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Look up monthly rankings for 1-12, 18, 24, 36, 48, and 60-month time periods using the options below. Data and statistics are as of August 2022. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.

Parameter: Average Temperature Maximum Temperature Minimum Temperature Precipitation Cooling Degree Days Heating Degree Days Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI) Palmer Hydrological Drought Index (PHDI) Palmer Modified Drought Index (PMDI) Palmer Z-Index

Year: 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

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City: Charleston Columbia Greenville

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Greenville, South Carolina

Average Temperature Rankings, October 1988

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Period	Value	1981-2010 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
October 1988 1-Month	54.9°F (12.7°C)	60.7°F (15.9°C)	-5.8°F (-3.2°C)	2nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1987	1987
				124th Warmest	Warmest since: 1986	1919
Sep–Oct 1988 2-Month	62.7°F (17.1°C)	65.9°F (18.8°C)	-3.2°F (-1.7°C)	3rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1976	1917
				123rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	1941, 2019
Aug–Oct 1988 3-Month	68.5°F (20.3°C)	69.8°F (21.0°C)	-1.3°F (-0.7°C)	16th Coolest	Coolest since: 1987	1917, 1976
				110th Warmest	Warmest since: 1986	2007
	Ties: 1937
Jul–Oct 1988 4-Month	70.9°F (21.6°C)	72.1°F (22.3°C)	-1.2°F (-0.7°C)	17th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1967
				109th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2016
	Ties: 1904, 1985
Jun–Oct 1988 5-Month	71.7°F (22.1°C)	72.8°F (22.7°C)	-1.1°F (-0.6°C)	19th Coolest	Coolest since: 1983	1967
				107th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2016
	Ties: 1903, 1916, 1983
May–Oct 1988 6-Month	70.9°F (21.6°C)	72.0°F (22.2°C)	-1.1°F (-0.6°C)	14th Coolest	Coolest since: 1983	1976
				112th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2016, 2019
	Ties: 1904, 1961, 1974, 1982
Apr–Oct 1988 7-Month	69.2°F (20.7°C)	70.3°F (21.3°C)	-1.1°F (-0.6°C)	19th Coolest	Coolest since: 1983	1976
				107th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	1941, 2010, 2019
	Ties: 1974
Mar–Oct 1988 8-Month	66.9°F (19.4°C)	67.9°F (19.9°C)	-1.0°F (-0.5°C)	18th Coolest	Coolest since: 1983	1992
				108th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2016
	Ties: 1913, 1989
Feb–Oct 1988 9-Month	64.1°F (17.8°C)	65.4°F (18.6°C)	-1.3°F (-0.8°C)	15th Coolest	Coolest since: 1983	1983
				111th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2016
	Ties: 1958, 1976, 2013
Jan–Oct 1988 10-Month	61.2°F (16.2°C)	62.9°F (17.2°C)	-1.7°F (-1.0°C)	5th Coolest	Coolest since: 1983	1978
				120th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2019
	Ties: 1904
Dec 1987–Oct 1988 11-Month	59.8°F (15.4°C)	61.2°F (16.2°C)	-1.4°F (-0.8°C)	9th Coolest	Coolest since: 1983	1904, 1978
				116th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2016
	Ties: 1901, 1918, 1961, 1983, 1994
Nov 1987–Oct 1988 12-Month	59.2°F (15.1°C)	60.4°F (15.8°C)	-1.2°F (-0.7°C)	15th Coolest	Coolest since: 1984	1902
				110th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2016
	Ties: 1901, 1912, 1917, 1940, 1958
May 1987–Oct 1988 18-Month	63.4°F (17.4°C)	64.2°F (17.9°C)	-0.8°F (-0.5°C)	17th Coolest	Coolest since: 1984	1918
				107th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2017
	Ties: 1905, 1917
Nov 1986–Oct 1988 24-Month	59.4°F (15.2°C)	60.3°F (15.7°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	16th Coolest	Coolest since: 1984	1902
				107th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2017
	Ties: 1961, 1968, 1980, 1993
Nov 1985–Oct 1988 36-Month	60.0°F (15.6°C)	60.3°F (15.7°C)	-0.3°F (-0.1°C)	34th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1904
				87th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2018
	Ties: 1915, 1920, 1972, 1973, 1990, 1998
Nov 1984–Oct 1988 48-Month	60.0°F (15.6°C)	60.2°F (15.7°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	33rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1987	1904
				86th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2019
	Ties: 1919, 1987, 1989
Nov 1983–Oct 1988 60-Month	59.8°F (15.4°C)	60.2°F (15.7°C)	-0.4°F (-0.3°C)	23rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1987	1905
				94th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2020
	Ties: 1902, 1907, 1987

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: City Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 25, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/