Climate at a Glance
National Rankings
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 May 2022. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
Contiguous U.S.
Average Temperature Rankings, October 2016
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Warmest/Coolest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
October 2016 1-Month |
57.72°F (14.29°C) | 54.11°F (12.28°C) |
3.61°F (2.01°C) | 125th Coolest | Coolest since: 2015 | 1925 |
| 3rd Warmest | Warmest since: 1963 | 1963 | ||||
|
Sep–Oct 2016 2-Month |
62.42°F (16.90°C) | 59.48°F (15.27°C) |
2.94°F (1.63°C) | 124th Coolest | Coolest since: 2014 | 1976 |
| 4th Warmest | Warmest since: 2015 | 2015 | ||||
|
Aug–Oct 2016 3-Month |
66.12°F (18.96°C) | 63.69°F (17.61°C) |
2.43°F (1.35°C) | 124th Coolest | Coolest since: 2014 | 1976 |
| 4th Warmest | Warmest since: 2015 | 1947 | ||||
|
Jul–Oct 2016 4-Month |
68.40°F (20.22°C) | 66.17°F (18.98°C) |
2.23°F (1.24°C) | 125th Coolest | Coolest since: 2015 | 1976 |
| 3rd Warmest | Warmest since: 1998 | 2021 | ||||
|
Jun–Oct 2016 5-Month |
69.07°F (20.59°C) | 66.63°F (19.24°C) |
2.44°F (1.35°C) | 126th Coolest | Coolest since: 2015 | 1912 |
| 2nd Warmest | Warmest to Date | 2021 | ||||
|
May–Oct 2016 6-Month |
67.61°F (19.78°C) | 65.56°F (18.64°C) |
2.05°F (1.14°C) | 125th Coolest | Coolest since: 2015 | 1917 |
| 3rd Warmest | Warmest since: 1934 | 2018 | ||||
| Ties: 1934 | ||||||
|
Apr–Oct 2016 7-Month |
65.55°F (18.64°C) | 63.49°F (17.49°C) |
2.06°F (1.15°C) | 124th Coolest | Coolest since: 2015 | 1907 |
| 4th Warmest | Warmest since: 2012 | 1934, 2012 | ||||
|
Mar–Oct 2016 8-Month |
63.30°F (17.39°C) | 60.74°F (15.97°C) |
2.56°F (1.42°C) | 126th Coolest | Coolest since: 2015 | 1917 |
| 2nd Warmest | Warmest since: 2012 | 2012 | ||||
|
Feb–Oct 2016 9-Month |
60.65°F (15.92°C) | 57.75°F (14.31°C) |
2.90°F (1.61°C) | 126th Coolest | Coolest since: 2015 | 1917 |
| 2nd Warmest | Warmest since: 2012 | 2012 | ||||
|
Jan–Oct 2016 10-Month |
57.81°F (14.34°C) | 54.99°F (12.77°C) |
2.82°F (1.57°C) | 126th Coolest | Coolest since: 2015 | 1912, 1917 |
| 2nd Warmest | Warmest since: 2012 | 2012 | ||||
|
Dec 2015–Oct 2016 11-Month |
56.07°F (13.37°C) | 52.97°F (11.65°C) |
3.10°F (1.72°C) | 125th Coolest | Coolest since: 2015 | 1917 |
| 2nd Warmest | Warmest since: 2012 | 2012 | ||||
|
Nov 2015–Oct 2016 12-Month |
55.11°F (12.84°C) | 52.03°F (11.13°C) |
3.08°F (1.71°C) | 125th Coolest | Coolest since: 2015 | 1917 |
| 2nd Warmest | Warmest since: 2012 | 2012 | ||||
|
May 2015–Oct 2016 18-Month |
59.23°F (15.13°C) | 56.54°F (13.63°C) |
2.69°F (1.50°C) | 126th Coolest | Coolest since: 2015 | 1917 |
| 1st Warmest | Warmest to Date | 2016 | ||||
|
Nov 2014–Oct 2016 24-Month |
54.46°F (12.48°C) | 52.02°F (11.12°C) |
2.44°F (1.36°C) | 124th Coolest | Coolest since: 2015 | 1913 |
| 2nd Warmest | Warmest to Date | 2017 | ||||
|
Nov 2013–Oct 2016 36-Month |
53.72°F (12.07°C) | 52.00°F (11.11°C) |
1.72°F (0.96°C) | 120th Coolest | Coolest since: 2015 | 1917 |
| 5th Warmest | Warmest since: 2007 | 2018 | ||||
|
Nov 2012–Oct 2016 48-Month |
53.55°F (11.97°C) | 51.99°F (11.11°C) |
1.56°F (0.86°C) | 114th Coolest | Coolest since: 2014 | 1918 |
| 10th Warmest | Warmest since: 2015 | 2018 | ||||
|
Nov 2011–Oct 2016 60-Month |
53.88°F (12.16°C) | 51.98°F (11.10°C) |
1.90°F (1.06°C) | 119th Coolest | Coolest since: 2015 | 1920 |
| 4th Warmest | Warmest to Date | 2020 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, published June 2022, retrieved on July 7, 2022 from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/cag/