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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 1953

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
August 1953 1-Month	76.3°F (24.6°C)	76.0°F (24.4°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	68th Coolest	Coolest since: 1950	1967
				61st Warmest	Warmest since: 1952	2007
	Ties: 1970
Jul–Aug 1953 2-Month	76.8°F (24.9°C)	76.6°F (24.8°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	69th Coolest	Coolest since: 1950	1967
				60th Warmest	Warmest since: 1952	1954, 1980
	Ties: 1897, 1931, 1959, 1991
Jun–Aug 1953 3-Month	77.3°F (25.2°C)	75.6°F (24.2°C)	1.7°F (1.0°C)	112th Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1967
				17th Warmest	Warmest since: 1952	2010
	Ties: 1913, 1932
May–Aug 1953 4-Month	75.3°F (24.1°C)	73.2°F (22.9°C)	2.1°F (1.2°C)	118th Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1976
				11th Warmest	Warmest since: 1952	2010
	Ties: 2022
Apr–Aug 1953 5-Month	71.2°F (21.8°C)	70.1°F (21.2°C)	1.1°F (0.6°C)	97th Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1961
				32nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1952	2010
	Ties: 1932
Mar–Aug 1953 6-Month	67.9°F (19.9°C)	66.6°F (19.2°C)	1.3°F (0.7°C)	111th Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1960
				18th Warmest	Warmest since: 1952	2012
	Ties: 1899, 1905, 1987
Feb–Aug 1953 7-Month	64.3°F (17.9°C)	62.8°F (17.1°C)	1.5°F (0.8°C)	114th Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1947
				15th Warmest	Warmest since: 1952	2012
	Ties: 1922, 1977, 2000, 2007
Jan–Aug 1953 8-Month	61.6°F (16.4°C)	59.5°F (15.3°C)	2.1°F (1.1°C)	121st Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1940
				8th Warmest	Warmest since: 1952	2012
Dec 1952–Aug 1953 9-Month	59.2°F (15.1°C)	57.3°F (14.1°C)	1.9°F (1.0°C)	116th Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1978
				12th Warmest	Warmest since: 1952	2012
	Ties: 1999, 2019
Nov 1952–Aug 1953 10-Month	57.9°F (14.4°C)	56.3°F (13.5°C)	1.6°F (0.9°C)	112th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1940
				16th Warmest	Warmest since: 1952	2012
	Ties: 1952, 1995, 2020
Oct 1952–Aug 1953 11-Month	57.4°F (14.1°C)	56.6°F (13.7°C)	0.8°F (0.4°C)	92nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1978
				36th Warmest	Warmest since: 1952	2017
	Ties: 1927, 1939, 2021
Sep 1952–Aug 1953 12-Month	58.2°F (14.6°C)	57.6°F (14.2°C)	0.6°F (0.4°C)	78th Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1977, 1978
				50th Warmest	Warmest since: 1952	1932
	Ties: 1901, 1919
Mar 1952–Aug 1953 18-Month	61.5°F (16.4°C)	60.6°F (15.9°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	99th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1961, 1977
				29th Warmest	Warmest since: 1952	2017
	Ties: 1919, 1921, 1943, 1952, 1955, 1986, 2013
Sep 1951–Aug 1953 24-Month	58.7°F (14.8°C)	57.7°F (14.3°C)	1.0°F (0.5°C)	106th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1978
				21st Warmest	Warmest since: 1935	2017
	Ties: 1898, 1921, 1934, 1991
Sep 1950–Aug 1953 36-Month	58.1°F (14.5°C)	57.7°F (14.3°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	79th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1979
				47th Warmest	Warmest since: 1950	2018
	Ties: 1899, 1929, 1993, 2010, 2014
Sep 1949–Aug 1953 48-Month	58.1°F (14.5°C)	57.7°F (14.3°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	85th Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1970, 1979, 1980
				40th Warmest	Warmest since: 1952	2019
	Ties: 1901, 1909, 1914, 1930, 1944, 1975, 1988
Sep 1948–Aug 1953 60-Month	58.2°F (14.6°C)	57.6°F (14.2°C)	0.6°F (0.4°C)	90th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1970, 1971, 1979, 1980, 1981
				34th Warmest	Warmest since: 1952	2020
	Ties: 1926, 1952, 1954, 2004, 2005, 2014

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 1, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/