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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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Average 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	58.0°F (14.4°C)	54.6°F (12.6°C)	3.4°F (1.8°C)	108th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1925
				20th Warmest	Warmest since: 1950	1963
	Ties: 2000
Sep–Oct 1953 2-Month	62.8°F (17.1°C)	60.4°F (15.8°C)	2.4°F (1.3°C)	106th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1917
				22nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	1897, 2016
	Ties: 1919
Aug–Oct 1953 3-Month	66.7°F (19.3°C)	64.8°F (18.2°C)	1.9°F (1.1°C)	110th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1917
				18th Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	1947
	Ties: 1922, 1939
Jul–Oct 1953 4-Month	69.2°F (20.7°C)	67.5°F (19.7°C)	1.7°F (1.0°C)	110th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1917
				18th Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	1936
	Ties: 1901
Jun–Oct 1953 5-Month	70.6°F (21.4°C)	68.3°F (20.2°C)	2.3°F (1.2°C)	120th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1917
				8th Warmest	Warmest since: 1936	1936
	Ties: 1921, 1954, 2010
May–Oct 1953 6-Month	69.3°F (20.7°C)	67.2°F (19.6°C)	2.1°F (1.1°C)	116th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1917
				12th Warmest	Warmest since: 1941	1936
Apr–Oct 1953 7-Month	66.3°F (19.1°C)	65.0°F (18.3°C)	1.3°F (0.8°C)	103rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1917
				25th Warmest	Warmest since: 1941	2010
	Ties: 1963
Mar–Oct 1953 8-Month	63.2°F (17.3°C)	61.9°F (16.6°C)	1.3°F (0.7°C)	107th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1917
				21st Warmest	Warmest since: 1946	2012
	Ties: 1933, 1946, 1973, 2000
Feb–Oct 1953 9-Month	60.0°F (15.6°C)	58.2°F (14.6°C)	1.8°F (1.0°C)	114th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1917
				14th Warmest	Warmest since: 1938	2012
	Ties: 1930, 1931, 1977
Jan–Oct 1953 10-Month	57.0°F (13.9°C)	54.9°F (12.7°C)	2.1°F (1.2°C)	116th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1904
				12th Warmest	Warmest since: 1938	2012
	Ties: 1933, 1987, 2000
Dec 1952–Oct 1953 11-Month	54.8°F (12.7°C)	52.6°F (11.4°C)	2.2°F (1.3°C)	117th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1904
				10th Warmest	Warmest since: 1938	2012
	Ties: 1938, 2000, 2002
Nov 1952–Oct 1953 12-Month	53.7°F (12.1°C)	51.6°F (10.9°C)	2.1°F (1.2°C)	114th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1904
				13th Warmest	Warmest since: 1932	2012
	Ties: 2021
May 1952–Oct 1953 18-Month	58.2°F (14.6°C)	56.8°F (13.8°C)	1.4°F (0.8°C)	107th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1904
				20th Warmest	Warmest since: 1942	2012
	Ties: 1942, 1987, 1998
Nov 1951–Oct 1953 24-Month	52.6°F (11.4°C)	51.6°F (10.9°C)	1.0°F (0.5°C)	96th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1905
				30th Warmest	Warmest since: 1942	2017
	Ties: 1935, 2001
Nov 1950–Oct 1953 36-Month	51.6°F (10.9°C)	51.6°F (10.9°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	57th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1904, 1979
				68th Warmest	Warmest since: 1950	2018
	Ties: 1910, 1911, 1998
Nov 1949–Oct 1953 48-Month	51.6°F (10.9°C)	51.6°F (10.9°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	51st Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1905
				73rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1950	2019
	Ties: 1914, 1925, 1948, 1973
Nov 1948–Oct 1953 60-Month	51.8°F (11.0°C)	51.6°F (10.9°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	64th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1905, 1906
				59th Warmest	Warmest since: 1950	2002, 2020
	Ties: 1947, 1959, 1976, 1998

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 2, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/