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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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Average Temperature Rankings, October 1948

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
October 1948 1-Month	59.5°F (15.3°C)	61.8°F (16.6°C)	-2.3°F (-1.3°C)	24th Coolest	Coolest since: 1930	1976
				104th Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	1963
	Ties: 2001
Sep–Oct 1948 2-Month	65.9°F (18.8°C)	67.3°F (19.6°C)	-1.4°F (-0.8°C)	33rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1943	1976
				95th Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	1931
Aug–Oct 1948 3-Month	69.9°F (21.1°C)	71.3°F (21.8°C)	-1.4°F (-0.7°C)	22nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1917	1976
				106th Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	1947
Jul–Oct 1948 4-Month	72.6°F (22.6°C)	73.6°F (23.1°C)	-1.0°F (-0.5°C)	30th Coolest	Coolest since: 1940	1967, 1976
				98th Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	1954
	Ties: 1940, 2014, 2020
Jun–Oct 1948 5-Month	73.6°F (23.1°C)	74.2°F (23.4°C)	-0.6°F (-0.3°C)	42nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1976
				86th Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	1954
	Ties: 1958, 1970, 1987, 1988
May–Oct 1948 6-Month	72.8°F (22.7°C)	73.3°F (22.9°C)	-0.5°F (-0.2°C)	37th Coolest	Coolest since: 1946	1976
				91st Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	1998
	Ties: 1905, 1958, 1996, 2003, 2017
Apr–Oct 1948 7-Month	71.7°F (22.1°C)	71.4°F (21.9°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	75th Coolest	Coolest since: 1946	1976
				53rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	1954
	Ties: 1926, 1931, 1937, 1985
Mar–Oct 1948 8-Month	69.0°F (20.6°C)	68.9°F (20.5°C)	0.1°F (0.1°C)	60th Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1917
				68th Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	2012
	Ties: 1902, 1942, 1945, 1964, 1973, 2001
Feb–Oct 1948 9-Month	65.9°F (18.8°C)	66.1°F (18.9°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	56th Coolest	Coolest since: 1947	1917
				72nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1946	2012
	Ties: 1914, 1951, 1957, 1959, 1973, 1981, 2020
Jan–Oct 1948 10-Month	62.5°F (16.9°C)	63.3°F (17.4°C)	-0.8°F (-0.5°C)	28th Coolest	Coolest since: 1940	1979
				100th Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	2012
	Ties: 1983
Dec 1947–Oct 1948 11-Month	60.8°F (16.0°C)	61.4°F (16.3°C)	-0.6°F (-0.3°C)	36th Coolest	Coolest since: 1940	1979
				91st Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	2012
	Ties: 1959, 1967, 1994, 2003
Nov 1947–Oct 1948 12-Month	59.6°F (15.3°C)	60.4°F (15.8°C)	-0.8°F (-0.5°C)	27th Coolest	Coolest since: 1940	1912, 1979
				100th Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	2012
	Ties: 1976, 1994
May 1947–Oct 1948 18-Month	64.7°F (18.2°C)	64.7°F (18.2°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	53rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1946	1968
				74th Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	2012
	Ties: 1946, 1949, 1964, 1965, 2010
Nov 1946–Oct 1948 24-Month	60.3°F (15.7°C)	60.4°F (15.8°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	51st Coolest	Coolest since: 1941	1979
				75th Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	2017
	Ties: 1912, 1930, 1951, 1952, 1981, 1990, 1996
Nov 1945–Oct 1948 36-Month	60.6°F (15.9°C)	60.4°F (15.8°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	69th Coolest	Coolest since: 1942	1906, 1979
				56th Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	2018
	Ties: 1899, 1929, 1941
Nov 1944–Oct 1948 48-Month	60.5°F (15.8°C)	60.4°F (15.8°C)	0.1°F (0.0°C)	55th Coolest	Coolest since: 1943	1905, 1906
				69th Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	2019
	Ties: 1901, 1914, 1929, 1942, 1950, 1952, 1991, 1993
Nov 1943–Oct 1948 60-Month	60.6°F (15.9°C)	60.4°F (15.8°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	65th Coolest	Coolest since: 1944	1906
				58th Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	2020
	Ties: 1930, 1931, 1950

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 5, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/