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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

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Kansas

Average Temperature Rankings, October 2003

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
October 2003 1-Month	58.3°F (14.6°C)	56.5°F (13.6°C)	1.8°F (1.0°C)	95th Coolest	Coolest since: 2002	1925
				33rd Warmest	Warmest since: 2000	1963
Sep–Oct 2003 2-Month	61.7°F (16.5°C)	62.6°F (17.0°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	49th Coolest	Coolest since: 2002	2009
				79th Warmest	Warmest since: 2001	1947
Aug–Oct 2003 3-Month	67.9°F (19.9°C)	67.5°F (19.7°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	88th Coolest	Coolest since: 2002	2009
				40th Warmest	Warmest since: 2000	1947
	Ties: 1909, 1943, 1948, 1958, 2013
Jul–Oct 2003 4-Month	71.4°F (21.9°C)	70.4°F (21.3°C)	1.0°F (0.6°C)	94th Coolest	Coolest since: 2002	2009
				34th Warmest	Warmest since: 2001	1947, 1954
Jun–Oct 2003 5-Month	71.2°F (21.8°C)	71.0°F (21.7°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	77th Coolest	Coolest since: 1999	1915
				51st Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	1934
	Ties: 1930, 2013
May–Oct 2003 6-Month	69.8°F (21.0°C)	69.7°F (20.9°C)	0.1°F (0.1°C)	72nd Coolest	Coolest since: 2002	1915
				56th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	1934
	Ties: 1943, 1946, 1948, 2002, 2014, 2017
Apr–Oct 2003 7-Month	67.8°F (19.9°C)	67.3°F (19.6°C)	0.5°F (0.3°C)	74th Coolest	Coolest since: 1999	1917
				54th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	1934
	Ties: 1899
Mar–Oct 2003 8-Month	64.9°F (18.3°C)	64.3°F (17.9°C)	0.6°F (0.4°C)	85th Coolest	Coolest since: 2002	1915
				43rd Warmest	Warmest since: 2001	1963, 2012
	Ties: 1897, 1922, 1931
Feb–Oct 2003 9-Month	61.1°F (16.2°C)	60.8°F (16.0°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	73rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1915
				55th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2012
	Ties: 1932, 1964, 1976
Jan–Oct 2003 10-Month	58.2°F (14.6°C)	57.6°F (14.2°C)	0.6°F (0.4°C)	83rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1912
				45th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2012
	Ties: 1896, 1900, 1910
Dec 2002–Oct 2003 11-Month	56.1°F (13.4°C)	55.2°F (12.9°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	91st Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1912, 1915
				36th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	1934
	Ties: 1897, 1936, 1952, 1980
Nov 2002–Oct 2003 12-Month	55.0°F (12.8°C)	54.1°F (12.3°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	93rd Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1912
				34th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	1934
	Ties: 1977, 1987, 2020
May 2002–Oct 2003 18-Month	59.9°F (15.5°C)	59.3°F (15.2°C)	0.6°F (0.3°C)	84th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1993
				43rd Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	1934
Nov 2001–Oct 2003 24-Month	55.4°F (13.0°C)	54.1°F (12.3°C)	1.3°F (0.7°C)	108th Coolest	Coolest since: 2002	1913
				18th Warmest	Warmest since: 2001	2017
	Ties: 1947, 1956, 1991, 2021
Nov 2000–Oct 2003 36-Month	54.9°F (12.7°C)	54.1°F (12.3°C)	0.8°F (0.4°C)	96th Coolest	Coolest since: 1999	1917
				29th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2017
	Ties: 1941, 1947, 1999
Nov 1999–Oct 2003 48-Month	55.6°F (13.1°C)	54.1°F (12.3°C)	1.5°F (0.8°C)	111th Coolest	Coolest since: 2000	1906
				13th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2018
	Ties: 2000, 2006
Nov 1998–Oct 2003 60-Month	55.6°F (13.1°C)	54.1°F (12.3°C)	1.5°F (0.8°C)	116th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1906
				7th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	1935, 2016
	Ties: 1936, 1956, 2018, 2019

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/