Climate at a Glance
Divisional Rankings
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Illinois, Climate Division 5. East
Average Temperature Rankings, August 1940
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Warmest/Coolest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
August 1940 1-Month |
73.5°F (23.1°C) | 72.1°F (22.3°C) |
1.4°F (0.8°C) | 94th Coolest | Coolest since: 1939 | 1915 |
| 33rd Warmest | Warmest since: 1938 | 1947 | ||||
|
Jul–Aug 1940 2-Month |
74.4°F (23.6°C) | 73.2°F (22.9°C) |
1.2°F (0.7°C) | 94th Coolest | Coolest since: 1939 | 1915 |
| 33rd Warmest | Warmest since: 1938 | 1936 | ||||
| Ties: 1932, 1933, 2006 | ||||||
|
Jun–Aug 1940 3-Month |
73.4°F (23.0°C) | 72.3°F (22.4°C) |
1.1°F (0.6°C) | 92nd Coolest | Coolest since: 1939 | 1915 |
| 35th Warmest | Warmest since: 1936 | 1936 | ||||
| Ties: 1984, 2007 | ||||||
|
May–Aug 1940 4-Month |
69.4°F (20.8°C) | 69.5°F (20.8°C) |
-0.1°F (0.0°C) | 58th Coolest | Coolest since: 1935 | 1915 |
| 69th Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 1934 | ||||
|
Apr–Aug 1940 5-Month |
65.0°F (18.3°C) | 65.5°F (18.6°C) |
-0.5°F (-0.3°C) | 36th Coolest | Coolest since: 1935 | 1907 |
| 91st Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 1991 | ||||
| Ties: 1905, 1923, 1960, 1989 | ||||||
|
Mar–Aug 1940 6-Month |
60.0°F (15.6°C) | 61.0°F (16.1°C) |
-1.0°F (-0.5°C) | 28th Coolest | Coolest since: 1928 | 1904, 1907 |
| 99th Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2012 | ||||
| Ties: 1902, 1923 | ||||||
|
Feb–Aug 1940 7-Month |
55.5°F (13.1°C) | 56.3°F (13.5°C) |
-0.8°F (-0.4°C) | 40th Coolest | Coolest since: 1929 | 1904 |
| 87th Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2012 | ||||
| Ties: 1980, 1997 | ||||||
|
Jan–Aug 1940 8-Month |
50.1°F (10.1°C) | 52.1°F (11.2°C) |
-2.0°F (-1.1°C) | 14th Coolest | Coolest since: 1924 | 1904, 1912 |
| 113th Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2012 | ||||
| Ties: 1905 | ||||||
|
Dec 1939–Aug 1940 9-Month |
48.2°F (9.0°C) | 49.5°F (9.7°C) |
-1.3°F (-0.7°C) | 21st Coolest | Coolest since: 1926 | 1904 |
| 105th Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2012 | ||||
| Ties: 1996 | ||||||
|
Nov 1939–Aug 1940 10-Month |
47.2°F (8.4°C) | 48.5°F (9.2°C) |
-1.3°F (-0.8°C) | 22nd Coolest | Coolest since: 1926 | 1904 |
| 104th Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2012 | ||||
| Ties: 1970 | ||||||
|
Oct 1939–Aug 1940 11-Month |
47.9°F (8.8°C) | 48.9°F (9.4°C) |
-1.0°F (-0.6°C) | 27th Coolest | Coolest since: 1927 | 1904 |
| 99th Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2012 | ||||
| Ties: 1927 | ||||||
|
Sep 1939–Aug 1940 12-Month |
49.8°F (9.9°C) | 50.4°F (10.2°C) |
-0.6°F (-0.3°C) | 38th Coolest | Coolest since: 1936 | 1904 |
| 88th Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2012 | ||||
| Ties: 1906, 1908 | ||||||
|
Mar 1939–Aug 1940 18-Month |
53.6°F (12.0°C) | 53.9°F (12.2°C) |
-0.3°F (-0.2°C) | 50th Coolest | Coolest since: 1936 | 1904 |
| 76th Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2012 | ||||
| Ties: 1901, 1906, 1913, 1980 | ||||||
|
Sep 1938–Aug 1940 24-Month |
50.7°F (10.4°C) | 50.3°F (10.2°C) |
0.4°F (0.2°C) | 75th Coolest | Coolest since: 1938 | 1905 |
| 50th Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2017 | ||||
| Ties: 1975, 1993, 1996, 2004 | ||||||
|
Sep 1937–Aug 1940 36-Month |
50.8°F (10.4°C) | 50.3°F (10.2°C) |
0.5°F (0.2°C) | 77th Coolest | Coolest since: 1938 | 1904 |
| 47th Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2018 | ||||
| Ties: 1944, 1975, 1985 | ||||||
|
Sep 1936–Aug 1940 48-Month |
50.7°F (10.4°C) | 50.3°F (10.2°C) |
0.4°F (0.2°C) | 70th Coolest | Coolest since: 1939 | 1905 |
| 53rd Warmest | Warmest since: 1936 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1943, 1958 | ||||||
|
Sep 1935–Aug 1940 60-Month |
50.4°F (10.2°C) | 50.2°F (10.1°C) |
0.2°F (0.1°C) | 54th Coolest | Coolest since: 1931 | 1906 |
| 68th Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2020 | ||||
| Ties: 1948, 1952, 1986, 1996 | ||||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Divisional Time Series, published April 2021, retrieved on April 15, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/