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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

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Contiguous U.S.

Minimum Temperature Rankings, October 1952

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
October 1952 1-Month	37.24°F (2.91°C)	41.41°F (5.23°C)	-4.17°F (-2.32°C)	4th Coolest	Coolest since: 1917	1917
				124th Warmest	Warmest since: 1951	1947
Sep–Oct 1952 2-Month	44.30°F (6.83°C)	46.65°F (8.14°C)	-2.35°F (-1.31°C)	3rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1917	1917
				125th Warmest	Warmest since: 1951	2015
Aug–Oct 1952 3-Month	49.37°F (9.65°C)	50.79°F (10.44°C)	-1.42°F (-0.79°C)	5th Coolest	Coolest since: 1917	1917
				123rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1951	2016
Jul–Oct 1952 4-Month	52.11°F (11.17°C)	53.22°F (11.79°C)	-1.11°F (-0.62°C)	7th Coolest	Coolest since: 1924	1976
				121st Warmest	Warmest since: 1951	2021
Jun–Oct 1952 5-Month	53.18°F (11.77°C)	53.71°F (12.06°C)	-0.53°F (-0.29°C)	26th Coolest	Coolest since: 1950	1917
				102nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1951	2021
May–Oct 1952 6-Month	52.23°F (11.24°C)	52.67°F (11.48°C)	-0.44°F (-0.24°C)	26th Coolest	Coolest since: 1950	1917
				102nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1951	2018
	Ties: 1964
Apr–Oct 1952 7-Month	50.31°F (10.17°C)	50.66°F (10.37°C)	-0.35°F (-0.20°C)	27th Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1917
				101st Warmest	Warmest since: 1949	2015
	Ties: 1993
Mar–Oct 1952 8-Month	47.41°F (8.56°C)	48.07°F (8.93°C)	-0.66°F (-0.37°C)	20th Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1917
				108th Warmest	Warmest since: 1949	2016
	Ties: 1964
Feb–Oct 1952 9-Month	44.88°F (7.16°C)	45.26°F (7.37°C)	-0.38°F (-0.21°C)	32nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1917
				96th Warmest	Warmest since: 1949	2016
	Ties: 1928
Jan–Oct 1952 10-Month	42.57°F (5.87°C)	42.72°F (5.96°C)	-0.15°F (-0.09°C)	51st Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1917
				77th Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	2016
	Ties: 1908
Dec 1951–Oct 1952 11-Month	40.61°F (4.78°C)	40.89°F (4.94°C)	-0.28°F (-0.16°C)	41st Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1917
				86th Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	2016
Nov 1951–Oct 1952 12-Month	39.50°F (4.17°C)	40.05°F (4.47°C)	-0.55°F (-0.30°C)	22nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1917
				105th Warmest	Warmest since: 1949	2016
May 1951–Oct 1952 18-Month	43.75°F (6.53°C)	44.25°F (6.81°C)	-0.50°F (-0.28°C)	21st Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1917
				106th Warmest	Warmest since: 1950	2016
Nov 1950–Oct 1952 24-Month	39.38°F (4.10°C)	40.04°F (4.47°C)	-0.66°F (-0.37°C)	13th Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1917, 1918
				113th Warmest	Warmest since: 1950	2017
	Ties: 1929, 1930
Nov 1949–Oct 1952 36-Month	39.41°F (4.12°C)	40.02°F (4.46°C)	-0.61°F (-0.34°C)	11th Coolest	Coolest since: 1919	1918
				114th Warmest	Warmest since: 1951	2017
Nov 1948–Oct 1952 48-Month	39.49°F (4.16°C)	40.00°F (4.44°C)	-0.51°F (-0.28°C)	13th Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1918
				111th Warmest	Warmest since: 1950	2018
Nov 1947–Oct 1952 60-Month	39.44°F (4.13°C)	40.00°F (4.44°C)	-0.56°F (-0.31°C)	9th Coolest	Coolest since: 1920	1920
				114th Warmest	Warmest since: 1951	2019, 2020
	Ties: 1913

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, Minimum Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 28, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/