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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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South Carolina

Average Temperature Rankings, August 1959

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
August 1959 1-Month	79.9°F (26.6°C)	78.7°F (25.9°C)	1.2°F (0.7°C)	96th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1969
				33rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2007
	Ties: 1990, 2001
Jul–Aug 1959 2-Month	79.5°F (26.4°C)	79.3°F (26.3°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	70th Coolest	Coolest since: 1957	1967
				59th Warmest	Warmest since: 1958	2016
	Ties: 1938
Jun–Aug 1959 3-Month	78.6°F (25.9°C)	78.5°F (25.8°C)	0.1°F (0.1°C)	55th Coolest	Coolest since: 1957	1967
				74th Warmest	Warmest since: 1958	2010
	Ties: 1905, 1940, 1944, 1945, 1969, 1970, 2004, 2014
May–Aug 1959 4-Month	77.1°F (25.1°C)	76.4°F (24.7°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	87th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1967
				42nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1956	2010
	Ties: 1926, 1939, 1944, 1995, 2012
Apr–Aug 1959 5-Month	74.4°F (23.6°C)	73.6°F (23.1°C)	0.8°F (0.5°C)	97th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1961
				32nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2010
	Ties: 1902, 1980, 1981, 1987, 1999
Mar–Aug 1959 6-Month	70.6°F (21.4°C)	70.3°F (21.3°C)	0.3°F (0.1°C)	75th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1971
				54th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2016
	Ties: 1918, 1922, 1946, 1994, 1999
Feb–Aug 1959 7-Month	67.5°F (19.7°C)	67.0°F (19.4°C)	0.5°F (0.3°C)	77th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1895
				52nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	2011, 2016
	Ties: 1903
Jan–Aug 1959 8-Month	64.4°F (18.0°C)	64.1°F (17.8°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	68th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1940
				61st Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	2017
	Ties: 1897, 1899, 1903
Dec 1958–Aug 1959 9-Month	61.9°F (16.6°C)	62.1°F (16.7°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	45th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1904, 1940
				83rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	2016
	Ties: 1917, 1973, 1976, 1994
Nov 1958–Aug 1959 10-Month	61.4°F (16.3°C)	61.2°F (16.2°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	64th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1904, 1940
				64th Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	2016
	Ties: 1908, 1916, 1942, 1944, 1946, 1985
Oct 1958–Aug 1959 11-Month	61.3°F (16.3°C)	61.4°F (16.3°C)	-0.1°F (0.0°C)	46th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1904
				82nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	2016, 2017
	Ties: 1900, 1908, 1920, 1928, 1992, 1994, 2013, 2014
Sep 1958–Aug 1959 12-Month	62.3°F (16.8°C)	62.4°F (16.9°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	42nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1904
				86th Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	2017
	Ties: 1899, 1900, 1901, 1920, 1926, 1965, 1989, 1992, 2014
Mar 1958–Aug 1959 18-Month	64.8°F (18.2°C)	65.1°F (18.4°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	40th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1968
				88th Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	2017
	Ties: 1912, 1929, 1948, 1965, 1989
Sep 1957–Aug 1959 24-Month	61.6°F (16.4°C)	62.4°F (16.9°C)	-0.8°F (-0.5°C)	17th Coolest	Coolest since: 1941	1969
				110th Warmest	Warmest since: 1958	2017
	Ties: 1902, 1966
Sep 1956–Aug 1959 36-Month	62.3°F (16.8°C)	62.4°F (16.9°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	39th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1970
				87th Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	2018
	Ties: 1901, 1907, 1973, 1989, 1998
Sep 1955–Aug 1959 48-Month	62.3°F (16.8°C)	62.4°F (16.9°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	37th Coolest	Coolest since: 1943	1969, 1970
				88th Warmest	Warmest since: 1958	2019
	Ties: 1908, 1912, 1916, 1943
Sep 1954–Aug 1959 60-Month	62.4°F (16.9°C)	62.4°F (16.9°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	39th Coolest	Coolest since: 1944	1970
				85th Warmest	Warmest since: 1958	2020
	Ties: 1912, 1922, 1931, 1942, 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/