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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 1951

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
October 1951 1-Month	41.97°F (5.54°C)	41.41°F (5.23°C)	0.56°F (0.31°C)	80th Coolest	Coolest since: 1948	1917
				48th Warmest	Warmest since: 1950	1947
Sep–Oct 1951 2-Month	46.36°F (7.98°C)	46.65°F (8.14°C)	-0.29°F (-0.16°C)	45th Coolest	Coolest since: 1949	1917
				83rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1950	2015
	Ties: 1981
Aug–Oct 1951 3-Month	50.54°F (10.30°C)	50.79°F (10.44°C)	-0.25°F (-0.14°C)	43rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1949	1917
				85th Warmest	Warmest since: 1950	2016
Jul–Oct 1951 4-Month	53.02°F (11.68°C)	53.23°F (11.79°C)	-0.21°F (-0.11°C)	47th Coolest	Coolest since: 1950	1976
				81st Warmest	Warmest since: 1949	2021
	Ties: 1898
Jun–Oct 1951 5-Month	53.21°F (11.78°C)	53.71°F (12.06°C)	-0.50°F (-0.28°C)	27th Coolest	Coolest since: 1950	1917
				101st Warmest	Warmest since: 1949	2021
May–Oct 1951 6-Month	52.26°F (11.26°C)	52.66°F (11.48°C)	-0.40°F (-0.22°C)	30th Coolest	Coolest since: 1950	1917
				98th Warmest	Warmest since: 1949	2018
Apr–Oct 1951 7-Month	50.14°F (10.08°C)	50.66°F (10.37°C)	-0.52°F (-0.29°C)	23rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1950	1917
				105th Warmest	Warmest since: 1949	2015
	Ties: 1929
Mar–Oct 1951 8-Month	47.25°F (8.47°C)	48.07°F (8.93°C)	-0.82°F (-0.46°C)	12th Coolest	Coolest since: 1950	1917
				116th Warmest	Warmest since: 1949	2016
Feb–Oct 1951 9-Month	44.56°F (6.98°C)	45.27°F (7.37°C)	-0.71°F (-0.39°C)	18th Coolest	Coolest since: 1950	1917
				110th Warmest	Warmest since: 1949	2016
	Ties: 1920
Jan–Oct 1951 10-Month	42.03°F (5.57°C)	42.72°F (5.96°C)	-0.69°F (-0.39°C)	18th Coolest	Coolest since: 1950	1917
				110th Warmest	Warmest since: 1949	2016
Dec 1950–Oct 1951 11-Month	40.23°F (4.57°C)	40.89°F (4.94°C)	-0.66°F (-0.37°C)	18th Coolest	Coolest since: 1950	1917
				109th Warmest	Warmest since: 1949	2016
Nov 1950–Oct 1951 12-Month	39.26°F (4.03°C)	40.04°F (4.47°C)	-0.78°F (-0.44°C)	12th Coolest	Coolest since: 1948	1917
				115th Warmest	Warmest since: 1950	2016
May 1950–Oct 1951 18-Month	43.53°F (6.41°C)	44.25°F (6.81°C)	-0.72°F (-0.40°C)	12th Coolest	Coolest since: 1929	1917
				115th Warmest	Warmest since: 1950	2016
Nov 1949–Oct 1951 24-Month	39.37°F (4.09°C)	40.04°F (4.47°C)	-0.67°F (-0.38°C)	11th Coolest	Coolest since: 1924	1917, 1918
				115th Warmest	Warmest since: 1950	2017
	Ties: 1924
Nov 1948–Oct 1951 36-Month	39.49°F (4.16°C)	40.02°F (4.46°C)	-0.53°F (-0.30°C)	15th Coolest	Coolest since: 1950	1918
				110th Warmest	Warmest since: 1949	2017
	Ties: 1930
Nov 1947–Oct 1951 48-Month	39.43°F (4.13°C)	40.01°F (4.45°C)	-0.58°F (-0.32°C)	11th Coolest	Coolest since: 1920	1918
				113th Warmest	Warmest since: 1950	2018
Nov 1946–Oct 1951 60-Month	39.62°F (4.23°C)	40.00°F (4.44°C)	-0.38°F (-0.21°C)	16th Coolest	Coolest since: 1921	1920
				107th Warmest	Warmest since: 1950	2019, 2020
	Ties: 1966, 1980

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/