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 1973
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Warmest/Coolest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
October 1973 1-Month |
43.30°F (6.28°C) | 41.41°F (5.23°C) |
1.89°F (1.05°C) | 109th Coolest | Coolest since: 1972 | 1917 |
| 18th Warmest | Warmest since: 1971 | 1947 | ||||
| Ties: 1983, 2005 | ||||||
|
Sep–Oct 1973 2-Month |
47.88°F (8.82°C) | 46.66°F (8.14°C) |
1.22°F (0.68°C) | 106th Coolest | Coolest since: 1972 | 1917 |
| 21st Warmest | Warmest since: 1963 | 2015 | ||||
|
Aug–Oct 1973 3-Month |
51.74°F (10.97°C) | 50.79°F (10.44°C) |
0.95°F (0.53°C) | 103rd Coolest | Coolest since: 1972 | 1917 |
| 24th Warmest | Warmest since: 1963 | 2016 | ||||
|
Jul–Oct 1973 4-Month |
53.88°F (12.16°C) | 53.22°F (11.79°C) |
0.66°F (0.37°C) | 91st Coolest | Coolest since: 1972 | 1976 |
| 36th Warmest | Warmest since: 1963 | 2016 | ||||
|
Jun–Oct 1973 5-Month |
54.32°F (12.40°C) | 53.71°F (12.06°C) |
0.61°F (0.34°C) | 90th Coolest | Coolest since: 1972 | 1917 |
| 37th Warmest | Warmest since: 1963 | 2016 | ||||
|
May–Oct 1973 6-Month |
52.98°F (11.66°C) | 52.67°F (11.48°C) |
0.31°F (0.18°C) | 76th Coolest | Coolest since: 1972 | 1917 |
| 51st Warmest | Warmest since: 1963 | 2018 | ||||
|
Apr–Oct 1973 7-Month |
50.75°F (10.42°C) | 50.65°F (10.36°C) |
0.10°F (0.06°C) | 61st Coolest | Coolest since: 1972 | 1917 |
| 66th Warmest | Warmest since: 1969 | 2015 | ||||
|
Mar–Oct 1973 8-Month |
48.70°F (9.28°C) | 48.07°F (8.93°C) |
0.63°F (0.35°C) | 92nd Coolest | Coolest since: 1972 | 1917 |
| 35th Warmest | Warmest since: 1963 | 2016 | ||||
|
Feb–Oct 1973 9-Month |
45.86°F (7.70°C) | 45.27°F (7.37°C) |
0.59°F (0.33°C) | 85th Coolest | Coolest since: 1972 | 1917 |
| 42nd Warmest | Warmest since: 1963 | 2016 | ||||
|
Jan–Oct 1973 10-Month |
43.26°F (6.26°C) | 42.72°F (5.96°C) |
0.54°F (0.30°C) | 87th Coolest | Coolest since: 1972 | 1917 |
| 40th Warmest | Warmest since: 1954 | 2016 | ||||
|
Dec 1972–Oct 1973 11-Month |
41.17°F (5.09°C) | 40.89°F (4.94°C) |
0.28°F (0.15°C) | 74th Coolest | Coolest since: 1972 | 1917 |
| 52nd Warmest | Warmest since: 1958 | 2016 | ||||
|
Nov 1972–Oct 1973 12-Month |
40.28°F (4.60°C) | 40.04°F (4.47°C) |
0.24°F (0.13°C) | 74th Coolest | Coolest since: 1972 | 1917 |
| 52nd Warmest | Warmest since: 1958 | 2016 | ||||
|
May 1972–Oct 1973 18-Month |
44.33°F (6.85°C) | 44.25°F (6.81°C) |
0.08°F (0.04°C) | 62nd Coolest | Coolest since: 1972 | 1917 |
| 64th Warmest | Warmest since: 1963 | 2016 | ||||
|
Nov 1971–Oct 1973 24-Month |
40.17°F (4.54°C) | 40.03°F (4.46°C) |
0.14°F (0.08°C) | 66th Coolest | Coolest since: 1972 | 1917, 1918 |
| 59th Warmest | Warmest since: 1959 | 2017 | ||||
|
Nov 1970–Oct 1973 36-Month |
39.99°F (4.44°C) | 40.03°F (4.46°C) |
-0.04°F (-0.02°C) | 56th Coolest | Coolest since: 1972 | 1918 |
| 68th Warmest | Warmest since: 1960 | 2017 | ||||
| Ties: 1911 | ||||||
|
Nov 1969–Oct 1973 48-Month |
39.91°F (4.39°C) | 40.01°F (4.45°C) |
-0.10°F (-0.06°C) | 47th Coolest | Coolest since: 1972 | 1918 |
| 76th Warmest | Warmest since: 1961 | 2018 | ||||
| Ties: 1945 | ||||||
|
Nov 1968–Oct 1973 60-Month |
39.84°F (4.36°C) | 40.00°F (4.44°C) |
-0.16°F (-0.08°C) | 38th Coolest | Coolest since: 1972 | 1920 |
| 84th Warmest | Warmest since: 1963 | 2019, 2020 | ||||
| Ties: 1910, 1978 | ||||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, published January 2021, retrieved on January 17, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/