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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

Year: 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

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Average Temperature Rankings, October 1948

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
October 1948 1-Month	55.9°F (13.3°C)	56.5°F (13.6°C)	-0.6°F (-0.3°C)	46th Coolest	Coolest since: 1943	1925
				82nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	1963
	Ties: 1916, 1937, 1982
Sep–Oct 1948 2-Month	63.6°F (17.6°C)	62.6°F (17.0°C)	1.0°F (0.6°C)	92nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1946	2009
				36th Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	1947
	Ties: 1911, 1941, 1950, 1958, 2013, 2014
Aug–Oct 1948 3-Month	67.9°F (19.9°C)	67.5°F (19.7°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	88th Coolest	Coolest since: 1946	2009
				40th Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	1947
	Ties: 1909, 1943, 1958, 2003, 2013
Jul–Oct 1948 4-Month	70.3°F (21.3°C)	70.3°F (21.3°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	72nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	2009
				56th Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	1947, 1954
	Ties: 1932, 2017
Jun–Oct 1948 5-Month	70.9°F (21.6°C)	70.9°F (21.6°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	61st Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1915
				67th Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	1934
	Ties: 1910, 1960, 1973, 2014, 2019
May–Oct 1948 6-Month	69.8°F (21.0°C)	69.7°F (20.9°C)	0.1°F (0.1°C)	72nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1946	1915
				56th Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	1934
	Ties: 1943, 1946, 2002, 2003, 2014, 2017
Apr–Oct 1948 7-Month	68.4°F (20.2°C)	67.4°F (19.7°C)	1.0°F (0.5°C)	95th Coolest	Coolest since: 1946	1917
				33rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	1934
	Ties: 1911, 1940, 1952, 2021
Mar–Oct 1948 8-Month	64.3°F (17.9°C)	64.3°F (17.9°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	67th Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1915
				61st Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	1963, 2012
	Ties: 1943, 2002, 2020
Feb–Oct 1948 9-Month	60.4°F (15.8°C)	60.8°F (16.0°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	49th Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1915
				79th Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	2012
	Ties: 1942, 1959, 1966, 1984
Jan–Oct 1948 10-Month	57.0°F (13.9°C)	57.6°F (14.2°C)	-0.6°F (-0.3°C)	42nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1940	1912
				86th Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	2012
	Ties: 1907, 1984
Dec 1947–Oct 1948 11-Month	54.8°F (12.7°C)	55.3°F (12.9°C)	-0.5°F (-0.2°C)	43rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1912, 1915
				84th Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	1934
	Ties: 1910, 1967, 1971, 2019
Nov 1947–Oct 1948 12-Month	53.4°F (11.9°C)	54.2°F (12.3°C)	-0.8°F (-0.4°C)	24th Coolest	Coolest since: 1929	1912
				103rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	1934
	Ties: 1928, 1958, 1961, 1962, 1996, 2019
May 1947–Oct 1948 18-Month	59.4°F (15.2°C)	59.3°F (15.2°C)	0.1°F (0.0°C)	69th Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1993
				58th Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	1934
	Ties: 1897, 1923, 1972, 2008, 2019
Nov 1946–Oct 1948 24-Month	54.1°F (12.3°C)	54.2°F (12.3°C)	-0.1°F (0.0°C)	56th Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1913
				70th Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	2017
	Ties: 1909, 1923, 1927, 1965, 1967
Nov 1945–Oct 1948 36-Month	54.7°F (12.6°C)	54.1°F (12.3°C)	0.6°F (0.3°C)	87th Coolest	Coolest since: 1946	1917
				38th Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	2017
	Ties: 1937, 1987, 2021
Nov 1944–Oct 1948 48-Month	54.5°F (12.5°C)	54.1°F (12.3°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	80th Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1906
				44th Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	2018
	Ties: 1911, 1965, 1999, 2010
Nov 1943–Oct 1948 60-Month	54.3°F (12.4°C)	54.1°F (12.3°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	75th Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1906
				48th Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	1935, 2016
	Ties: 1911, 1925, 1944, 1959, 1965, 1994, 1998

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/