Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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Pennsylvania
Average Temperature Rankings, August 1940
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Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Warmest/Coolest Since |
Record |
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August 1940 1-Month |
66.5°F (19.2°C) | 68.4°F (20.2°C) |
-1.9°F (-1.0°C) | 20th Coolest | Coolest since: 1934 | 1927 |
107th Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2016 | ||||
Ties: 1976 | ||||||
Jul–Aug 1940 2-Month |
68.4°F (20.2°C) | 69.4°F (20.8°C) |
-1.0°F (-0.6°C) | 30th Coolest | Coolest since: 1929 | 1927 |
97th Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 1955 | ||||
Ties: 1902, 1922, 1964, 1985, 1996, 2009 | ||||||
Jun–Aug 1940 3-Month |
67.6°F (19.8°C) | 68.3°F (20.2°C) |
-0.7°F (-0.4°C) | 35th Coolest | Coolest since: 1929 | 1927 |
92nd Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2005 | ||||
Ties: 1986 | ||||||
May–Aug 1940 4-Month |
65.0°F (18.3°C) | 65.6°F (18.7°C) |
-0.6°F (-0.4°C) | 38th Coolest | Coolest since: 1929 | 1907 |
89th Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 1991 | ||||
Ties: 1923, 2009 | ||||||
Apr–Aug 1940 5-Month |
60.5°F (15.8°C) | 61.8°F (16.6°C) |
-1.3°F (-0.8°C) | 13th Coolest | Coolest since: 1927 | 1907 |
114th Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2010 | ||||
Ties: 1967, 1971 | ||||||
Mar–Aug 1940 6-Month |
55.3°F (12.9°C) | 57.5°F (14.2°C) |
-2.2°F (-1.3°C) | 5th Coolest | Coolest since: 1926 | 1924 |
122nd Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2012 | ||||
Feb–Aug 1940 7-Month |
51.2°F (10.7°C) | 53.1°F (11.7°C) |
-1.9°F (-1.0°C) | 6th Coolest | Coolest since: 1926 | 1907 |
121st Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2012 | ||||
Ties: 1950, 1958 | ||||||
Jan–Aug 1940 8-Month |
46.8°F (8.2°C) | 49.6°F (9.8°C) |
-2.8°F (-1.6°C) | 1st Coolest | Coolest since: 1904 | 1904, 1940 |
126th Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2012 | ||||
Ties: 1904 | ||||||
Dec 1939–Aug 1940 9-Month |
45.1°F (7.3°C) | 47.3°F (8.5°C) |
-2.2°F (-1.2°C) | 5th Coolest | Coolest since: 1920 | 1904 |
121st Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2012 | ||||
Ties: 1907 | ||||||
Nov 1939–Aug 1940 10-Month |
44.2°F (6.8°C) | 46.5°F (8.1°C) |
-2.3°F (-1.3°C) | 4th Coolest | Coolest since: 1920 | 1904 |
122nd Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2012 | ||||
Oct 1939–Aug 1940 11-Month |
44.9°F (7.2°C) | 46.9°F (8.3°C) |
-2.0°F (-1.1°C) | 6th Coolest | Coolest since: 1926 | 1904 |
120th Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2012 | ||||
Ties: 1905 | ||||||
Sep 1939–Aug 1940 12-Month |
46.4°F (8.0°C) | 48.1°F (8.9°C) |
-1.7°F (-0.9°C) | 7th Coolest | Coolest since: 1926 | 1904 |
119th Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2012 | ||||
Ties: 1920, 1978 | ||||||
Mar 1939–Aug 1940 18-Month |
50.3°F (10.2°C) | 51.2°F (10.7°C) |
-0.9°F (-0.5°C) | 16th Coolest | Coolest since: 1927 | 1918 |
110th Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2012 | ||||
Ties: 1908, 1924 | ||||||
Sep 1938–Aug 1940 24-Month |
47.7°F (8.7°C) | 48.1°F (8.9°C) |
-0.4°F (-0.2°C) | 33rd Coolest | Coolest since: 1936 | 1905 |
92nd Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2017 | ||||
Ties: 1903, 1928, 1936, 1962, 1966, 1980, 1994 | ||||||
Sep 1937–Aug 1940 36-Month |
48.0°F (8.9°C) | 48.1°F (8.9°C) |
-0.1°F (0.0°C) | 46th Coolest | Coolest since: 1936 | 1979 |
78th Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2018 | ||||
Ties: 1902, 1914, 1959 | ||||||
Sep 1936–Aug 1940 48-Month |
48.3°F (9.1°C) | 48.1°F (8.9°C) |
0.2°F (0.2°C) | 67th Coolest | Coolest since: 1938 | 1907 |
56th Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2019 | ||||
Ties: 1899, 1900, 1938, 1944, 1947, 1948, 1995 | ||||||
Sep 1935–Aug 1940 60-Month |
48.0°F (8.9°C) | 48.1°F (8.9°C) |
-0.1°F (0.0°C) | 42nd Coolest | Coolest since: 1930 | 1908 |
80th Warmest | Warmest since: 1939 | 2020 | ||||
Ties: 1914, 1944, 1973, 1985, 1996, 1997 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published January 2021, retrieved on January 15, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/