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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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Georgia

Average Temperature Rankings, October 1981

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
October 1981 1-Month	62.4°F (16.9°C)	64.2°F (17.9°C)	-1.8°F (-1.0°C)	27th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1987
				101st Warmest	Warmest since: 1979	1919
	Ties: 1909, 1961, 1965, 2008
Sep–Oct 1981 2-Month	67.4°F (19.7°C)	69.4°F (20.8°C)	-2.0°F (-1.1°C)	16th Coolest	Coolest since: 1976	1967
				112th Warmest	Warmest since: 1980	2019
Aug–Oct 1981 3-Month	70.6°F (21.4°C)	72.6°F (22.6°C)	-2.0°F (-1.2°C)	7th Coolest	Coolest since: 1976	1967
				121st Warmest	Warmest since: 1980	2019
	Ties: 1952
Jul–Oct 1981 4-Month	73.4°F (23.0°C)	74.4°F (23.6°C)	-1.0°F (-0.6°C)	14th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1967
				114th Warmest	Warmest since: 1980	2019
	Ties: 1908, 1940, 1952, 1965, 1966, 1979
Jun–Oct 1981 5-Month	74.8°F (23.8°C)	75.0°F (23.9°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	43rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1967
				85th Warmest	Warmest since: 1980	1925
	Ties: 1920, 1923, 1924, 1930, 1983, 1991
May–Oct 1981 6-Month	73.7°F (23.2°C)	74.3°F (23.5°C)	-0.6°F (-0.3°C)	24th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1967
				104th Warmest	Warmest since: 1980	2019
	Ties: 1903, 1924, 1968
Apr–Oct 1981 7-Month	72.7°F (22.6°C)	72.7°F (22.6°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	55th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1976
				73rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1980	2019
	Ties: 1916, 1944, 1952, 2000, 2009
Mar–Oct 1981 8-Month	70.2°F (21.2°C)	70.6°F (21.4°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	39th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1976
				89th Warmest	Warmest since: 1980	2016, 2019
	Ties: 1895, 1916, 1930, 1956
Feb–Oct 1981 9-Month	67.8°F (19.9°C)	68.1°F (20.1°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	37th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1966, 1967
				91st Warmest	Warmest since: 1980	2019
	Ties: 1906, 1914, 1916, 1950, 1980, 1984
Jan–Oct 1981 10-Month	65.0°F (18.3°C)	65.9°F (18.8°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	18th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1940
				110th Warmest	Warmest since: 1980	2019
	Ties: 1904, 1912, 1963, 1971, 1996
Dec 1980–Oct 1981 11-Month	63.2°F (17.3°C)	64.1°F (17.8°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	15th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1940
				112th Warmest	Warmest since: 1980	2019
	Ties: 1968, 1977, 1988, 1996, 2001
Nov 1980–Oct 1981 12-Month	62.4°F (16.9°C)	63.4°F (17.4°C)	-1.0°F (-0.5°C)	17th Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1940
				110th Warmest	Warmest since: 1980	2016
	Ties: 1924, 1970, 1976, 2001
May 1980–Oct 1981 18-Month	66.6°F (19.2°C)	67.0°F (19.4°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	25th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1977
				102nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1980	2017
	Ties: 1931, 1965, 1971, 1975, 1979, 1980, 1983
Nov 1979–Oct 1981 24-Month	62.9°F (17.2°C)	63.4°F (17.4°C)	-0.5°F (-0.2°C)	24th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1964
				102nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1980	2017
	Ties: 1901, 1962, 1983
Nov 1978–Oct 1981 36-Month	62.8°F (17.1°C)	63.3°F (17.4°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	22nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1968, 1969, 1970, 1978
				103rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	2018
	Ties: 1905, 1983, 1984
Nov 1977–Oct 1981 48-Month	62.6°F (17.0°C)	63.3°F (17.4°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	13th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1969
				111th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2019
	Ties: 1905, 1963, 1972
Nov 1976–Oct 1981 60-Month	62.5°F (16.9°C)	63.4°F (17.4°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	7th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1970
				116th Warmest	Warmest since: 1980	2020
	Ties: 1965, 1972, 1979, 1980

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/