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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 1966

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
August 1966 1-Month	77.6°F (25.3°C)	78.7°F (25.9°C)	-1.1°F (-0.6°C)	24th Coolest	Coolest since: 1964	1969
				105th Warmest	Warmest since: 1965	2007
	Ties: 1948, 1971
Jul–Aug 1966 2-Month	78.7°F (25.9°C)	79.3°F (26.3°C)	-0.6°F (-0.4°C)	36th Coolest	Coolest since: 1965	1967
				93rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1962	2016
	Ties: 1905
Jun–Aug 1966 3-Month	76.9°F (24.9°C)	78.5°F (25.8°C)	-1.6°F (-0.9°C)	7th Coolest	Coolest since: 1927	1967
				122nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1965	2010
May–Aug 1966 4-Month	74.9°F (23.8°C)	76.5°F (24.7°C)	-1.6°F (-0.9°C)	7th Coolest	Coolest since: 1961	1967
				122nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1965	2010
Apr–Aug 1966 5-Month	72.1°F (22.3°C)	73.6°F (23.1°C)	-1.5°F (-0.8°C)	8th Coolest	Coolest since: 1961	1961
				121st Warmest	Warmest since: 1965	2010
Mar–Aug 1966 6-Month	68.6°F (20.3°C)	70.3°F (21.3°C)	-1.7°F (-1.0°C)	4th Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1971
				125th Warmest	Warmest since: 1965	2016
Feb–Aug 1966 7-Month	65.3°F (18.5°C)	66.9°F (19.4°C)	-1.6°F (-0.9°C)	7th Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1895
				122nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1965	2011, 2016
	Ties: 1958
Jan–Aug 1966 8-Month	62.1°F (16.7°C)	64.2°F (17.9°C)	-2.1°F (-1.2°C)	4th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1940
				125th Warmest	Warmest since: 1965	2017
	Ties: 1978
Dec 1965–Aug 1966 9-Month	60.3°F (15.7°C)	62.1°F (16.7°C)	-1.8°F (-1.0°C)	7th Coolest	Coolest since: 1964	1904, 1940
				121st Warmest	Warmest since: 1965	2016
	Ties: 1969
Nov 1965–Aug 1966 10-Month	59.7°F (15.4°C)	61.2°F (16.2°C)	-1.5°F (-0.8°C)	9th Coolest	Coolest since: 1964	1904, 1940
				119th Warmest	Warmest since: 1965	2016
	Ties: 1915, 1931, 1958, 1978
Oct 1965–Aug 1966 11-Month	59.8°F (15.4°C)	61.3°F (16.3°C)	-1.5°F (-0.9°C)	5th Coolest	Coolest since: 1964	1904
				123rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1965	2016, 2017
	Ties: 1902, 1931, 1964, 1969, 1977, 1978
Sep 1965–Aug 1966 12-Month	61.0°F (16.1°C)	62.4°F (16.9°C)	-1.4°F (-0.8°C)	10th Coolest	Coolest since: 1964	1904
				118th Warmest	Warmest since: 1965	2017
	Ties: 1902
Mar 1965–Aug 1966 18-Month	64.0°F (17.8°C)	65.1°F (18.4°C)	-1.1°F (-0.6°C)	10th Coolest	Coolest since: 1964	1968
				118th Warmest	Warmest since: 1965	2017
	Ties: 1915, 1958, 1963, 1964
Sep 1964–Aug 1966 24-Month	61.6°F (16.4°C)	62.4°F (16.9°C)	-0.8°F (-0.5°C)	17th Coolest	Coolest since: 1965	1969
				110th Warmest	Warmest since: 1963	2017
	Ties: 1902, 1959
Sep 1963–Aug 1966 36-Month	61.3°F (16.3°C)	62.4°F (16.9°C)	-1.1°F (-0.6°C)	4th Coolest	Coolest since: 1906	1970
				122nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1965	2018
	Ties: 1904, 1906, 1971, 1979
Sep 1962–Aug 1966 48-Month	61.3°F (16.3°C)	62.4°F (16.9°C)	-1.1°F (-0.6°C)	4th Coolest	Coolest since: 1966	1969, 1970
				121st Warmest	Warmest since: 1965	2019
	Ties: 1968
Sep 1961–Aug 1966 60-Month	61.5°F (16.4°C)	62.3°F (16.8°C)	-0.8°F (-0.4°C)	7th Coolest	Coolest since: 1964	1970
				117th Warmest	Warmest since: 1965	2020
	Ties: 1905, 1972, 1981

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 4, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/