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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: Des Moines Dubuque Sioux City Waterloo

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Dubuque, Iowa

Average Temperature Rankings, October 1979

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Period	Value	1981-2010 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
October 1979 1-Month	50.2°F (10.1°C)	49.9°F (9.9°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	39th Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1952
				32nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1975	1963
	Ties: 1965
Sep–Oct 1979 2-Month	56.6°F (13.7°C)	55.9°F (13.3°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	44th Coolest	Coolest since: 1977	1976
				27th Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	1963
	Ties: 2008
Aug–Oct 1979 3-Month	60.8°F (16.0°C)	60.5°F (15.8°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	39th Coolest	Coolest since: 1977	1992
				31st Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	2021
Jul–Oct 1979 4-Month	63.3°F (17.4°C)	63.3°F (17.4°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	35th Coolest	Coolest since: 1977	1992
				35th Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	2021
Jun–Oct 1979 5-Month	64.1°F (17.8°C)	64.3°F (17.9°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	33rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1977	1992
				37th Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	2021
	Ties: 1986, 1999
May–Oct 1979 6-Month	63.0°F (17.2°C)	63.3°F (17.4°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	29th Coolest	Coolest since: 1976	1967, 1992
				41st Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	2021
	Ties: 2008
Apr–Oct 1979 7-Month	60.2°F (15.7°C)	61.2°F (16.2°C)	-1.0°F (-0.5°C)	18th Coolest	Coolest since: 1976	1992
				52nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	2021
	Ties: 1989, 2014
Mar–Oct 1979 8-Month	56.5°F (13.6°C)	58.0°F (14.4°C)	-1.5°F (-0.8°C)	20th Coolest	Coolest since: 1975	1951
				50th Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	2012
	Ties: 1958
Feb–Oct 1979 9-Month	51.4°F (10.8°C)	54.2°F (12.3°C)	-2.8°F (-1.5°C)	6th Coolest	Coolest since: 1967	1951
				64th Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	2012
Jan–Oct 1979 10-Month	46.6°F (8.1°C)	50.6°F (10.3°C)	-4.0°F (-2.2°C)	1st Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1979
				68th Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	2012
Dec 1978–Oct 1979 11-Month	44.1°F (6.7°C)	48.1°F (8.9°C)	-4.0°F (-2.2°C)	2nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	2014
				67th Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	2012
Nov 1978–Oct 1979 12-Month	43.4°F (6.3°C)	47.1°F (8.4°C)	-3.7°F (-2.1°C)	2nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	2014
				67th Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	2012
May 1978–Oct 1979 18-Month	50.0°F (10.0°C)	52.4°F (11.3°C)	-2.4°F (-1.3°C)	2nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	2014
				66th Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	2012
Nov 1977–Oct 1979 24-Month	43.5°F (6.4°C)	47.0°F (8.3°C)	-3.5°F (-1.9°C)	1st Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1979
				66th Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	2017
Nov 1976–Oct 1979 36-Month	44.2°F (6.8°C)	47.1°F (8.4°C)	-2.9°F (-1.6°C)	1st Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1979
				64th Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	2000, 2018
Nov 1975–Oct 1979 48-Month	44.9°F (7.2°C)	47.1°F (8.4°C)	-2.2°F (-1.2°C)	1st Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1979, 1980
				62nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	2007, 2018
	Ties: 1980
Nov 1974–Oct 1979 60-Month	45.0°F (7.2°C)	47.1°F (8.4°C)	-2.1°F (-1.2°C)	1st Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1979
				60th Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	2002

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: City Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 25, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/