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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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Georgia

Average Temperature Rankings, October 1972

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
October 1972 1-Month	64.2°F (17.9°C)	64.2°F (17.9°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	58th Coolest	Coolest since: 1967	1987
				70th Warmest	Warmest since: 1971	1919
	Ties: 1940
Sep–Oct 1972 2-Month	70.0°F (21.1°C)	69.4°F (20.8°C)	0.6°F (0.3°C)	81st Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1967
				47th Warmest	Warmest since: 1971	2019
	Ties: 1928
Aug–Oct 1972 3-Month	72.9°F (22.7°C)	72.6°F (22.6°C)	0.3°F (0.1°C)	73rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1967
				55th Warmest	Warmest since: 1971	2019
	Ties: 1918, 1938, 1978
Jul–Oct 1972 4-Month	74.2°F (23.4°C)	74.4°F (23.6°C)	-0.2°F (-0.2°C)	49th Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1967
				79th Warmest	Warmest since: 1971	2019
	Ties: 1895, 1903, 1920, 1938, 1945, 1997, 2000
Jun–Oct 1972 5-Month	74.1°F (23.4°C)	75.0°F (23.9°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	18th Coolest	Coolest since: 1967	1967
				110th Warmest	Warmest since: 1971	1925
	Ties: 1929, 1963
May–Oct 1972 6-Month	73.1°F (22.8°C)	74.3°F (23.5°C)	-1.2°F (-0.7°C)	11th Coolest	Coolest since: 1967	1967
				117th Warmest	Warmest since: 1971	2019
	Ties: 1979, 1988
Apr–Oct 1972 7-Month	71.7°F (22.1°C)	72.7°F (22.6°C)	-1.0°F (-0.5°C)	10th Coolest	Coolest since: 1967	1976
				118th Warmest	Warmest since: 1971	2019
	Ties: 1964, 1983, 1988, 1989
Mar–Oct 1972 8-Month	69.7°F (20.9°C)	70.5°F (21.4°C)	-0.8°F (-0.5°C)	18th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1976
				110th Warmest	Warmest since: 1970	2016, 2019
	Ties: 1937, 1950, 1974, 2001
Feb–Oct 1972 9-Month	67.1°F (19.5°C)	68.1°F (20.1°C)	-1.0°F (-0.6°C)	16th Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1966, 1967
				112th Warmest	Warmest since: 1971	2019
	Ties: 1917, 1961, 1988, 2013
Jan–Oct 1972 10-Month	65.6°F (18.7°C)	65.9°F (18.8°C)	-0.3°F (-0.1°C)	39th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1940
				89th Warmest	Warmest since: 1962	2019
	Ties: 1902, 1903, 1973, 2003, 2013
Dec 1971–Oct 1972 11-Month	64.7°F (18.2°C)	64.2°F (17.9°C)	0.5°F (0.3°C)	83rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1940
				44th Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	2019
	Ties: 1937, 1941, 1944, 1974, 2008, 2021
Nov 1971–Oct 1972 12-Month	63.8°F (17.7°C)	63.4°F (17.4°C)	0.4°F (0.3°C)	81st Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1940
				46th Warmest	Warmest since: 1962	2016
	Ties: 1938, 1941, 1953, 1985, 2008, 2015
May 1971–Oct 1972 18-Month	67.2°F (19.6°C)	67.0°F (19.4°C)	0.2°F (0.2°C)	70th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1977
				57th Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	2017
	Ties: 1906, 1912, 1920, 1938, 1943, 1944, 1985, 2004, 2010, 2013
Nov 1970–Oct 1972 24-Month	63.2°F (17.3°C)	63.4°F (17.4°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	40th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1964
				86th Warmest	Warmest since: 1958	2017
	Ties: 1917, 1956, 1958
Nov 1969–Oct 1972 36-Month	62.9°F (17.2°C)	63.3°F (17.4°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	26th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1968, 1969, 1970, 1978
				99th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2018
	Ties: 1982
Nov 1968–Oct 1972 48-Month	62.6°F (17.0°C)	63.3°F (17.4°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	13th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1969
				111th Warmest	Warmest since: 1965	2019
	Ties: 1905, 1963, 1981
Nov 1967–Oct 1972 60-Month	62.5°F (16.9°C)	63.3°F (17.4°C)	-0.8°F (-0.5°C)	7th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1970
				116th Warmest	Warmest since: 1966	2020
	Ties: 1965, 1979, 1980, 1981

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 4, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/