AUGUST
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Temp.
|
Date
|
Location
|
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| Hottest |
122°
|
3,5,15
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Death Valley, CA |
| Average High |
116.93°
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| Lowest High |
111°
|
10
|
Death Valley, CA |
| Coldest |
17°
|
27
|
Peter Sinks, UT |
| Average Low |
28.71°
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| Highest Low |
36°
|
7,8
|
(7) Cooper Basin, ID, Gates Park, MT, Sawmill Park, WY (8) Peter Sinks, UT |
| Greatest Differential |
103°
|
27
|
Death Valley 120° and Peter Sinks, UT 17° |
| Smallest Differential |
78°
|
8, 9
|
(8) Death Valley 114° and
Peter Sinks, UT 36° (9) Death Valley 113° and several locations 35° |
| Notes: |
·
The hottest daily temperature in the contiguous U.S. was recorded
in Death Valley on 28 days in August.
·
There were 9 days in July where the lowest temperature did not go
below 32 degrees.
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PERIOD
|
VALUE
|
1901-2000
MEAN
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ANOMALY
|
RANK
(1895-2019)
|
WARMEST/COOLEST
SINCE
|
RECORD
|
August
2019
|
73.8°
|
72.10°
|
1.77°
|
113th Coolest | Coolest since: 2018 |
1927
|
| 13th Warmest | Warmest since: 2011 |
1983
|
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| Ties: 1955 | ||||||
YEAR TO DATE (Degrees Fahrenheit)
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Jan.
|
Feb.
|
Mar.
|
Apr.
|
May
|
Jun.
|
Jul.
|
Aug.
|
|
| Hottest |
88
|
99
|
102
|
109
|
112
|
120
|
125
|
122
|
| Average High |
83
|
88
|
92
|
100
|
104
|
113
|
116
|
117
|
| Lowest High |
72
|
80
|
84
|
89
|
93
|
104
|
108
|
111
|
| Coldest |
-56
|
-50
|
-46
|
-8
|
-4
|
13
|
24
|
17
|
| Average Low |
-29
|
-32
|
-17
|
7
|
14
|
24
|
30
|
29
|
| Highest Low |
3
|
-21
|
10
|
19
|
25
|
30
|
36
|
36
|
| Greatest Differential |
136
|
137
|
137
|
109
|
101
|
97
|
96
|
103
|
| Smallest Differential |
81
|
104
|
90
|
84
|
80
|
78
|
77
|
78
|
| Average high temperature has increased each month this year. First decline in average low temperature since February. | ||||||||
NOTE: The average temperature (value) in chart 2 is based on reporting from 344 climate divisions in the continental U.S. The average temperatures in Charts 1 and 3 uses only the warmest and coolest locations for each day of the month.
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