Contiguous U.S. October 1981 Minimum Temperature Rankings
1901-2000
Degrees Fahrenheit
1
40.95
41.41
-0.46
40
90
1917
1947
1980
1979
bottom-third
2
46.36
46.66
-0.30
45
85
1917
2015
1976
1980
normal
3
50.65
50.79
-0.14
51
79
1917
2016
1976
1980
normal
1944
4
53.33
53.23
0.10
61
69
1976
2021
1978
1980
normal
1978
5
54.14
53.71
0.43
77
53
1917
2021
1980
1977
normal
6
52.92
52.66
0.26
71
59
1917
2018
1979
1980
normal
7
51.41
50.65
0.76
95
35
1917
2015
1980
1977
top-third
8
48.87
48.07
0.80
96
34
1917
2016
1980
1977
top-third
9
46.18
45.27
0.91
100
30
1917
2016
1980
1977
top-third
10
43.70
42.71
0.99
97
33
1917
2016
1980
1938
top-third
2013
11
41.92
40.89
1.03
97
32
1917
2016
1980
1941
top-third
12
41.01
40.04
0.97
98
31
1917
2016
1980
1938
top-third
1900
18
45.00
44.25
0.75
95
34
1917
2016
1980
1941
top-third
24
40.62
40.04
0.58
89
39
1917,1918
2017
1980
1954
top-third
1984
36
40.00
40.02
-0.02
58
69
1918
2017
1980
1975
normal
48
39.94
40.01
-0.07
50
76
1918
2018
1980
1976
normal
60
39.88
40.00
-0.12
46
79
1920
2020
1980
1977
normal