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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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Grand Rapids, Michigan

Average Temperature Rankings, October 1981

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Period	Value	1981-2010 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
October 1981 1-Month	48.0°F (8.9°C)	50.8°F (10.4°C)	-2.8°F (-1.5°C)	12th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1988
				47th Warmest	Warmest since: 1979	1971
Sep–Oct 1981 2-Month	54.4°F (12.4°C)	56.7°F (13.7°C)	-2.3°F (-1.3°C)	9th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1993
				50th Warmest	Warmest since: 1979	1971
Aug–Oct 1981 3-Month	59.8°F (15.4°C)	61.3°F (16.3°C)	-1.5°F (-0.9°C)	9th Coolest	Coolest since: 1976	1992
				50th Warmest	Warmest since: 1980	2021
	Ties: 1997
Jul–Oct 1981 4-Month	62.8°F (17.1°C)	64.0°F (17.8°C)	-1.2°F (-0.7°C)	9th Coolest	Coolest since: 1976	1992
				50th Warmest	Warmest since: 1980	2021
	Ties: 1976, 2014
Jun–Oct 1981 5-Month	64.0°F (17.8°C)	64.9°F (18.3°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	17th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1992
				42nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1979	2021
	Ties: 1997
May–Oct 1981 6-Month	62.5°F (16.9°C)	63.8°F (17.7°C)	-1.3°F (-0.8°C)	6th Coolest	Coolest since: 1974	1992
				53rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1980	2007
	Ties: 1993
Apr–Oct 1981 7-Month	60.3°F (15.7°C)	61.5°F (16.4°C)	-1.2°F (-0.7°C)	11th Coolest	Coolest since: 1974	1992
				48th Warmest	Warmest since: 1980	1998, 2010
	Ties: 2003
Mar–Oct 1981 8-Month	57.2°F (14.0°C)	58.3°F (14.6°C)	-1.1°F (-0.6°C)	17th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1992
				42nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1979	2012
	Ties: 1975
Feb–Oct 1981 9-Month	54.2°F (12.3°C)	54.8°F (12.7°C)	-0.6°F (-0.4°C)	23rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1978
				36th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2012
	Ties: 1964
Jan–Oct 1981 10-Month	50.8°F (10.4°C)	51.6°F (10.9°C)	-0.8°F (-0.5°C)	21st Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1978, 2014
				38th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2012
Dec 1980–Oct 1981 11-Month	48.5°F (9.2°C)	49.6°F (9.8°C)	-1.1°F (-0.6°C)	18th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1978, 2014
				41st Warmest	Warmest since: 1980	2012
Nov 1980–Oct 1981 12-Month	47.5°F (8.6°C)	48.7°F (9.3°C)	-1.2°F (-0.7°C)	17th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	2014
				41st Warmest	Warmest since: 1980	2012
	Ties: 1970
May 1980–Oct 1981 18-Month	52.6°F (11.4°C)	53.7°F (12.1°C)	-1.1°F (-0.7°C)	10th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1993
				48th Warmest	Warmest since: 1980	2012
	Ties: 1967, 1970, 1975, 1977, 1996, 2003
Nov 1979–Oct 1981 24-Month	47.8°F (8.8°C)	48.7°F (9.3°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	13th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1979
				44th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2017
	Ties: 1967, 1969, 1972, 1975
Nov 1978–Oct 1981 36-Month	47.4°F (8.6°C)	48.7°F (9.3°C)	-1.3°F (-0.7°C)	3rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1979
				53rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	2018
	Ties: 1967, 1994
Nov 1977–Oct 1981 48-Month	47.1°F (8.4°C)	48.7°F (9.3°C)	-1.6°F (-0.9°C)	1st Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1980, 1981
				54th Warmest	Warmest since: 1980	2013
	Ties: 1980
Nov 1976–Oct 1981 60-Month	47.2°F (8.4°C)	48.7°F (9.3°C)	-1.5°F (-0.9°C)	2nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1981	1982
				52nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1980	2002

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: City Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 3, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/