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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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South Carolina

Average Temperature Rankings, August 1942

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
August 1942 1-Month	78.3°F (25.7°C)	78.7°F (25.9°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	43rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1940	1969
				86th Warmest	Warmest since: 1941	2007
	Ties: 2014
Jul–Aug 1942 2-Month	79.9°F (26.6°C)	79.2°F (26.2°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	85th Coolest	Coolest since: 1940	1967
				44th Warmest	Warmest since: 1941	2016
	Ties: 1898, 1943, 1952, 1958
Jun–Aug 1942 3-Month	79.5°F (26.4°C)	78.5°F (25.8°C)	1.0°F (0.6°C)	96th Coolest	Coolest since: 1941	1967
				33rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2010
	Ties: 1897, 1914, 1999
May–Aug 1942 4-Month	77.4°F (25.2°C)	76.5°F (24.7°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	101st Coolest	Coolest since: 1941	1967
				28th Warmest	Warmest since: 1936	2010
	Ties: 1962, 1980, 1991
Apr–Aug 1942 5-Month	74.6°F (23.7°C)	73.6°F (23.1°C)	1.0°F (0.6°C)	106th Coolest	Coolest since: 1941	1961
				23rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1941	2010
	Ties: 1933, 1941, 1948, 2006
Mar–Aug 1942 6-Month	71.2°F (21.8°C)	70.3°F (21.3°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	95th Coolest	Coolest since: 1941	1971
				34th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2016
	Ties: 1933, 1936, 1939, 1954, 2006
Feb–Aug 1942 7-Month	66.9°F (19.4°C)	66.9°F (19.4°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	54th Coolest	Coolest since: 1941	1895
				75th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2011, 2016
	Ties: 1900
Jan–Aug 1942 8-Month	64.0°F (17.8°C)	64.1°F (17.8°C)	-0.1°F (0.0°C)	48th Coolest	Coolest since: 1941	1940
				81st Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2017
	Ties: 1900, 1906, 1919, 1923, 1976, 1982
Dec 1941–Aug 1942 9-Month	62.2°F (16.8°C)	62.1°F (16.7°C)	0.1°F (0.1°C)	57th Coolest	Coolest since: 1941	1904, 1940
				71st Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2016
	Ties: 1903, 1916, 1987, 1993, 2004, 2005
Nov 1941–Aug 1942 10-Month	61.4°F (16.3°C)	61.2°F (16.2°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	64th Coolest	Coolest since: 1941	1904, 1940
				64th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2016
	Ties: 1908, 1916, 1944, 1946, 1959, 1985
Oct 1941–Aug 1942 11-Month	62.1°F (16.7°C)	61.3°F (16.3°C)	0.8°F (0.4°C)	89th Coolest	Coolest since: 1941	1904
				39th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2016, 2017
	Ties: 1953, 1985, 2005, 2015
Sep 1941–Aug 1942 12-Month	63.3°F (17.4°C)	62.4°F (16.9°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	95th Coolest	Coolest since: 1941	1904
				33rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2017
	Ties: 1954, 1995, 1998
Mar 1941–Aug 1942 18-Month	65.6°F (18.7°C)	65.1°F (18.4°C)	0.5°F (0.3°C)	85th Coolest	Coolest since: 1941	1968
				43rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2017
	Ties: 1955, 2003
Sep 1940–Aug 1942 24-Month	62.5°F (16.9°C)	62.4°F (16.9°C)	0.1°F (0.0°C)	51st Coolest	Coolest since: 1941	1969
				76th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2017
	Ties: 1917, 1925, 1929, 1948, 1956, 1976
Sep 1939–Aug 1942 36-Month	62.0°F (16.7°C)	62.4°F (16.9°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	29th Coolest	Coolest since: 1920	1970
				97th Warmest	Warmest since: 1941	2018
	Ties: 1903, 1915, 1917, 1981
Sep 1938–Aug 1942 48-Month	62.4°F (16.9°C)	62.4°F (16.9°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	42nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1941	1969, 1970
				83rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1940	2019
	Ties: 1913, 1958, 1977, 1996, 1997
Sep 1937–Aug 1942 60-Month	62.4°F (16.9°C)	62.4°F (16.9°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	39th Coolest	Coolest since: 1931	1970
				85th Warmest	Warmest since: 1941	2020
	Ties: 1912, 1922, 1931, 1959, 1974, 1977, 1986, 1996, 1997

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/