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 December 2020. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
Contiguous U.S.
Minimum Temperature Rankings, August 2020
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Warmest/Coolest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
August 2020 1-Month |
61.50°F (16.39°C) | 59.06°F (15.03°C) |
2.44°F (1.36°C) | 122nd Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1950 |
| 5th Warmest | Warmest since: 2011 | 1983 | ||||
| Ties: 1995 | ||||||
|
Jul–Aug 2020 2-Month |
62.21°F (16.78°C) | 59.80°F (15.44°C) |
2.41°F (1.34°C) | 125th Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1950 |
| 2nd Warmest | Warmest since: 2011 | 2011 | ||||
|
Jun–Aug 2020 3-Month |
60.64°F (15.91°C) | 58.41°F (14.67°C) |
2.23°F (1.24°C) | 122nd Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1915 |
| 5th Warmest | Warmest since: 2018 | 2018 | ||||
|
May–Aug 2020 4-Month |
57.58°F (14.21°C) | 55.67°F (13.15°C) |
1.91°F (1.06°C) | 122nd Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1907 |
| 5th Warmest | Warmest since: 2018 | 2018 | ||||
|
Apr–Aug 2020 5-Month |
53.68°F (12.04°C) | 52.25°F (11.25°C) |
1.43°F (0.79°C) | 115th Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1907 |
| 12th Warmest | Warmest since: 2019 | 2012 | ||||
| Ties: 2019 | ||||||
|
Mar–Aug 2020 6-Month |
50.64°F (10.36°C) | 48.55°F (9.19°C) |
2.09°F (1.17°C) | 122nd Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1917 |
| 5th Warmest | Warmest since: 2017 | 2012 | ||||
|
Feb–Aug 2020 7-Month |
47.00°F (8.33°C) | 44.86°F (7.14°C) |
2.14°F (1.19°C) | 121st Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1917 |
| 6th Warmest | Warmest since: 2017 | 2012 | ||||
|
Jan–Aug 2020 8-Month |
44.38°F (6.88°C) | 41.73°F (5.41°C) |
2.65°F (1.47°C) | 122nd Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1917 |
| 5th Warmest | Warmest since: 2017 | 2012 | ||||
|
Dec 2019–Aug 2020 9-Month |
42.43°F (5.79°C) | 39.61°F (4.23°C) |
2.82°F (1.56°C) | 123rd Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1917 |
| 3rd Warmest | Warmest since: 2017 | 2012 | ||||
| Ties: 2017 | ||||||
|
Nov 2019–Aug 2020 10-Month |
41.17°F (5.09°C) | 38.72°F (3.73°C) |
2.45°F (1.36°C) | 121st Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1917 |
| 5th Warmest | Warmest since: 2017 | 2016 | ||||
|
Oct 2019–Aug 2020 11-Month |
41.05°F (5.03°C) | 38.96°F (3.87°C) |
2.09°F (1.16°C) | 119th Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1917 |
| 7th Warmest | Warmest since: 2017 | 2016 | ||||
|
Sep 2019–Aug 2020 12-Month |
42.32°F (5.73°C) | 40.04°F (4.47°C) |
2.28°F (1.26°C) | 121st Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1917 |
| 5th Warmest | Warmest since: 2017 | 2016 | ||||
|
Mar 2019–Aug 2020 18-Month |
44.75°F (7.08°C) | 42.88°F (6.04°C) |
1.87°F (1.04°C) | 120th Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1917 |
| 6th Warmest | Warmest since: 2018 | 2016 | ||||
|
Sep 2018–Aug 2020 24-Month |
41.88°F (5.49°C) | 40.04°F (4.47°C) |
1.84°F (1.02°C) | 116th Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1918 |
| 9th Warmest | Warmest since: 2018 | 2017 | ||||
|
Sep 2017–Aug 2020 36-Month |
41.88°F (5.49°C) | 40.02°F (4.46°C) |
1.86°F (1.03°C) | 118th Coolest | Coolest since: 2016 | 1918 |
| 6th Warmest | Warmest since: 2019 | 2017 | ||||
| Ties: 2006 | ||||||
|
Sep 2016–Aug 2020 48-Month |
42.22°F (5.68°C) | 40.01°F (4.45°C) |
2.21°F (1.23°C) | 120th Coolest | Coolest since: 2017 | 1918 |
| 3rd Warmest | Warmest since: 2019 | 2018 | ||||
|
Sep 2015–Aug 2020 60-Month |
42.47°F (5.82°C) | 40.00°F (4.44°C) |
2.47°F (1.38°C) | 121st Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1920 |
| 1st Warmest | Warmest to Date | 2020 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, published January 2021, retrieved on January 18, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/