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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.

Minimum Temperature Rankings, October 1942

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
October 1942 1-Month	41.68°F (5.38°C)	41.41°F (5.23°C)	0.27°F (0.15°C)	73rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1939	1917
				55th Warmest	Warmest since: 1941	1947
	Ties: 1975
Sep–Oct 1942 2-Month	46.09°F (7.83°C)	46.66°F (8.14°C)	-0.57°F (-0.31°C)	31st Coolest	Coolest since: 1935	1917
				97th Warmest	Warmest since: 1941	2015
Aug–Oct 1942 3-Month	50.39°F (10.22°C)	50.79°F (10.44°C)	-0.40°F (-0.22°C)	35th Coolest	Coolest since: 1932	1917
				93rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1941	2016
Jul–Oct 1942 4-Month	52.94°F (11.63°C)	53.22°F (11.79°C)	-0.28°F (-0.16°C)	43rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1932	1976
				85th Warmest	Warmest since: 1941	2021
	Ties: 1923
Jun–Oct 1942 5-Month	53.46°F (11.92°C)	53.70°F (12.06°C)	-0.24°F (-0.14°C)	39th Coolest	Coolest since: 1932	1917
				89th Warmest	Warmest since: 1941	2021
	Ties: 1932
May–Oct 1942 6-Month	52.32°F (11.29°C)	52.66°F (11.48°C)	-0.34°F (-0.19°C)	33rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1929	1917
				95th Warmest	Warmest since: 1941	2018
Apr–Oct 1942 7-Month	50.60°F (10.33°C)	50.65°F (10.36°C)	-0.05°F (-0.03°C)	52nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1935	1917
				76th Warmest	Warmest since: 1941	2015
Mar–Oct 1942 8-Month	47.99°F (8.88°C)	48.07°F (8.93°C)	-0.08°F (-0.05°C)	46th Coolest	Coolest since: 1932	1917
				82nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1941	2016
	Ties: 1897, 1996
Feb–Oct 1942 9-Month	44.93°F (7.18°C)	45.27°F (7.37°C)	-0.34°F (-0.19°C)	38th Coolest	Coolest since: 1929	1917
				90th Warmest	Warmest since: 1941	2016
Jan–Oct 1942 10-Month	42.32°F (5.73°C)	42.71°F (5.95°C)	-0.39°F (-0.22°C)	34th Coolest	Coolest since: 1937	1917
				94th Warmest	Warmest since: 1941	2016
Dec 1941–Oct 1942 11-Month	40.89°F (4.94°C)	40.89°F (4.94°C)	0.00°F (0.00°C)	55th Coolest	Coolest since: 1937	1917
				72nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1941	2016
	Ties: 1898, 1922
Nov 1941–Oct 1942 12-Month	40.10°F (4.50°C)	40.04°F (4.47°C)	0.06°F (0.03°C)	64th Coolest	Coolest since: 1937	1917
				63rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1941	2016
May 1941–Oct 1942 18-Month	44.62°F (7.01°C)	44.25°F (6.81°C)	0.37°F (0.20°C)	82nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1940	1917
				45th Warmest	Warmest since: 1941	2016
Nov 1940–Oct 1942 24-Month	40.55°F (4.75°C)	40.04°F (4.47°C)	0.51°F (0.28°C)	82nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1940	1917, 1918
				44th Warmest	Warmest since: 1941	2017
Nov 1939–Oct 1942 36-Month	40.41°F (4.67°C)	40.02°F (4.46°C)	0.39°F (0.21°C)	80th Coolest	Coolest since: 1939	1918
				45th Warmest	Warmest since: 1941	2017
Nov 1938–Oct 1942 48-Month	40.37°F (4.65°C)	40.01°F (4.45°C)	0.36°F (0.20°C)	82nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1940	1918
				42nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1941	2018
	Ties: 1936
Nov 1937–Oct 1942 60-Month	40.55°F (4.75°C)	40.00°F (4.44°C)	0.55°F (0.31°C)	88th Coolest	Coolest since: 1941	1920
				35th 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 October 1, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/