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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 2003

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
October 2003 1-Month	55.8°F (13.2°C)	56.4°F (13.6°C)	-0.6°F (-0.4°C)	44th Coolest	Coolest since: 1994	1907
				84th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2007
	Ties: 1911, 1993
Sep–Oct 2003 2-Month	62.6°F (17.0°C)	61.9°F (16.6°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	73rd Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1917
				55th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2007
	Ties: 1953, 1955
Aug–Oct 2003 3-Month	67.2°F (19.6°C)	65.8°F (18.8°C)	1.4°F (0.8°C)	95th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1909, 1917
				33rd Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2018
	Ties: 1919, 1936, 1985
Jul–Oct 2003 4-Month	69.5°F (20.8°C)	68.3°F (20.2°C)	1.2°F (0.6°C)	95th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1909
				33rd Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2016
	Ties: 1954, 1990, 2006
Jun–Oct 2003 5-Month	69.6°F (20.9°C)	68.8°F (20.4°C)	0.8°F (0.5°C)	82nd Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1907
				46th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2010
	Ties: 1906, 1939, 1987
May–Oct 2003 6-Month	67.8°F (19.9°C)	67.6°F (19.8°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	58th Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1907
				70th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2010, 2018
	Ties: 1899
Apr–Oct 2003 7-Month	65.6°F (18.7°C)	65.5°F (18.6°C)	0.1°F (0.1°C)	56th Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1907
				72nd Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2019
	Ties: 1896, 1914, 1943, 1951
Mar–Oct 2003 8-Month	63.0°F (17.2°C)	62.6°F (17.0°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	72nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1907
				56th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2010
	Ties: 1908, 1922, 1930, 1931, 1970
Feb–Oct 2003 9-Month	59.6°F (15.3°C)	59.5°F (15.3°C)	0.1°F (0.0°C)	54th Coolest	Coolest since: 1996	1907
				74th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2012
	Ties: 1941, 1968, 1975, 1981
Jan–Oct 2003 10-Month	56.6°F (13.7°C)	56.9°F (13.8°C)	-0.3°F (-0.1°C)	45th Coolest	Coolest since: 1996	1940
				83rd Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2012
	Ties: 1903, 1961, 1971, 1988, 1996
Dec 2002–Oct 2003 11-Month	54.7°F (12.6°C)	55.0°F (12.8°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	45th Coolest	Coolest since: 1996	1904
				82nd Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2012
	Ties: 1896, 1910
Nov 2002–Oct 2003 12-Month	54.0°F (12.2°C)	54.2°F (12.3°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	45th Coolest	Coolest since: 1996	1904
				82nd Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2012
	Ties: 1896, 1928
May 2002–Oct 2003 18-Month	59.3°F (15.2°C)	58.7°F (14.8°C)	0.6°F (0.4°C)	85th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1904
				42nd Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2012
	Ties: 1901, 1919, 1933, 1950, 1957, 1987, 1992
Nov 2001–Oct 2003 24-Month	56.1°F (13.4°C)	54.1°F (12.3°C)	2.0°F (1.1°C)	108th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1905
				18th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2017
Nov 2000–Oct 2003 36-Month	55.6°F (13.1°C)	54.2°F (12.3°C)	1.4°F (0.8°C)	104th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1905
				21st Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2018
	Ties: 1992, 2001
Nov 1999–Oct 2003 48-Month	55.7°F (13.2°C)	54.2°F (12.3°C)	1.5°F (0.9°C)	104th Coolest	Coolest since: 1999	1907
				20th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2019
	Ties: 2004
Nov 1998–Oct 2003 60-Month	55.8°F (13.2°C)	54.1°F (12.3°C)	1.7°F (0.9°C)	105th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1905, 1907, 1908
				18th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2020
	Ties: 2004

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 24, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/