Climate at a Glance

• Global
• National
• Regional
• Statewide
• Divisional
• County
• City

• Mapping
• Time Series
• Rankings
• Haywood Plots
• Data Information
• Background

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 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

Month: January February March April May June July August September October November December

---

« September 1936

November 1936 »

Contiguous U.S.

Minimum Temperature Rankings, October 1936

View Period (Months):All1234567891011121824364860

Download:

• Record Coolest
• Bottom 1/10
• Bottom 1/3
• Normal
• Top 1/3
• Top 1/10
• Record Warmest

Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
October 1936 1-Month	40.86°F (4.92°C)	41.41°F (5.23°C)	-0.55°F (-0.31°C)	38th Coolest	Coolest since: 1935	1917
				90th Warmest	Warmest since: 1934	1947
Sep–Oct 1936 2-Month	47.15°F (8.42°C)	46.66°F (8.14°C)	0.49°F (0.28°C)	76th Coolest	Coolest since: 1935	1917
				52nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1933	2015
Aug–Oct 1936 3-Month	51.72°F (10.96°C)	50.79°F (10.44°C)	0.93°F (0.52°C)	101st Coolest	Coolest since: 1935	1917
				27th Warmest	Warmest since: 1933	2016
Jul–Oct 1936 4-Month	54.48°F (12.49°C)	53.23°F (11.79°C)	1.25°F (0.70°C)	106th Coolest	Coolest since: 1935	1976
				22nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1931	2021
Jun–Oct 1936 5-Month	54.90°F (12.72°C)	53.70°F (12.06°C)	1.20°F (0.66°C)	108th Coolest	Coolest since: 1935	1917
				20th Warmest	Warmest since: 1931	2021
May–Oct 1936 6-Month	54.05°F (12.25°C)	52.66°F (11.48°C)	1.39°F (0.77°C)	115th Coolest	Coolest since: 1935	1917
				13th Warmest	Warmest to Date	2018
Apr–Oct 1936 7-Month	51.63°F (10.91°C)	50.65°F (10.36°C)	0.98°F (0.55°C)	101st Coolest	Coolest since: 1935	1917
				27th Warmest	Warmest since: 1934	2015
	Ties: 1986
Mar–Oct 1936 8-Month	49.10°F (9.50°C)	48.08°F (8.93°C)	1.02°F (0.57°C)	100th Coolest	Coolest since: 1935	1917
				28th Warmest	Warmest since: 1934	2016
Feb–Oct 1936 9-Month	45.22°F (7.34°C)	45.27°F (7.37°C)	-0.05°F (-0.03°C)	53rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1932	1917
				75th Warmest	Warmest since: 1935	2016
	Ties: 1962
Jan–Oct 1936 10-Month	42.41°F (5.78°C)	42.71°F (5.95°C)	-0.30°F (-0.17°C)	41st Coolest	Coolest since: 1929	1917
				87th Warmest	Warmest since: 1935	2016
Dec 1935–Oct 1936 11-Month	40.49°F (4.72°C)	40.89°F (4.94°C)	-0.40°F (-0.22°C)	32nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1929	1917
				95th Warmest	Warmest since: 1935	2016
	Ties: 1976, 1984
Nov 1935–Oct 1936 12-Month	39.55°F (4.19°C)	40.04°F (4.47°C)	-0.49°F (-0.28°C)	24th Coolest	Coolest since: 1929	1917
				103rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1935	2016
	Ties: 1937
May 1935–Oct 1936 18-Month	43.83°F (6.57°C)	44.25°F (6.81°C)	-0.42°F (-0.24°C)	26th Coolest	Coolest since: 1930	1917
				101st Warmest	Warmest since: 1935	2016
	Ties: 1975
Nov 1934–Oct 1936 24-Month	40.10°F (4.50°C)	40.03°F (4.46°C)	0.07°F (0.04°C)	63rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1930	1917, 1918
				63rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1935	2017
	Ties: 1946, 1953
Nov 1933–Oct 1936 36-Month	40.51°F (4.73°C)	40.02°F (4.46°C)	0.49°F (0.27°C)	85th Coolest	Coolest since: 1933	1918
				40th Warmest	Warmest since: 1935	2017
	Ties: 1994
Nov 1932–Oct 1936 48-Month	40.37°F (4.65°C)	40.01°F (4.45°C)	0.36°F (0.20°C)	82nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1933	1918
				42nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1935	2018
	Ties: 1942
Nov 1931–Oct 1936 60-Month	40.40°F (4.67°C)	40.00°F (4.44°C)	0.40°F (0.23°C)	79th Coolest	Coolest since: 1933	1920
				44th Warmest	Warmest since: 1935	2019, 2020

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, Minimum Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 30, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/