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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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Washington

Average Temperature Rankings, August 1970

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
August 1970 1-Month	64.1°F (17.8°C)	63.5°F (17.5°C)	0.6°F (0.3°C)	72nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1899
				57th Warmest	Warmest since: 1967	2022
	Ties: 1904, 1984
Jul–Aug 1970 2-Month	64.6°F (18.1°C)	63.7°F (17.6°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	82nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1954, 1993
				47th Warmest	Warmest since: 1967	2022
	Ties: 1917, 1922, 1925, 1965
Jun–Aug 1970 3-Month	63.6°F (17.6°C)	61.8°F (16.6°C)	1.8°F (1.0°C)	112th Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1954
				17th Warmest	Warmest since: 1967	2015
	Ties: 1922
May–Aug 1970 4-Month	60.6°F (15.9°C)	59.3°F (15.2°C)	1.3°F (0.7°C)	107th Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1899
				22nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1967	1958, 2015
	Ties: 1925, 1985, 1986, 2005
Apr–Aug 1970 5-Month	56.7°F (13.7°C)	56.5°F (13.6°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	73rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1968	1899
				56th Warmest	Warmest since: 1969	2015
	Ties: 1900, 1922, 1944, 1946, 1952, 1988, 2002, 2012
Mar–Aug 1970 6-Month	53.6°F (12.0°C)	53.4°F (11.9°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	68th Coolest	Coolest since: 1968	1955
				61st Warmest	Warmest since: 1969	2015
	Ties: 1923, 1956, 1981, 2001
Feb–Aug 1970 7-Month	51.3°F (10.7°C)	50.6°F (10.3°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	91st Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1955
				38th Warmest	Warmest since: 1967	2015
	Ties: 1914, 1978, 1988
Jan–Aug 1970 8-Month	48.5°F (9.2°C)	47.8°F (8.8°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	84th Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1950
				45th Warmest	Warmest since: 1968	2015
	Ties: 1977, 1997, 2009, 2017
Dec 1969–Aug 1970 9-Month	46.7°F (8.2°C)	45.8°F (7.7°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	92nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1950
				36th Warmest	Warmest since: 1967	2015
	Ties: 1924, 1939, 1947, 1977, 2019, 2022
Nov 1969–Aug 1970 10-Month	45.9°F (7.7°C)	45.0°F (7.2°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	95th Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1917
				33rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1967	2015
	Ties: 1924, 1931, 2007, 2019
Oct 1969–Aug 1970 11-Month	45.8°F (7.7°C)	45.2°F (7.3°C)	0.6°F (0.4°C)	86th Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1917
				42nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1968	2015
	Ties: 1931, 1945, 1953, 1966, 1995, 2002
Sep 1969–Aug 1970 12-Month	46.8°F (8.2°C)	46.2°F (7.9°C)	0.6°F (0.3°C)	84th Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1917
				44th Warmest	Warmest since: 1968	2015
	Ties: 1914, 1925, 1931, 1996, 2010, 2017
Mar 1969–Aug 1970 18-Month	49.1°F (9.5°C)	48.5°F (9.2°C)	0.6°F (0.3°C)	83rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1917
				45th Warmest	Warmest since: 1968	2015
	Ties: 1905, 1945, 1953, 1996, 2000
Sep 1968–Aug 1970 24-Month	45.9°F (7.7°C)	46.1°F (7.8°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	48th Coolest	Coolest since: 1965	1917
				79th Warmest	Warmest since: 1969	2016
	Ties: 1936, 1965, 1974
Sep 1967–Aug 1970 36-Month	46.3°F (7.9°C)	46.1°F (7.8°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	69th Coolest	Coolest since: 1966	1950
				57th Warmest	Warmest since: 1969	2016
	Ties: 1902, 1934, 1984, 2010, 2012
Sep 1966–Aug 1970 48-Month	46.8°F (8.2°C)	46.1°F (7.8°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	91st Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1950, 1951, 1952, 1957
				34th Warmest	Warmest since: 1968	2016
	Ties: 2002, 2014
Sep 1965–Aug 1970 60-Month	46.7°F (8.2°C)	46.1°F (7.8°C)	0.6°F (0.4°C)	91st Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1920, 1952
				33rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1968	2016, 2017, 2018
	Ties: 1928, 1940, 1968

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/