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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 1987

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
October 1987 1-Month	53.7°F (12.1°C)	59.6°F (15.3°C)	-5.9°F (-3.2°C)	2nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1987	1988
				126th Warmest	Warmest since: 1986	1919
Sep–Oct 1987 2-Month	62.4°F (16.9°C)	65.0°F (18.3°C)	-2.6°F (-1.4°C)	9th Coolest	Coolest since: 1981	1917
				119th Warmest	Warmest since: 1986	2019
	Ties: 1937, 1948, 1952
Aug–Oct 1987 3-Month	67.5°F (19.7°C)	68.4°F (20.2°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	26th Coolest	Coolest since: 1982	1976
				102nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1986	1900, 2007
	Ties: 1943
Jul–Oct 1987 4-Month	70.3°F (21.3°C)	70.6°F (21.4°C)	-0.3°F (-0.1°C)	43rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1982	1967
				85th Warmest	Warmest since: 1986	1900
	Ties: 1958, 2009
Jun–Oct 1987 5-Month	71.2°F (21.8°C)	71.2°F (21.8°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	48th Coolest	Coolest since: 1982	1967
				80th Warmest	Warmest since: 1986	1900, 2016
	Ties: 1905, 1930, 1968, 1978, 1999, 2009, 2013
May–Oct 1987 6-Month	70.8°F (21.6°C)	70.4°F (21.3°C)	0.4°F (0.3°C)	74th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1967
				54th Warmest	Warmest since: 1986	2018, 2019
	Ties: 1912, 1922, 1930, 1952, 1977, 1995
Apr–Oct 1987 7-Month	68.5°F (20.3°C)	68.6°F (20.3°C)	-0.1°F (0.0°C)	50th Coolest	Coolest since: 1984	1967
				78th Warmest	Warmest since: 1986	2019
	Ties: 1935, 1956, 2013
Mar–Oct 1987 8-Month	66.0°F (18.9°C)	66.2°F (19.0°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	43rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1984	1967
				85th Warmest	Warmest since: 1986	2016
	Ties: 1914, 1956, 1968, 1994, 1999
Feb–Oct 1987 9-Month	63.1°F (17.3°C)	63.5°F (17.5°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	38th Coolest	Coolest since: 1983	1895, 1967
				90th Warmest	Warmest since: 1986	2019
	Ties: 1905, 1962, 1997
Jan–Oct 1987 10-Month	60.6°F (15.9°C)	61.1°F (16.2°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	31st Coolest	Coolest since: 1983	1895, 1940
				97th Warmest	Warmest since: 1986	2019
	Ties: 1928, 1976, 1992
Dec 1986–Oct 1987 11-Month	58.9°F (14.9°C)	59.3°F (15.2°C)	-0.4°F (-0.3°C)	32nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1984	1904
				95th Warmest	Warmest since: 1986	2016
	Ties: 1907, 1928, 1962, 1976, 1994
Nov 1986–Oct 1987 12-Month	58.4°F (14.7°C)	58.5°F (14.7°C)	-0.1°F (0.0°C)	48th Coolest	Coolest since: 1984	1904
				79th Warmest	Warmest since: 1986	2016
	Ties: 1916, 1928, 1929, 1972
May 1986–Oct 1987 18-Month	62.8°F (17.1°C)	62.4°F (16.9°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	74th Coolest	Coolest since: 1984	1904, 1918, 1968
				53rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1986	2019
	Ties: 1923, 1938, 2013
Nov 1985–Oct 1987 24-Month	59.2°F (15.1°C)	58.5°F (14.7°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	92nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1905
				34th Warmest	Warmest since: 1986	2017
	Ties: 1898, 1942, 1975
Nov 1984–Oct 1987 36-Month	59.2°F (15.1°C)	58.5°F (14.7°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	92nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1968, 1969
				33rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2018
	Ties: 1949
Nov 1983–Oct 1987 48-Month	58.9°F (14.9°C)	58.5°F (14.7°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	75th Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1969
				49th Warmest	Warmest since: 1986	2019
	Ties: 1899, 1928, 1938, 1975, 1976, 1986
Nov 1982–Oct 1987 60-Month	58.8°F (14.9°C)	58.5°F (14.7°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	68th Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1967, 1970
				55th Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	2020
	Ties: 1922, 1924, 1929, 1941, 1943, 1975, 1976, 1989

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 3, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/