1900, 1901, 1910, 1972, 1988, 1993, 2014 | ||||||
Sep 1937–Aug 1940 36-Month |
62.4°F (16.9°C) | 62.4°F (16.9°C) |
0.0°F (0.0°C) | 45th Coolest | Coolest since: 1931 | 1970 |
80th Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2018 | ||||
Ties: 1910, 1914, 1926, 1994, 1996, 1997 | ||||||
Sep 1936–Aug 1940 48-Month |
62.6°F (17.0°C) | 62.4°F (16.9°C) |
0.2°F (0.1°C) | 52nd Coolest | Coolest since: 1931 | 1969, 1970 |
72nd Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2019 | ||||
Ties: 1901, 1944, 1947, 1986, 1990, 1995, 1998 | ||||||
Sep 1935–Aug 1940 60-Month |
62.5°F (16.9°C) | 62.4°F (16.9°C) |
0.1°F (0.0°C) | 49th Coolest | Coolest since: 1931 | 1970 |
74th Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2020 | ||||
Ties: 1909, 1910, 1941 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published August 2022, retrieved on August 11, 2022 from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/cag/