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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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Contiguous U.S.

Maximum Temperature Rankings, October 2004

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
October 2004 1-Month	66.36°F (19.09°C)	66.80°F (19.33°C)	-0.44°F (-0.24°C)	49th Coolest	Coolest since: 2002	1925
				79th Warmest	Warmest since: 2003	1963
	Ties: 1907
Sep–Oct 2004 2-Month	72.32°F (22.40°C)	72.31°F (22.39°C)	0.01°F (0.01°C)	65th Coolest	Coolest since: 2002	1925
				63rd Warmest	Warmest since: 2003	1963
	Ties: 1968
Aug–Oct 2004 3-Month	75.72°F (24.29°C)	76.58°F (24.77°C)	-0.86°F (-0.48°C)	27th Coolest	Coolest since: 1996	1912
				101st Warmest	Warmest since: 2003	1947
Jul–Oct 2004 4-Month	78.11°F (25.62°C)	79.11°F (26.17°C)	-1.00°F (-0.55°C)	21st Coolest	Coolest since: 1993	1912
				107th Warmest	Warmest since: 2003	1947
Jun–Oct 2004 5-Month	78.56°F (25.87°C)	79.55°F (26.42°C)	-0.99°F (-0.55°C)	15th Coolest	Coolest since: 1993	1912
				113th Warmest	Warmest since: 2003	1931
May–Oct 2004 6-Month	77.86°F (25.48°C)	78.45°F (25.81°C)	-0.59°F (-0.33°C)	31st Coolest	Coolest since: 1993	1907
				97th Warmest	Warmest since: 2003	1934
Apr–Oct 2004 7-Month	76.08°F (24.49°C)	76.32°F (24.62°C)	-0.24°F (-0.13°C)	47th Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1907
				81st Warmest	Warmest since: 2003	1934
Mar–Oct 2004 8-Month	73.98°F (23.32°C)	73.41°F (23.01°C)	0.57°F (0.31°C)	86th Coolest	Coolest since: 2002	1912
				42nd Warmest	Warmest since: 2003	2012
Feb–Oct 2004 9-Month	70.62°F (21.46°C)	70.23°F (21.24°C)	0.39°F (0.22°C)	79th Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1912
				49th Warmest	Warmest since: 2003	2012
Jan–Oct 2004 10-Month	67.60°F (19.78°C)	67.25°F (19.58°C)	0.35°F (0.20°C)	80th Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1912
				48th Warmest	Warmest since: 2003	2012
	Ties: 1947, 1955
Dec 2003–Oct 2004 11-Month	65.59°F (18.66°C)	65.04°F (18.36°C)	0.55°F (0.30°C)	87th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1912
				40th Warmest	Warmest since: 2003	2012
	Ties: 1977
Nov 2003–Oct 2004 12-Month	64.51°F (18.06°C)	64.01°F (17.78°C)	0.50°F (0.28°C)	86th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1912
				41st Warmest	Warmest since: 2003	2012
May 2003–Oct 2004 18-Month	69.53°F (20.85°C)	68.82°F (20.46°C)	0.71°F (0.39°C)	94th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1912
				33rd Warmest	Warmest since: 2003	2012
Nov 2002–Oct 2004 24-Month	64.79°F (18.22°C)	64.00°F (17.78°C)	0.79°F (0.44°C)	98th Coolest	Coolest since: 1998	1913
				28th Warmest	Warmest since: 2003	2017
	Ties: 1989, 1990, 2020
Nov 2001–Oct 2004 36-Month	65.13°F (18.41°C)	63.98°F (17.77°C)	1.15°F (0.64°C)	106th Coolest	Coolest since: 2003	1917
				19th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2018
	Ties: 1954
Nov 2000–Oct 2004 48-Month	64.87°F (18.26°C)	63.97°F (17.76°C)	0.90°F (0.50°C)	97th Coolest	Coolest since: 1999	1915
				27th Warmest	Warmest since: 2003	2018
	Ties: 2010
Nov 1999–Oct 2004 60-Month	65.32°F (18.51°C)	63.96°F (17.76°C)	1.36°F (0.75°C)	110th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1907
				13th Warmest	Warmest since: 2003	2016

Citing This Page

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