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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 1996

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
October 1996 1-Month	54.8°F (12.7°C)	54.6°F (12.6°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	68th Coolest	Coolest since: 1993	1925
				60th Warmest	Warmest since: 1995	1963
	Ties: 1942
Sep–Oct 1996 2-Month	59.5°F (15.3°C)	60.4°F (15.8°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	43rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1995	1917
				85th Warmest	Warmest since: 1994	1897, 2016
	Ties: 1972, 1980, 2014
Aug–Oct 1996 3-Month	64.2°F (17.9°C)	64.8°F (18.2°C)	-0.6°F (-0.3°C)	44th Coolest	Coolest since: 1994	1917
				84th Warmest	Warmest since: 1995	1947
	Ties: 1975, 1979
Jul–Oct 1996 4-Month	66.3°F (19.1°C)	67.5°F (19.7°C)	-1.2°F (-0.6°C)	25th Coolest	Coolest since: 1993	1917
				103rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1995	1936
	Ties: 1923, 1965
Jun–Oct 1996 5-Month	67.3°F (19.6°C)	68.2°F (20.1°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	29th Coolest	Coolest since: 1993	1917
				99th Warmest	Warmest since: 1995	1936
	Ties: 1927, 1981, 2003
May–Oct 1996 6-Month	66.4°F (19.1°C)	67.3°F (19.6°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	27th Coolest	Coolest since: 1993	1917
				101st Warmest	Warmest since: 1995	1936
	Ties: 1902, 1925, 1950, 1961, 1969, 1972, 1990, 1993
Apr–Oct 1996 7-Month	63.8°F (17.7°C)	64.9°F (18.3°C)	-1.1°F (-0.6°C)	18th Coolest	Coolest since: 1992	1917
				110th Warmest	Warmest since: 1995	2010
	Ties: 1929, 1935
Mar–Oct 1996 8-Month	60.2°F (15.7°C)	61.9°F (16.6°C)	-1.7°F (-0.9°C)	7th Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1917
				121st Warmest	Warmest since: 1995	2012
	Ties: 1909, 1915, 1951, 1960
Feb–Oct 1996 9-Month	56.9°F (13.8°C)	58.3°F (14.6°C)	-1.4°F (-0.8°C)	20th Coolest	Coolest since: 1993	1917
				108th Warmest	Warmest since: 1995	2012
	Ties: 1899
Jan–Oct 1996 10-Month	53.6°F (12.0°C)	54.9°F (12.7°C)	-1.3°F (-0.7°C)	17th Coolest	Coolest since: 1982	1904
				111th Warmest	Warmest since: 1995	2012
	Ties: 1960
Dec 1995–Oct 1996 11-Month	51.3°F (10.7°C)	52.6°F (11.4°C)	-1.3°F (-0.7°C)	16th Coolest	Coolest since: 1984	1904
				111th Warmest	Warmest since: 1995	2012
	Ties: 1924
Nov 1995–Oct 1996 12-Month	50.0°F (10.0°C)	51.6°F (10.9°C)	-1.6°F (-0.9°C)	10th Coolest	Coolest since: 1982	1904
				117th Warmest	Warmest since: 1995	2012
	Ties: 1899, 1982
May 1995–Oct 1996 18-Month	55.9°F (13.3°C)	56.8°F (13.8°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	20th Coolest	Coolest since: 1993	1904
				107th Warmest	Warmest since: 1995	2012
	Ties: 1902, 1916, 1970
Nov 1994–Oct 1996 24-Month	51.6°F (10.9°C)	51.7°F (10.9°C)	-0.1°F (0.0°C)	54th Coolest	Coolest since: 1994	1905
				72nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1995	2017
	Ties: 1936, 1948, 1972, 1981
Nov 1993–Oct 1996 36-Month	51.4°F (10.8°C)	51.6°F (10.9°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	47th Coolest	Coolest since: 1994	1904, 1979
				78th Warmest	Warmest since: 1995	2018
	Ties: 1914, 1945, 1958, 1959, 1966, 1977
Nov 1992–Oct 1996 48-Month	51.3°F (10.7°C)	51.6°F (10.9°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	37th Coolest	Coolest since: 1982	1905
				87th Warmest	Warmest since: 1995	2019
	Ties: 1901, 1909, 1910, 1930, 1952, 1966, 1967
Nov 1991–Oct 1996 60-Month	51.4°F (10.8°C)	51.6°F (10.9°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	42nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1983	1905, 1906
				81st Warmest	Warmest since: 1995	2002, 2020
	Ties: 1915, 1921, 1926, 1951, 1973

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/