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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 1986

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
October 1986 1-Month	42.42°F (5.79°C)	41.41°F (5.23°C)	1.01°F (0.56°C)	92nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1982	1917
				36th Warmest	Warmest since: 1985	1947
Sep–Oct 1986 2-Month	47.62°F (8.68°C)	46.66°F (8.14°C)	0.96°F (0.54°C)	97th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1917
				31st Warmest	Warmest since: 1983	2015
Aug–Oct 1986 3-Month	51.36°F (10.76°C)	50.79°F (10.44°C)	0.57°F (0.32°C)	85th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1917
				43rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1983	2016
	Ties: 1921, 1934
Jul–Oct 1986 4-Month	53.76°F (12.09°C)	53.23°F (11.79°C)	0.53°F (0.30°C)	85th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1976
				43rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1983	2021
	Ties: 1991
Jun–Oct 1986 5-Month	54.53°F (12.52°C)	53.70°F (12.06°C)	0.83°F (0.46°C)	96th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1917
				32nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1983	2021
	Ties: 1990
May–Oct 1986 6-Month	53.52°F (11.96°C)	52.66°F (11.48°C)	0.86°F (0.48°C)	97th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1917
				31st Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2018
Apr–Oct 1986 7-Month	51.63°F (10.91°C)	50.65°F (10.36°C)	0.98°F (0.55°C)	101st Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1917
				27th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2015
	Ties: 1936
Mar–Oct 1986 8-Month	49.40°F (9.67°C)	48.07°F (8.93°C)	1.33°F (0.74°C)	114th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1917
				14th Warmest	Warmest to Date	2016
Feb–Oct 1986 9-Month	46.77°F (8.21°C)	45.26°F (7.37°C)	1.51°F (0.84°C)	115th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1917
				13th Warmest	Warmest to Date	2016
Jan–Oct 1986 10-Month	44.43°F (6.91°C)	42.72°F (5.96°C)	1.71°F (0.95°C)	115th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1917
				13th Warmest	Warmest to Date	2016
Dec 1985–Oct 1986 11-Month	42.04°F (5.58°C)	40.89°F (4.94°C)	1.15°F (0.64°C)	100th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1917
				27th Warmest	Warmest since: 1983	2016
	Ties: 1991
Nov 1985–Oct 1986 12-Month	41.05°F (5.03°C)	40.04°F (4.47°C)	1.01°F (0.56°C)	99th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1917
				28th Warmest	Warmest since: 1983	2016
May 1985–Oct 1986 18-Month	44.96°F (7.20°C)	44.25°F (6.81°C)	0.71°F (0.39°C)	94th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1917
				33rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1983	2016
	Ties: 1932
Nov 1984–Oct 1986 24-Month	40.60°F (4.78°C)	40.04°F (4.47°C)	0.56°F (0.31°C)	87th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1917, 1918
				39th Warmest	Warmest since: 1984	2017
Nov 1983–Oct 1986 36-Month	40.36°F (4.64°C)	40.02°F (4.46°C)	0.34°F (0.18°C)	77th Coolest	Coolest since: 1984	1918
				48th Warmest	Warmest since: 1985	2017
	Ties: 1939, 1954
Nov 1982–Oct 1986 48-Month	40.61°F (4.78°C)	40.01°F (4.45°C)	0.60°F (0.33°C)	88th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1918
				36th Warmest	Warmest since: 1941	2018
Nov 1981–Oct 1986 60-Month	40.44°F (4.69°C)	40.00°F (4.44°C)	0.44°F (0.25°C)	82nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1920
				41st Warmest	Warmest since: 1985	2019, 2020
	Ties: 1941, 1985

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, Minimum Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 25, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/