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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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Grand Rapids, Michigan

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	44.8°F (7.1°C)	50.8°F (10.4°C)	-6.0°F (-3.3°C)	1st Coolest	Coolest since: 1988	1988
				58th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	1971
Sep–Oct 1988 2-Month	53.3°F (11.8°C)	56.6°F (13.7°C)	-3.3°F (-1.9°C)	3rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1974	1993
				56th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	1971
Aug–Oct 1988 3-Month	60.2°F (15.7°C)	61.3°F (16.3°C)	-1.1°F (-0.6°C)	14th Coolest	Coolest since: 1987	1992
				45th Warmest	Warmest since: 1986	2021
	Ties: 1978, 1980, 1989
Jul–Oct 1988 4-Month	64.0°F (17.8°C)	64.1°F (17.8°C)	-0.1°F (0.0°C)	32nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1987	1992
				27th Warmest	Warmest since: 1984	2021
	Ties: 1996, 2008
Jun–Oct 1988 5-Month	65.0°F (18.3°C)	64.9°F (18.3°C)	0.1°F (0.0°C)	34th Coolest	Coolest since: 1987	1992
				25th Warmest	Warmest since: 1984	2021
May–Oct 1988 6-Month	64.4°F (18.0°C)	63.8°F (17.7°C)	0.6°F (0.3°C)	38th Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1992
				21st Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2007
	Ties: 2019
Apr–Oct 1988 7-Month	62.0°F (16.7°C)	61.5°F (16.4°C)	0.5°F (0.3°C)	40th Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1992
				19th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	1998, 2010
	Ties: 2001, 2019
Mar–Oct 1988 8-Month	58.6°F (14.8°C)	58.3°F (14.6°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	41st Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1992
				18th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2012
	Ties: 1971, 1985, 1995, 2004
Feb–Oct 1988 9-Month	54.4°F (12.4°C)	54.7°F (12.6°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	26th Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1978
				33rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2012
	Ties: 1986
Jan–Oct 1988 10-Month	51.1°F (10.6°C)	51.6°F (10.9°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	26th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1978, 2014
				33rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2012
Dec 1987–Oct 1988 11-Month	49.4°F (9.7°C)	49.6°F (9.8°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	35th Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1978, 2014
				24th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2012
	Ties: 1968, 2011
Nov 1987–Oct 1988 12-Month	48.7°F (9.3°C)	48.7°F (9.3°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	35th Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	2014
				23rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2012
	Ties: 2011
May 1987–Oct 1988 18-Month	54.0°F (12.2°C)	53.7°F (12.1°C)	0.3°F (0.1°C)	34th Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1993
				24th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2012
	Ties: 2005
Nov 1986–Oct 1988 24-Month	49.3°F (9.6°C)	48.7°F (9.3°C)	0.6°F (0.3°C)	42nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1987	1979
				15th Warmest	Warmest to Date	2017
	Ties: 1998
Nov 1985–Oct 1988 36-Month	48.8°F (9.3°C)	48.7°F (9.3°C)	0.1°F (0.0°C)	37th Coolest	Coolest since: 1987	1979
				19th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2018
	Ties: 1985, 1987, 1989, 1992
Nov 1984–Oct 1988 48-Month	48.8°F (9.3°C)	48.7°F (9.3°C)	0.1°F (0.0°C)	36th Coolest	Coolest since: 1987	1980, 1981
				19th Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	2013
	Ties: 1976, 2009, 2015
Nov 1983–Oct 1988 60-Month	48.6°F (9.2°C)	48.6°F (9.2°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	25th Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1982
				29th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2002
	Ties: 1989, 1992, 1995

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: City Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 2, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/