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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 1968

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
August 1968 1-Month	80.6°F (27.0°C)	78.7°F (25.9°C)	1.9°F (1.1°C)	114th Coolest	Coolest since: 1967	1969
				15th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2007
	Ties: 1988
Jul–Aug 1968 2-Month	79.8°F (26.6°C)	79.2°F (26.2°C)	0.6°F (0.4°C)	80th Coolest	Coolest since: 1967	1967
				49th Warmest	Warmest since: 1958	2016
	Ties: 1907, 1978, 1991
Jun–Aug 1968 3-Month	78.5°F (25.8°C)	78.5°F (25.8°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	51st Coolest	Coolest since: 1967	1967
				78th Warmest	Warmest since: 1960	2010
	Ties: 1960, 1988, 2012
May–Aug 1968 4-Month	76.0°F (24.4°C)	76.5°F (24.7°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	30th Coolest	Coolest since: 1967	1967
				99th Warmest	Warmest since: 1965	2010
	Ties: 1907, 1909, 1919, 1921, 1940, 1985
Apr–Aug 1968 5-Month	73.3°F (22.9°C)	73.5°F (23.1°C)	-0.2°F (-0.2°C)	39th Coolest	Coolest since: 1967	1961
				90th Warmest	Warmest since: 1965	2010
	Ties: 1921, 1975, 1994, 2005
Mar–Aug 1968 6-Month	70.0°F (21.1°C)	70.3°F (21.3°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	39th Coolest	Coolest since: 1967	1971
				90th Warmest	Warmest since: 1963	2016
	Ties: 1909, 1912, 1927, 1930, 1937, 1973
Feb–Aug 1968 7-Month	65.6°F (18.7°C)	66.9°F (19.4°C)	-1.3°F (-0.7°C)	10th Coolest	Coolest since: 1966	1895
				119th Warmest	Warmest since: 1967	2011, 2016
	Ties: 1901, 1915, 1969, 1978
Jan–Aug 1968 8-Month	62.4°F (16.9°C)	64.1°F (17.8°C)	-1.7°F (-0.9°C)	6th Coolest	Coolest since: 1966	1940
				123rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1967	2017
	Ties: 1904, 1960
Dec 1967–Aug 1968 9-Month	61.0°F (16.1°C)	62.1°F (16.7°C)	-1.1°F (-0.6°C)	19th Coolest	Coolest since: 1966	1904, 1940
				109th Warmest	Warmest since: 1967	2016
	Ties: 1902, 1936, 1970, 1984
Nov 1967–Aug 1968 10-Month	59.8°F (15.4°C)	61.1°F (16.2°C)	-1.3°F (-0.8°C)	14th Coolest	Coolest since: 1966	1904, 1940
				114th Warmest	Warmest since: 1967	2016
	Ties: 1912, 1960
Oct 1967–Aug 1968 11-Month	59.9°F (15.5°C)	61.4°F (16.3°C)	-1.5°F (-0.8°C)	12th Coolest	Coolest since: 1966	1904
				116th Warmest	Warmest since: 1967	2016, 2017
Sep 1967–Aug 1968 12-Month	60.6°F (15.9°C)	62.5°F (16.9°C)	-1.9°F (-1.0°C)	3rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1918	1904
				125th Warmest	Warmest since: 1967	2017
Mar 1967–Aug 1968 18-Month	63.5°F (17.5°C)	65.0°F (18.3°C)	-1.5°F (-0.8°C)	1st Coolest	Coolest since: 1968	1968
				127th Warmest	Warmest since: 1967	2017
Sep 1966–Aug 1968 24-Month	61.0°F (16.1°C)	62.4°F (16.9°C)	-1.4°F (-0.8°C)	5th Coolest	Coolest since: 1964	1969
				122nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1967	2017
	Ties: 1970
Sep 1965–Aug 1968 36-Month	61.0°F (16.1°C)	62.4°F (16.9°C)	-1.4°F (-0.8°C)	2nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1968	1970
				124th Warmest	Warmest since: 1967	2018
	Ties: 1969
Sep 1964–Aug 1968 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: 1967	2019
	Ties: 1966
Sep 1963–Aug 1968 60-Month	61.2°F (16.2°C)	62.4°F (16.9°C)	-1.2°F (-0.7°C)	2nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1968	1970
				122nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1967	2020
	Ties: 1969, 1971

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 25, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/