Climate at a Glance
Regional Rankings
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California River Basin
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 |
74.7°F (23.7°C) | 73.7°F (23.2°C) |
1.0°F (0.5°C) | 80th Coolest | Coolest since: 1938 | 1899 |
| 47th Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2020 | ||||
| Ties: 1897, 1935 | ||||||
|
Jul–Aug 1940 2-Month |
74.2°F (23.4°C) | 74.2°F (23.4°C) |
0.0°F (0.0°C) | 51st Coolest | Coolest since: 1935 | 1912 |
| 76th Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2017 | ||||
| Ties: 1905, 1910, 1913, 1973, 1980, 2000 | ||||||
|
Jun–Aug 1940 3-Month |
73.6°F (23.1°C) | 72.2°F (22.3°C) |
1.4°F (0.8°C) | 98th Coolest | Coolest since: 1939 | 1907 |
| 29th Warmest | Warmest since: 1936 | 2017 | ||||
| Ties: 1967 | ||||||
|
May–Aug 1940 4-Month |
71.4°F (21.9°C) | 69.4°F (20.8°C) |
2.0°F (1.1°C) | 110th Coolest | Coolest since: 1939 | 1907 |
| 17th Warmest | Warmest since: 1931 | 2017 | ||||
| Ties: 1984, 2008, 2012 | ||||||
|
Apr–Aug 1940 5-Month |
68.2°F (20.1°C) | 66.3°F (19.1°C) |
1.9°F (1.0°C) | 107th Coolest | Coolest since: 1939 | 1912 |
| 20th Warmest | Warmest since: 1936 | 2017 | ||||
| Ties: 1934, 1936, 1959, 2009 | ||||||
|
Mar–Aug 1940 6-Month |
65.5°F (18.6°C) | 63.4°F (17.4°C) |
2.1°F (1.2°C) | 110th Coolest | Coolest since: 1939 | 1912 |
| 17th Warmest | Warmest since: 1934 | 2017 | ||||
| Ties: 1959, 1994 | ||||||
|
Feb–Aug 1940 7-Month |
62.8°F (17.1°C) | 60.8°F (16.0°C) |
2.0°F (1.1°C) | 111th Coolest | Coolest since: 1939 | 1948 |
| 16th Warmest | Warmest since: 1934 | 2015 | ||||
| Ties: 2000 | ||||||
|
Jan–Aug 1940 8-Month |
60.6°F (15.9°C) | 58.5°F (14.7°C) |
2.1°F (1.2°C) | 109th Coolest | Coolest since: 1939 | 1917 |
| 18th Warmest | Warmest since: 1934 | 2015 | ||||
| Ties: 1926 | ||||||
|
Dec 1939–Aug 1940 9-Month |
59.1°F (15.1°C) | 56.7°F (13.7°C) |
2.4°F (1.4°C) | 116th Coolest | Coolest since: 1939 | 1917, 1949 |
| 10th Warmest | Warmest since: 1934 | 2015 | ||||
| Ties: 1992, 1997 | ||||||
|
Nov 1939–Aug 1940 10-Month |
58.4°F (14.7°C) | 56.1°F (13.4°C) |
2.3°F (1.3°C) | 117th Coolest | Coolest since: 1939 | 1917 |
| 9th Warmest | Warmest since: 1934 | 2015 | ||||
| Ties: 1981, 1992, 2000, 2013 | ||||||
|
Oct 1939–Aug 1940 11-Month |
58.5°F (14.7°C) | 56.4°F (13.6°C) |
2.1°F (1.1°C) | 112th Coolest | Coolest since: 1939 | 1917 |
| 14th Warmest | Warmest since: 1934 | 2015 | ||||
|
Sep 1939–Aug 1940 12-Month |
59.4°F (15.2°C) | 57.4°F (14.1°C) |
2.0°F (1.1°C) | 111th Coolest | Coolest since: 1939 | 1917 |
| 15th Warmest | Warmest since: 1934 | 2015 | ||||
|
Mar 1939–Aug 1940 18-Month |
61.2°F (16.2°C) | 59.4°F (15.2°C) |
1.8°F (1.0°C) | 115th Coolest | Coolest since: 1939 | 1913, 1917, 1949 |
| 11th Warmest | Warmest to Date | 2015 | ||||
| Ties: 1996, 2009, 2019 | ||||||
|
Sep 1938–Aug 1940 24-Month |
58.5°F (14.7°C) | 57.3°F (14.1°C) |
1.2°F (0.6°C) | 100th Coolest | Coolest since: 1939 | 1913 |
| 25th Warmest | Warmest since: 1935 | 2015 | ||||
| Ties: 2006, 2010 | ||||||
|
Sep 1937–Aug 1940 36-Month |
58.3°F (14.6°C) | 57.3°F (14.1°C) |
1.0°F (0.5°C) | 96th Coolest | Coolest since: 1939 | 1913 |
| 28th Warmest | Warmest since: 1936 | 2016 | ||||
| Ties: 1982, 1988, 1993, 2001 | ||||||
|
Sep 1936–Aug 1940 48-Month |
57.9°F (14.4°C) | 57.3°F (14.1°C) |
0.6°F (0.3°C) | 80th Coolest | Coolest since: 1939 | 1913 |
| 43rd Warmest | Warmest since: 1937 | 2016, 2017, 2018 | ||||
| Ties: 1959, 1982, 1986 | ||||||
|
Sep 1935–Aug 1940 60-Month |
58.0°F (14.4°C) | 57.4°F (14.1°C) |
0.6°F (0.3°C) | 85th Coolest | Coolest since: 1939 | 1913 |
| 37th Warmest | Warmest since: 1938 | 2018 | ||||
| Ties: 1938, 1960, 1963, 1982, 1985, 1991 | ||||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Regional Time Series, published February 2021, retrieved on February 26, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/