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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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Arizona

Average Temperature Rankings, October 1956

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
October 1956 1-Month	61.0°F (16.1°C)	61.0°F (16.1°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	62nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1953	1919
				66th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2003
	Ties: 1951, 1993
Sep–Oct 1956 2-Month	68.2°F (20.1°C)	66.5°F (19.2°C)	1.7°F (0.9°C)	105th Coolest	Coolest since: 1953	1912
				23rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2003
	Ties: 1947, 1983, 1991, 2008
Aug–Oct 1956 3-Month	70.8°F (21.6°C)	70.2°F (21.2°C)	0.6°F (0.4°C)	72nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1953	1912
				56th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2020
	Ties: 1917, 1943, 1967, 1969
Jul–Oct 1956 4-Month	72.8°F (22.7°C)	72.7°F (22.6°C)	0.1°F (0.1°C)	58th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1912
				70th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2020
	Ties: 1932, 1950, 1959
Jun–Oct 1956 5-Month	73.7°F (23.2°C)	73.0°F (22.8°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	88th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1912, 1923, 1941
				40th Warmest	Warmest since: 1952	2020
	Ties: 1901, 1917, 1931, 1936, 1963, 1974, 1979, 1990
May–Oct 1956 6-Month	72.6°F (22.6°C)	71.7°F (22.1°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	93rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1912
				35th Warmest	Warmest since: 1952	2020
	Ties: 1933, 1974, 1981
Apr–Oct 1956 7-Month	70.1°F (21.2°C)	69.5°F (20.8°C)	0.6°F (0.4°C)	75th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1912
				53rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2020
	Ties: 1948, 1963, 1978
Mar–Oct 1956 8-Month	67.7°F (19.8°C)	67.0°F (19.4°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	80th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1912
				48th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2020
	Ties: 1939
Feb–Oct 1956 9-Month	64.6°F (18.1°C)	64.6°F (18.1°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	56th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1912
				72nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2020
	Ties: 1918, 1921
Jan–Oct 1956 10-Month	62.7°F (17.1°C)	62.2°F (16.8°C)	0.5°F (0.3°C)	78th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1913
				50th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2020
	Ties: 1900
Dec 1955–Oct 1956 11-Month	61.1°F (16.2°C)	60.3°F (15.7°C)	0.8°F (0.5°C)	88th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1913
				39th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2018
	Ties: 2008, 2019
Nov 1955–Oct 1956 12-Month	60.1°F (15.6°C)	59.3°F (15.2°C)	0.8°F (0.4°C)	90th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1912
				37th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2018
	Ties: 1900, 1902, 1936, 1992, 1995, 2010, 2019
May 1955–Oct 1956 18-Month	63.8°F (17.7°C)	63.4°F (17.4°C)	0.4°F (0.3°C)	80th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1913
				47th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2018
	Ties: 1900, 1910, 1936, 1957, 1974, 1982
Nov 1954–Oct 1956 24-Month	59.3°F (15.2°C)	59.4°F (15.2°C)	-0.1°F (0.0°C)	49th Coolest	Coolest since: 1953	1913
				77th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2018
	Ties: 1926, 1931, 1938, 1972, 1977, 1984
Nov 1953–Oct 1956 36-Month	59.7°F (15.4°C)	59.3°F (15.2°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	77th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1913, 1914
				48th Warmest	Warmest since: 1940	2018
	Ties: 1911
Nov 1952–Oct 1956 48-Month	59.5°F (15.3°C)	59.4°F (15.2°C)	0.1°F (0.1°C)	66th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1915
				58th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2018
	Ties: 1911, 1928, 1958, 1979
Nov 1951–Oct 1956 60-Month	59.4°F (15.2°C)	59.3°F (15.2°C)	0.1°F (0.0°C)	55th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1916
				68th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2018
	Ties: 1903, 1935, 1939, 1941, 1942, 1947, 1978

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/