{"id":260089,"date":"2026-08-06T03:34:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T03:34:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/260089\/"},"modified":"2026-08-06T03:34:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T03:34:12","slug":"hottest-augusts-in-pennsylvania-since-1895","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/260089\/","title":{"rendered":"Hottest Augusts in Pennsylvania since 1895"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In 2022, the continental United States experienced its third hottest July since 1895<\/a>, according to data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, while 20 states saw one of their 10 hottest days<\/a> in the same month. The year prior, July marked the hottest month on record worldwide<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Climate change is driving rising temperatures and more record heat. The Earth’s temperature<\/a> has climbed each decade since 1880 by about .14 degrees Fahrenheit, or roughly 2 degrees Fahrenheit total.<\/p>\n

Stacker<\/a> compiled a ranking of the hottest Augusts in Pennsylvania since 1895 using data from the National Centers for Environmental Information<\/a>. Rankings are based on the highest average temperature in each month. For each of the hottest months listed below, we’ve included the average state temperature, state-wide highs and lows for the month, and the total precipitation.<\/p>\n

#9. August 1988 (tie)<\/p>\n

– Average temperature: 71.9\u00b0F<\/p>\n

– Monthly high temperature: 83.7\u00b0F<\/p>\n

– Monthly low temperature: 60.1\u00b0F<\/p>\n

– Total precipitation: 3.97″<\/p>\n

#9. August 1959 (tie)<\/p>\n

– Average temperature: 71.9\u00b0F<\/p>\n

– Monthly high temperature: 83.2\u00b0F<\/p>\n

– Monthly low temperature: 60.7\u00b0F<\/p>\n

– Total precipitation: 4.26″<\/p>\n

#9. August 1918 (tie)<\/p>\n

– Average temperature: 71.9\u00b0F<\/p>\n

– Monthly high temperature: 83.9\u00b0F<\/p>\n

– Monthly low temperature: 59.9\u00b0F<\/p>\n

– Total precipitation: 4.11″<\/p>\n

#8. August 2005<\/p>\n

– Average temperature: 72\u00b0F<\/p>\n

– Monthly high temperature: 83\u00b0F<\/p>\n

– Monthly low temperature: 61\u00b0F<\/p>\n

– Total precipitation: 3.51″<\/p>\n

#7. August 2018<\/p>\n

– Average temperature: 72.1\u00b0F<\/p>\n

– Monthly high temperature: 81.3\u00b0F<\/p>\n

– Monthly low temperature: 62.8\u00b0F<\/p>\n

– Total precipitation: 6.26″<\/p>\n

#5. August 1995 (tie)<\/p>\n

– Average temperature: 72.4\u00b0F<\/p>\n

– Monthly high temperature: 84.7\u00b0F<\/p>\n

– Monthly low temperature: 60.1\u00b0F<\/p>\n

– Total precipitation: 1.65″<\/p>\n

#5. August 1955 (tie)<\/p>\n

– Average temperature: 72.4\u00b0F<\/p>\n

– Monthly high temperature: 83.4\u00b0F<\/p>\n

– Monthly low temperature: 61.5\u00b0F<\/p>\n

– Total precipitation: 8.51″<\/p>\n

#4. August 2021<\/p>\n

– Average temperature: 72.6\u00b0F<\/p>\n

– Monthly high temperature: 82.7\u00b0F<\/p>\n

– Monthly low temperature: 62.4\u00b0F<\/p>\n

– Total precipitation: 5.89″<\/p>\n

#3. August 1947<\/p>\n

– Average temperature: 72.8\u00b0F<\/p>\n

– Monthly high temperature: 83.5\u00b0F<\/p>\n

– Monthly low temperature: 62.1\u00b0F<\/p>\n

– Total precipitation: 3.8″<\/p>\n

#2. August 1900<\/p>\n

– Average temperature: 73\u00b0F<\/p>\n

– Monthly high temperature: 84.8\u00b0F<\/p>\n

– Monthly low temperature: 61.2\u00b0F<\/p>\n

– Total precipitation: 3.41″<\/p>\n

#1. August 2016<\/p>\n

– Average temperature: 73.4\u00b0F<\/p>\n

– Monthly high temperature: 84.5\u00b0F<\/p>\n

– Monthly low temperature: 62.4\u00b0F<\/p>\n

– Total precipitation: 4.09″<\/p>\n

Copyright 2026 Stacker Media, LLC<\/p>\n

This story was originally published August 5, 2026 at 9:59 AM.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Matusciac Alexandru \/\/ Shutterstock In 2022, the continental United States experienced its third hottest July since 1895, according…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":260090,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-260089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260089","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=260089"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260089\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/260090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=260089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=260089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=260089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}