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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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Delaware

Average Temperature Rankings, October 1968

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
October 1968 1-Month	58.3°F (14.6°C)	56.4°F (13.6°C)	1.9°F (1.0°C)	94th Coolest	Coolest since: 1967	1907
				34th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2007
Sep–Oct 1968 2-Month	62.9°F (17.2°C)	61.9°F (16.6°C)	1.0°F (0.6°C)	81st Coolest	Coolest since: 1967	1917
				47th Warmest	Warmest since: 1961	2007
	Ties: 1951, 2008
Aug–Oct 1968 3-Month	67.3°F (19.6°C)	65.9°F (18.8°C)	1.4°F (0.8°C)	98th Coolest	Coolest since: 1967	1909, 1917
				30th Warmest	Warmest since: 1961	2018
	Ties: 1983, 1984
Jul–Oct 1968 4-Month	69.4°F (20.8°C)	68.3°F (20.2°C)	1.1°F (0.6°C)	91st Coolest	Coolest since: 1967	1909
				37th Warmest	Warmest since: 1961	2016
	Ties: 1901, 1977
Jun–Oct 1968 5-Month	69.7°F (20.9°C)	68.7°F (20.4°C)	1.0°F (0.5°C)	89th Coolest	Coolest since: 1967	1907
				39th Warmest	Warmest since: 1961	2010
	Ties: 1901, 1921, 1930, 1947, 1984, 1986
May–Oct 1968 6-Month	68.0°F (20.0°C)	67.6°F (19.8°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	63rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1967	1907
				65th Warmest	Warmest since: 1961	2010, 2018
	Ties: 1914
Apr–Oct 1968 7-Month	65.9°F (18.8°C)	65.5°F (18.6°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	74th Coolest	Coolest since: 1967	1907
				54th Warmest	Warmest since: 1960	2019
	Ties: 1960
Mar–Oct 1968 8-Month	63.3°F (17.4°C)	62.6°F (17.0°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	83rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1967	1907
				45th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2010
	Ties: 1919
Feb–Oct 1968 9-Month	59.6°F (15.3°C)	59.4°F (15.2°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	54th Coolest	Coolest since: 1967	1907
				74th Warmest	Warmest since: 1961	2012
	Ties: 1941, 1975, 1981, 2003
Jan–Oct 1968 10-Month	56.5°F (13.6°C)	56.8°F (13.8°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	43rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1967	1940
				85th Warmest	Warmest since: 1961	2012
	Ties: 1960
Dec 1967–Oct 1968 11-Month	54.8°F (12.7°C)	55.0°F (12.8°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	48th Coolest	Coolest since: 1967	1904
				79th Warmest	Warmest since: 1960	2012
	Ties: 1971, 1977, 1984, 1992, 1994
Nov 1967–Oct 1968 12-Month	53.6°F (12.0°C)	54.1°F (12.3°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	33rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1967	1904
				94th Warmest	Warmest since: 1965	2012
	Ties: 1909, 1915, 1962, 1977, 1979
May 1967–Oct 1968 18-Month	57.5°F (14.2°C)	58.7°F (14.8°C)	-1.2°F (-0.6°C)	8th Coolest	Coolest since: 1963	1904
				119th Warmest	Warmest since: 1967	2012
	Ties: 1927
Nov 1966–Oct 1968 24-Month	53.3°F (11.8°C)	54.2°F (12.3°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	20th Coolest	Coolest since: 1967	1905
				106th Warmest	Warmest since: 1966	2017
	Ties: 1916, 1940
Nov 1965–Oct 1968 36-Month	53.4°F (11.9°C)	54.2°F (12.3°C)	-0.8°F (-0.4°C)	16th Coolest	Coolest since: 1967	1905
				109th Warmest	Warmest since: 1967	2018
	Ties: 1912, 1926, 1927, 1967
Nov 1964–Oct 1968 48-Month	53.5°F (11.9°C)	54.2°F (12.3°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	17th Coolest	Coolest since: 1967	1907
				107th Warmest	Warmest since: 1963	2019
	Ties: 1909, 1912, 1926, 1928, 1929, 1963, 1969
Nov 1963–Oct 1968 60-Month	53.5°F (11.9°C)	54.2°F (12.3°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	17th Coolest	Coolest since: 1967	1905, 1907, 1908
				106th Warmest	Warmest since: 1964	2020
	Ties: 1964, 1969, 1982

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 5, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/