Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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Illinois
Average Temperature Rankings, October 1973
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Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Warmest/Coolest Since |
Record |
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October 1973 1-Month |
59.1°F (15.1°C) | 54.6°F (12.6°C) |
4.5°F (2.5°C) | 116th Coolest | Coolest since: 1972 | 1925 |
12th Warmest | Warmest since: 1971 | 1963 | ||||
Sep–Oct 1973 2-Month |
63.4°F (17.4°C) | 60.5°F (15.8°C) |
2.9°F (1.6°C) | 114th Coolest | Coolest since: 1972 | 1917 |
14th Warmest | Warmest since: 1971 | 1897, 2016 | ||||
Ties: 1938, 1941, 2017 | ||||||
Aug–Oct 1973 3-Month |
67.0°F (19.4°C) | 64.8°F (18.2°C) |
2.2°F (1.2°C) | 113th Coolest | Coolest since: 1972 | 1917 |
15th Warmest | Warmest since: 1971 | 1947 | ||||
Ties: 1963 | ||||||
Jul–Oct 1973 4-Month |
69.1°F (20.6°C) | 67.4°F (19.7°C) |
1.7°F (0.9°C) | 108th Coolest | Coolest since: 1972 | 1917 |
20th Warmest | Warmest since: 1955 | 1936 | ||||
Ties: 1934 | ||||||
Jun–Oct 1973 5-Month |
69.8°F (21.0°C) | 68.3°F (20.2°C) |
1.5°F (0.8°C) | 104th Coolest | Coolest since: 1972 | 1917 |
24th Warmest | Warmest since: 1971 | 1936 | ||||
Ties: 2018 | ||||||
May–Oct 1973 6-Month |
68.0°F (20.0°C) | 67.3°F (19.6°C) |
0.7°F (0.4°C) | 82nd Coolest | Coolest since: 1972 | 1917 |
46th Warmest | Warmest since: 1971 | 1936 | ||||
Ties: 1962, 2017 | ||||||
Apr–Oct 1973 7-Month |
65.5°F (18.6°C) | 65.0°F (18.3°C) |
0.5°F (0.3°C) | 77th Coolest | Coolest since: 1972 | 1917 |
51st Warmest | Warmest since: 1971 | 2010 | ||||
Ties: 1897, 1906, 1962, 1980, 1983 | ||||||
Mar–Oct 1973 8-Month |
63.2°F (17.3°C) | 61.8°F (16.6°C) |
1.4°F (0.7°C) | 107th Coolest | Coolest since: 1972 | 1917 |
21st Warmest | Warmest since: 1963 | 2012 | ||||
Ties: 1933, 1946, 1953, 2000 | ||||||
Feb–Oct 1973 9-Month |
59.6°F (15.3°C) | 58.2°F (14.6°C) |
1.4°F (0.7°C) | 107th Coolest | Coolest since: 1972 | 1917 |
21st Warmest | Warmest since: 1955 | 2012 | ||||
Ties: 1986, 1999 | ||||||
Jan–Oct 1973 10-Month |
56.5°F (13.6°C) | 54.9°F (12.7°C) |
1.6°F (0.9°C) | 106th Coolest | Coolest since: 1972 | 1904 |
22nd Warmest | Warmest since: 1955 | 2012 | ||||
Ties: 1939, 1955 | ||||||
Dec 1972–Oct 1973 11-Month |
53.8°F (12.1°C) | 52.6°F (11.4°C) |
1.2°F (0.7°C) | 96th Coolest | Coolest since: 1972 | 1904 |
31st Warmest | Warmest since: 1955 | 2012 | ||||
Nov 1972–Oct 1973 12-Month |
52.5°F (11.4°C) | 51.7°F (10.9°C) |
0.8°F (0.5°C) | 91st Coolest | Coolest since: 1972 | 1904 |
36th Warmest | Warmest since: 1955 | 2012 | ||||
Ties: 1942, 1946 | ||||||
May 1972–Oct 1973 18-Month |
57.1°F (13.9°C) | 56.8°F (13.8°C) |
0.3°F (0.1°C) | 74th Coolest | Coolest since: 1972 | 1904 |
53rd Warmest | Warmest since: 1971 | 2012 | ||||
Ties: 1898, 1971, 1986 | ||||||
Nov 1971–Oct 1973 24-Month |
52.0°F (11.1°C) | 51.6°F (10.9°C) |
0.4°F (0.2°C) | 82nd Coolest | Coolest since: 1972 | 1905 |
44th Warmest | Warmest since: 1956 | 2017 | ||||
Ties: 1923, 1974, 1984, 1986 | ||||||
Nov 1970–Oct 1973 36-Month |
51.9°F (11.1°C) | 51.6°F (10.9°C) |
0.3°F (0.2°C) | 76th Coolest | Coolest since: 1972 | 1904, 1979 |
49th Warmest | Warmest since: 1957 | 2018 | ||||
Ties: 1915, 1938, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 2010 | ||||||
Nov 1969–Oct 1973 48-Month |
51.6°F (10.9°C) | 51.6°F (10.9°C) |
0.0°F (0.0°C) | 51st Coolest | Coolest since: 1972 | 1905 |
73rd Warmest | Warmest since: 1958 | 2019 | ||||
Ties: 1914, 1925, 1948, 1953 | ||||||
Nov 1968–Oct 1973 60-Month |
51.4°F (10.8°C) | 51.6°F (10.9°C) |
-0.2°F (-0.1°C) | 42nd Coolest | Coolest since: 1972 | 1905, 1906 |
81st Warmest | Warmest since: 1959 | 2002, 2020 | ||||
Ties: 1915, 1921, 1926, 1951, 1996 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published August 2022, retrieved on August 11, 2022 from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/cag/