Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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 May 2022. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
North Carolina
Average Temperature Rankings, October 2020
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Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Warmest/Coolest Since |
Record |
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October 2020 1-Month |
63.0°F (17.2°C) | 59.6°F (15.3°C) |
3.4°F (1.9°C) | 115th Coolest | Coolest since: 2018 | 1988 |
13th Warmest | Warmest since: 2019 | 1919 | ||||
Sep–Oct 2020 2-Month |
66.4°F (19.1°C) | 65.0°F (18.3°C) |
1.4°F (0.8°C) | 96th Coolest | Coolest since: 2015 | 1917 |
32nd Warmest | Warmest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
Ties: 1951 | ||||||
Aug–Oct 2020 3-Month |
70.1°F (21.2°C) | 68.5°F (20.3°C) |
1.6°F (0.9°C) | 107th Coolest | Coolest since: 2017 | 1976 |
21st Warmest | Warmest since: 2019 | 1900, 2007 | ||||
Ties: 1931, 1970 | ||||||
Jul–Oct 2020 4-Month |
72.4°F (22.4°C) | 70.5°F (21.4°C) |
1.9°F (1.0°C) | 114th Coolest | Coolest since: 2017 | 1967 |
14th Warmest | Warmest since: 2019 | 1900 | ||||
Ties: 1936, 1954, 2021 | ||||||
Jun–Oct 2020 5-Month |
72.6°F (22.6°C) | 71.2°F (21.8°C) |
1.4°F (0.8°C) | 105th Coolest | Coolest since: 2017 | 1967 |
23rd Warmest | Warmest since: 2019 | 1900, 2016 | ||||
Ties: 1933, 1986, 2021 | ||||||
May–Oct 2020 6-Month |
71.1°F (21.7°C) | 70.4°F (21.3°C) |
0.7°F (0.4°C) | 89th Coolest | Coolest since: 2014 | 1967 |
39th Warmest | Warmest since: 2019 | 2018, 2019 | ||||
Ties: 1902, 1943, 1951, 1954 | ||||||
Apr–Oct 2020 7-Month |
69.1°F (20.6°C) | 68.6°F (20.3°C) |
0.5°F (0.3°C) | 79th Coolest | Coolest since: 2013 | 1967 |
49th Warmest | Warmest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
Ties: 1898, 1899, 1945, 1951, 1980, 1995 | ||||||
Mar–Oct 2020 8-Month |
67.5°F (19.7°C) | 66.2°F (19.0°C) |
1.3°F (0.7°C) | 108th Coolest | Coolest since: 2014 | 1967 |
20th Warmest | Warmest since: 2019 | 2016 | ||||
Ties: 1936, 2021 | ||||||
Feb–Oct 2020 9-Month |
65.2°F (18.4°C) | 63.5°F (17.5°C) |
1.7°F (0.9°C) | 116th Coolest | Coolest since: 2015 | 1895, 1967 |
12th Warmest | Warmest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
Ties: 1990, 1991, 1998 | ||||||
Jan–Oct 2020 10-Month |
63.3°F (17.4°C) | 61.2°F (16.2°C) |
2.1°F (1.2°C) | 123rd Coolest | Coolest since: 2018 | 1895, 1940 |
5th Warmest | Warmest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
Ties: 1990 | ||||||
Dec 2019–Oct 2020 11-Month |
61.8°F (16.6°C) | 59.4°F (15.2°C) |
2.4°F (1.4°C) | 122nd Coolest | Coolest since: 2018 | 1904 |
5th Warmest | Warmest since: 2019 | 2016 | ||||
Nov 2019–Oct 2020 12-Month |
60.6°F (15.9°C) | 58.6°F (14.8°C) |
2.0°F (1.1°C) | 118th Coolest | Coolest since: 2018 | 1904 |
9th Warmest | Warmest since: 2019 | 2016 | ||||
Ties: 2007 | ||||||
May 2019–Oct 2020 18-Month |
64.9°F (18.3°C) | 62.5°F (16.9°C) |
2.4°F (1.4°C) | 123rd Coolest | Coolest since: 2018 | 1904, 1918, 1968 |
4th Warmest | Warmest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
Nov 2018–Oct 2020 24-Month |
60.9°F (16.1°C) | 58.5°F (14.7°C) |
2.4°F (1.4°C) | 124th Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1905 |
2nd Warmest | Warmest since: 2017 | 2017 | ||||
Nov 2017–Oct 2020 36-Month |
60.7°F (15.9°C) | 58.5°F (14.7°C) |
2.2°F (1.2°C) | 122nd Coolest | Coolest since: 2017 | 1968, 1969 |
3rd Warmest | Warmest since: 2019 | 2018 | ||||
Ties: 2017 | ||||||
Nov 2016–Oct 2020 48-Month |
60.9°F (16.1°C) | 58.5°F (14.7°C) |
2.4°F (1.4°C) | 122nd Coolest | Coolest since: 2018 | 1969 |
2nd Warmest | Warmest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
Nov 2015–Oct 2020 60-Month |
61.1°F (16.2°C) | 58.5°F (14.7°C) |
2.6°F (1.5°C) | 122nd Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1967, 1970 |
1st Warmest | Warmest to Date | 2020 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published June 2022, retrieved on June 30, 2022 from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/cag/