The combined ordinary temperature level over international land and ocean surface areas for August was 1 07 degrees C (1 93 levels Fahrenheit) above the 1901 – 2000 average of 15 5 levels C (59 9 degrees Fahrenheit). The rainfall total amount was 83 62 mm (3 29 inches), 0. 9 mm below the 1979 – 2000 average.