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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 1946

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
August 1946 1-Month	76.9°F (24.9°C)	78.7°F (25.9°C)	-1.8°F (-1.0°C)	7th Coolest	Coolest since: 1927	1969
				122nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1945	2007
	Ties: 1994
Jul–Aug 1946 2-Month	77.6°F (25.3°C)	79.3°F (26.3°C)	-1.7°F (-1.0°C)	4th Coolest	Coolest since: 1927	1967
				125th Warmest	Warmest since: 1945	2016
	Ties: 1950, 1976
Jun–Aug 1946 3-Month	77.2°F (25.1°C)	78.5°F (25.8°C)	-1.3°F (-0.7°C)	11th Coolest	Coolest since: 1927	1967
				118th Warmest	Warmest since: 1945	2010
	Ties: 1910
May–Aug 1946 4-Month	75.3°F (24.1°C)	76.4°F (24.7°C)	-1.1°F (-0.6°C)	12th Coolest	Coolest since: 1920	1967
				117th Warmest	Warmest since: 1945	2010
	Ties: 1971, 1974
Apr–Aug 1946 5-Month	72.9°F (22.7°C)	73.6°F (23.1°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	25th Coolest	Coolest since: 1940	1961
				104th Warmest	Warmest since: 1945	2010
Mar–Aug 1946 6-Month	70.6°F (21.4°C)	70.2°F (21.2°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	75th Coolest	Coolest since: 1944	1971
				54th Warmest	Warmest since: 1945	2016
	Ties: 1918, 1922, 1959, 1994, 1999
Feb–Aug 1946 7-Month	67.6°F (19.8°C)	67.0°F (19.4°C)	0.6°F (0.4°C)	83rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1943	1895
				46th Warmest	Warmest since: 1945	2011, 2016
	Ties: 1898, 1943, 1999, 2001, 2007
Jan–Aug 1946 8-Month	64.9°F (18.3°C)	64.2°F (17.9°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	88th Coolest	Coolest since: 1944	1940
				41st Warmest	Warmest since: 1945	2017
	Ties: 1909, 1955, 1995, 2008
Dec 1945–Aug 1946 9-Month	62.1°F (16.7°C)	62.1°F (16.7°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	52nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1941	1904, 1940
				76th Warmest	Warmest since: 1945	2016
	Ties: 1956, 1965, 1992, 2014
Nov 1945–Aug 1946 10-Month	61.4°F (16.3°C)	61.2°F (16.2°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	64th Coolest	Coolest since: 1944	1904, 1940
				64th Warmest	Warmest since: 1945	2016
	Ties: 1908, 1916, 1942, 1944, 1959, 1985
Oct 1945–Aug 1946 11-Month	61.5°F (16.4°C)	61.4°F (16.3°C)	0.1°F (0.1°C)	59th Coolest	Coolest since: 1944	1904
				69th Warmest	Warmest since: 1945	2016, 2017
	Ties: 1947, 1962, 1975
Sep 1945–Aug 1946 12-Month	62.7°F (17.1°C)	62.4°F (16.9°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	70th Coolest	Coolest since: 1944	1904
				58th Warmest	Warmest since: 1945	2017
	Ties: 1897, 1948, 2009
Mar 1945–Aug 1946 18-Month	65.8°F (18.8°C)	65.0°F (18.3°C)	0.8°F (0.5°C)	96th Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1968
				32nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1943	2017
	Ties: 1933, 1934, 2000, 2006, 2013
Sep 1944–Aug 1946 24-Month	62.9°F (17.2°C)	62.4°F (16.9°C)	0.5°F (0.3°C)	84th Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1969
				43rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1943	2017
	Ties: 1899, 1927, 1957, 1995, 2005
Sep 1943–Aug 1946 36-Month	62.6°F (17.0°C)	62.3°F (16.8°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	56th Coolest	Coolest since: 1942	1970
				70th Warmest	Warmest since: 1945	2018
	Ties: 1908, 1921, 1925, 1948, 2015
Sep 1942–Aug 1946 48-Month	62.8°F (17.1°C)	62.4°F (16.9°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	75th Coolest	Coolest since: 1944	1969, 1970
				50th Warmest	Warmest since: 1945	2019
	Ties: 1928, 1930, 1938, 1939, 1956, 1976, 1989, 1999, 2004
Sep 1941–Aug 1946 60-Month	62.9°F (17.2°C)	62.4°F (16.9°C)	0.5°F (0.3°C)	86th Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1970
				38th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2020
	Ties: 1923, 1939, 1949, 1955, 1999, 2000, 2004

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 5, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/