Global temperature, Aug 1955

Global anomaly+0.02°C1951–1980

Rank among all Augs64 / 147warmest first

N. Hemisphere+0.07°C

S. Hemisphere−0.05°C

vs same month last year+0.19°C

CO₂ (Mauna Loa)–

All months of 1955

Jan+0.13°C

Feb−0.16°C

Mar−0.32°C

Apr−0.22°C

May−0.20°C

Jun−0.13°C

Jul−0.11°C

Aug ◀+0.02°C

Sep−0.11°C

Oct−0.05°C

Nov−0.25°C

Dec−0.28°C

This month+0.02°C

Same month, previous year−0.17°C

Same month 10 years earlier+0.26°C

Same month 50 years earlier−0.20°C

Aug average 1991–2020+0.58°C

Warmest Aug on record (2026)+1.40°C

Year	Global	NH	SH	Rank
1945	+0.26°C	+0.29°C	+0.25°C	39
1946	−0.20°C	−0.10°C	−0.31°C	105
1947	−0.07°C	−0.04°C	−0.10°C	79
1948	−0.12°C	+0.03°C	−0.26°C	90
1949	−0.13°C	−0.05°C	−0.21°C	92
1950	−0.16°C	−0.20°C	−0.12°C	98
1951	+0.06°C	+0.22°C	−0.10°C	56
1952	+0.05°C	+0.07°C	+0.02°C	60
1953	+0.05°C	+0.18°C	−0.07°C	59
1954	−0.17°C	−0.01°C	−0.34°C	101
1955	+0.02°C	+0.07°C	−0.05°C	64
1956	−0.25°C	−0.28°C	−0.24°C	120
1957	+0.15°C	+0.16°C	+0.14°C	51
1958	−0.05°C	+0.13°C	−0.22°C	76
1959	−0.01°C	+0.10°C	−0.11°C	71
1960	+0.02°C	+0.11°C	−0.07°C	63
1961	+0.01°C	+0.05°C	−0.04°C	66
1962	−0.01°C	+0.03°C	−0.05°C	70
1963	+0.22°C	+0.14°C	+0.30°C	42
1964	−0.22°C	−0.23°C	−0.21°C	111
1965	−0.04°C	−0.20°C	+0.12°C	72

Rank 811 of all 1760 months on record. Temperatures are anomalies vs the 1951–1980 average (NASA GISTEMP v4); values can be revised later.