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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 1986

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
August 1986 1-Month	74.6°F (23.7°C)	76.0°F (24.4°C)	-1.4°F (-0.7°C)	23rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1982	1967
				106th Warmest	Warmest since: 1985	2007
	Ties: 1922, 1929, 1942, 2017
Jul–Aug 1986 2-Month	77.4°F (25.2°C)	76.6°F (24.8°C)	0.8°F (0.4°C)	90th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1967
				39th Warmest	Warmest since: 1983	1954, 1980
	Ties: 1907, 1914, 1928, 2019
Jun–Aug 1986 3-Month	76.7°F (24.8°C)	75.7°F (24.3°C)	1.0°F (0.5°C)	97th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1967
				32nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1980	2010
	Ties: 1977, 1998
May–Aug 1986 4-Month	74.3°F (23.5°C)	73.3°F (22.9°C)	1.0°F (0.6°C)	97th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1976
				32nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1980	2010
	Ties: 1901
Apr–Aug 1986 5-Month	71.3°F (21.8°C)	70.2°F (21.2°C)	1.1°F (0.6°C)	104th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1961
				25th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2010
	Ties: 1930, 1944, 1998, 2002, 2015, 2018
Mar–Aug 1986 6-Month	67.6°F (19.8°C)	66.5°F (19.2°C)	1.1°F (0.6°C)	100th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1960
				29th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2012
	Ties: 1943, 1955, 1995, 2015
Feb–Aug 1986 7-Month	64.1°F (17.8°C)	62.7°F (17.1°C)	1.4°F (0.7°C)	103rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1947
				26th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2012
	Ties: 1896, 1911, 2010
Jan–Aug 1986 8-Month	60.6°F (15.9°C)	59.5°F (15.3°C)	1.1°F (0.6°C)	91st Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1940
				38th Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	2012
	Ties: 1908, 1909, 1939, 1987
Dec 1985–Aug 1986 9-Month	57.6°F (14.2°C)	57.3°F (14.1°C)	0.3°F (0.1°C)	72nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1978
				56th Warmest	Warmest since: 1975	2012
	Ties: 1972, 1975, 1990, 2021
Nov 1985–Aug 1986 10-Month	57.4°F (14.1°C)	56.3°F (13.5°C)	1.1°F (0.6°C)	97th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1940
				31st Warmest	Warmest since: 1974	2012
	Ties: 1896, 1935, 1974, 1987
Oct 1985–Aug 1986 11-Month	57.9°F (14.4°C)	56.5°F (13.6°C)	1.4°F (0.8°C)	106th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1978
				22nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1974	2017
	Ties: 1974
Sep 1985–Aug 1986 12-Month	58.8°F (14.9°C)	57.7°F (14.3°C)	1.1°F (0.6°C)	104th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1977, 1978
				24th Warmest	Warmest since: 1974	1932
	Ties: 1954, 2007, 2008, 2018
Mar 1985–Aug 1986 18-Month	61.5°F (16.4°C)	60.6°F (15.9°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	99th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1961, 1977
				29th Warmest	Warmest since: 1974	2017
	Ties: 1919, 1921, 1943, 1952, 1953, 1955, 2013
Sep 1984–Aug 1986 24-Month	58.2°F (14.6°C)	57.6°F (14.2°C)	0.6°F (0.4°C)	86th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1978
				41st Warmest	Warmest since: 1975	2017
	Ties: 1897, 1899, 1974, 1975, 2003, 2009
Sep 1983–Aug 1986 36-Month	57.6°F (14.2°C)	57.7°F (14.3°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	43rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1979
				83rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	2018
	Ties: 1907, 1931, 1940, 1958, 1973, 1995
Sep 1982–Aug 1986 48-Month	57.6°F (14.2°C)	57.7°F (14.3°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	37th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1970, 1979, 1980
				88th Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	2019
	Ties: 1903, 1915, 1917, 1931, 1948, 1998
Sep 1981–Aug 1986 60-Month	57.4°F (14.1°C)	57.7°F (14.3°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	33rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1970, 1971, 1979, 1980, 1981
				91st Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	2020
	Ties: 1998

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 2, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/