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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

Year: 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

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Average Temperature Rankings, August 2021

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
August 2021 1-Month	80.0°F (26.7°C)	78.7°F (25.9°C)	1.3°F (0.8°C)	100th Coolest	Coolest since: 2018	1969
				29th Warmest	Warmest since: 2020	2007
	Ties: 1934, 2009, 2018
Jul–Aug 2021 2-Month	79.6°F (26.4°C)	79.2°F (26.2°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	75th Coolest	Coolest since: 2014	1967
				54th Warmest	Warmest since: 2020	2016
	Ties: 1897, 1930, 1949, 1953
Jun–Aug 2021 3-Month	78.7°F (25.9°C)	78.6°F (25.9°C)	0.1°F (0.0°C)	64th Coolest	Coolest since: 2014	1967
				65th Warmest	Warmest since: 2020	2010
	Ties: 1949
May–Aug 2021 4-Month	76.2°F (24.6°C)	76.4°F (24.7°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	37th Coolest	Coolest since: 2013	1967
				92nd Warmest	Warmest since: 2020	2010
	Ties: 1903, 1922, 1924, 1960, 1969, 2003
Apr–Aug 2021 5-Month	73.4°F (23.0°C)	73.6°F (23.1°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	44th Coolest	Coolest since: 2013	1961
				85th Warmest	Warmest since: 2020	2010
	Ties: 1909, 1916, 1931
Mar–Aug 2021 6-Month	70.8°F (21.6°C)	70.3°F (21.3°C)	0.5°F (0.3°C)	87th Coolest	Coolest since: 2014	1971
				42nd Warmest	Warmest since: 2020	2016
	Ties: 1897, 1900, 1902, 1934, 1985, 1987, 2009
Feb–Aug 2021 7-Month	67.4°F (19.7°C)	66.9°F (19.4°C)	0.5°F (0.3°C)	75th Coolest	Coolest since: 2014	1895
				54th Warmest	Warmest since: 2020	2011, 2016
	Ties: 1899, 1982, 1994, 2009
Jan–Aug 2021 8-Month	64.7°F (18.2°C)	64.1°F (17.8°C)	0.6°F (0.4°C)	80th Coolest	Coolest since: 2014	1940
				49th Warmest	Warmest since: 2020	2017
	Ties: 1907, 1908, 2010
Dec 2020–Aug 2021 9-Month	62.6°F (17.0°C)	62.1°F (16.7°C)	0.5°F (0.3°C)	80th Coolest	Coolest since: 2014	1904, 1940
				48th Warmest	Warmest since: 2020	2016
	Ties: 1911, 1944, 1985
Nov 2020–Aug 2021 10-Month	62.2°F (16.8°C)	61.1°F (16.2°C)	1.1°F (0.6°C)	98th Coolest	Coolest since: 2015	1904, 1940
				30th Warmest	Warmest since: 2020	2016
	Ties: 1898, 1950, 1954
Oct 2020–Aug 2021 11-Month	62.7°F (17.1°C)	61.4°F (16.3°C)	1.3°F (0.8°C)	109th Coolest	Coolest since: 2015	1904
				19th Warmest	Warmest since: 2020	2016, 2017
	Ties: 1933, 1939, 2006
Sep 2020–Aug 2021 12-Month	63.6°F (17.6°C)	62.4°F (16.9°C)	1.2°F (0.7°C)	108th Coolest	Coolest since: 2015	1904
				20th Warmest	Warmest since: 2020	2017
	Ties: 1933, 1957, 1990
Mar 2020–Aug 2021 18-Month	66.2°F (19.0°C)	65.0°F (18.3°C)	1.2°F (0.7°C)	111th Coolest	Coolest since: 2015	1968
				17th Warmest	Warmest since: 2020	2017
	Ties: 2002
Sep 2019–Aug 2021 24-Month	64.2°F (17.9°C)	62.4°F (16.9°C)	1.8°F (1.0°C)	121st Coolest	Coolest since: 2016	1969
				6th Warmest	Warmest since: 2020	2017
	Ties: 2016
Sep 2018–Aug 2021 36-Month	64.4°F (18.0°C)	62.4°F (16.9°C)	2.0°F (1.1°C)	121st Coolest	Coolest since: 2016	1970
				5th Warmest	Warmest since: 2020	2018
Sep 2017–Aug 2021 48-Month	64.3°F (17.9°C)	62.4°F (16.9°C)	1.9°F (1.0°C)	120th Coolest	Coolest since: 2017	1969, 1970
				5th Warmest	Warmest since: 2020	2019
Sep 2016–Aug 2021 60-Month	64.6°F (18.1°C)	62.4°F (16.9°C)	2.2°F (1.2°C)	122nd Coolest	Coolest since: 2019	1970
				2nd Warmest	Warmest since: 2020	2020
	Ties: 2019

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 30, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/