Contiguous U.S. October 1996 Minimum Temperature Rankings
1901-2000
Degrees Fahrenheit
1
41.23
41.41
-0.18
51
79
1917
1947
1993
1995
normal
1904,1944,1946,2001
2
46.37
46.66
-0.29
46
84
1917
2015
1993
1995
normal
1951
3
50.80
50.79
0.01
58
72
1917
2016
1993
1995
normal
4
53.34
53.23
0.11
63
67
1976
2021
1993
1995
normal
1910
5
54.09
53.71
0.38
74
56
1917
2021
1993
1995
normal
6
53.24
52.66
0.58
86
44
1917
2018
1995
1994
normal
1922
7
51.00
50.65
0.35
77
53
1917
2015
1995
1994
normal
8
47.99
48.07
-0.08
46
84
1917
2016
1993
1995
normal
1897,1942
9
45.35
45.27
0.08
65
65
1917
2016
1993
1995
normal
10
42.68
42.71
-0.03
59
71
1917
2016
1993
1995
normal
1910
11
40.94
40.89
0.05
60
69
1917
2016
1993
1995
normal
1933
12
40.08
40.04
0.04
63
66
1917
2016
1993
1995
normal
18
44.38
44.25
0.13
65
64
1917
2016
1993
1995
normal
1985
24
40.72
40.04
0.68
93
35
1917,1918
2017
1994
1995
top-third
36
40.61
40.02
0.59
92
35
1918
2017
1995
1993
top-third
1934,1989
48
40.44
40.01
0.43
83
43
1918
2018
1985
1995
normal
60
40.60
40.00
0.60
90
35
1920
2020
1989
1995
top-third
1989