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 December 2020. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
Contiguous U.S.
Minimum Temperature Rankings, October 1946
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Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Warmest/Coolest Since |
Record |
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October 1946 1-Month |
41.23°F (5.13°C) | 41.41°F (5.23°C) |
-0.18°F (-0.10°C) | 51st Coolest | Coolest since: 1945 | 1917 |
76th Warmest | Warmest since: 1944 | 1947 | ||||
Ties: 1904, 1944, 1996, 2001 | ||||||
Sep–Oct 1946 2-Month |
46.44°F (8.02°C) | 46.66°F (8.14°C) |
-0.22°F (-0.12°C) | 50th Coolest | Coolest since: 1943 | 1917 |
77th Warmest | Warmest since: 1945 | 2015 | ||||
Aug–Oct 1946 3-Month |
50.33°F (10.18°C) | 50.79°F (10.44°C) |
-0.46°F (-0.26°C) | 31st Coolest | Coolest since: 1943 | 1917 |
96th Warmest | Warmest since: 1945 | 2016 | ||||
Ties: 1949 | ||||||
Jul–Oct 1946 4-Month |
52.88°F (11.60°C) | 53.23°F (11.79°C) |
-0.35°F (-0.19°C) | 38th Coolest | Coolest since: 1944 | 1976 |
89th Warmest | Warmest since: 1945 | 2016 | ||||
Jun–Oct 1946 5-Month |
53.31°F (11.84°C) | 53.70°F (12.06°C) |
-0.39°F (-0.22°C) | 29th Coolest | Coolest since: 1945 | 1917 |
98th Warmest | Warmest since: 1944 | 2016 | ||||
Ties: 1968 | ||||||
May–Oct 1946 6-Month |
52.13°F (11.18°C) | 52.66°F (11.48°C) |
-0.53°F (-0.30°C) | 22nd Coolest | Coolest since: 1945 | 1917 |
105th Warmest | Warmest since: 1944 | 2018 | ||||
Apr–Oct 1946 7-Month |
50.57°F (10.32°C) | 50.66°F (10.37°C) |
-0.09°F (-0.05°C) | 49th Coolest | Coolest since: 1945 | 1917 |
78th Warmest | Warmest since: 1943 | 2015 | ||||
Mar–Oct 1946 8-Month |
48.58°F (9.21°C) | 48.07°F (8.93°C) |
0.51°F (0.28°C) | 86th Coolest | Coolest since: 1945 | 1917 |
41st Warmest | Warmest since: 1941 | 2016 | ||||
Feb–Oct 1946 9-Month |
45.68°F (7.60°C) | 45.26°F (7.37°C) |
0.42°F (0.23°C) | 79th Coolest | Coolest since: 1945 | 1917 |
48th Warmest | Warmest since: 1941 | 2016 | ||||
Jan–Oct 1946 10-Month |
43.20°F (6.22°C) | 42.72°F (5.96°C) |
0.48°F (0.26°C) | 82nd Coolest | Coolest since: 1945 | 1917 |
45th Warmest | Warmest since: 1941 | 2016 | ||||
Dec 1945–Oct 1946 11-Month |
41.03°F (5.02°C) | 40.89°F (4.94°C) |
0.14°F (0.08°C) | 70th Coolest | Coolest since: 1945 | 1917 |
56th Warmest | Warmest since: 1941 | 2016 | ||||
Nov 1945–Oct 1946 12-Month |
40.17°F (4.54°C) | 40.04°F (4.47°C) |
0.13°F (0.07°C) | 68th Coolest | Coolest since: 1945 | 1917 |
58th Warmest | Warmest since: 1941 | 2016 | ||||
May 1945–Oct 1946 18-Month |
44.05°F (6.69°C) | 44.25°F (6.81°C) |
-0.20°F (-0.12°C) | 46th Coolest | Coolest since: 1944 | 1917 |
80th Warmest | Warmest since: 1945 | 2016 | ||||
Ties: 1902 | ||||||
Nov 1944–Oct 1946 24-Month |
40.10°F (4.50°C) | 40.04°F (4.47°C) |
0.06°F (0.03°C) | 64th Coolest | Coolest since: 1945 | 1917, 1918 |
61st Warmest | Warmest since: 1942 | 2017 | ||||
Ties: 1936, 1953 | ||||||
Nov 1943–Oct 1946 36-Month |
39.96°F (4.42°C) | 40.02°F (4.46°C) |
-0.06°F (-0.04°C) | 55th Coolest | Coolest since: 1945 | 1918 |
69th Warmest | Warmest since: 1943 | 2017 | ||||
Nov 1942–Oct 1946 48-Month |
39.93°F (4.41°C) | 40.01°F (4.45°C) |
-0.08°F (-0.04°C) | 49th Coolest | Coolest since: 1945 | 1918 |
74th Warmest | Warmest since: 1944 | 2018 | ||||
Nov 1941–Oct 1946 60-Month |
39.96°F (4.42°C) | 40.00°F (4.44°C) |
-0.04°F (-0.02°C) | 55th Coolest | Coolest since: 1931 | 1920 |
67th Warmest | Warmest since: 1945 | 2019, 2020 | ||||
Ties: 1954 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, published January 2021, retrieved on January 20, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/