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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 2002

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
October 2002 1-Month	60.5°F (15.8°C)	61.8°F (16.6°C)	-1.3°F (-0.8°C)	39th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1976
				89th Warmest	Warmest since: 2000	1963
	Ties: 1921, 1958, 1968
Sep–Oct 2002 2-Month	67.8°F (19.9°C)	67.3°F (19.6°C)	0.5°F (0.3°C)	75th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1976
				53rd Warmest	Warmest since: 2000	1931
	Ties: 1950, 1980
Aug–Oct 2002 3-Month	71.9°F (22.2°C)	71.4°F (21.9°C)	0.5°F (0.3°C)	84th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1976
				44th Warmest	Warmest since: 2000	1947
	Ties: 1927, 1930, 1977
Jul–Oct 2002 4-Month	74.0°F (23.3°C)	73.5°F (23.1°C)	0.5°F (0.2°C)	74th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1967, 1976
				54th Warmest	Warmest since: 2000	1954
	Ties: 1912, 1928, 1932, 1962
Jun–Oct 2002 5-Month	74.6°F (23.7°C)	74.2°F (23.4°C)	0.4°F (0.3°C)	81st Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1976
				47th Warmest	Warmest since: 2000	1954
	Ties: 1935, 1983, 1999
May–Oct 2002 6-Month	73.3°F (22.9°C)	73.2°F (22.9°C)	0.1°F (0.0°C)	70th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1976
				58th Warmest	Warmest since: 2000	1998
	Ties: 1902, 1959, 1971
Apr–Oct 2002 7-Month	71.9°F (22.2°C)	71.4°F (21.9°C)	0.5°F (0.3°C)	81st Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1976
				47th Warmest	Warmest since: 2001	1954
	Ties: 1962, 1965
Mar–Oct 2002 8-Month	68.9°F (20.5°C)	68.9°F (20.5°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	57th Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1917
				71st Warmest	Warmest since: 2001	2012
	Ties: 1978, 1995
Feb–Oct 2002 9-Month	66.0°F (18.9°C)	66.1°F (18.9°C)	-0.1°F (0.0°C)	67th Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1917
				61st Warmest	Warmest since: 2001	2012
	Ties: 1907, 1949, 2015
Jan–Oct 2002 10-Month	63.6°F (17.6°C)	63.4°F (17.4°C)	0.2°F (0.2°C)	71st Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1979
				57th Warmest	Warmest since: 2000	2012
	Ties: 1926, 1931, 1980
Dec 2001–Oct 2002 11-Month	61.9°F (16.6°C)	61.3°F (16.3°C)	0.6°F (0.3°C)	84th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1979
				43rd Warmest	Warmest since: 2000	2012
	Ties: 1900, 1914, 1916, 1956, 2010
Nov 2001–Oct 2002 12-Month	61.4°F (16.3°C)	60.5°F (15.8°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	99th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1912, 1979
				28th Warmest	Warmest since: 2000	2012
	Ties: 1907, 1914, 1927, 1941
May 2001–Oct 2002 18-Month	65.3°F (18.5°C)	64.7°F (18.2°C)	0.6°F (0.3°C)	91st Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1968
				36th Warmest	Warmest since: 2000	2012
	Ties: 1909, 1914, 1933, 1957, 2020
Nov 2000–Oct 2002 24-Month	60.4°F (15.8°C)	60.4°F (15.8°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	59th Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1979
				67th Warmest	Warmest since: 2001	2017
	Ties: 1919, 1937, 1973, 1995
Nov 1999–Oct 2002 36-Month	61.1°F (16.2°C)	60.4°F (15.8°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	97th Coolest	Coolest since: 1998	1906, 1979
				28th Warmest	Warmest since: 2001	2018
	Ties: 1921
Nov 1998–Oct 2002 48-Month	61.4°F (16.3°C)	60.4°F (15.8°C)	1.0°F (0.5°C)	110th Coolest	Coolest since: 1999	1905, 1906
				14th Warmest	Warmest since: 2001	2019
	Ties: 1936
Nov 1997–Oct 2002 60-Month	61.5°F (16.4°C)	60.4°F (15.8°C)	1.1°F (0.6°C)	118th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1906
				5th Warmest	Warmest since: 1936	2020
	Ties: 1934

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/