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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 1988

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
August 1988 1-Month	80.6°F (27.0°C)	78.7°F (25.9°C)	1.9°F (1.1°C)	114th Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1969
				15th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2007
	Ties: 1968
Jul–Aug 1988 2-Month	80.1°F (26.7°C)	79.2°F (26.2°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	90th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1967
				39th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2016
	Ties: 1941, 1956, 2018
Jun–Aug 1988 3-Month	78.5°F (25.8°C)	78.5°F (25.8°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	51st Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1967
				78th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2010
	Ties: 1960, 1968, 2012
May–Aug 1988 4-Month	75.9°F (24.4°C)	76.4°F (24.7°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	28th Coolest	Coolest since: 1984	1967
				101st Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2010
	Ties: 1945
Apr–Aug 1988 5-Month	73.1°F (22.8°C)	73.6°F (23.1°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	28th Coolest	Coolest since: 1984	1961
				101st Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2010
	Ties: 1895, 1918, 1919, 1929, 1963, 1964
Mar–Aug 1988 6-Month	69.9°F (21.1°C)	70.3°F (21.3°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	36th Coolest	Coolest since: 1984	1971
				93rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2016
	Ties: 1965, 1975
Feb–Aug 1988 7-Month	66.3°F (19.1°C)	66.9°F (19.4°C)	-0.6°F (-0.3°C)	29th Coolest	Coolest since: 1984	1895
				100th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2011, 2016
	Ties: 1914, 1917, 1923, 1926, 1980, 1984, 1992
Jan–Aug 1988 8-Month	62.9°F (17.2°C)	64.1°F (17.8°C)	-1.2°F (-0.6°C)	16th Coolest	Coolest since: 1983	1940
				113th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2017
	Ties: 1901, 1915, 1983
Dec 1987–Aug 1988 9-Month	61.3°F (16.3°C)	62.1°F (16.7°C)	-0.8°F (-0.4°C)	27th Coolest	Coolest since: 1984	1904, 1940
				101st Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2016
	Ties: 1926, 1996
Nov 1987–Aug 1988 10-Month	60.7°F (15.9°C)	61.2°F (16.2°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	32nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1984	1904, 1940
				96th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2016
	Ties: 1910, 1941, 1979, 2001, 2003
Oct 1987–Aug 1988 11-Month	60.4°F (15.8°C)	61.4°F (16.3°C)	-1.0°F (-0.5°C)	19th Coolest	Coolest since: 1981	1904
				109th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2016, 2017
	Ties: 1912, 1971, 1981
Sep 1987–Aug 1988 12-Month	61.5°F (16.4°C)	62.4°F (16.9°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	19th Coolest	Coolest since: 1984	1904
				109th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2017
	Ties: 1967, 1982, 1984, 1996
Mar 1987–Aug 1988 18-Month	64.6°F (18.1°C)	65.0°F (18.3°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	28th Coolest	Coolest since: 1984	1968
				100th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2017
	Ties: 1914, 1962, 1980
Sep 1986–Aug 1988 24-Month	62.3°F (16.8°C)	62.4°F (16.9°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	38th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1969
				89th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2017
	Ties: 1900, 1901, 1910, 1940, 1972, 1993, 2014
Sep 1985–Aug 1988 36-Month	62.9°F (17.2°C)	62.3°F (16.8°C)	0.6°F (0.4°C)	83rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1970
				43rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2018
	Ties: 1937, 1944, 1957, 1975, 1986
Sep 1984–Aug 1988 48-Month	62.9°F (17.2°C)	62.4°F (16.9°C)	0.5°F (0.3°C)	90th Coolest	Coolest since: 1987	1969, 1970
				35th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2019
	Ties: 1899, 1922, 1924, 1925, 1932, 1937, 1945, 1949, 1951, 1954, 1975, 1987, 1994, 2003
Sep 1983–Aug 1988 60-Month	62.6°F (17.0°C)	62.4°F (16.9°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	53rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1970
				71st Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2020
	Ties: 1901, 1911, 1913, 1928, 1943, 1948, 1958, 1998

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/