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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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California

Average Temperature Rankings, October 2002

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
October 2002 1-Month	59.4°F (15.2°C)	59.5°F (15.3°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	61st Coolest	Coolest since: 2000	1916
				67th Warmest	Warmest since: 2001	2020
	Ties: 1943, 1947, 1961, 1968
Sep–Oct 2002 2-Month	65.2°F (18.4°C)	64.1°F (17.8°C)	1.1°F (0.6°C)	93rd Coolest	Coolest since: 2000	1916, 1920
				35th Warmest	Warmest since: 2001	2020
	Ties: 1955, 1978, 2021
Aug–Oct 2002 3-Month	68.2°F (20.1°C)	67.2°F (19.6°C)	1.0°F (0.5°C)	94th Coolest	Coolest since: 2000	1900, 1912
				34th Warmest	Warmest since: 2001	2020
	Ties: 1913, 1963, 1964, 1997, 2019
Jul–Oct 2002 4-Month	70.5°F (21.4°C)	69.1°F (20.6°C)	1.4°F (0.8°C)	104th Coolest	Coolest since: 2000	1912
				24th Warmest	Warmest since: 2001	2020
	Ties: 1937, 1990
Jun–Oct 2002 5-Month	70.7°F (21.5°C)	69.0°F (20.6°C)	1.7°F (0.9°C)	113th Coolest	Coolest since: 2000	1912
				15th Warmest	Warmest since: 2001	2020
	Ties: 1958
May–Oct 2002 6-Month	69.1°F (20.6°C)	67.5°F (19.7°C)	1.6°F (0.9°C)	110th Coolest	Coolest since: 2000	1916
				18th Warmest	Warmest since: 2001	2020
	Ties: 1960, 1988, 1997
Apr–Oct 2002 7-Month	67.3°F (19.6°C)	65.7°F (18.7°C)	1.6°F (0.9°C)	110th Coolest	Coolest since: 2000	1912
				18th Warmest	Warmest since: 2001	2020
	Ties: 1931
Mar–Oct 2002 8-Month	64.9°F (18.3°C)	63.5°F (17.5°C)	1.4°F (0.8°C)	97th Coolest	Coolest since: 1999	1912
				31st Warmest	Warmest since: 2001	2014, 2015
Feb–Oct 2002 9-Month	63.1°F (17.3°C)	61.6°F (16.4°C)	1.5°F (0.9°C)	106th Coolest	Coolest since: 2000	1912
				22nd Warmest	Warmest since: 2001	2015
	Ties: 1987
Jan–Oct 2002 10-Month	61.0°F (16.1°C)	59.6°F (15.3°C)	1.4°F (0.8°C)	99th Coolest	Coolest since: 1999	1911, 1912
				29th Warmest	Warmest since: 2001	2015
	Ties: 1926, 1984
Dec 2001–Oct 2002 11-Month	59.3°F (15.2°C)	58.1°F (14.5°C)	1.2°F (0.7°C)	95th Coolest	Coolest since: 1999	1912
				32nd Warmest	Warmest since: 2001	2015
	Ties: 1958, 1978, 1990, 2008
Nov 2001–Oct 2002 12-Month	58.7°F (14.8°C)	57.4°F (14.1°C)	1.3°F (0.7°C)	103rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1999	1912
				24th Warmest	Warmest since: 2001	2015
	Ties: 1931, 1978, 1984, 1987, 2004
May 2001–Oct 2002 18-Month	62.7°F (17.1°C)	60.7°F (15.9°C)	2.0°F (1.2°C)	116th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1912
				11th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2015
	Ties: 1959, 2009
Nov 2000–Oct 2002 24-Month	58.8°F (14.9°C)	57.3°F (14.1°C)	1.5°F (0.8°C)	109th Coolest	Coolest since: 2000	1912, 1949
				17th Warmest	Warmest since: 2001	2015
	Ties: 1960, 1996
Nov 1999–Oct 2002 36-Month	59.0°F (15.0°C)	57.4°F (14.1°C)	1.6°F (0.9°C)	114th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1913
				11th Warmest	Warmest since: 1997	2016
	Ties: 1997, 2009
Nov 1998–Oct 2002 48-Month	58.6°F (14.8°C)	57.4°F (14.1°C)	1.2°F (0.7°C)	107th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1912, 1913
				17th Warmest	Warmest since: 1997	2017
	Ties: 2010
Nov 1997–Oct 2002 60-Month	58.2°F (14.6°C)	57.3°F (14.1°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	94th Coolest	Coolest since: 1999	1913
				29th Warmest	Warmest since: 2001	2018
	Ties: 1961, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1999

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/