Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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South Carolina
Average Temperature Rankings, August 1973
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Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Warmest/Coolest Since |
Record |
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August 1973 1-Month |
78.2°F (25.7°C) | 78.7°F (25.9°C) |
-0.5°F (-0.2°C) | 35th Coolest | Coolest since: 1972 | 1969 |
93rd Warmest | Warmest since: 1970 | 2007 | ||||
Ties: 1908, 1910, 1915, 1917, 1921, 1939, 1940 | ||||||
Jul–Aug 1973 2-Month |
78.8°F (26.0°C) | 79.2°F (26.2°C) |
-0.4°F (-0.2°C) | 38th Coolest | Coolest since: 1972 | 1967 |
90th Warmest | Warmest since: 1970 | 2016 | ||||
Ties: 1908, 1917, 1921, 1940, 1969, 2014 | ||||||
Jun–Aug 1973 3-Month |
78.0°F (25.6°C) | 78.5°F (25.8°C) |
-0.5°F (-0.2°C) | 32nd Coolest | Coolest since: 1972 | 1967 |
96th Warmest | Warmest since: 1970 | 2010 | ||||
Ties: 1955, 1982 | ||||||
May–Aug 1973 4-Month |
75.6°F (24.2°C) | 76.5°F (24.7°C) |
-0.9°F (-0.5°C) | 20th Coolest | Coolest since: 1972 | 1967 |
108th Warmest | Warmest since: 1970 | 2010 | ||||
Ties: 1984, 1989 | ||||||
Apr–Aug 1973 5-Month |
72.4°F (22.4°C) | 73.5°F (23.1°C) |
-1.1°F (-0.7°C) | 12th Coolest | Coolest since: 1972 | 1961 |
116th Warmest | Warmest since: 1970 | 2010 | ||||
Ties: 1984 | ||||||
Mar–Aug 1973 6-Month |
70.0°F (21.1°C) | 70.3°F (21.3°C) |
-0.3°F (-0.2°C) | 39th Coolest | Coolest since: 1972 | 1971 |
89th Warmest | Warmest since: 1970 | 2016 | ||||
Ties: 1909, 1912, 1927, 1930, 1937, 1968 | ||||||
Feb–Aug 1973 7-Month |
66.2°F (19.0°C) | 66.9°F (19.4°C) |
-0.7°F (-0.4°C) | 27th Coolest | Coolest since: 1972 | 1895 |
101st Warmest | Warmest since: 1970 | 2011, 2016 | ||||
Ties: 1963 | ||||||
Jan–Aug 1973 8-Month |
63.4°F (17.4°C) | 64.1°F (17.8°C) |
-0.7°F (-0.4°C) | 31st Coolest | Coolest since: 1972 | 1940 |
97th Warmest | Warmest since: 1970 | 2017 | ||||
Ties: 1970 | ||||||
Dec 1972–Aug 1973 9-Month |
61.9°F (16.6°C) | 62.0°F (16.7°C) |
-0.1°F (-0.1°C) | 45th Coolest | Coolest since: 1971 | 1904, 1940 |
82nd Warmest | Warmest since: 1972 | 2016 | ||||
Ties: 1917, 1959, 1976, 1994 | ||||||
Nov 1972–Aug 1973 10-Month |
61.0°F (16.1°C) | 61.2°F (16.2°C) |
-0.2°F (-0.1°C) | 41st Coolest | Coolest since: 1971 | 1904, 1940 |
86th Warmest | Warmest since: 1972 | 2016 | ||||
Ties: 1917, 1956, 1980, 1983, 2014 | ||||||
Oct 1972–Aug 1973 11-Month |
61.1°F (16.2°C) | 61.4°F (16.3°C) |
-0.3°F (-0.1°C) | 37th Coolest | Coolest since: 1971 | 1904 |
90th Warmest | Warmest since: 1972 | 2016, 2017 | ||||
Ties: 1956, 1980, 1983 | ||||||
Sep 1972–Aug 1973 12-Month |
62.2°F (16.8°C) | 62.4°F (16.9°C) |
-0.2°F (-0.1°C) | 38th Coolest | Coolest since: 1971 | 1904 |
89th Warmest | Warmest since: 1972 | 2017 | ||||
Ties: 1944, 1956, 1997 | ||||||
Mar 1972–Aug 1973 18-Month |
64.3°F (17.9°C) | 65.0°F (18.3°C) |
-0.7°F (-0.4°C) | 19th Coolest | Coolest since: 1970 | 1968 |
108th Warmest | Warmest since: 1972 | 2017 | ||||
Ties: 1940, 1951 | ||||||
Sep 1971–Aug 1973 24-Month |
62.6°F (17.0°C) | 62.4°F (16.9°C) |
0.2°F (0.1°C) | 58th Coolest | Coolest since: 1972 | 1969 |
68th Warmest | Warmest since: 1957 | 2017 | ||||
Ties: 1914, 1930, 1936, 1937, 1945, 1947, 1951, 2001, 2004 | ||||||
Sep 1970–Aug 1973 36-Month |
62.3°F (16.8°C) | 62.4°F (16.9°C) |
-0.1°F (-0.1°C) | 39th Coolest | Coolest since: 1972 | 1970 |
86th Warmest | Warmest since: 1959 | 2018 | ||||
Ties: 1901, 1907, 1959, 1989, 1998 | ||||||
Sep 1969–Aug 1973 48-Month |
62.0°F (16.7°C) | 62.4°F (16.9°C) |
-0.4°F (-0.2°C) | 27th Coolest | Coolest since: 1972 | 1969, 1970 |
97th Warmest | Warmest since: 1960 | 2019 | ||||
Ties: 1902, 1915, 1919, 1960, 1985 | ||||||
Sep 1968–Aug 1973 60-Month |
61.8°F (16.6°C) | 62.4°F (16.9°C) |
-0.6°F (-0.3°C) | 19th Coolest | Coolest since: 1972 | 1970 |
104th Warmest | Warmest since: 1961 | 2020 | ||||
Ties: 1919, 1979, 1984 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published August 2022, retrieved on August 9, 2022 from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/cag/