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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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Average Temperature Rankings, October 1968

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Period	Value	1981-2010 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
October 1968 1-Month	57.4°F (14.1°C)	57.1°F (13.9°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	36th Coolest	Coolest since: 1967	1976
				41st Warmest	Warmest since: 1965	1963
	Ties: 1965, 1979
Sep–Oct 1968 2-Month	62.1°F (16.7°C)	63.0°F (17.2°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	29th Coolest	Coolest since: 1967	2009
				48th Warmest	Warmest since: 1965	1963
	Ties: 1985, 1995, 2001
Aug–Oct 1968 3-Month	66.6°F (19.2°C)	67.9°F (19.9°C)	-1.3°F (-0.7°C)	23rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1967	1967, 2009
				54th Warmest	Warmest since: 1963	1947
	Ties: 2008
Jul–Oct 1968 4-Month	69.1°F (20.6°C)	70.8°F (21.6°C)	-1.7°F (-1.0°C)	15th Coolest	Coolest since: 1967	2009
				61st Warmest	Warmest since: 1966	1954
	Ties: 1965
Jun–Oct 1968 5-Month	70.1°F (21.2°C)	71.5°F (21.9°C)	-1.4°F (-0.7°C)	18th Coolest	Coolest since: 1967	1967
				58th Warmest	Warmest since: 1966	1954
	Ties: 1959
May–Oct 1968 6-Month	68.3°F (20.2°C)	70.5°F (21.4°C)	-2.2°F (-1.2°C)	7th Coolest	Coolest since: 1967	1967
				69th Warmest	Warmest since: 1966	1963
Apr–Oct 1968 7-Month	66.2°F (19.0°C)	68.4°F (20.2°C)	-2.2°F (-1.2°C)	9th Coolest	Coolest since: 1967	1961
				67th Warmest	Warmest since: 1966	1954, 1963
Mar–Oct 1968 8-Month	63.7°F (17.6°C)	65.5°F (18.6°C)	-1.8°F (-1.0°C)	15th Coolest	Coolest since: 1967	1951
				61st Warmest	Warmest since: 1966	2012
Feb–Oct 1968 9-Month	60.2°F (15.7°C)	62.1°F (16.7°C)	-1.9°F (-1.0°C)	13th Coolest	Coolest since: 1967	1960
				63rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1966	2012
	Ties: 1989
Jan–Oct 1968 10-Month	56.8°F (13.8°C)	58.9°F (14.9°C)	-2.1°F (-1.1°C)	12th Coolest	Coolest since: 1961	1979
				64th Warmest	Warmest since: 1967	2012
Dec 1967–Oct 1968 11-Month	54.7°F (12.6°C)	56.5°F (13.6°C)	-1.8°F (-1.0°C)	16th Coolest	Coolest since: 1967	1979
				60th Warmest	Warmest since: 1966	2012
	Ties: 1958, 2008
Nov 1967–Oct 1968 12-Month	53.6°F (12.0°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	-1.9°F (-1.1°C)	12th Coolest	Coolest since: 1962	1979
				64th Warmest	Warmest since: 1967	2012
	Ties: 1958
May 1967–Oct 1968 18-Month	57.9°F (14.4°C)	60.5°F (15.8°C)	-2.6°F (-1.4°C)	2nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1962	1979
				73rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1967	2012
	Ties: 1962, 1993
Nov 1966–Oct 1968 24-Month	53.6°F (12.0°C)	55.4°F (13.0°C)	-1.8°F (-1.0°C)	10th Coolest	Coolest since: 1962	1979
				65th Warmest	Warmest since: 1967	2017
Nov 1965–Oct 1968 36-Month	54.1°F (12.3°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	-1.4°F (-0.8°C)	14th Coolest	Coolest since: 1962	1979
				60th Warmest	Warmest since: 1967	2018
	Ties: 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1981, 1984
Nov 1964–Oct 1968 48-Month	54.0°F (12.2°C)	55.4°F (13.0°C)	-1.4°F (-0.8°C)	15th Coolest	Coolest since: 1963	1962
				58th Warmest	Warmest since: 1967	2018
	Ties: 1973
Nov 1963–Oct 1968 60-Month	54.2°F (12.3°C)	55.4°F (13.0°C)	-1.2°F (-0.7°C)	21st Coolest	Coolest since: 1965	1962
				51st Warmest	Warmest since: 1967	2002, 2016
	Ties: 1965

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: City Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 6, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/