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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 1971

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
August 1971 1-Month	74.1°F (23.4°C)	76.0°F (24.4°C)	-1.9°F (-1.0°C)	13th Coolest	Coolest since: 1967	1967
				116th Warmest	Warmest since: 1970	2007
	Ties: 1961
Jul–Aug 1971 2-Month	74.6°F (23.7°C)	76.6°F (24.8°C)	-2.0°F (-1.1°C)	9th Coolest	Coolest since: 1967	1967
				120th Warmest	Warmest since: 1970	1954, 1980
	Ties: 2014
Jun–Aug 1971 3-Month	74.8°F (23.8°C)	75.6°F (24.2°C)	-0.8°F (-0.4°C)	30th Coolest	Coolest since: 1970	1967
				99th Warmest	Warmest since: 1969	2010
	Ties: 1945, 1966, 1985
May–Aug 1971 4-Month	71.6°F (22.0°C)	73.2°F (22.9°C)	-1.6°F (-0.9°C)	10th Coolest	Coolest since: 1967	1976
				119th Warmest	Warmest since: 1970	2010
	Ties: 1946
Apr–Aug 1971 5-Month	68.7°F (20.4°C)	70.1°F (21.2°C)	-1.4°F (-0.8°C)	12th Coolest	Coolest since: 1967	1961
				117th Warmest	Warmest since: 1970	2010
Mar–Aug 1971 6-Month	64.5°F (18.1°C)	66.5°F (19.2°C)	-2.0°F (-1.1°C)	3rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1961	1960
				126th Warmest	Warmest since: 1970	2012
Feb–Aug 1971 7-Month	60.7°F (15.9°C)	62.8°F (17.1°C)	-2.1°F (-1.2°C)	4th Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1947
				125th Warmest	Warmest since: 1970	2012
Jan–Aug 1971 8-Month	57.6°F (14.2°C)	59.6°F (15.3°C)	-2.0°F (-1.1°C)	9th Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1940
				120th Warmest	Warmest since: 1970	2012
	Ties: 1924
Dec 1970–Aug 1971 9-Month	55.9°F (13.3°C)	57.3°F (14.1°C)	-1.4°F (-0.8°C)	14th Coolest	Coolest since: 1970	1978
				114th Warmest	Warmest since: 1969	2012
	Ties: 1915, 1996
Nov 1970–Aug 1971 10-Month	54.9°F (12.7°C)	56.3°F (13.5°C)	-1.4°F (-0.8°C)	14th Coolest	Coolest since: 1970	1940
				114th Warmest	Warmest since: 1969	2012
	Ties: 1902, 1979
Oct 1970–Aug 1971 11-Month	55.3°F (12.9°C)	56.5°F (13.6°C)	-1.2°F (-0.7°C)	16th Coolest	Coolest since: 1970	1978
				112th Warmest	Warmest since: 1969	2017
	Ties: 1912, 1926, 2014
Sep 1970–Aug 1971 12-Month	56.8°F (13.8°C)	57.6°F (14.2°C)	-0.8°F (-0.4°C)	22nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1970	1977, 1978
				106th Warmest	Warmest since: 1967	1932
	Ties: 1905, 1924, 1964, 1967
Mar 1970–Aug 1971 18-Month	59.9°F (15.5°C)	60.6°F (15.9°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	23rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1970	1961, 1977
				105th Warmest	Warmest since: 1966	2017
	Ties: 1917, 1982, 1996
Sep 1969–Aug 1971 24-Month	56.3°F (13.5°C)	57.7°F (14.3°C)	-1.4°F (-0.8°C)	5th Coolest	Coolest since: 1970	1978
				122nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1968	2017
	Ties: 1905, 1961
Sep 1968–Aug 1971 36-Month	56.3°F (13.5°C)	57.6°F (14.2°C)	-1.3°F (-0.7°C)	4th Coolest	Coolest since: 1970	1979
				122nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1969	2018
Sep 1967–Aug 1971 48-Month	56.3°F (13.5°C)	57.7°F (14.3°C)	-1.4°F (-0.8°C)	4th Coolest	Coolest since: 1970	1970, 1979, 1980
				121st Warmest	Warmest since: 1969	2019
Sep 1966–Aug 1971 60-Month	56.4°F (13.6°C)	57.7°F (14.3°C)	-1.3°F (-0.7°C)	1st Coolest	Coolest since: 1970	1970, 1971, 1979, 1980, 1981
				123rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1970	2020
	Ties: 1970, 1979, 1980, 1981

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 6, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/