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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 1988

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
October 1988 1-Month	53.6°F (12.0°C)	59.6°F (15.3°C)	-6.0°F (-3.3°C)	1st Coolest	Coolest since: 1988	1988
				127th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	1919
Sep–Oct 1988 2-Month	61.1°F (16.2°C)	64.9°F (18.3°C)	-3.8°F (-2.1°C)	3rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1976	1917
				125th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2019
Aug–Oct 1988 3-Month	66.8°F (19.3°C)	68.4°F (20.2°C)	-1.6°F (-0.9°C)	11th Coolest	Coolest since: 1981	1976
				117th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	1900, 2007
	Ties: 1992
Jul–Oct 1988 4-Month	69.4°F (20.8°C)	70.6°F (21.4°C)	-1.2°F (-0.6°C)	13th Coolest	Coolest since: 1982	1967
				115th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	1900
	Ties: 1904, 1908, 1948, 1982
Jun–Oct 1988 5-Month	69.9°F (21.1°C)	71.2°F (21.8°C)	-1.3°F (-0.7°C)	12th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1967
				116th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	1900, 2016
	Ties: 1992
May–Oct 1988 6-Month	69.0°F (20.6°C)	70.4°F (21.3°C)	-1.4°F (-0.7°C)	11th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1967
				117th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2018, 2019
	Ties: 1964, 1979
Apr–Oct 1988 7-Month	67.3°F (19.6°C)	68.6°F (20.3°C)	-1.3°F (-0.7°C)	12th Coolest	Coolest since: 1976	1967
				116th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2019
	Ties: 1904
Mar–Oct 1988 8-Month	65.0°F (18.3°C)	66.1°F (18.9°C)	-1.1°F (-0.6°C)	8th Coolest	Coolest since: 1976	1967
				120th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2016
	Ties: 1907, 1960, 1976
Feb–Oct 1988 9-Month	62.4°F (16.9°C)	63.5°F (17.5°C)	-1.1°F (-0.6°C)	16th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1895, 1967
				112th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2019
	Ties: 1901, 1969
Jan–Oct 1988 10-Month	59.6°F (15.3°C)	61.2°F (16.2°C)	-1.6°F (-0.9°C)	8th Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1895, 1940
				120th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2019
	Ties: 1967
Dec 1987–Oct 1988 11-Month	58.1°F (14.5°C)	59.3°F (15.2°C)	-1.2°F (-0.7°C)	11th Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1904
				116th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2016
	Ties: 1918
Nov 1987–Oct 1988 12-Month	57.6°F (14.2°C)	58.5°F (14.7°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	21st Coolest	Coolest since: 1982	1904
				106th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2016
	Ties: 1982
May 1987–Oct 1988 18-Month	62.0°F (16.7°C)	62.5°F (16.9°C)	-0.5°F (-0.2°C)	25th Coolest	Coolest since: 1982	1904, 1918, 1968
				102nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2019
	Ties: 1962, 1965, 1980, 2001
Nov 1986–Oct 1988 24-Month	58.0°F (14.4°C)	58.5°F (14.7°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	23rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1982	1905
				103rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2017
	Ties: 1903, 1917, 1959, 1971
Nov 1985–Oct 1988 36-Month	58.7°F (14.8°C)	58.5°F (14.7°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	56th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1968, 1969
				69th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2018
	Ties: 1911, 1924, 1930, 1940, 1941, 1956, 1990, 2015
Nov 1984–Oct 1988 48-Month	58.8°F (14.9°C)	58.5°F (14.7°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	68th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1969
				56th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2019
	Ties: 1937, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1946, 1947, 1995, 1998, 1999
Nov 1983–Oct 1988 60-Month	58.6°F (14.8°C)	58.5°F (14.7°C)	0.1°F (0.1°C)	47th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1967, 1970
				76th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2020
	Ties: 1913, 1928, 1931, 1958, 1977

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 26, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/