Climate at a Glance
National Rankings
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 January 2021. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
Contiguous U.S.
Average Temperature Rankings, October 2009
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Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Warmest/Coolest Since |
Record |
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October 2009 1-Month |
50.50°F (10.28°C) | 54.11°F (12.28°C) |
-3.61°F (-2.00°C) | 4th Coolest | Coolest since: 1976 | 1925 |
123rd Warmest | Warmest since: 2008 | 1963 | ||||
Sep–Oct 2009 2-Month |
58.44°F (14.69°C) | 59.49°F (15.27°C) |
-1.05°F (-0.58°C) | 20th Coolest | Coolest since: 2006 | 1976 |
107th Warmest | Warmest since: 2008 | 2015 | ||||
Aug–Oct 2009 3-Month |
62.92°F (17.18°C) | 63.69°F (17.61°C) |
-0.77°F (-0.43°C) | 21st Coolest | Coolest since: 1993 | 1976 |
106th Warmest | Warmest since: 2008 | 1947 | ||||
Jul–Oct 2009 4-Month |
65.35°F (18.53°C) | 66.17°F (18.98°C) |
-0.82°F (-0.45°C) | 19th Coolest | Coolest since: 1993 | 1976 |
108th Warmest | Warmest since: 2008 | 1998 | ||||
Jun–Oct 2009 5-Month |
65.99°F (18.88°C) | 66.64°F (19.24°C) |
-0.65°F (-0.36°C) | 22nd Coolest | Coolest since: 1993 | 1912 |
105th Warmest | Warmest since: 2008 | 2016 | ||||
Ties: 1905 | ||||||
May–Oct 2009 6-Month |
65.27°F (18.48°C) | 65.57°F (18.65°C) |
-0.30°F (-0.17°C) | 41st Coolest | Coolest since: 1993 | 1917 |
86th Warmest | Warmest since: 2008 | 2018 | ||||
Apr–Oct 2009 7-Month |
63.22°F (17.34°C) | 63.49°F (17.49°C) |
-0.27°F (-0.15°C) | 41st Coolest | Coolest since: 1997 | 1907 |
86th Warmest | Warmest since: 2008 | 1934, 2012 | ||||
Ties: 1979 | ||||||
Mar–Oct 2009 8-Month |
60.67°F (15.93°C) | 60.74°F (15.97°C) |
-0.07°F (-0.04°C) | 53rd Coolest | Coolest since: 1996 | 1917 |
74th Warmest | Warmest since: 2008 | 2012 | ||||
Ties: 1942, 1974 | ||||||
Feb–Oct 2009 9-Month |
58.02°F (14.46°C) | 57.75°F (14.31°C) |
0.27°F (0.15°C) | 79th Coolest | Coolest since: 2008 | 1917 |
48th Warmest | Warmest since: 2007 | 2012 | ||||
Jan–Oct 2009 10-Month |
55.32°F (12.96°C) | 54.99°F (12.77°C) |
0.33°F (0.19°C) | 79th Coolest | Coolest since: 2008 | 1912, 1917 |
48th Warmest | Warmest since: 2007 | 2012 | ||||
Ties: 1927 | ||||||
Dec 2008–Oct 2009 11-Month |
53.19°F (11.77°C) | 52.97°F (11.65°C) |
0.22°F (0.12°C) | 72nd Coolest | Coolest since: 2008 | 1917 |
54th Warmest | Warmest since: 2007 | 2012 | ||||
Ties: 1952 | ||||||
Nov 2008–Oct 2009 12-Month |
52.42°F (11.34°C) | 52.03°F (11.13°C) |
0.39°F (0.21°C) | 85th Coolest | Coolest since: 2008 | 1917 |
41st Warmest | Warmest since: 2007 | 2012 | ||||
Ties: 1932, 1994 | ||||||
May 2008–Oct 2009 18-Month |
56.86°F (13.81°C) | 56.54°F (13.63°C) |
0.32°F (0.18°C) | 77th Coolest | Coolest since: 1997 | 1917 |
49th Warmest | Warmest since: 2008 | 2016 | ||||
Nov 2007–Oct 2009 24-Month |
52.42°F (11.34°C) | 52.02°F (11.12°C) |
0.40°F (0.22°C) | 81st Coolest | Coolest since: 1997 | 1913 |
44th Warmest | Warmest since: 2008 | 2017 | ||||
Nov 2006–Oct 2009 36-Month |
52.92°F (11.62°C) | 52.00°F (11.11°C) |
0.92°F (0.51°C) | 101st Coolest | Coolest since: 1998 | 1917 |
23rd Warmest | Warmest since: 2008 | 2018 | ||||
Nov 2005–Oct 2009 48-Month |
53.19°F (11.77°C) | 51.99°F (11.11°C) |
1.20°F (0.66°C) | 105th Coolest | Coolest since: 2004 | 1918 |
18th Warmest | Warmest since: 2008 | 2018 | ||||
Nov 2004–Oct 2009 60-Month |
53.30°F (11.83°C) | 51.98°F (11.10°C) |
1.32°F (0.73°C) | 108th Coolest | Coolest since: 2005 | 1920 |
14th Warmest | Warmest since: 2008 | 2020 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, published February 2021, retrieved on March 8, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/