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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 1960

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
August 1960 1-Month	79.2°F (26.2°C)	78.7°F (25.9°C)	0.5°F (0.3°C)	75th Coolest	Coolest since: 1957	1969
				54th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2007
	Ties: 1911, 1933, 2022
Jul–Aug 1960 2-Month	79.3°F (26.3°C)	79.3°F (26.3°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	59th Coolest	Coolest since: 1957	1967
				70th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2016
	Ties: 1924, 2000
Jun–Aug 1960 3-Month	78.5°F (25.8°C)	78.6°F (25.9°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	51st Coolest	Coolest since: 1957	1967
				78th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2010
	Ties: 1968, 1988, 2012
May–Aug 1960 4-Month	76.2°F (24.6°C)	76.5°F (24.7°C)	-0.3°F (-0.1°C)	37th Coolest	Coolest since: 1947	1967
				92nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2010
	Ties: 1903, 1922, 1924, 1969, 2003, 2021
Apr–Aug 1960 5-Month	73.7°F (23.2°C)	73.5°F (23.1°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	57th Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1961
				72nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2010
	Ties: 1912, 1926, 1937, 1938, 1965
Mar–Aug 1960 6-Month	68.5°F (20.3°C)	70.3°F (21.3°C)	-1.8°F (-1.0°C)	2nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1971
				127th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2016
	Ties: 1972
Feb–Aug 1960 7-Month	65.0°F (18.3°C)	66.9°F (19.4°C)	-1.9°F (-1.1°C)	2nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1947	1895
				127th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2011, 2016
	Ties: 1947
Jan–Aug 1960 8-Month	62.4°F (16.9°C)	64.1°F (17.8°C)	-1.7°F (-0.9°C)	6th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1940
				123rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2017
	Ties: 1904, 1968
Dec 1959–Aug 1960 9-Month	60.6°F (15.9°C)	62.1°F (16.7°C)	-1.5°F (-0.8°C)	9th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1904, 1940
				119th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2016
	Ties: 1915, 1963
Nov 1959–Aug 1960 10-Month	59.8°F (15.4°C)	61.2°F (16.2°C)	-1.4°F (-0.8°C)	14th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1904, 1940
				114th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2016
	Ties: 1912, 1968
Oct 1959–Aug 1960 11-Month	60.3°F (15.7°C)	61.4°F (16.3°C)	-1.1°F (-0.6°C)	16th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1904
				112th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2016, 2017
	Ties: 1905, 1970
Sep 1959–Aug 1960 12-Month	61.4°F (16.3°C)	62.4°F (16.9°C)	-1.0°F (-0.6°C)	17th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1904
				111th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2017
	Ties: 1905
Mar 1959–Aug 1960 18-Month	64.4°F (18.0°C)	65.0°F (18.3°C)	-0.6°F (-0.3°C)	22nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1968
				106th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2017
	Ties: 1910, 2014
Sep 1958–Aug 1960 24-Month	61.9°F (16.6°C)	62.4°F (16.9°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	24th Coolest	Coolest since: 1959	1969
				103rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1958	2017
	Ties: 1903, 1906, 1916, 1931, 1962, 1963, 1981, 1989, 1997
Sep 1957–Aug 1960 36-Month	61.5°F (16.4°C)	62.4°F (16.9°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	10th Coolest	Coolest since: 1906	1970
				116th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2018
	Ties: 1905, 1964, 1978
Sep 1956–Aug 1960 48-Month	62.0°F (16.7°C)	62.3°F (16.8°C)	-0.3°F (-0.1°C)	27th Coolest	Coolest since: 1920	1969, 1970
				98th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2019
	Ties: 1902, 1915, 1919, 1973, 1985
Sep 1955–Aug 1960 60-Month	62.1°F (16.7°C)	62.4°F (16.9°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	28th Coolest	Coolest since: 1921	1970
				96th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2020
	Ties: 1903, 1920, 1921

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 2, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/