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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 1973

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
October 1973 1-Month	59.0°F (15.0°C)	56.5°F (13.6°C)	2.5°F (1.4°C)	104th Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1925
				24th Warmest	Warmest since: 1963	1963
	Ties: 1918, 2021
Sep–Oct 1973 2-Month	62.0°F (16.7°C)	62.5°F (16.9°C)	-0.5°F (-0.2°C)	55th Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	2009
				73rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1971	1947
	Ties: 1952, 2001
Aug–Oct 1973 3-Month	67.4°F (19.7°C)	67.5°F (19.7°C)	-0.1°F (0.0°C)	64th Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	2009
				64th Warmest	Warmest since: 1971	1947
	Ties: 1946, 1971, 1975, 1977, 1982, 1991
Jul–Oct 1973 4-Month	70.0°F (21.1°C)	70.3°F (21.3°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	57th Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	2009
				71st Warmest	Warmest since: 1964	1947, 1954
	Ties: 1962, 1975, 1997, 2002
Jun–Oct 1973 5-Month	70.9°F (21.6°C)	71.0°F (21.7°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	61st Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1915
				67th Warmest	Warmest since: 1971	1934
	Ties: 1910, 1948, 1960, 2014, 2019
May–Oct 1973 6-Month	69.3°F (20.7°C)	69.7°F (20.9°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	52nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1915
				76th Warmest	Warmest since: 1971	1934
	Ties: 1896, 1909, 1959, 1965, 1966
Apr–Oct 1973 7-Month	66.6°F (19.2°C)	67.4°F (19.7°C)	-0.8°F (-0.5°C)	34th Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1917
				94th Warmest	Warmest since: 1971	1934
	Ties: 1902, 1919, 1935, 1968
Mar–Oct 1973 8-Month	63.9°F (17.7°C)	64.2°F (17.9°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	48th Coolest	Coolest since: 1970	1915
				80th Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	1963, 2012
	Ties: 1895, 1932, 1959
Feb–Oct 1973 9-Month	60.7°F (15.9°C)	60.9°F (16.1°C)	-0.2°F (-0.2°C)	57th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1915
				71st Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	2012
	Ties: 1927, 1970, 1992
Jan–Oct 1973 10-Month	57.4°F (14.1°C)	57.6°F (14.2°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	56th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1912
				72nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	2012
	Ties: 1918, 1944, 2013
Dec 1972–Oct 1973 11-Month	54.5°F (12.5°C)	55.2°F (12.9°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	27th Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1912, 1915
				100th Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	1934
	Ties: 1916, 1950, 1959, 1965, 1975, 1996, 2009
Nov 1972–Oct 1973 12-Month	53.1°F (11.7°C)	54.2°F (12.3°C)	-1.1°F (-0.6°C)	20th Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1912
				107th Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	1934
May 1972–Oct 1973 18-Month	58.2°F (14.6°C)	59.3°F (15.2°C)	-1.1°F (-0.6°C)	16th Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1993
				111th Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	1934
	Ties: 1906, 1960, 1962, 1979
Nov 1971–Oct 1973 24-Month	53.7°F (12.1°C)	54.1°F (12.3°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	40th Coolest	Coolest since: 1970	1913
				86th Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	2017
	Ties: 1974
Nov 1970–Oct 1973 36-Month	53.7°F (12.1°C)	54.1°F (12.3°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	37th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1917
				88th Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	2017
	Ties: 1908, 1915, 1924, 1949
Nov 1969–Oct 1973 48-Month	53.8°F (12.1°C)	54.1°F (12.3°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	35th Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1906
				89th Warmest	Warmest since: 1968	2018
	Ties: 1909, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1950, 1975
Nov 1968–Oct 1973 60-Month	53.5°F (11.9°C)	54.1°F (12.3°C)	-0.6°F (-0.4°C)	16th Coolest	Coolest since: 1962	1906
				107th Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	1935, 2016
	Ties: 1902, 1904, 1921, 1951, 1952

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/