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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 1970

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
October 1970 1-Month	57.1°F (13.9°C)	61.0°F (16.1°C)	-3.9°F (-2.2°C)	7th Coolest	Coolest since: 1946	1919
				121st Warmest	Warmest since: 1969	2003
	Ties: 1923
Sep–Oct 1970 2-Month	63.4°F (17.4°C)	66.6°F (19.2°C)	-3.2°F (-1.8°C)	6th Coolest	Coolest since: 1941	1912
				122nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1969	2003
Aug–Oct 1970 3-Month	68.7°F (20.4°C)	70.3°F (21.3°C)	-1.6°F (-0.9°C)	13th Coolest	Coolest since: 1961	1912
				115th Warmest	Warmest since: 1969	2020
	Ties: 1906, 1961, 1986
Jul–Oct 1970 4-Month	71.8°F (22.1°C)	72.7°F (22.6°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	20th Coolest	Coolest since: 1968	1912
				108th Warmest	Warmest since: 1969	2020
	Ties: 1909, 1911, 1946, 1961
Jun–Oct 1970 5-Month	72.3°F (22.4°C)	73.0°F (22.8°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	26th Coolest	Coolest since: 1968	1912, 1923, 1941
				102nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1969	2020
	Ties: 1927
May–Oct 1970 6-Month	71.4°F (21.9°C)	71.7°F (22.1°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	38th Coolest	Coolest since: 1968	1912
				90th Warmest	Warmest since: 1969	2020
	Ties: 1900, 1932, 1946
Apr–Oct 1970 7-Month	68.5°F (20.3°C)	69.5°F (20.8°C)	-1.0°F (-0.5°C)	15th Coolest	Coolest since: 1968	1912
				113th Warmest	Warmest since: 1969	2020
	Ties: 1968
Mar–Oct 1970 8-Month	65.9°F (18.8°C)	67.1°F (19.5°C)	-1.2°F (-0.7°C)	10th Coolest	Coolest since: 1965	1912
				118th Warmest	Warmest since: 1969	2020
	Ties: 1909, 1915, 1917, 1971, 1973, 1976
Feb–Oct 1970 9-Month	63.9°F (17.7°C)	64.6°F (18.1°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	26th Coolest	Coolest since: 1965	1912
				102nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1969	2020
	Ties: 1933, 1976, 1982
Jan–Oct 1970 10-Month	61.5°F (16.4°C)	62.1°F (16.7°C)	-0.6°F (-0.3°C)	25th Coolest	Coolest since: 1965	1913
				103rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1969	2020
	Ties: 1897, 1906, 1945
Dec 1969–Oct 1970 11-Month	60.0°F (15.6°C)	60.3°F (15.7°C)	-0.3°F (-0.1°C)	39th Coolest	Coolest since: 1968	1913
				88th Warmest	Warmest since: 1969	2018
	Ties: 1905, 1946, 1962, 1967
Nov 1969–Oct 1970 12-Month	59.1°F (15.1°C)	59.4°F (15.2°C)	-0.3°F (-0.1°C)	44th Coolest	Coolest since: 1968	1912
				83rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1969	2018
May 1969–Oct 1970 18-Month	63.4°F (17.4°C)	63.5°F (17.5°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	52nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1913
				75th Warmest	Warmest since: 1967	2018
	Ties: 1926, 1937, 1991
Nov 1968–Oct 1970 24-Month	59.1°F (15.1°C)	59.3°F (15.2°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	35th Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1913
				91st Warmest	Warmest since: 1968	2018
	Ties: 1897, 1898, 1908, 1915, 1929, 1948, 1968
Nov 1967–Oct 1970 36-Month	59.0°F (15.0°C)	59.3°F (15.2°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	27th Coolest	Coolest since: 1967	1913, 1914
				98th Warmest	Warmest since: 1969	2018
	Ties: 1912, 1930, 1967, 1971
Nov 1966–Oct 1970 48-Month	59.1°F (15.1°C)	59.3°F (15.2°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	38th Coolest	Coolest since: 1968	1915
				86th Warmest	Warmest since: 1969	2018
	Ties: 1930, 1952
Nov 1965–Oct 1970 60-Month	59.2°F (15.1°C)	59.3°F (15.2°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	42nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1916
				81st Warmest	Warmest since: 1964	2018
	Ties: 1900, 1908, 1910, 1929, 1930, 1931

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 26, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/