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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 1963

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
October 1963 1-Month	63.6°F (17.6°C)	54.6°F (12.6°C)	9.0°F (5.0°C)	127th Coolest	Coolest since: 1962	1925
				1st Warmest	Warmest to Date	1963
Sep–Oct 1963 2-Month	64.8°F (18.2°C)	60.4°F (15.8°C)	4.4°F (2.4°C)	120th Coolest	Coolest since: 1962	1917
				8th Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	1897, 2016
Aug–Oct 1963 3-Month	67.0°F (19.4°C)	64.8°F (18.2°C)	2.2°F (1.2°C)	113th Coolest	Coolest since: 1962	1917
				15th Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	1947
	Ties: 1973
Jul–Oct 1963 4-Month	68.8°F (20.4°C)	67.4°F (19.7°C)	1.4°F (0.7°C)	102nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1962	1917
				26th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	1936
	Ties: 1980
Jun–Oct 1963 5-Month	69.7°F (20.9°C)	68.3°F (20.2°C)	1.4°F (0.7°C)	102nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1962	1917
				26th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	1936
	Ties: 1939, 2002
May–Oct 1963 6-Month	68.2°F (20.1°C)	67.2°F (19.6°C)	1.0°F (0.5°C)	95th Coolest	Coolest since: 1962	1917
				33rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	1936
	Ties: 1913, 1919, 2015, 2019
Apr–Oct 1963 7-Month	66.3°F (19.1°C)	65.0°F (18.3°C)	1.3°F (0.8°C)	103rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1962	1917
				25th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2010
	Ties: 1953
Mar–Oct 1963 8-Month	63.5°F (17.5°C)	61.9°F (16.6°C)	1.6°F (0.9°C)	113th Coolest	Coolest since: 1962	1917
				15th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2012
	Ties: 1941, 1986, 2017
Feb–Oct 1963 9-Month	58.9°F (14.9°C)	58.2°F (14.6°C)	0.7°F (0.3°C)	89th Coolest	Coolest since: 1962	1917
				39th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2012
	Ties: 1944, 2004, 2006
Jan–Oct 1963 10-Month	54.6°F (12.6°C)	54.9°F (12.7°C)	-0.3°F (-0.1°C)	51st Coolest	Coolest since: 1962	1904
				77th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2012
	Ties: 1975, 1989
Dec 1962–Oct 1963 11-Month	52.0°F (11.1°C)	52.6°F (11.4°C)	-0.6°F (-0.3°C)	37th Coolest	Coolest since: 1962	1904
				90th Warmest	Warmest since: 1960	2012
	Ties: 1943, 1960, 1997, 2001
Nov 1962–Oct 1963 12-Month	51.1°F (10.6°C)	51.6°F (10.9°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	35th Coolest	Coolest since: 1962	1904
				92nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1961	2012
	Ties: 1923, 1961, 1968, 1994
May 1962–Oct 1963 18-Month	56.7°F (13.7°C)	56.8°F (13.8°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	54th Coolest	Coolest since: 1962	1904
				73rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	2012
	Ties: 1940, 1965, 2003
Nov 1961–Oct 1963 24-Month	51.0°F (10.6°C)	51.6°F (10.9°C)	-0.6°F (-0.3°C)	28th Coolest	Coolest since: 1962	1905
				98th Warmest	Warmest since: 1962	2017
	Ties: 1962, 1968, 1994, 2009
Nov 1960–Oct 1963 36-Month	51.0°F (10.6°C)	51.6°F (10.9°C)	-0.6°F (-0.3°C)	20th Coolest	Coolest since: 1962	1904, 1979
				105th Warmest	Warmest since: 1961	2018
	Ties: 1913, 1928, 1929, 1960, 1971
Nov 1959–Oct 1963 48-Month	50.9°F (10.5°C)	51.6°F (10.9°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	13th Coolest	Coolest since: 1929	1905
				111th Warmest	Warmest since: 1962	2019
	Ties: 1919, 1929, 1978
Nov 1958–Oct 1963 60-Month	51.1°F (10.6°C)	51.6°F (10.9°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	22nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1962	1905, 1906
				101st Warmest	Warmest since: 1961	2002, 2020
	Ties: 1909, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1961, 1972, 1997

Citing This Page

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