A very warm August wrapped up an extremely hot summer across the U.S., with many cities breaking all-time heat records.
A very warm August wrapped up an extremely hot summer across the U.S., with many cities breaking all-time heat records.
The first eight months of 2024 also ranked as the second-warmest year-to-date, according to NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information.
Climate by the Numbers
August 2024
The average temperature for August across the contiguous U.S. was 74.0 degrees F — 1.9 degrees above average — tying with August 1998 as the 15th-warmest August in the 130-year record. Florida had its second-warmest August on record, while Texas and New Mexico both saw their third-warmest August on record.
The average precipitation for the contiguous U.S. in August was 2.46 inches (0.16 of an inch below average), ranking in the driest third of the climate record. Precipitation was below average across much of the South, with Alabama and Mississippi seeing their driest August on record, and Tennessee seeing its second-driest August. In contrast, New York saw its fourth-wettest August on record.
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