Contiguous U.S. October 2016 Maximum Temperature Rankings
1901-2000
Degrees Fahrenheit
1
69.89
66.80
3.09
124
6
1925
1963
2015
1963
top-tenth
2
74.64
72.31
2.33
118
12
1925
1963
2014
2015
top-tenth
3
78.36
76.58
1.78
112
18
1912
1947
2014
2015
top-third
4
80.75
79.11
1.64
111
19
1912
2022
2015
2012
top-third
1933
5
81.58
79.55
2.03
122
8
1912
2022
2015
1953
top-tenth
6
80.07
78.45
1.62
117
13
1907
1934
2015
2012
top-tenth
7
78.00
76.32
1.68
122
8
1907
1934
2015
2012
top-tenth
8
75.68
73.40
2.28
127
3
1912
2012
2015
2012
top-tenth
9
72.92
70.23
2.69
127
3
1912
2012
2015
2012
top-tenth
10
69.81
67.25
2.56
127
3
1912
2012
2015
2012
top-tenth
11
67.83
65.03
2.80
126
3
1912
2012
2015
2012
top-tenth
12
66.78
64.01
2.77
125
4
1912
2012
2015
2012
top-tenth
18
71.10
68.82
2.28
125
4
1912
2012
2015
2012
top-tenth
24
66.11
64.00
2.11
122
6
1913
2017
2015
2013
top-tenth
36
65.47
63.98
1.49
114
13
1917
2018
2015
2014
top-tenth
48
65.30
63.97
1.33
108
18
1915
2018
2011
2015
top-third
2006
60
65.76
63.96
1.80
124
1
1907
2016
2015
2016
highest