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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

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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	54.5°F (12.5°C)	60.8°F (16.0°C)	-6.3°F (-3.5°C)	1st Coolest	Coolest since: 1988	1988
				78th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2007
Sep–Oct 1988 2-Month	62.4°F (16.9°C)	66.1°F (18.9°C)	-3.7°F (-2.0°C)	5th Coolest	Coolest since: 1981	1967
				74th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2019
	Ties: 1976
Aug–Oct 1988 3-Month	68.4°F (20.2°C)	70.1°F (21.2°C)	-1.7°F (-1.0°C)	19th Coolest	Coolest since: 1982	1967
				60th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2007
Jul–Oct 1988 4-Month	71.1°F (21.7°C)	72.5°F (22.5°C)	-1.4°F (-0.8°C)	23rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1982	1967
				56th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2007
	Ties: 1950, 1956, 1992, 1994
Jun–Oct 1988 5-Month	71.4°F (21.9°C)	73.2°F (22.9°C)	-1.8°F (-1.0°C)	19th Coolest	Coolest since: 1982	1967
				60th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2010
	Ties: 1978
May–Oct 1988 6-Month	70.5°F (21.4°C)	72.3°F (22.4°C)	-1.8°F (-1.0°C)	17th Coolest	Coolest since: 1982	1967
				61st Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2010
	Ties: 1957
Apr–Oct 1988 7-Month	68.7°F (20.4°C)	70.5°F (21.4°C)	-1.8°F (-1.0°C)	16th Coolest	Coolest since: 1982	1967
				62nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2010
	Ties: 1969
Mar–Oct 1988 8-Month	66.4°F (19.1°C)	68.1°F (20.1°C)	-1.7°F (-1.0°C)	22nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1984	1967
				56th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2010
	Ties: 1971
Feb–Oct 1988 9-Month	63.7°F (17.6°C)	65.4°F (18.6°C)	-1.7°F (-1.0°C)	18th Coolest	Coolest since: 1982	1967
				60th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2017
	Ties: 1970, 1971, 1975, 1980, 1982
Jan–Oct 1988 10-Month	60.8°F (16.0°C)	62.9°F (17.2°C)	-2.1°F (-1.2°C)	16th Coolest	Coolest since: 1982	1958
				62nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2017
Dec 1987–Oct 1988 11-Month	59.3°F (15.2°C)	61.1°F (16.2°C)	-1.8°F (-1.0°C)	17th Coolest	Coolest since: 1984	1978
				61st Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2016
	Ties: 1956, 1984
Nov 1987–Oct 1988 12-Month	58.8°F (14.9°C)	60.4°F (15.8°C)	-1.6°F (-0.9°C)	24th Coolest	Coolest since: 1984	1963
				54th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2016
	Ties: 1996
May 1987–Oct 1988 18-Month	63.3°F (17.4°C)	64.3°F (17.9°C)	-1.0°F (-0.5°C)	31st Coolest	Coolest since: 1984	1968
				46th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2017
Nov 1986–Oct 1988 24-Month	59.2°F (15.1°C)	60.3°F (15.7°C)	-1.1°F (-0.6°C)	31st Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1964
				46th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2017
	Ties: 1951, 1957
Nov 1985–Oct 1988 36-Month	59.8°F (15.4°C)	60.3°F (15.7°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	41st Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1969
				35th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2018
	Ties: 1951, 1986
Nov 1984–Oct 1988 48-Month	59.8°F (15.4°C)	60.3°F (15.7°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	41st Coolest	Coolest since: 1987	1969, 1970
				34th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2019
	Ties: 1955
Nov 1983–Oct 1988 60-Month	59.5°F (15.3°C)	60.1°F (15.6°C)	-0.6°F (-0.3°C)	34th Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1970
				40th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2020
	Ties: 1956

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: City Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 4, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/