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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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Arkansas

Average Temperature Rankings, October 1962

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
October 1962 1-Month	64.6°F (18.1°C)	61.8°F (16.6°C)	2.8°F (1.5°C)	109th Coolest	Coolest since: 1961	1976
				19th Warmest	Warmest since: 1956	1963
	Ties: 1899, 1918
Sep–Oct 1962 2-Month	68.0°F (20.0°C)	67.3°F (19.6°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	82nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1961	1976
				46th Warmest	Warmest since: 1960	1931
	Ties: 1899, 1904, 1909, 1972, 2017
Aug–Oct 1962 3-Month	71.8°F (22.1°C)	71.3°F (21.8°C)	0.5°F (0.3°C)	80th Coolest	Coolest since: 1961	1976
				48th Warmest	Warmest since: 1960	1947
	Ties: 1943, 1955, 2013
Jul–Oct 1962 4-Month	74.0°F (23.3°C)	73.6°F (23.1°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	74th Coolest	Coolest since: 1961	1967, 1976
				54th Warmest	Warmest since: 1960	1954
	Ties: 1912, 1928, 1932, 2002
Jun–Oct 1962 5-Month	74.3°F (23.5°C)	74.2°F (23.4°C)	0.1°F (0.1°C)	71st Coolest	Coolest since: 1961	1976
				57th Warmest	Warmest since: 1960	1954
	Ties: 1916, 1990
May–Oct 1962 6-Month	74.2°F (23.4°C)	73.2°F (22.9°C)	1.0°F (0.5°C)	93rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1961	1976
				35th Warmest	Warmest since: 1956	1998
	Ties: 1901
Apr–Oct 1962 7-Month	71.9°F (22.2°C)	71.4°F (21.9°C)	0.5°F (0.3°C)	81st Coolest	Coolest since: 1961	1976
				47th Warmest	Warmest since: 1956	1954
	Ties: 1965, 2002
Mar–Oct 1962 8-Month	68.8°F (20.4°C)	68.9°F (20.5°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	53rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1961	1917
				75th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2012
	Ties: 1907, 1959, 1990
Feb–Oct 1962 9-Month	66.5°F (19.2°C)	66.0°F (18.9°C)	0.5°F (0.3°C)	81st Coolest	Coolest since: 1961	1917
				47th Warmest	Warmest since: 1956	2012
	Ties: 1900
Jan–Oct 1962 10-Month	63.4°F (17.4°C)	63.3°F (17.4°C)	0.1°F (0.0°C)	64th Coolest	Coolest since: 1961	1979
				64th Warmest	Warmest since: 1956	2012
	Ties: 1945, 1950, 1951, 2001
Dec 1961–Oct 1962 11-Month	61.3°F (16.3°C)	61.4°F (16.3°C)	-0.1°F (0.0°C)	55th Coolest	Coolest since: 1961	1979
				72nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	2012
	Ties: 1971, 2013
Nov 1961–Oct 1962 12-Month	60.3°F (15.7°C)	60.5°F (15.8°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	53rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1961	1912, 1979
				74th Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	2012
	Ties: 1926, 1937
May 1961–Oct 1962 18-Month	63.9°F (17.7°C)	64.7°F (18.2°C)	-0.8°F (-0.5°C)	18th Coolest	Coolest since: 1961	1968
				109th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2012
	Ties: 1917, 1924, 1967, 1970, 1976, 1996
Nov 1960–Oct 1962 24-Month	59.7°F (15.4°C)	60.5°F (15.8°C)	-0.8°F (-0.4°C)	21st Coolest	Coolest since: 1961	1979
				105th Warmest	Warmest since: 1958	2017
	Ties: 1971, 1976, 1989, 1993, 1997
Nov 1959–Oct 1962 36-Month	59.4°F (15.2°C)	60.4°F (15.8°C)	-1.0°F (-0.6°C)	7th Coolest	Coolest since: 1961	1906, 1979
				118th Warmest	Warmest since: 1961	2018
	Ties: 1960, 1961, 1978, 1984
Nov 1958–Oct 1962 48-Month	59.6°F (15.3°C)	60.4°F (15.8°C)	-0.8°F (-0.5°C)	10th Coolest	Coolest since: 1961	1905, 1906
				114th Warmest	Warmest since: 1960	2019
	Ties: 1904, 1907, 1915, 1969, 1982, 1984
Nov 1957–Oct 1962 60-Month	59.5°F (15.3°C)	60.4°F (15.8°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	6th Coolest	Coolest since: 1907	1906
				117th Warmest	Warmest since: 1961	2020
	Ties: 1907, 1970, 1981

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 30, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/