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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 1953

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
October 1953 1-Month	42.08°F (5.60°C)	41.41°F (5.23°C)	0.67°F (0.37°C)	82nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1917
				46th Warmest	Warmest since: 1950	1947
Sep–Oct 1953 2-Month	46.51°F (8.06°C)	46.66°F (8.14°C)	-0.15°F (-0.08°C)	51st Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1917
				77th Warmest	Warmest since: 1950	2015
Aug–Oct 1953 3-Month	50.55°F (10.31°C)	50.79°F (10.44°C)	-0.24°F (-0.13°C)	44th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1917
				84th Warmest	Warmest since: 1950	2016
Jul–Oct 1953 4-Month	53.13°F (11.74°C)	53.23°F (11.79°C)	-0.10°F (-0.05°C)	53rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1976
				75th Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	2021
Jun–Oct 1953 5-Month	53.90°F (12.17°C)	53.71°F (12.06°C)	0.19°F (0.11°C)	68th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1917
				60th Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	2021
May–Oct 1953 6-Month	52.75°F (11.53°C)	52.67°F (11.48°C)	0.08°F (0.05°C)	55th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1917
				73rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1949	2018
Apr–Oct 1953 7-Month	50.46°F (10.26°C)	50.65°F (10.36°C)	-0.19°F (-0.10°C)	40th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1917
				88th Warmest	Warmest since: 1949	2015
	Ties: 1992
Mar–Oct 1953 8-Month	48.17°F (8.98°C)	48.07°F (8.93°C)	0.10°F (0.05°C)	59th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1917
				69th Warmest	Warmest since: 1949	2016
Feb–Oct 1953 9-Month	45.54°F (7.52°C)	45.26°F (7.37°C)	0.28°F (0.15°C)	74th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1917
				54th Warmest	Warmest since: 1946	2016
Jan–Oct 1953 10-Month	43.59°F (6.44°C)	42.71°F (5.95°C)	0.88°F (0.49°C)	92nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1917
				36th Warmest	Warmest since: 1941	2016
Dec 1952–Oct 1953 11-Month	41.82°F (5.46°C)	40.89°F (4.94°C)	0.93°F (0.52°C)	94th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1917
				33rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1941	2016
Nov 1952–Oct 1953 12-Month	40.70°F (4.83°C)	40.04°F (4.47°C)	0.66°F (0.36°C)	90th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1917
				37th Warmest	Warmest since: 1941	2016
May 1952–Oct 1953 18-Month	44.54°F (6.97°C)	44.25°F (6.81°C)	0.29°F (0.16°C)	75th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1917
				52nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1942	2016
	Ties: 1940
Nov 1951–Oct 1953 24-Month	40.10°F (4.50°C)	40.04°F (4.47°C)	0.06°F (0.03°C)	63rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1917, 1918
				63rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	2017
	Ties: 1936, 1946
Nov 1950–Oct 1953 36-Month	39.82°F (4.34°C)	40.02°F (4.46°C)	-0.20°F (-0.12°C)	40th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1918
				85th Warmest	Warmest since: 1948	2017
	Ties: 1916
Nov 1949–Oct 1953 48-Month	39.73°F (4.29°C)	40.01°F (4.45°C)	-0.28°F (-0.16°C)	32nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1918
				92nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1949	2018
	Ties: 1972, 1978
Nov 1948–Oct 1953 60-Month	39.74°F (4.30°C)	40.00°F (4.44°C)	-0.26°F (-0.14°C)	30th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1920
				93rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1950	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 27, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/