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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

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City: Dodge City Goodland Topeka Wichita

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Topeka, Kansas

Average Temperature Rankings, October 1959

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Period	Value	1981-2010 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
October 1959 1-Month	52.8°F (11.6°C)	57.1°F (13.9°C)	-4.3°F (-2.3°C)	5th Coolest	Coolest since: 1959	1976
				72nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1958	1963
	Ties: 1969
Sep–Oct 1959 2-Month	60.4°F (15.8°C)	63.0°F (17.2°C)	-2.6°F (-1.4°C)	7th Coolest	Coolest since: 1957	2009
				70th Warmest	Warmest since: 1958	1963
	Ties: 2020
Aug–Oct 1959 3-Month	67.0°F (19.4°C)	67.9°F (19.9°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	26th Coolest	Coolest since: 1957	1967, 2009
				51st Warmest	Warmest since: 1958	1947
Jul–Oct 1959 4-Month	68.9°F (20.5°C)	70.8°F (21.6°C)	-1.9°F (-1.1°C)	11th Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	2009
				65th Warmest	Warmest since: 1958	1954
	Ties: 1974
Jun–Oct 1959 5-Month	70.1°F (21.2°C)	71.6°F (22.0°C)	-1.5°F (-0.8°C)	18th Coolest	Coolest since: 1957	1967
				58th Warmest	Warmest since: 1958	1954
	Ties: 1968
May–Oct 1959 6-Month	69.4°F (20.8°C)	70.6°F (21.4°C)	-1.2°F (-0.6°C)	18th Coolest	Coolest since: 1957	1967
				58th Warmest	Warmest since: 1958	1963
	Ties: 1966
Apr–Oct 1959 7-Month	67.0°F (19.4°C)	68.4°F (20.2°C)	-1.4°F (-0.8°C)	15th Coolest	Coolest since: 1957	1961
				61st Warmest	Warmest since: 1958	1954, 1963
	Ties: 1984, 1997
Mar–Oct 1959 8-Month	64.3°F (17.9°C)	65.6°F (18.7°C)	-1.3°F (-0.8°C)	21st Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1951
				55th Warmest	Warmest since: 1956	2012
	Ties: 1966, 1975
Feb–Oct 1959 9-Month	60.7°F (15.9°C)	62.1°F (16.7°C)	-1.4°F (-0.8°C)	21st Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1960
				55th Warmest	Warmest since: 1956	2012
	Ties: 1948, 1966, 2009
Jan–Oct 1959 10-Month	57.0°F (13.9°C)	58.9°F (14.9°C)	-1.9°F (-1.0°C)	15th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1979
				61st Warmest	Warmest since: 1956	2012
	Ties: 1948, 1962, 1972, 1996
Dec 1958–Oct 1959 11-Month	54.6°F (12.6°C)	56.6°F (13.7°C)	-2.0°F (-1.1°C)	12th Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1979
				64th Warmest	Warmest since: 1958	2012
	Ties: 1950, 1965, 1996
Nov 1958–Oct 1959 12-Month	53.9°F (12.2°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	-1.6°F (-0.9°C)	17th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1979
				59th Warmest	Warmest since: 1956	2012
	Ties: 1949, 1965, 1997, 2008
May 1958–Oct 1959 18-Month	59.1°F (15.1°C)	60.5°F (15.8°C)	-1.4°F (-0.7°C)	17th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1979
				58th Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	2012
	Ties: 1975
Nov 1957–Oct 1959 24-Month	53.8°F (12.1°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	-1.7°F (-1.0°C)	15th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1979
				60th Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	2017
	Ties: 1949, 1952
Nov 1956–Oct 1959 36-Month	53.8°F (12.1°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	-1.7°F (-1.0°C)	10th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1979
				64th Warmest	Warmest since: 1958	2018
	Ties: 1952
Nov 1955–Oct 1959 48-Month	54.1°F (12.3°C)	55.4°F (13.0°C)	-1.3°F (-0.7°C)	17th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1962
				56th Warmest	Warmest since: 1958	2018
	Ties: 1974, 1978, 1996
Nov 1954–Oct 1959 60-Month	54.6°F (12.6°C)	55.4°F (13.0°C)	-0.8°F (-0.4°C)	31st Coolest	Coolest since: 1953	1962
				41st Warmest	Warmest since: 1958	2002, 2016
	Ties: 1984

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: City Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 27, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/