Contiguous U.S. August 1897 Average Temperature Rankings
1901-2000
Degrees Fahrenheit
1
71.35
72.10
-0.75
27
103
1927
1983
1897
1896
bottom-third
2
72.36
72.86
-0.50
29
101
1992
1936
1895
1896
bottom-third
3
70.94
71.40
-0.46
32
98
1915
1936,2021
1895
1896
bottom-third
4
68.50
68.60
-0.10
43
87
1907
2018
1895
1896
bottom-third
5
65.03
65.09
-0.06
49
81
1907
2012
1895
1896
normal
6
60.66
61.16
-0.50
29
101
1917
2012
1895
1896
bottom-third
7
56.76
57.25
-0.49
35
95
1917
2012
1895
1896
bottom-third
1902
8
53.19
53.86
-0.67
26
104
1912
2012
1895
1896
bottom-third
1937
9
51.23
51.52
-0.29
40
89
1917
2012
1897
1896
bottom-third
1970
10
49.94
50.54
-0.60
20
109
1912
2012
1897
1896
bottom-third
1984
11
50.12
50.86
-0.74
15
114
1912
2012
1897
1896
bottom-third
1906
12
51.19
52.03
-0.84
10
119
1917
2012
1897
1896
bottom-tenth
1924
18
54.61
55.07
-0.46
24
105
1917
2017
1897
1896
bottom-third
24
51.53
52.02
-0.49
20
108
1918
2017
1897
1897
bottom-third
1924,1966
36
-99
52.00
-99
-99
-99
1917
2018
normal
48
-99
51.99
-99
-99
-99
1920
2018
normal
60
-99
51.98
-99
-99
-99
1920
2020
normal