Climate at a Glance
Statewide 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.
Illinois
Average Temperature Rankings, August 2018
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Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Warmest/Coolest Since |
Record |
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August 2018 1-Month |
74.7°F (23.7°C) | 73.4°F (23.0°C) |
1.3°F (0.7°C) | 96th Coolest | Coolest since: 2017 | 1915 |
31st Warmest | Warmest since: 2016 | 1947 | ||||
Ties: 1926, 1935, 1984, 1991, 2006 | ||||||
Jul–Aug 2018 2-Month |
74.8°F (23.8°C) | 74.4°F (23.6°C) |
0.4°F (0.2°C) | 72nd Coolest | Coolest since: 2017 | 1915 |
55th Warmest | Warmest since: 2016 | 1936 | ||||
Jun–Aug 2018 3-Month |
74.9°F (23.8°C) | 73.5°F (23.1°C) |
1.4°F (0.7°C) | 101st Coolest | Coolest since: 2017 | 1915 |
26th Warmest | Warmest since: 2016 | 1936 | ||||
Ties: 1919, 1930, 1944 | ||||||
May–Aug 2018 4-Month |
73.8°F (23.2°C) | 70.6°F (21.4°C) |
3.2°F (1.8°C) | 123rd Coolest | Coolest since: 2017 | 1915 |
4th Warmest | Warmest since: 2012 | 1934, 1936 | ||||
Apr–Aug 2018 5-Month |
68.0°F (20.0°C) | 66.8°F (19.3°C) |
1.2°F (0.7°C) | 96th Coolest | Coolest since: 2017 | 1907 |
31st Warmest | Warmest since: 2016 | 1934 | ||||
Ties: 1900, 1911, 1980, 1986 | ||||||
Mar–Aug 2018 6-Month |
63.2°F (17.3°C) | 62.3°F (16.8°C) |
0.9°F (0.5°C) | 87th Coolest | Coolest since: 2015 | 1904, 1950, 1960 |
40th Warmest | Warmest since: 2017 | 2012 | ||||
Ties: 1973, 1999 | ||||||
Feb–Aug 2018 7-Month |
58.7°F (14.8°C) | 57.5°F (14.2°C) |
1.2°F (0.6°C) | 94th Coolest | Coolest since: 2015 | 1904 |
33rd Warmest | Warmest since: 2017 | 2012 | ||||
Ties: 1918, 1957, 1983, 1995, 2001 | ||||||
Jan–Aug 2018 8-Month |
54.4°F (12.4°C) | 53.5°F (11.9°C) |
0.9°F (0.5°C) | 82nd Coolest | Coolest since: 2015 | 1904, 1912 |
45th Warmest | Warmest since: 2017 | 2012 | ||||
Ties: 1914, 1988 | ||||||
Dec 2017–Aug 2018 9-Month |
51.7°F (10.9°C) | 50.9°F (10.5°C) |
0.8°F (0.4°C) | 85th Coolest | Coolest since: 2015 | 1904 |
41st Warmest | Warmest since: 2017 | 2012 | ||||
Ties: 1913, 1946, 1957, 1973, 2004 | ||||||
Nov 2017–Aug 2018 10-Month |
50.7°F (10.4°C) | 49.9°F (9.9°C) |
0.8°F (0.5°C) | 89th Coolest | Coolest since: 2015 | 1904 |
37th Warmest | Warmest since: 2017 | 2012 | ||||
Ties: 1913 | ||||||
Oct 2017–Aug 2018 11-Month |
51.4°F (10.8°C) | 50.3°F (10.2°C) |
1.1°F (0.6°C) | 95th Coolest | Coolest since: 2015 | 1904 |
31st Warmest | Warmest since: 2017 | 2012 | ||||
Ties: 1964 | ||||||
Sep 2017–Aug 2018 12-Month |
52.8°F (11.6°C) | 51.6°F (10.9°C) |
1.2°F (0.7°C) | 100th Coolest | Coolest since: 2015 | 1904 |
26th Warmest | Warmest since: 2017 | 2012 | ||||
Ties: 1922, 1953 | ||||||
Mar 2017–Aug 2018 18-Month |
56.4°F (13.6°C) | 55.2°F (12.9°C) |
1.2°F (0.7°C) | 102nd Coolest | Coolest since: 2015 | 1904 |
24th Warmest | Warmest since: 2017 | 2012 | ||||
Sep 2016–Aug 2018 24-Month |
54.0°F (12.2°C) | 51.6°F (10.9°C) |
2.4°F (1.3°C) | 121st Coolest | Coolest since: 2016 | 1905 |
4th Warmest | Warmest since: 2017 | 2017 | ||||
Ties: 1999, 2000 | ||||||
Sep 2015–Aug 2018 36-Month |
54.4°F (12.4°C) | 51.6°F (10.9°C) |
2.8°F (1.5°C) | 123rd Coolest | Coolest since: 2017 | 1979 |
1st Warmest | Warmest to Date | 2018 | ||||
Sep 2014–Aug 2018 48-Month |
53.5°F (11.9°C) | 51.6°F (10.9°C) |
1.9°F (1.0°C) | 121st Coolest | Coolest since: 2017 | 1905 |
2nd Warmest | Warmest to Date | 2019 | ||||
Sep 2013–Aug 2018 60-Month |
52.7°F (11.5°C) | 51.6°F (10.9°C) |
1.1°F (0.6°C) | 106th Coolest | Coolest since: 2017 | 1906 |
16th Warmest | Warmest since: 2016 | 2020 | ||||
Ties: 1956, 2001, 2005, 2010, 2016 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published January 2021, retrieved on January 26, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/