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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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Average Temperature Rankings, October 1988

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
October 1988 1-Month	70.3°F (21.3°C)	72.3°F (22.4°C)	-2.0°F (-1.1°C)	18th Coolest	Coolest since: 1987	1987
				110th Warmest	Warmest since: 1986	1919
	Ties: 1906, 1967
Sep–Oct 1988 2-Month	75.3°F (24.1°C)	75.7°F (24.3°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	44th Coolest	Coolest since: 1987	1913
				84th Warmest	Warmest since: 1986	2019
	Ties: 1898, 1932, 1981
Aug–Oct 1988 3-Month	77.4°F (25.2°C)	77.5°F (25.3°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	50th Coolest	Coolest since: 1987	1913
				78th Warmest	Warmest since: 1986	2019
	Ties: 1946, 1966, 2000
Jul–Oct 1988 4-Month	78.3°F (25.7°C)	78.4°F (25.8°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	50th Coolest	Coolest since: 1987	1967
				78th Warmest	Warmest since: 1986	2019
	Ties: 1921, 1935, 1975, 1992
Jun–Oct 1988 5-Month	78.5°F (25.8°C)	78.6°F (25.9°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	42nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1984	1913
				86th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2019
	Ties: 1928, 1935, 1963, 1972
May–Oct 1988 6-Month	77.6°F (25.3°C)	78.0°F (25.6°C)	-0.4°F (-0.3°C)	22nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1976	1913, 1917
				106th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2019
	Ties: 1895, 1901, 1906, 1907, 1909, 1918, 1921, 1922, 1966, 1968, 1992
Apr–Oct 1988 7-Month	76.4°F (24.7°C)	76.7°F (24.8°C)	-0.3°F (-0.1°C)	28th Coolest	Coolest since: 1987	1913
				100th Warmest	Warmest since: 1986	2019
	Ties: 1906, 1921, 1956
Mar–Oct 1988 8-Month	74.8°F (23.8°C)	75.2°F (24.0°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	32nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1987	1940
				96th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2020
	Ties: 1904, 1950, 1956, 1967, 1969, 1987, 1996
Feb–Oct 1988 9-Month	72.8°F (22.7°C)	73.4°F (23.0°C)	-0.6°F (-0.3°C)	26th Coolest	Coolest since: 1983	1940
				102nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2019
	Ties: 1930, 1941
Jan–Oct 1988 10-Month	71.0°F (21.7°C)	71.9°F (22.2°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	17th Coolest	Coolest since: 1983	1940
				111th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2020
	Ties: 1977
Dec 1987–Oct 1988 11-Month	70.1°F (21.2°C)	70.7°F (21.5°C)	-0.6°F (-0.3°C)	30th Coolest	Coolest since: 1984	1940
				97th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2020
	Ties: 1924, 1963, 1984, 1996
Nov 1987–Oct 1988 12-Month	69.8°F (21.0°C)	70.1°F (21.2°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	40th Coolest	Coolest since: 1984	1940
				87th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2020
	Ties: 1941, 1955, 1956
May 1987–Oct 1988 18-Month	72.6°F (22.6°C)	72.8°F (22.7°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	42nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1984	1940
				85th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2020
	Ties: 1906, 1916, 1919, 1928, 1955
Nov 1986–Oct 1988 24-Month	70.3°F (21.3°C)	70.1°F (21.2°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	72nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1902, 1941
				54th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2017, 2020
	Ties: 1899, 1908, 1909, 1928, 1939, 1976, 1983, 2011
Nov 1985–Oct 1988 36-Month	70.5°F (21.4°C)	70.2°F (21.2°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	82nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1942
				43rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2018, 2019, 2020
	Ties: 1947, 1994, 2011
Nov 1984–Oct 1988 48-Month	70.6°F (21.4°C)	70.2°F (21.2°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	84th Coolest	Coolest since: 1987	1904
				40th Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	2019, 2020
	Ties: 1948, 1974, 1976
Nov 1983–Oct 1988 60-Month	70.4°F (21.3°C)	70.2°F (21.2°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	79th Coolest	Coolest since: 1987	1905
				44th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2020
	Ties: 1925, 1947, 1986, 1987

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 27, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/