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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 1970

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
October 1970 1-Month	61.4°F (16.3°C)	59.6°F (15.3°C)	1.8°F (1.0°C)	94th Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1988
				34th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	1919
	Ties: 1931, 1954, 1956, 1973, 1995, 2014
Sep–Oct 1970 2-Month	67.3°F (19.6°C)	64.9°F (18.3°C)	2.4°F (1.3°C)	109th Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1917
				19th Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	2019
Aug–Oct 1970 3-Month	70.1°F (21.2°C)	68.5°F (20.3°C)	1.6°F (0.9°C)	107th Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1976
				21st Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	1900, 2007
	Ties: 1931, 2020
Jul–Oct 1970 4-Month	71.8°F (22.1°C)	70.6°F (21.4°C)	1.2°F (0.7°C)	104th Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1967
				24th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	1900
	Ties: 1933, 1986
Jun–Oct 1970 5-Month	72.0°F (22.2°C)	71.2°F (21.8°C)	0.8°F (0.4°C)	94th Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1967
				34th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	1900, 2016
	Ties: 1899, 1971, 1973, 1990
May–Oct 1970 6-Month	71.2°F (21.8°C)	70.4°F (21.3°C)	0.8°F (0.5°C)	92nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1967
				36th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2018, 2019
	Ties: 1944, 2012
Apr–Oct 1970 7-Month	69.6°F (20.9°C)	68.6°F (20.3°C)	1.0°F (0.6°C)	100th Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1967
				28th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2019
	Ties: 2004, 2005, 2021
Mar–Oct 1970 8-Month	66.8°F (19.3°C)	66.1°F (18.9°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	87th Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1967
				41st Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2016
	Ties: 1905, 1935, 1949, 1973, 2005
Feb–Oct 1970 9-Month	63.9°F (17.7°C)	63.5°F (17.5°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	76th Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1895, 1967
				52nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2019
	Ties: 1946, 1948, 1951, 1952
Jan–Oct 1970 10-Month	60.9°F (16.1°C)	61.2°F (16.2°C)	-0.3°F (-0.1°C)	43rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1895, 1940
				85th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2019
	Ties: 1908, 1909, 1915, 1948, 1997, 2003, 2014
Dec 1969–Oct 1970 11-Month	58.8°F (14.9°C)	59.4°F (15.2°C)	-0.6°F (-0.3°C)	28th Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1904
				99th Warmest	Warmest since: 1965	2016
	Ties: 1912, 1915, 1936
Nov 1969–Oct 1970 12-Month	57.8°F (14.3°C)	58.5°F (14.7°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	26th Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1904
				101st Warmest	Warmest since: 1965	2016
	Ties: 1912, 1979
May 1969–Oct 1970 18-Month	61.9°F (16.6°C)	62.5°F (16.9°C)	-0.6°F (-0.3°C)	22nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1904, 1918, 1968
				105th Warmest	Warmest since: 1965	2019
	Ties: 1910, 1979
Nov 1968–Oct 1970 24-Month	57.5°F (14.2°C)	58.5°F (14.7°C)	-1.0°F (-0.5°C)	11th Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1905
				115th Warmest	Warmest since: 1966	2017
	Ties: 1961
Nov 1967–Oct 1970 36-Month	57.5°F (14.2°C)	58.6°F (14.8°C)	-1.1°F (-0.6°C)	8th Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1968, 1969
				117th Warmest	Warmest since: 1967	2018
	Ties: 1905, 1963, 1966
Nov 1966–Oct 1970 48-Month	57.4°F (14.1°C)	58.5°F (14.7°C)	-1.1°F (-0.6°C)	4th Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1969
				120th Warmest	Warmest since: 1968	2019
	Ties: 1905, 1967
Nov 1965–Oct 1970 60-Month	57.3°F (14.1°C)	58.5°F (14.7°C)	-1.2°F (-0.6°C)	1st Coolest	Coolest since: 1967	1967, 1970
				122nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1969	2020
	Ties: 1967

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/