Contiguous U.S., Maximum Temperature Rankings, October 1996 1901-2000 Degrees Fahrenheit 1 66.07 66.80 -0.73 41 88 1925 1963 1994 1995 bottom-third 2012 2 70.75 72.31 -1.56 18 111 1925 1963 1986 1995 bottom-third 3 75.57 76.58 -1.01 21 108 1912 1947 1993 1995 bottom-third 1946,1981 4 78.25 79.11 -0.86 26 103 1912 2022 1993 1995 bottom-third 1913 5 79.13 79.55 -0.42 44 85 1912 2022 1993 1995 normal 6 78.10 78.45 -0.35 48 81 1907 1934 1995 1994 normal 7 76.04 76.32 -0.28 46 83 1907 1934 1995 1994 normal 8 72.93 73.40 -0.47 34 95 1912 2012 1993 1995 bottom-third 9 70.07 70.23 -0.16 53 76 1912 2012 1993 1995 normal 10 67.14 67.25 -0.11 53 76 1912 2012 1993 1995 normal 11 64.97 65.03 -0.06 55 73 1912 2012 1993 1995 normal 1983 12 64.01 64.01 0.00 53 75 1912 2012 1993 1995 normal 1926 18 68.70 68.82 -0.12 46 82 1912 2012 1994 1995 normal 24 64.25 64.00 0.25 72 55 1913 2017 1994 1995 normal 1926 36 64.32 63.98 0.34 83 43 1917 2018 1995 1992 normal 1944 48 63.82 63.97 -0.15 45 80 1915 2018 1986 1995 normal 1923 60 63.96 63.96 0.00 57 67 1907 2016 1987 1995 normal 1967