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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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Minnesota

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	51.2°F (10.7°C)	45.0°F (7.2°C)	6.2°F (3.5°C)	122nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1925
				6th Warmest	Warmest since: 1953	1963
Sep–Oct 1956 2-Month	52.6°F (11.4°C)	51.0°F (10.6°C)	1.6°F (0.8°C)	96th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1917
				32nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1953	1963
	Ties: 1910, 1921
Aug–Oct 1956 3-Month	56.9°F (13.8°C)	56.0°F (13.3°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	86th Coolest	Coolest since: 1954	1917
				42nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	1947
	Ties: 1908, 1989, 1990
Jul–Oct 1956 4-Month	59.0°F (15.0°C)	59.2°F (15.1°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	48th Coolest	Coolest since: 1954	1917
				80th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2021
	Ties: 1987
Jun–Oct 1956 5-Month	60.9°F (16.1°C)	60.1°F (15.6°C)	0.8°F (0.5°C)	85th Coolest	Coolest since: 1954	1917
				43rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2021
	Ties: 1923, 1937, 1994
May–Oct 1956 6-Month	59.6°F (15.3°C)	59.2°F (15.1°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	73rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1954	1917
				55th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2021
	Ties: 1897, 1930, 1932, 1960, 1964, 1976, 2014
Apr–Oct 1956 7-Month	56.3°F (13.5°C)	56.6°F (13.7°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	42nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1954	1907
				86th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2021
	Ties: 1911, 1946, 1957, 1985, 2002, 2008, 2013
Mar–Oct 1956 8-Month	51.8°F (11.0°C)	52.7°F (11.5°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	30th Coolest	Coolest since: 1954	1907
				98th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2021
	Ties: 1960, 1974, 2009
Feb–Oct 1956 9-Month	46.9°F (8.3°C)	48.1°F (8.9°C)	-1.2°F (-0.6°C)	22nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1917
				106th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2012
	Ties: 1905, 2019
Jan–Oct 1956 10-Month	43.0°F (6.1°C)	44.0°F (6.7°C)	-1.0°F (-0.6°C)	32nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1917
				96th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2012
	Ties: 1918
Dec 1955–Oct 1956 11-Month	39.6°F (4.2°C)	41.2°F (5.1°C)	-1.6°F (-0.9°C)	17th Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1917
				110th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2012
	Ties: 1903, 1905, 1929, 1967, 1982
Nov 1955–Oct 1956 12-Month	38.0°F (3.3°C)	40.1°F (4.5°C)	-2.1°F (-1.2°C)	12th Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1917
				115th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2012
	Ties: 1996
May 1955–Oct 1956 18-Month	46.0°F (7.8°C)	46.5°F (8.1°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	42nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1904, 1917
				85th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2012
	Ties: 1930, 1959
Nov 1954–Oct 1956 24-Month	40.1°F (4.5°C)	40.1°F (4.5°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	59th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1917
				67th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2017
	Ties: 1919, 1946, 1962
Nov 1953–Oct 1956 36-Month	40.3°F (4.6°C)	40.1°F (4.5°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	65th Coolest	Coolest since: 1953	1918
				60th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2000
	Ties: 1960, 1961
Nov 1952–Oct 1956 48-Month	40.7°F (4.8°C)	40.1°F (4.5°C)	0.6°F (0.3°C)	79th Coolest	Coolest since: 1954	1918
				45th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2001
	Ties: 1922, 1935
Nov 1951–Oct 1956 60-Month	40.4°F (4.7°C)	40.0°F (4.4°C)	0.4°F (0.3°C)	74th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1907
				49th Warmest	Warmest since: 1946	2002
	Ties: 1923, 1946, 1958, 1961, 1983

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 2, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/