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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 1962

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
October 1962 1-Month	43.77°F (6.54°C)	41.41°F (5.23°C)	2.36°F (1.31°C)	114th Coolest	Coolest since: 1961	1917
				14th Warmest	Warmest since: 1950	1947
Sep–Oct 1962 2-Month	47.54°F (8.63°C)	46.66°F (8.14°C)	0.88°F (0.49°C)	95th Coolest	Coolest since: 1961	1917
				33rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1960	2015
	Ties: 1921, 2000, 2011
Aug–Oct 1962 3-Month	51.10°F (10.61°C)	50.79°F (10.44°C)	0.31°F (0.17°C)	71st Coolest	Coolest since: 1961	1917
				57th Warmest	Warmest since: 1960	2016
Jul–Oct 1962 4-Month	53.11°F (11.73°C)	53.23°F (11.79°C)	-0.12°F (-0.06°C)	52nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1961	1976
				76th Warmest	Warmest since: 1960	2021
Jun–Oct 1962 5-Month	53.52°F (11.96°C)	53.70°F (12.06°C)	-0.18°F (-0.10°C)	43rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1917
				85th Warmest	Warmest since: 1961	2021
	Ties: 1906, 1982
May–Oct 1962 6-Month	52.86°F (11.59°C)	52.66°F (11.48°C)	0.20°F (0.11°C)	68th Coolest	Coolest since: 1961	1917
				60th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2018
	Ties: 1984
Apr–Oct 1962 7-Month	50.84°F (10.47°C)	50.65°F (10.36°C)	0.19°F (0.11°C)	65th Coolest	Coolest since: 1961	1917
				63rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1960	2015
Mar–Oct 1962 8-Month	47.85°F (8.81°C)	48.07°F (8.93°C)	-0.22°F (-0.12°C)	42nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1961	1917
				86th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2016
Feb–Oct 1962 9-Month	45.22°F (7.34°C)	45.27°F (7.37°C)	-0.05°F (-0.03°C)	53rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1917
				75th Warmest	Warmest since: 1961	2016
	Ties: 1936
Jan–Oct 1962 10-Month	42.31°F (5.73°C)	42.72°F (5.96°C)	-0.41°F (-0.23°C)	33rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1917
				95th Warmest	Warmest since: 1961	2016
Dec 1961–Oct 1962 11-Month	40.42°F (4.68°C)	40.90°F (4.94°C)	-0.48°F (-0.26°C)	28th Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1917
				99th Warmest	Warmest since: 1961	2016
	Ties: 1971, 1978
Nov 1961–Oct 1962 12-Month	39.56°F (4.20°C)	40.04°F (4.47°C)	-0.48°F (-0.27°C)	26th Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1917
				101st Warmest	Warmest since: 1961	2016
	Ties: 1968
May 1961–Oct 1962 18-Month	43.81°F (6.56°C)	44.25°F (6.81°C)	-0.44°F (-0.25°C)	25th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1917
				102nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1961	2016
Nov 1960–Oct 1962 24-Month	39.73°F (4.29°C)	40.04°F (4.47°C)	-0.31°F (-0.18°C)	35th Coolest	Coolest since: 1961	1917, 1918
				91st Warmest	Warmest since: 1960	2017
Nov 1959–Oct 1962 36-Month	39.66°F (4.26°C)	40.02°F (4.46°C)	-0.36°F (-0.20°C)	25th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1918
				100th Warmest	Warmest since: 1961	2017
	Ties: 1964, 1967
Nov 1958–Oct 1962 48-Month	39.76°F (4.31°C)	40.01°F (4.45°C)	-0.25°F (-0.14°C)	35th Coolest	Coolest since: 1953	1918
				89th Warmest	Warmest since: 1961	2018
	Ties: 1908
Nov 1957–Oct 1962 60-Month	39.91°F (4.39°C)	40.00°F (4.44°C)	-0.09°F (-0.05°C)	48th Coolest	Coolest since: 1953	1920
				75th Warmest	Warmest since: 1961	2019, 2020
	Ties: 1949, 1982

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, Minimum Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 7, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/