Climate at a Glance
National Rankings
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 May 2022. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
Contiguous U.S.
Average Temperature Rankings, August 2008
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Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Warmest/Coolest Since |
Record |
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August 2008 1-Month |
72.28°F (22.38°C) | 72.10°F (22.28°C) |
0.18°F (0.10°C) | 73rd Coolest | Coolest since: 2004 | 1927 |
55th Warmest | Warmest since: 2007 | 1983 | ||||
Ties: 1990 | ||||||
Jul–Aug 2008 2-Month |
73.18°F (22.88°C) | 72.86°F (22.70°C) |
0.32°F (0.18°C) | 81st Coolest | Coolest since: 2004 | 1992 |
47th Warmest | Warmest since: 2007 | 1936 | ||||
Ties: 1913 | ||||||
Jun–Aug 2008 3-Month |
71.99°F (22.22°C) | 71.40°F (21.89°C) |
0.59°F (0.33°C) | 85th Coolest | Coolest since: 2004 | 1915 |
43rd Warmest | Warmest since: 2007 | 1936, 2021 | ||||
Ties: 1991 | ||||||
May–Aug 2008 4-Month |
68.83°F (20.46°C) | 68.60°F (20.33°C) |
0.23°F (0.13°C) | 67th Coolest | Coolest since: 2004 | 1907 |
61st Warmest | Warmest since: 2007 | 2018 | ||||
Apr–Aug 2008 5-Month |
65.14°F (18.41°C) | 65.09°F (18.38°C) |
0.05°F (0.03°C) | 52nd Coolest | Coolest since: 1997 | 1907 |
76th Warmest | Warmest since: 2007 | 2012 | ||||
Mar–Aug 2008 6-Month |
61.26°F (16.26°C) | 61.16°F (16.20°C) |
0.10°F (0.06°C) | 63rd Coolest | Coolest since: 1997 | 1917 |
65th Warmest | Warmest since: 2007 | 2012 | ||||
Ties: 1943 | ||||||
Feb–Aug 2008 7-Month |
57.47°F (14.15°C) | 57.26°F (14.03°C) |
0.21°F (0.12°C) | 69th Coolest | Coolest since: 1997 | 1917 |
59th Warmest | Warmest since: 2007 | 2012 | ||||
Ties: 1926, 1996 | ||||||
Jan–Aug 2008 8-Month |
54.07°F (12.26°C) | 53.86°F (12.14°C) |
0.21°F (0.12°C) | 69th Coolest | Coolest since: 1997 | 1912 |
59th Warmest | Warmest since: 2007 | 2012 | ||||
Ties: 1926, 1959 | ||||||
Dec 2007–Aug 2008 9-Month |
51.75°F (10.97°C) | 51.51°F (10.84°C) |
0.24°F (0.13°C) | 69th Coolest | Coolest since: 1997 | 1917 |
58th Warmest | Warmest since: 2007 | 2012 | ||||
Nov 2007–Aug 2008 10-Month |
50.98°F (10.54°C) | 50.54°F (10.30°C) |
0.44°F (0.24°C) | 82nd Coolest | Coolest since: 2001 | 1912 |
45th Warmest | Warmest since: 2007 | 2012 | ||||
Oct 2007–Aug 2008 11-Month |
51.50°F (10.83°C) | 50.87°F (10.48°C) |
0.63°F (0.35°C) | 90th Coolest | Coolest since: 2001 | 1912 |
37th Warmest | Warmest since: 2007 | 2012 | ||||
Sep 2007–Aug 2008 12-Month |
52.74°F (11.52°C) | 52.03°F (11.13°C) |
0.71°F (0.39°C) | 95th Coolest | Coolest since: 2001 | 1917 |
32nd Warmest | Warmest since: 2007 | 2012 | ||||
Mar 2007–Aug 2008 18-Month |
56.26°F (13.48°C) | 55.07°F (12.82°C) |
1.19°F (0.66°C) | 111th Coolest | Coolest since: 2004 | 1917 |
16th Warmest | Warmest since: 2007 | 2017 | ||||
Ties: 1987 | ||||||
Sep 2006–Aug 2008 24-Month |
53.04°F (11.69°C) | 52.02°F (11.12°C) |
1.02°F (0.57°C) | 104th Coolest | Coolest since: 2004 | 1918 |
22nd Warmest | Warmest since: 2007 | 2017 | ||||
Sep 2005–Aug 2008 36-Month |
53.55°F (11.97°C) | 52.00°F (11.11°C) |
1.55°F (0.86°C) | 113th Coolest | Coolest since: 2005 | 1917 |
12th Warmest | Warmest since: 2007 | 2018 | ||||
Sep 2004–Aug 2008 48-Month |
53.57°F (11.98°C) | 52.00°F (11.11°C) |
1.57°F (0.87°C) | 115th Coolest | Coolest since: 2006 | 1920 |
9th Warmest | Warmest since: 2007 | 2018 | ||||
Sep 2003–Aug 2008 60-Month |
53.46°F (11.92°C) | 51.99°F (11.11°C) |
1.47°F (0.81°C) | 112th Coolest | Coolest since: 2005 | 1920 |
11th Warmest | Warmest since: 2007 | 2020 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, published June 2022, retrieved on June 28, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/