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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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Illinois

Average Temperature Rankings, October 1945

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
October 1945 1-Month	52.4°F (11.3°C)	54.6°F (12.6°C)	-2.2°F (-1.3°C)	28th Coolest	Coolest since: 1937	1925
				100th Warmest	Warmest since: 1944	1963
	Ties: 1978
Sep–Oct 1945 2-Month	59.2°F (15.1°C)	60.4°F (15.8°C)	-1.2°F (-0.7°C)	35th Coolest	Coolest since: 1943	1917
				93rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1944	1897, 2016
	Ties: 1913, 1928
Aug–Oct 1945 3-Month	63.8°F (17.7°C)	64.7°F (18.2°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	32nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1942	1917
				96th Warmest	Warmest since: 1944	1947
	Ties: 1942, 1949, 1965, 1999
Jul–Oct 1945 4-Month	66.1°F (18.9°C)	67.4°F (19.7°C)	-1.3°F (-0.8°C)	17th Coolest	Coolest since: 1924	1917
				111th Warmest	Warmest since: 1944	1936
	Ties: 1966, 2004
Jun–Oct 1945 5-Month	66.4°F (19.1°C)	68.2°F (20.1°C)	-1.8°F (-1.0°C)	11th Coolest	Coolest since: 1917	1917
				117th Warmest	Warmest since: 1944	1936
	Ties: 1902
May–Oct 1945 6-Month	64.8°F (18.2°C)	67.2°F (19.6°C)	-2.4°F (-1.4°C)	5th Coolest	Coolest since: 1924	1917
				123rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1944	1936
	Ties: 1924
Apr–Oct 1945 7-Month	63.1°F (17.3°C)	65.0°F (18.3°C)	-1.9°F (-1.0°C)	6th Coolest	Coolest since: 1924	1917
				122nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1944	2010
	Ties: 1924, 1976
Mar–Oct 1945 8-Month	61.5°F (16.4°C)	61.9°F (16.6°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	48th Coolest	Coolest since: 1943	1917
				80th Warmest	Warmest since: 1944	2012
	Ties: 1895, 1929, 1935
Feb–Oct 1945 9-Month	58.1°F (14.5°C)	58.3°F (14.6°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	55th Coolest	Coolest since: 1943	1917
				73rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1944	2012
	Ties: 1984
Jan–Oct 1945 10-Month	54.4°F (12.4°C)	54.9°F (12.7°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	42nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1940	1904
				86th Warmest	Warmest since: 1944	2012
	Ties: 1948, 1962, 1968, 1980
Dec 1944–Oct 1945 11-Month	51.6°F (10.9°C)	52.6°F (11.4°C)	-1.0°F (-0.5°C)	20th Coolest	Coolest since: 1940	1904
				107th Warmest	Warmest since: 1944	2012
	Ties: 1926, 1940, 1967, 1969, 2009
Nov 1944–Oct 1945 12-Month	50.9°F (10.5°C)	51.6°F (10.9°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	29th Coolest	Coolest since: 1940	1904
				98th Warmest	Warmest since: 1944	2012
	Ties: 1967, 1993, 2001
May 1944–Oct 1945 18-Month	56.9°F (13.8°C)	56.9°F (13.8°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	62nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1943	1904
				65th Warmest	Warmest since: 1944	2012
	Ties: 1947
Nov 1943–Oct 1945 24-Month	51.5°F (10.8°C)	51.6°F (10.9°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	52nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1937	1905
				74th Warmest	Warmest since: 1944	2017
	Ties: 1975
Nov 1942–Oct 1945 36-Month	51.4°F (10.8°C)	51.6°F (10.9°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	47th Coolest	Coolest since: 1930	1904, 1979
				78th Warmest	Warmest since: 1944	2018
	Ties: 1914, 1958, 1959, 1966, 1977, 1996
Nov 1941–Oct 1945 48-Month	51.7°F (10.9°C)	51.6°F (10.9°C)	0.1°F (0.0°C)	56th Coolest	Coolest since: 1930	1905
				68th Warmest	Warmest since: 1944	2019
	Ties: 1911, 1946, 1975, 1983, 1995
Nov 1940–Oct 1945 60-Month	52.0°F (11.1°C)	51.6°F (10.9°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	73rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1944	1905, 1906
				50th Warmest	Warmest since: 1943	2002, 2020
	Ties: 1950, 1954, 1994

Citing This Page

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