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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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Illinois

Average Temperature Rankings, October 1989

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
October 1989 1-Month	55.8°F (13.2°C)	54.6°F (12.6°C)	1.2°F (0.6°C)	86th Coolest	Coolest since: 1988	1925
				42nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1985	1963
	Ties: 1902
Sep–Oct 1989 2-Month	59.6°F (15.3°C)	60.5°F (15.8°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	47th Coolest	Coolest since: 1988	1917
				81st Warmest	Warmest since: 1986	1897, 2016
	Ties: 1942
Aug–Oct 1989 3-Month	64.0°F (17.8°C)	64.8°F (18.2°C)	-0.8°F (-0.4°C)	40th Coolest	Coolest since: 1987	1917
				88th Warmest	Warmest since: 1988	1947
	Ties: 1972
Jul–Oct 1989 4-Month	66.8°F (19.3°C)	67.4°F (19.7°C)	-0.6°F (-0.4°C)	42nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1987	1917
				86th Warmest	Warmest since: 1988	1936
	Ties: 1942, 1969, 1990, 1997
Jun–Oct 1989 5-Month	67.6°F (19.8°C)	68.3°F (20.2°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	38th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1917
				90th Warmest	Warmest since: 1988	1936
	Ties: 1918, 1926, 1979, 1997, 2006
May–Oct 1989 6-Month	66.2°F (19.0°C)	67.2°F (19.6°C)	-1.0°F (-0.6°C)	21st Coolest	Coolest since: 1981	1917
				107th Warmest	Warmest since: 1988	1936
	Ties: 1951
Apr–Oct 1989 7-Month	64.1°F (17.8°C)	65.0°F (18.3°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	28th Coolest	Coolest since: 1982	1917
				100th Warmest	Warmest since: 1988	2010
	Ties: 1910, 1927, 1972, 1979, 1990
Mar–Oct 1989 8-Month	61.1°F (16.2°C)	61.8°F (16.6°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	32nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1984	1917
				96th Warmest	Warmest since: 1988	2012
	Ties: 1902, 1906, 1937, 1943, 1974, 2013
Feb–Oct 1989 9-Month	56.8°F (13.8°C)	58.2°F (14.6°C)	-1.4°F (-0.8°C)	16th Coolest	Coolest since: 1982	1917
				112th Warmest	Warmest since: 1988	2012
	Ties: 1951, 1982, 1993
Jan–Oct 1989 10-Month	54.6°F (12.6°C)	54.9°F (12.7°C)	-0.3°F (-0.1°C)	51st Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1904
				77th Warmest	Warmest since: 1988	2012
	Ties: 1963, 1975
Dec 1988–Oct 1989 11-Month	52.5°F (11.4°C)	52.6°F (11.4°C)	-0.1°F (0.0°C)	57th Coolest	Coolest since: 1984	1904
				70th Warmest	Warmest since: 1988	2012
	Ties: 1959, 1975, 1980
Nov 1988–Oct 1989 12-Month	51.6°F (10.9°C)	51.6°F (10.9°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	61st Coolest	Coolest since: 1984	1904
				66th Warmest	Warmest since: 1988	2012
	Ties: 1898, 1964, 1975
May 1988–Oct 1989 18-Month	57.2°F (14.0°C)	56.8°F (13.8°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	79th Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1904
				48th Warmest	Warmest since: 1988	2012
	Ties: 1944, 1964, 1976, 1981
Nov 1987–Oct 1989 24-Month	52.1°F (11.2°C)	51.6°F (10.9°C)	0.5°F (0.3°C)	85th Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1905
				41st Warmest	Warmest since: 1988	2017
	Ties: 1950, 1995
Nov 1986–Oct 1989 36-Month	52.5°F (11.4°C)	51.6°F (10.9°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	96th Coolest	Coolest since: 1987	1904, 1979
				29th Warmest	Warmest since: 1988	2018
	Ties: 1939, 2014
Nov 1985–Oct 1989 48-Month	52.4°F (11.3°C)	51.6°F (10.9°C)	0.8°F (0.4°C)	96th Coolest	Coolest since: 1987	1905
				28th Warmest	Warmest since: 1988	2019
	Ties: 1990, 1992, 2009, 2014
Nov 1984–Oct 1989 60-Month	52.3°F (11.3°C)	51.6°F (10.9°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	89th Coolest	Coolest since: 1988	1905, 1906
				34th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2002, 2020
	Ties: 1932, 1987, 1999

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 1, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/