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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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Delaware

Average Temperature Rankings, October 1959

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
October 1959 1-Month	60.2°F (15.7°C)	56.4°F (13.6°C)	3.8°F (2.1°C)	114th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1907
				14th Warmest	Warmest since: 1949	2007
	Ties: 2018
Sep–Oct 1959 2-Month	65.0°F (18.3°C)	61.9°F (16.6°C)	3.1°F (1.7°C)	116th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1917
				12th Warmest	Warmest since: 1941	2007
	Ties: 1970, 2010
Aug–Oct 1959 3-Month	68.8°F (20.4°C)	65.9°F (18.8°C)	2.9°F (1.6°C)	119th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1909, 1917
				9th Warmest	Warmest since: 1900	2018
Jul–Oct 1959 4-Month	70.5°F (21.4°C)	68.2°F (20.1°C)	2.3°F (1.3°C)	112th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1909
				16th Warmest	Warmest since: 1931	2016
Jun–Oct 1959 5-Month	70.9°F (21.6°C)	68.8°F (20.4°C)	2.1°F (1.2°C)	114th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1907
				14th Warmest	Warmest since: 1900	2010
May–Oct 1959 6-Month	70.1°F (21.2°C)	67.7°F (19.8°C)	2.4°F (1.4°C)	116th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1907
				12th Warmest	Warmest since: 1900	2010, 2018
	Ties: 2020
Apr–Oct 1959 7-Month	67.9°F (19.9°C)	65.5°F (18.6°C)	2.4°F (1.3°C)	117th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1907
				11th Warmest	Warmest to Date	2019
	Ties: 2007
Mar–Oct 1959 8-Month	64.7°F (18.2°C)	62.6°F (17.0°C)	2.1°F (1.2°C)	114th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1907
				14th Warmest	Warmest since: 1921	2010
	Ties: 2004
Feb–Oct 1959 9-Month	61.4°F (16.3°C)	59.5°F (15.3°C)	1.9°F (1.0°C)	112th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1907
				16th Warmest	Warmest since: 1949	2012
	Ties: 1949, 2008
Jan–Oct 1959 10-Month	58.5°F (14.7°C)	56.9°F (13.8°C)	1.6°F (0.9°C)	106th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1940
				22nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1953	2012
Dec 1958–Oct 1959 11-Month	55.7°F (13.2°C)	54.9°F (12.7°C)	0.8°F (0.5°C)	79th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1904
				48th Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	2012
Nov 1958–Oct 1959 12-Month	55.0°F (12.8°C)	54.2°F (12.3°C)	0.8°F (0.5°C)	83rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1904
				44th Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	2012
	Ties: 1900, 1955, 1975, 1980, 2015
May 1958–Oct 1959 18-Month	59.0°F (15.0°C)	58.7°F (14.8°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	68th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1904
				59th Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	2012
	Ties: 1898, 1937, 1944, 1980, 1997
Nov 1957–Oct 1959 24-Month	54.2°F (12.3°C)	54.2°F (12.3°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	52nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1957	1905
				74th Warmest	Warmest since: 1958	2017
	Ties: 1913, 1957, 1981
Nov 1956–Oct 1959 36-Month	54.6°F (12.6°C)	54.2°F (12.3°C)	0.4°F (0.3°C)	74th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1905
				51st Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2018
	Ties: 1921, 1931, 1943, 1944, 1947, 1952, 1977
Nov 1955–Oct 1959 48-Month	54.2°F (12.3°C)	54.2°F (12.3°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	54th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1907
				70th Warmest	Warmest since: 1958	2019
	Ties: 1900, 1901, 1948, 1958, 1973
Nov 1954–Oct 1959 60-Month	54.3°F (12.4°C)	54.1°F (12.3°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	66th Coolest	Coolest since: 1948	1905, 1907, 1908
				57th Warmest	Warmest since: 1958	2020
	Ties: 1923, 1925, 1939, 1961, 1974, 1984, 1985

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 30, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/