Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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Maryland
Average Temperature Rankings, August 1979
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Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Warmest/Coolest Since |
Record |
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August 1979 1-Month |
73.3°F (22.9°C) | 73.2°F (22.9°C) |
0.1°F (0.0°C) | 61st Coolest | Coolest since: 1976 | 1927 |
66th Warmest | Warmest since: 1978 | 2016 | ||||
Jul–Aug 1979 2-Month |
73.2°F (22.9°C) | 74.1°F (23.4°C) |
-0.9°F (-0.5°C) | 26th Coolest | Coolest since: 1976 | 1927 |
101st Warmest | Warmest since: 1978 | 2020 | ||||
Ties: 1895, 1902, 1919, 1923, 1956, 1963, 1981, 2014 | ||||||
Jun–Aug 1979 3-Month |
71.4°F (21.9°C) | 73.0°F (22.8°C) |
-1.6°F (-0.9°C) | 7th Coolest | Coolest since: 1972 | 1927 |
120th Warmest | Warmest since: 1978 | 2010 | ||||
Ties: 1904, 1972, 1992 | ||||||
May–Aug 1979 4-Month |
69.2°F (20.7°C) | 70.3°F (21.3°C) |
-1.1°F (-0.6°C) | 15th Coolest | Coolest since: 1974 | 1907 |
112th Warmest | Warmest since: 1978 | 2010 | ||||
Ties: 1909, 1912, 1929, 1974, 1997 | ||||||
Apr–Aug 1979 5-Month |
65.7°F (18.7°C) | 66.7°F (19.3°C) |
-1.0°F (-0.6°C) | 20th Coolest | Coolest since: 1972 | 1907 |
107th Warmest | Warmest since: 1978 | 2010 | ||||
Ties: 1928, 1935 | ||||||
Mar–Aug 1979 6-Month |
62.3°F (16.8°C) | 62.6°F (17.0°C) |
-0.3°F (-0.2°C) | 38th Coolest | Coolest since: 1978 | 1907 |
89th Warmest | Warmest since: 1977 | 2010, 2012 | ||||
Ties: 1903, 1923, 1970, 2014 | ||||||
Feb–Aug 1979 7-Month |
56.8°F (13.8°C) | 58.6°F (14.8°C) |
-1.8°F (-1.0°C) | 9th Coolest | Coolest since: 1978 | 1907 |
118th Warmest | Warmest since: 1977 | 2012 | ||||
Ties: 1916, 1940 | ||||||
Jan–Aug 1979 8-Month |
53.5°F (11.9°C) | 55.3°F (12.9°C) |
-1.8°F (-1.0°C) | 8th Coolest | Coolest since: 1978 | 1904 |
119th Warmest | Warmest since: 1977 | 2012 | ||||
Ties: 1924, 1958 | ||||||
Dec 1978–Aug 1979 9-Month |
51.8°F (11.0°C) | 53.1°F (11.7°C) |
-1.3°F (-0.7°C) | 18th Coolest | Coolest since: 1978 | 1904 |
108th Warmest | Warmest since: 1977 | 2012 | ||||
Ties: 1958 | ||||||
Nov 1978–Aug 1979 10-Month |
51.3°F (10.7°C) | 52.2°F (11.2°C) |
-0.9°F (-0.5°C) | 24th Coolest | Coolest since: 1978 | 1904 |
102nd Warmest | Warmest since: 1977 | 2012 | ||||
Ties: 1948, 1971, 1977 | ||||||
Oct 1978–Aug 1979 11-Month |
51.6°F (10.9°C) | 52.6°F (11.4°C) |
-1.0°F (-0.5°C) | 20th Coolest | Coolest since: 1978 | 1904 |
106th Warmest | Warmest since: 1976 | 2012 | ||||
Ties: 1899, 1924, 1934, 1936, 1967, 1968, 1996 | ||||||
Sep 1978–Aug 1979 12-Month |
52.9°F (11.6°C) | 53.8°F (12.1°C) |
-0.9°F (-0.5°C) | 24th Coolest | Coolest since: 1978 | 1904 |
102nd Warmest | Warmest since: 1976 | 2012 | ||||
Ties: 1897, 1996 | ||||||
Mar 1978–Aug 1979 18-Month |
55.9°F (13.3°C) | 56.8°F (13.8°C) |
-0.9°F (-0.5°C) | 20th Coolest | Coolest since: 1970 | 1918 |
106th Warmest | Warmest since: 1978 | 2012 | ||||
Ties: 1967, 1970 | ||||||
Sep 1977–Aug 1979 24-Month |
52.6°F (11.4°C) | 53.8°F (12.1°C) |
-1.2°F (-0.7°C) | 7th Coolest | Coolest since: 1978 | 1905 |
118th Warmest | Warmest since: 1977 | 2017 | ||||
Ties: 1906, 1919, 1964, 1968 | ||||||
Sep 1976–Aug 1979 36-Month |
52.5°F (11.4°C) | 53.7°F (12.1°C) |
-1.2°F (-0.7°C) | 5th Coolest | Coolest since: 1920 | 1905, 1906 |
119th Warmest | Warmest since: 1978 | 2018 | ||||
Ties: 1907, 1919, 1920 | ||||||
Sep 1975–Aug 1979 48-Month |
53.2°F (11.8°C) | 53.8°F (12.1°C) |
-0.6°F (-0.3°C) | 22nd Coolest | Coolest since: 1971 | 1905, 1907 |
101st Warmest | Warmest since: 1978 | 2019 | ||||
Ties: 1902, 1909, 1926, 1928, 1929, 1967, 1981, 1982 | ||||||
Sep 1974–Aug 1979 60-Month |
53.3°F (11.8°C) | 53.7°F (12.1°C) |
-0.4°F (-0.3°C) | 26th Coolest | Coolest since: 1972 | 1908 |
96th Warmest | Warmest since: 1978 | 2020 | ||||
Ties: 1903, 1916, 1929, 1963, 1972 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published February 2021, retrieved on March 2, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/