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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

Year: 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

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Arkansas

Average Temperature Rankings, September 1973

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
September 1973 1-Month	73.6°F (23.1°C)	72.8°F (22.7°C)	0.8°F (0.4°C)	75th Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1974
				53rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	1925
Aug–Sep 1973 2-Month	75.7°F (24.3°C)	76.1°F (24.5°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	47th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1974
				81st Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	1936
	Ties: 1914
Jul–Sep 1973 3-Month	77.1°F (25.1°C)	77.5°F (25.3°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	48th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1967
				80th Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	1954
	Ties: 1958, 1962, 1964, 1965
Jun–Sep 1973 4-Month	76.8°F (24.9°C)	77.3°F (25.2°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	43rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1968	1974
				85th Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	1954
	Ties: 1924, 1942, 1981, 2008, 2020
May–Sep 1973 5-Month	74.7°F (23.7°C)	75.5°F (24.2°C)	-0.8°F (-0.5°C)	30th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1976
				98th Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	1998
	Ties: 2003
Apr–Sep 1973 6-Month	71.9°F (22.2°C)	73.0°F (22.8°C)	-1.1°F (-0.6°C)	21st Coolest	Coolest since: 1968	1961, 1976
				107th Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	1896, 1954, 2010
	Ties: 1968, 2009
Mar–Sep 1973 7-Month	69.5°F (20.8°C)	69.9°F (21.1°C)	-0.4°F (-0.3°C)	42nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1950
				86th Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	2012
	Ties: 1947, 1965, 2003
Feb–Sep 1973 8-Month	66.0°F (18.9°C)	66.6°F (19.2°C)	-0.6°F (-0.3°C)	41st Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1960, 1979, 1989, 2014
				87th Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	2012
	Ties: 1913, 1929, 1965
Jan–Sep 1973 9-Month	62.9°F (17.2°C)	63.6°F (17.6°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	38th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1979
				90th Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	2012
	Ties: 1929, 1948
Dec 1972–Sep 1973 10-Month	60.4°F (15.8°C)	61.3°F (16.3°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	24th Coolest	Coolest since: 1970	1979
				103rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	2012
	Ties: 1910, 1966, 1969, 1970
Nov 1972–Sep 1973 11-Month	59.0°F (15.0°C)	60.3°F (15.7°C)	-1.3°F (-0.7°C)	15th Coolest	Coolest since: 1968	1912, 1940, 1979
				112th Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	2012
Oct 1972–Sep 1973 12-Month	59.1°F (15.1°C)	60.4°F (15.8°C)	-1.3°F (-0.7°C)	15th Coolest	Coolest since: 1968	1979
				112th Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	2012
Apr 1972–Sep 1973 18-Month	63.8°F (17.7°C)	64.6°F (18.1°C)	-0.8°F (-0.4°C)	20th Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1904, 1918
				107th Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	2012
	Ties: 1906, 1940, 1961, 1996
Oct 1971–Sep 1973 24-Month	60.4°F (15.8°C)	60.4°F (15.8°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	52nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1979
				74th Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	2017
	Ties: 1917, 1931, 1949, 1981, 1988, 1996, 2003, 2009, 2010
Oct 1970–Sep 1973 36-Month	60.1°F (15.6°C)	60.4°F (15.8°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	34th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1979
				91st Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	2018
	Ties: 1959, 1967, 1982, 1990, 1995
Oct 1969–Sep 1973 48-Month	60.0°F (15.6°C)	60.4°F (15.8°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	24th Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1905, 1906
				100th Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	2019
	Ties: 1902, 1972, 1976, 1997
Oct 1968–Sep 1973 60-Month	59.8°F (15.4°C)	60.4°F (15.8°C)	-0.6°F (-0.4°C)	16th Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1906
				107th Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	2020
	Ties: 1964, 1972, 1978, 1984

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 27, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/