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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

Year: 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

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Florida

Average Temperature Rankings, October 1979

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
October 1979 1-Month	72.2°F (22.3°C)	72.3°F (22.4°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	56th Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1987
				72nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	1919
	Ties: 1956, 1978, 1989, 1997
Sep–Oct 1979 2-Month	75.8°F (24.3°C)	75.7°F (24.3°C)	0.1°F (0.0°C)	59th Coolest	Coolest since: 1977	1913
				69th Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	2019
	Ties: 1904, 1935, 1946, 1962, 1966, 1983, 1994
Aug–Oct 1979 3-Month	77.5°F (25.3°C)	77.4°F (25.2°C)	0.1°F (0.1°C)	54th Coolest	Coolest since: 1977	1913
				74th Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	2019
	Ties: 1896, 1918, 1927, 1928, 1958, 2008
Jul–Oct 1979 4-Month	78.7°F (25.9°C)	78.4°F (25.8°C)	0.3°F (0.1°C)	78th Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1967
				50th Warmest	Warmest since: 1973	2019
	Ties: 1926, 1969, 1971, 1973, 2003
Jun–Oct 1979 5-Month	78.8°F (26.0°C)	78.6°F (25.9°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	70th Coolest	Coolest since: 1977	1913
				58th Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	2019
	Ties: 1896, 1899, 1912, 1932, 1945, 1962, 1997
May–Oct 1979 6-Month	78.1°F (25.6°C)	78.0°F (25.6°C)	0.1°F (0.0°C)	58th Coolest	Coolest since: 1977	1913, 1917
				70th Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	2019
	Ties: 1932, 1958, 1994
Apr–Oct 1979 7-Month	77.1°F (25.1°C)	76.7°F (24.8°C)	0.4°F (0.3°C)	75th Coolest	Coolest since: 1977	1913
				53rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	2019
	Ties: 1899, 1925
Mar–Oct 1979 8-Month	75.3°F (24.1°C)	75.1°F (23.9°C)	0.2°F (0.2°C)	55th Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1940
				73rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	2020
	Ties: 1929, 1952, 1978, 2013
Feb–Oct 1979 9-Month	73.2°F (22.9°C)	73.4°F (23.0°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	41st Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1940
				87th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2019
	Ties: 1904, 1993
Jan–Oct 1979 10-Month	71.3°F (21.8°C)	71.8°F (22.1°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	29th Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1940
				99th Warmest	Warmest since: 1975	2020
	Ties: 1904, 1916, 1970
Dec 1978–Oct 1979 11-Month	70.5°F (21.4°C)	70.7°F (21.5°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	45th Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1940
				82nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1975	2020
	Ties: 1900, 1905, 1908, 1938, 1955, 2010
Nov 1978–Oct 1979 12-Month	70.4°F (21.3°C)	70.2°F (21.2°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	67th Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1940
				60th Warmest	Warmest since: 1975	2020
	Ties: 1898, 1929, 1935, 1980
May 1978–Oct 1979 18-Month	73.1°F (22.8°C)	72.8°F (22.7°C)	0.3°F (0.1°C)	80th Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1940
				47th Warmest	Warmest since: 1975	2020
	Ties: 1897, 1925, 1953, 1982, 1985, 1993
Nov 1977–Oct 1979 24-Month	69.7°F (20.9°C)	70.1°F (21.2°C)	-0.4°F (-0.3°C)	27th Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1902, 1941
				99th Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	2017, 2020
	Ties: 1920, 1943, 1965
Nov 1976–Oct 1979 36-Month	69.4°F (20.8°C)	70.1°F (21.2°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	9th Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1942
				116th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2018, 2019, 2020
	Ties: 1906, 1917, 1918, 1940, 1969
Nov 1975–Oct 1979 48-Month	69.4°F (20.8°C)	70.1°F (21.2°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	6th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1904
				118th Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	2019, 2020
	Ties: 1902, 1903, 1905, 1917, 1942, 1969
Nov 1974–Oct 1979 60-Month	69.8°F (21.0°C)	70.1°F (21.2°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	27th Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1905
				96th Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	2020
	Ties: 1907, 1908, 1915, 1931, 1965, 1966

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/