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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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North Carolina

Average Temperature Rankings, October 1959

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
October 1959 1-Month	61.9°F (16.6°C)	59.6°F (15.3°C)	2.3°F (1.3°C)	103rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1988
				25th Warmest	Warmest since: 1951	1919
	Ties: 1897, 1928, 1975
Sep–Oct 1959 2-Month	66.2°F (19.0°C)	65.0°F (18.3°C)	1.2°F (0.7°C)	91st Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1917
				37th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2019
	Ties: 1897, 1945, 1986
Aug–Oct 1959 3-Month	69.9°F (21.1°C)	68.5°F (20.3°C)	1.4°F (0.8°C)	103rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1976
				25th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	1900, 2007
	Ties: 1915, 1925, 1973
Jul–Oct 1959 4-Month	71.5°F (21.9°C)	70.5°F (21.4°C)	1.0°F (0.5°C)	92nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1967
				36th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	1900
	Ties: 1932, 1942
Jun–Oct 1959 5-Month	71.9°F (22.2°C)	71.2°F (21.8°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	89th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1967
				39th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	1900, 2016
	Ties: 1897, 1906
May–Oct 1959 6-Month	71.5°F (21.9°C)	70.4°F (21.3°C)	1.1°F (0.6°C)	104th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1967
				24th Warmest	Warmest since: 1953	2018, 2019
	Ties: 1931, 1991, 1993, 2017, 2021
Apr–Oct 1959 7-Month	69.7°F (20.9°C)	68.6°F (20.3°C)	1.1°F (0.6°C)	104th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1967
				24th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2019
	Ties: 1921, 1936, 1939
Mar–Oct 1959 8-Month	66.9°F (19.4°C)	66.1°F (18.9°C)	0.8°F (0.5°C)	89th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1967
				39th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2016
	Ties: 1934
Feb–Oct 1959 9-Month	64.4°F (18.0°C)	63.5°F (17.5°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	100th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1895, 1967
				28th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2019
	Ties: 1896, 1919, 1955, 2000, 2004
Jan–Oct 1959 10-Month	61.8°F (16.6°C)	61.2°F (16.2°C)	0.6°F (0.4°C)	90th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1895, 1940
				38th Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	2019
	Ties: 1930, 1935, 1955, 1957, 1975, 1999, 2000
Dec 1958–Oct 1959 11-Month	59.5°F (15.3°C)	59.3°F (15.2°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	62nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1904
				65th Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	2016
	Ties: 1903, 2014
Nov 1958–Oct 1959 12-Month	58.9°F (14.9°C)	58.5°F (14.7°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	73rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1904
				54th Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	2016
	Ties: 1897, 1927, 1937, 1943, 1947, 2009
May 1958–Oct 1959 18-Month	62.7°F (17.1°C)	62.5°F (16.9°C)	0.2°F (0.2°C)	70th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1904, 1918, 1968
				57th Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	2019
	Ties: 1896, 1899, 1906, 1912, 1941, 1955, 1992, 2003, 2009
Nov 1957–Oct 1959 24-Month	58.0°F (14.4°C)	58.5°F (14.7°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	23rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1941	1905
				103rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1958	2017
	Ties: 1903, 1917, 1971, 1988
Nov 1956–Oct 1959 36-Month	58.6°F (14.8°C)	58.5°F (14.7°C)	0.1°F (0.1°C)	51st Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1968, 1969
				74th Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	2018
	Ties: 1913, 1926, 1929, 1985
Nov 1955–Oct 1959 48-Month	58.4°F (14.7°C)	58.5°F (14.7°C)	-0.1°F (0.0°C)	36th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1969
				88th Warmest	Warmest since: 1958	2019
	Ties: 1912, 1958, 1960, 1997
Nov 1954–Oct 1959 60-Month	58.5°F (14.7°C)	58.5°F (14.7°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	41st Coolest	Coolest since: 1944	1967, 1970
				82nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1958	2020
	Ties: 1914, 1944, 1974, 1996, 1997

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 7, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/