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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 1972

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
October 1972 1-Month	60.6°F (15.9°C)	61.8°F (16.6°C)	-1.2°F (-0.7°C)	43rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1970	1976
				85th Warmest	Warmest since: 1971	1963
	Ties: 2011
Sep–Oct 1972 2-Month	68.0°F (20.0°C)	67.3°F (19.6°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	82nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1970	1976
				46th Warmest	Warmest since: 1971	1931
	Ties: 1899, 1904, 1909, 1962, 2017
Aug–Oct 1972 3-Month	71.7°F (22.1°C)	71.3°F (21.8°C)	0.4°F (0.3°C)	76th Coolest	Coolest since: 1970	1976
				52nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1971	1947
	Ties: 1912, 1995, 1999, 2014
Jul–Oct 1972 4-Month	73.3°F (22.9°C)	73.6°F (23.1°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	52nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1970	1967, 1976
				76th Warmest	Warmest since: 1971	1954
	Ties: 1913, 1991, 2001, 2006, 2013
Jun–Oct 1972 5-Month	73.9°F (23.3°C)	74.2°F (23.4°C)	-0.3°F (-0.1°C)	50th Coolest	Coolest since: 1970	1976
				78th Warmest	Warmest since: 1971	1954
	Ties: 1928, 1942, 1946, 1955, 1969, 1995, 2006
May–Oct 1972 6-Month	73.0°F (22.8°C)	73.2°F (22.9°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	47th Coolest	Coolest since: 1970	1976
				81st Warmest	Warmest since: 1971	1998
	Ties: 1912, 1928, 1929, 1964, 1970, 1990, 1995
Apr–Oct 1972 7-Month	71.4°F (21.9°C)	71.4°F (21.9°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	56th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1976
				72nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1970	1954
	Ties: 1898, 1942, 1946, 1959, 1969
Mar–Oct 1972 8-Month	69.1°F (20.6°C)	68.9°F (20.5°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	69th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1917
				59th Warmest	Warmest since: 1963	2012
	Ties: 1901, 1905
Feb–Oct 1972 9-Month	66.3°F (19.1°C)	66.1°F (18.9°C)	0.2°F (0.2°C)	77th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1917
				51st Warmest	Warmest since: 1963	2012
	Ties: 1926
Jan–Oct 1972 10-Month	63.7°F (17.6°C)	63.3°F (17.4°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	77th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1979
				51st Warmest	Warmest since: 1963	2012
	Ties: 1901, 1977, 1995, 2004, 2020
Dec 1971–Oct 1972 11-Month	62.3°F (16.8°C)	61.4°F (16.3°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	96th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1979
				31st Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2012
	Ties: 1935, 1952, 1986, 1991
Nov 1971–Oct 1972 12-Month	61.2°F (16.2°C)	60.4°F (15.8°C)	0.8°F (0.4°C)	91st Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1912, 1979
				36th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2012
	Ties: 1900, 1916, 1919
May 1971–Oct 1972 18-Month	65.2°F (18.4°C)	64.7°F (18.2°C)	0.5°F (0.2°C)	85th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1968
				42nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1963	2012
	Ties: 1923, 1963, 1981, 2013
Nov 1970–Oct 1972 24-Month	60.7°F (15.9°C)	60.4°F (15.8°C)	0.3°F (0.1°C)	76th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1979
				50th Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	2017
	Ties: 1942, 1950, 1957
Nov 1969–Oct 1972 36-Month	60.2°F (15.7°C)	60.4°F (15.8°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	40th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1906, 1979
				85th Warmest	Warmest since: 1967	2018
	Ties: 1920, 1958, 1967, 1986, 1997, 2003
Nov 1968–Oct 1972 48-Month	60.0°F (15.6°C)	60.4°F (15.8°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	25th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1905, 1906
				99th Warmest	Warmest since: 1967	2019
	Ties: 1908, 1964, 1973, 1977, 1997
Nov 1967–Oct 1972 60-Month	59.8°F (15.4°C)	60.4°F (15.8°C)	-0.6°F (-0.4°C)	14th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1906
				109th Warmest	Warmest since: 1969	2020
	Ties: 1908, 1963, 1964, 1968, 1969, 1984, 1985

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 29, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/