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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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Nevada

Minimum Temperature Rankings, October 1972

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
October 1972 1-Month	37.8°F (3.2°C)	36.2°F (2.3°C)	1.6°F (0.9°C)	95th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	2019
				33rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1964	2015
	Ties: 1931, 1974
Sep–Oct 1972 2-Month	41.4°F (5.2°C)	41.1°F (5.1°C)	0.3°F (0.1°C)	67th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1912
				61st Warmest	Warmest since: 1967	2015
	Ties: 1910, 1945, 1953
Aug–Oct 1972 3-Month	45.6°F (7.6°C)	45.3°F (7.4°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	69th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1912
				59th Warmest	Warmest since: 1967	2015
	Ties: 1917, 1945, 1960
Jul–Oct 1972 4-Month	48.3°F (9.1°C)	48.0°F (8.9°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	63rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1912
				65th Warmest	Warmest since: 1969	2015
	Ties: 1945
Jun–Oct 1972 5-Month	49.0°F (9.4°C)	48.1°F (8.9°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	86th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1912
				42nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1967	2015
	Ties: 1898, 1938, 2009
May–Oct 1972 6-Month	47.7°F (8.7°C)	46.9°F (8.3°C)	0.8°F (0.4°C)	87th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1912, 1916
				41st Warmest	Warmest since: 1969	2015
	Ties: 1939, 1991
Apr–Oct 1972 7-Month	45.4°F (7.4°C)	44.9°F (7.2°C)	0.5°F (0.2°C)	81st Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1912
				47th Warmest	Warmest since: 1969	2015
	Ties: 1952, 1958, 1963, 1986, 2005
Mar–Oct 1972 8-Month	43.6°F (6.4°C)	42.7°F (5.9°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	92nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1912
				36th Warmest	Warmest since: 1940	2015
Feb–Oct 1972 9-Month	41.5°F (5.3°C)	40.6°F (4.8°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	97th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1948
				31st Warmest	Warmest since: 1963	2015
	Ties: 1914, 1963, 2005
Jan–Oct 1972 10-Month	39.1°F (3.9°C)	38.4°F (3.6°C)	0.7°F (0.3°C)	86th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1949
				42nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1961	2015
	Ties: 1901, 1938, 1943, 1961, 2010
Dec 1971–Oct 1972 11-Month	37.0°F (2.8°C)	36.7°F (2.6°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	68th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1949
				59th Warmest	Warmest since: 1969	2015
	Ties: 1907, 1927, 1941, 1963
Nov 1971–Oct 1972 12-Month	36.0°F (2.2°C)	35.8°F (2.1°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	54th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1917, 1949
				73rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1969	2015
	Ties: 1896, 1907, 1930, 1941, 1989, 2010
May 1971–Oct 1972 18-Month	39.5°F (4.2°C)	39.5°F (4.2°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	48th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1917
				79th Warmest	Warmest since: 1970	2015
	Ties: 1930, 1936, 1973, 1985
Nov 1970–Oct 1972 24-Month	36.0°F (2.2°C)	35.9°F (2.2°C)	0.1°F (0.0°C)	53rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1949
				73rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1970	2015
	Ties: 1905, 1921, 1922, 1943, 1975
Nov 1969–Oct 1972 36-Month	35.9°F (2.2°C)	35.8°F (2.1°C)	0.1°F (0.1°C)	53rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1966	1950
				72nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1971	2016
	Ties: 1926, 1935, 1959, 1976
Nov 1968–Oct 1972 48-Month	36.1°F (2.3°C)	35.9°F (2.2°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	68th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1949
				56th Warmest	Warmest since: 1971	2018
	Ties: 1929, 1971, 1979
Nov 1967–Oct 1972 60-Month	36.1°F (2.3°C)	35.9°F (2.2°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	70th Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1949, 1950
				53rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1971	2018
	Ties: 1905, 1928, 1930, 1940, 1941, 1944, 1962, 1963, 1969, 1978

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Minimum Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 28, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/