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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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Tennessee

Average Temperature Rankings, August 1973

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
August 1973 1-Month	74.9°F (23.8°C)	76.0°F (24.4°C)	-1.1°F (-0.6°C)	30th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1967
				99th Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	2007
	Ties: 1912, 1979, 2009
Jul–Aug 1973 2-Month	76.0°F (24.4°C)	76.5°F (24.7°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	42nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1967
				87th Warmest	Warmest since: 1969	1954, 1980
	Ties: 1982, 2008
Jun–Aug 1973 3-Month	75.6°F (24.2°C)	75.7°F (24.3°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	56th Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1967
				73rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1969	2010
	Ties: 1895, 1905, 1926, 1957
May–Aug 1973 4-Month	72.3°F (22.4°C)	73.2°F (22.9°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	27th Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1976
				102nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1970	2010
	Ties: 1924
Apr–Aug 1973 5-Month	68.9°F (20.5°C)	70.1°F (21.2°C)	-1.2°F (-0.7°C)	18th Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1961
				111th Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	2010
	Ties: 1928, 1972
Mar–Aug 1973 6-Month	66.6°F (19.2°C)	66.5°F (19.2°C)	0.1°F (0.0°C)	59th Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1960
				70th Warmest	Warmest since: 1964	2012
	Ties: 1932, 1956, 1959, 1980
Feb–Aug 1973 7-Month	62.5°F (16.9°C)	62.7°F (17.1°C)	-0.2°F (-0.2°C)	48th Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1947
				81st Warmest	Warmest since: 1962	2012
	Ties: 1899, 1902, 1937, 1975, 1982, 1994
Jan–Aug 1973 8-Month	59.2°F (15.1°C)	59.6°F (15.3°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	49th Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1940
				80th Warmest	Warmest since: 1965	2012
	Ties: 1964, 1965
Dec 1972–Aug 1973 9-Month	57.2°F (14.0°C)	57.3°F (14.1°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	49th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1978
				79th Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	2012
	Ties: 1965, 1985, 1992, 1993, 1997
Nov 1972–Aug 1973 10-Month	56.0°F (13.3°C)	56.4°F (13.6°C)	-0.4°F (-0.3°C)	43rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1940
				85th Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	2012
	Ties: 1901, 1928, 1980, 1985, 1992
Oct 1972–Aug 1973 11-Month	56.1°F (13.4°C)	56.6°F (13.7°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	39th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1978
				89th Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	2017
	Ties: 1906, 1980, 2003
Sep 1972–Aug 1973 12-Month	57.4°F (14.1°C)	57.7°F (14.3°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	47th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1977, 1978
				81st Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	1932
	Ties: 1936, 2015
Mar 1972–Aug 1973 18-Month	60.0°F (15.6°C)	60.6°F (15.9°C)	-0.6°F (-0.3°C)	27th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1961, 1977
				101st Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	2017
	Ties: 1959, 1962, 1966, 1978, 1980
Sep 1971–Aug 1973 24-Month	58.0°F (14.4°C)	57.7°F (14.3°C)	0.3°F (0.1°C)	74th Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1978
				53rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	2017
	Ties: 1901, 1907, 1936, 1937, 1952, 1956, 1988, 2002
Sep 1970–Aug 1973 36-Month	57.6°F (14.2°C)	57.7°F (14.3°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	43rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1979
				83rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1958	2018
	Ties: 1907, 1931, 1940, 1958, 1986, 1995
Sep 1969–Aug 1973 48-Month	57.1°F (13.9°C)	57.6°F (14.2°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	22nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1970, 1979, 1980
				103rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1965	2019
	Ties: 1904, 1965, 1983, 1997
Sep 1968–Aug 1973 60-Month	57.0°F (13.9°C)	57.7°F (14.3°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	17th Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1970, 1971, 1979, 1980, 1981
				107th Warmest	Warmest since: 1966	2020
	Ties: 1905, 1961, 1966, 1978, 1983

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/