Another month of above average weather

Kansas (KSNT) - The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has released their monthly climate report and the numbers are in: Earth is continuing to experience above average temperatures.

Here is what the data shows for Earth compared to the 143-year climatological record:

• North America and Europe had their hottest Augusts on record
• Asia reported its 4th hottest August
• The average global land and sea surface temperature was 1.62° F above the 20th-century average (60.1°F)
  • This makes August 2022 the 6th warmest ever
• The Northern Hemisphere experienced its 2nd warmest meteorological summer ever (June, July, and August)
• The five warmest meteorological summers have occurred in the last seven years
• The Southern Hemisphere experienced its 10th warmest winter
• Belgium had its warmest August since 1833
• China experienced its warmest August and summer on record
• New Zealand had its warmest winter and 2nd warmest August
• Antarctic sea ice reached a record low of 4.2% below average

But the question remains: how does Kansas fit into all of this?

Here is what the state of Kansas data shows compared to the 128-year climatological record:

• August ranked as the 7th driest
• The state only averaged 1.21" of precipitation
  • That means we only saw 40% of what we typically see for the month (3.01")
  • Each location saw at least some precipitation but a few spots recorded less than a tenth of an inch
• The Garden City and Dodge City airports had their 2nd and 3rd driest Augusts (respectively) on record

• August ranked as the 31st warmest
• The average state temperature was 78.9° F which is nearly 2° F above normal
  • (This includes highs for the day and morning lows)
• One observer in Ellis County recorded 13 days with temperatures over 100° F
• One observer in Rooks County recorded a high temperature of 113° F for the month
  • This ties their August temperature record
• The state had 16 daily record high temperatures broken
  • 15 daily record high temperatures were tied
• The state broke 28 record warmest low temperatures daily
  • 9 daily warmest low temperature records were tie

*More information about the state of Kansas climatology can be found here.