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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

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Tennessee

Average Temperature Rankings, August 1948

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
August 1948 1-Month	75.0°F (23.9°C)	76.0°F (24.4°C)	-1.0°F (-0.5°C)	34th Coolest	Coolest since: 1946	1967
				95th Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	2007
	Ties: 1910, 1963, 1984, 1989, 1996
Jul–Aug 1948 2-Month	76.4°F (24.7°C)	76.6°F (24.8°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	54th Coolest	Coolest since: 1947	1967
				75th Warmest	Warmest since: 1944	1954, 1980
	Ties: 1924, 1939, 1958, 2017
Jun–Aug 1948 3-Month	75.8°F (24.3°C)	75.6°F (24.2°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	64th Coolest	Coolest since: 1947	1967
				65th Warmest	Warmest since: 1944	2010
	Ties: 1956, 1968, 2008
May–Aug 1948 4-Month	73.2°F (22.9°C)	73.3°F (22.9°C)	-0.1°F (0.0°C)	55th Coolest	Coolest since: 1947	1976
				74th Warmest	Warmest since: 1944	2010
	Ties: 1964, 1978, 1982, 1996
Apr–Aug 1948 5-Month	70.9°F (21.6°C)	70.1°F (21.2°C)	0.8°F (0.4°C)	87th Coolest	Coolest since: 1947	1961
				42nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1944	2010
	Ties: 1908, 1933
Mar–Aug 1948 6-Month	67.7°F (19.8°C)	66.5°F (19.2°C)	1.2°F (0.6°C)	104th Coolest	Coolest since: 1947	1960
				25th Warmest	Warmest since: 1938	2012
	Ties: 1898, 1902, 1935
Feb–Aug 1948 7-Month	63.9°F (17.7°C)	62.8°F (17.1°C)	1.1°F (0.6°C)	97th Coolest	Coolest since: 1947	1947
				32nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1944	2012
	Ties: 1935, 1943, 1999
Jan–Aug 1948 8-Month	59.6°F (15.3°C)	59.6°F (15.3°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	60th Coolest	Coolest since: 1947	1940
				69th Warmest	Warmest since: 1946	2012
	Ties: 1929, 1962, 2008
Dec 1947–Aug 1948 9-Month	57.3°F (14.1°C)	57.3°F (14.1°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	55th Coolest	Coolest since: 1947	1978
				73rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1946	2012
	Ties: 1903, 1942, 1945, 1962, 1983, 2009, 2013, 2015
Nov 1947–Aug 1948 10-Month	56.1°F (13.4°C)	56.3°F (13.5°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	49th Coolest	Coolest since: 1947	1940
				79th Warmest	Warmest since: 1946	2012
	Ties: 1959, 1976, 2009, 2013
Oct 1947–Aug 1948 11-Month	56.9°F (13.8°C)	56.5°F (13.6°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	70th Coolest	Coolest since: 1947	1978
				58th Warmest	Warmest since: 1944	2017
	Ties: 1908, 1941, 1944, 2010
Sep 1947–Aug 1948 12-Month	58.1°F (14.5°C)	57.6°F (14.2°C)	0.5°F (0.3°C)	75th Coolest	Coolest since: 1947	1977, 1978
				53rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1943	1932
	Ties: 1930, 1933, 1950, 2010
Mar 1947–Aug 1948 18-Month	60.3°F (15.7°C)	60.6°F (15.9°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	41st Coolest	Coolest since: 1941	1961, 1977
				87th Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	2017
	Ties: 1931, 1975, 1981, 1989
Sep 1946–Aug 1948 24-Month	57.6°F (14.2°C)	57.7°F (14.3°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	46th Coolest	Coolest since: 1947	1978
				81st Warmest	Warmest since: 1946	2017
	Ties: 1916, 1917, 1924, 1945, 1958
Sep 1945–Aug 1948 36-Month	57.7°F (14.3°C)	57.7°F (14.3°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	50th Coolest	Coolest since: 1947	1979
				76th Warmest	Warmest since: 1946	2018
	Ties: 1901, 1926, 1946, 1989
Sep 1944–Aug 1948 48-Month	57.6°F (14.2°C)	57.6°F (14.2°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	37th Coolest	Coolest since: 1947	1970, 1979, 1980
				88th Warmest	Warmest since: 1946	2019
	Ties: 1903, 1915, 1917, 1931, 1986, 1998
Sep 1943–Aug 1948 60-Month	57.7°F (14.3°C)	57.7°F (14.3°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	38th Coolest	Coolest since: 1947	1970, 1971, 1979, 1980, 1981
				86th Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	2020
	Ties: 1902, 1921, 1944, 1947, 1959, 1988

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 5, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/