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 2020
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Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Warmest/Coolest Since |
Record |
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August 2020 1-Month |
72.8°F (22.7°C) | 73.4°F (23.0°C) |
-0.6°F (-0.3°C) | 46th Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1915 |
81st Warmest | Warmest since: 2019 | 1947 | ||||
Ties: 1961, 1989, 2013, 2019 | ||||||
Jul–Aug 2020 2-Month |
75.0°F (23.9°C) | 74.5°F (23.6°C) |
0.5°F (0.3°C) | 81st Coolest | Coolest since: 2018 | 1915 |
46th Warmest | Warmest since: 2019 | 1936 | ||||
Ties: 1899, 1940, 2003 | ||||||
Jun–Aug 2020 3-Month |
74.5°F (23.6°C) | 73.4°F (23.0°C) |
1.1°F (0.6°C) | 91st Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1915 |
36th Warmest | Warmest since: 2018 | 1936 | ||||
Ties: 1911 | ||||||
May–Aug 2020 4-Month |
71.0°F (21.7°C) | 70.6°F (21.4°C) |
0.4°F (0.3°C) | 72nd Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1915 |
55th Warmest | Warmest since: 2018 | 1934, 1936 | ||||
Ties: 1957 | ||||||
Apr–Aug 2020 5-Month |
66.8°F (19.3°C) | 66.8°F (19.3°C) |
0.0°F (0.0°C) | 56th Coolest | Coolest since: 2014 | 1907 |
71st Warmest | Warmest since: 2019 | 1934 | ||||
Mar–Aug 2020 6-Month |
63.0°F (17.2°C) | 62.3°F (16.8°C) |
0.7°F (0.4°C) | 83rd Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1904, 1950, 1960 |
44th Warmest | Warmest since: 2018 | 2012 | ||||
Ties: 1952, 1963 | ||||||
Feb–Aug 2020 7-Month |
58.6°F (14.8°C) | 57.6°F (14.2°C) |
1.0°F (0.6°C) | 88th Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1904 |
39th Warmest | Warmest since: 2018 | 2012 | ||||
Ties: 1949 | ||||||
Jan–Aug 2020 8-Month |
55.2°F (12.9°C) | 53.5°F (11.9°C) |
1.7°F (1.0°C) | 103rd Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1904, 1912 |
24th Warmest | Warmest since: 2017 | 2012 | ||||
Ties: 1999, 2007 | ||||||
Dec 2019–Aug 2020 9-Month |
53.1°F (11.7°C) | 50.9°F (10.5°C) |
2.2°F (1.2°C) | 112th Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1904 |
14th Warmest | Warmest since: 2017 | 2012 | ||||
Ties: 1983, 2000 | ||||||
Nov 2019–Aug 2020 10-Month |
51.4°F (10.8°C) | 49.9°F (9.9°C) |
1.5°F (0.9°C) | 100th Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1904 |
26th Warmest | Warmest since: 2017 | 2012 | ||||
Ties: 1976 | ||||||
Oct 2019–Aug 2020 11-Month |
51.6°F (10.9°C) | 50.3°F (10.2°C) |
1.3°F (0.7°C) | 99th Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1904 |
27th Warmest | Warmest since: 2017 | 2012 | ||||
Ties: 1941 | ||||||
Sep 2019–Aug 2020 12-Month |
53.3°F (11.8°C) | 51.7°F (10.9°C) |
1.6°F (0.9°C) | 109th Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1904 |
17th Warmest | Warmest since: 2017 | 2012 | ||||
Ties: 1955, 1983 | ||||||
Mar 2019–Aug 2020 18-Month |
56.2°F (13.4°C) | 55.1°F (12.8°C) |
1.1°F (0.6°C) | 95th Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1904 |
31st Warmest | Warmest since: 2018 | 2012 | ||||
Ties: 1937, 1953, 1998 | ||||||
Sep 2018–Aug 2020 24-Month |
52.6°F (11.4°C) | 51.7°F (10.9°C) |
0.9°F (0.5°C) | 97th Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1905 |
28th Warmest | Warmest since: 2018 | 2017 | ||||
Ties: 2001 | ||||||
Sep 2017–Aug 2020 36-Month |
52.7°F (11.5°C) | 51.7°F (10.9°C) |
1.0°F (0.6°C) | 103rd Coolest | Coolest since: 2016 | 1979 |
21st Warmest | Warmest since: 2019 | 2018 | ||||
Ties: 1989, 1992 | ||||||
Sep 2016–Aug 2020 48-Month |
53.3°F (11.8°C) | 51.6°F (10.9°C) |
1.7°F (0.9°C) | 117th Coolest | Coolest since: 2017 | 1905 |
6th Warmest | Warmest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
Ties: 2001, 2008, 2013 | ||||||
Sep 2015–Aug 2020 60-Month |
53.7°F (12.1°C) | 51.6°F (10.9°C) |
2.1°F (1.2°C) | 121st Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1906 |
1st Warmest | Warmest to Date | 2020 |
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/