Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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Illinois
Average Temperature Rankings, August 1972
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Warmest/Coolest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
August 1972 1-Month |
72.9°F (22.7°C) | 73.4°F (23.0°C) |
-0.5°F (-0.3°C) | 50th Coolest | Coolest since: 1971 | 1915 |
| 77th Warmest | Warmest since: 1970 | 1947 | ||||
| Ties: 2020 | ||||||
|
Jul–Aug 1972 2-Month |
73.4°F (23.0°C) | 74.5°F (23.6°C) |
-1.1°F (-0.6°C) | 35th Coolest | Coolest since: 1971 | 1915 |
| 92nd Warmest | Warmest since: 1970 | 1936 | ||||
| Ties: 1903, 1929, 1981 | ||||||
|
Jun–Aug 1972 3-Month |
71.9°F (22.2°C) | 73.5°F (23.1°C) |
-1.6°F (-0.9°C) | 21st Coolest | Coolest since: 1967 | 1915 |
| 106th Warmest | Warmest since: 1971 | 1936 | ||||
| Ties: 1928 | ||||||
|
May–Aug 1972 4-Month |
69.9°F (21.1°C) | 70.7°F (21.5°C) |
-0.8°F (-0.4°C) | 39th Coolest | Coolest since: 1971 | 1915 |
| 88th Warmest | Warmest since: 1970 | 1934, 1936 | ||||
| Ties: 1963, 1979 | ||||||
|
Apr–Aug 1972 5-Month |
66.0°F (18.9°C) | 66.8°F (19.3°C) |
-0.8°F (-0.4°C) | 32nd Coolest | Coolest since: 1971 | 1907 |
| 95th Warmest | Warmest since: 1971 | 1934 | ||||
| Ties: 1902, 1971, 2008 | ||||||
|
Mar–Aug 1972 6-Month |
61.5°F (16.4°C) | 62.3°F (16.8°C) |
-0.8°F (-0.4°C) | 35th Coolest | Coolest since: 1971 | 1904, 1950, 1960 |
| 92nd Warmest | Warmest since: 1970 | 2012 | ||||
| Ties: 1966, 2008 | ||||||
|
Feb–Aug 1972 7-Month |
56.7°F (13.7°C) | 57.6°F (14.2°C) |
-0.9°F (-0.5°C) | 35th Coolest | Coolest since: 1971 | 1904 |
| 92nd Warmest | Warmest since: 1970 | 2012 | ||||
| Ties: 1897 | ||||||
|
Jan–Aug 1972 8-Month |
52.6°F (11.4°C) | 53.6°F (12.0°C) |
-1.0°F (-0.6°C) | 30th Coolest | Coolest since: 1971 | 1904, 1912 |
| 97th Warmest | Warmest since: 1969 | 2012 | ||||
| Ties: 1897, 1969, 2015 | ||||||
|
Dec 1971–Aug 1972 9-Month |
50.8°F (10.4°C) | 50.9°F (10.5°C) |
-0.1°F (-0.1°C) | 59th Coolest | Coolest since: 1971 | 1904 |
| 67th Warmest | Warmest since: 1964 | 2012 | ||||
| Ties: 1964 | ||||||
|
Nov 1971–Aug 1972 10-Month |
49.9°F (9.9°C) | 49.9°F (9.9°C) |
0.0°F (0.0°C) | 59th Coolest | Coolest since: 1971 | 1904 |
| 67th Warmest | Warmest since: 1966 | 2012 | ||||
| Ties: 1898, 1916, 1943, 1980, 1985 | ||||||
|
Oct 1971–Aug 1972 11-Month |
50.9°F (10.5°C) | 50.3°F (10.2°C) |
0.6°F (0.3°C) | 82nd Coolest | Coolest since: 1971 | 1904 |
| 44th Warmest | Warmest since: 1964 | 2012 | ||||
| Ties: 1935, 1952, 1992 | ||||||
|
Sep 1971–Aug 1972 12-Month |
52.5°F (11.4°C) | 51.7°F (10.9°C) |
0.8°F (0.5°C) | 91st Coolest | Coolest since: 1971 | 1904 |
| 35th Warmest | Warmest since: 1964 | 2012 | ||||
| Ties: 1898, 1938, 1974, 1988 | ||||||
|
Mar 1971–Aug 1972 18-Month |
55.4°F (13.0°C) | 55.2°F (12.9°C) |
0.2°F (0.1°C) | 67th Coolest | Coolest since: 1971 | 1904 |
| 59th Warmest | Warmest since: 1964 | 2012 | ||||
| Ties: 1898, 2001 | ||||||
|
Sep 1970–Aug 1972 24-Month |
51.8°F (11.0°C) | 51.6°F (10.9°C) |
0.2°F (0.1°C) | 70th Coolest | Coolest since: 1971 | 1905 |
| 55th Warmest | Warmest since: 1965 | 2017 | ||||
| Ties: 1941, 1947, 1965, 1981 | ||||||
|
Sep 1969–Aug 1972 36-Month |
51.3°F (10.7°C) | 51.6°F (10.9°C) |
-0.3°F (-0.2°C) | 38th Coolest | Coolest since: 1971 | 1979 |
| 86th Warmest | Warmest since: 1966 | 2018 | ||||
| Ties: 1900, 1902, 1951, 1965, 1977, 1994 | ||||||
|
Sep 1968–Aug 1972 48-Month |
51.2°F (10.7°C) | 51.6°F (10.9°C) |
-0.4°F (-0.2°C) | 30th Coolest | Coolest since: 1971 | 1905 |
| 93rd Warmest | Warmest since: 1967 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1899, 1917, 1928, 1960, 1996 | ||||||
|
Sep 1967–Aug 1972 60-Month |
51.1°F (10.6°C) | 51.6°F (10.9°C) |
-0.5°F (-0.3°C) | 21st Coolest | Coolest since: 1971 | 1906 |
| 101st Warmest | Warmest since: 1968 | 2020 | ||||
| Ties: 1912, 1929, 1930, 1964, 1978, 1997 | ||||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published February 2021, retrieved on February 28, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/