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 1996
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Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Warmest/Coolest Since |
Record |
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October 1996 1-Month |
41.23°F (5.13°C) | 41.41°F (5.23°C) |
-0.18°F (-0.10°C) | 51st Coolest | Coolest since: 1993 | 1917 |
76th Warmest | Warmest since: 1995 | 1947 | ||||
Ties: 1904, 1944, 1946, 2001 | ||||||
Sep–Oct 1996 2-Month |
46.37°F (7.98°C) | 46.66°F (8.14°C) |
-0.29°F (-0.16°C) | 47th Coolest | Coolest since: 1993 | 1917 |
80th Warmest | Warmest since: 1995 | 2015 | ||||
Aug–Oct 1996 3-Month |
50.80°F (10.44°C) | 50.79°F (10.44°C) |
0.01°F (0.00°C) | 58th Coolest | Coolest since: 1993 | 1917 |
69th Warmest | Warmest since: 1995 | 2016 | ||||
Jul–Oct 1996 4-Month |
53.34°F (11.86°C) | 53.22°F (11.79°C) |
0.12°F (0.07°C) | 63rd Coolest | Coolest since: 1993 | 1976 |
64th Warmest | Warmest since: 1995 | 2016 | ||||
Ties: 1910 | ||||||
Jun–Oct 1996 5-Month |
54.09°F (12.27°C) | 53.71°F (12.06°C) |
0.38°F (0.21°C) | 74th Coolest | Coolest since: 1993 | 1917 |
53rd Warmest | Warmest since: 1995 | 2016 | ||||
May–Oct 1996 6-Month |
53.24°F (11.80°C) | 52.66°F (11.48°C) |
0.58°F (0.32°C) | 86th Coolest | Coolest since: 1995 | 1917 |
41st Warmest | Warmest since: 1994 | 2018 | ||||
Ties: 1922 | ||||||
Apr–Oct 1996 7-Month |
51.00°F (10.56°C) | 50.65°F (10.36°C) |
0.35°F (0.20°C) | 77th Coolest | Coolest since: 1995 | 1917 |
50th Warmest | Warmest since: 1994 | 2015 | ||||
Mar–Oct 1996 8-Month |
47.99°F (8.88°C) | 48.07°F (8.93°C) |
-0.08°F (-0.05°C) | 46th Coolest | Coolest since: 1993 | 1917 |
81st Warmest | Warmest since: 1995 | 2016 | ||||
Ties: 1897, 1942 | ||||||
Feb–Oct 1996 9-Month |
45.35°F (7.42°C) | 45.26°F (7.37°C) |
0.09°F (0.05°C) | 65th Coolest | Coolest since: 1993 | 1917 |
62nd Warmest | Warmest since: 1995 | 2016 | ||||
Jan–Oct 1996 10-Month |
42.68°F (5.93°C) | 42.72°F (5.96°C) |
-0.04°F (-0.03°C) | 59th Coolest | Coolest since: 1993 | 1917 |
68th Warmest | Warmest since: 1995 | 2016 | ||||
Ties: 1910 | ||||||
Dec 1995–Oct 1996 11-Month |
40.94°F (4.97°C) | 40.89°F (4.94°C) |
0.05°F (0.03°C) | 60th Coolest | Coolest since: 1993 | 1917 |
66th Warmest | Warmest since: 1995 | 2016 | ||||
Ties: 1933 | ||||||
Nov 1995–Oct 1996 12-Month |
40.08°F (4.49°C) | 40.04°F (4.47°C) |
0.04°F (0.02°C) | 63rd Coolest | Coolest since: 1993 | 1917 |
63rd Warmest | Warmest since: 1995 | 2016 | ||||
May 1995–Oct 1996 18-Month |
44.38°F (6.88°C) | 44.25°F (6.81°C) |
0.13°F (0.07°C) | 65th Coolest | Coolest since: 1993 | 1917 |
61st Warmest | Warmest since: 1995 | 2016 | ||||
Ties: 1985 | ||||||
Nov 1994–Oct 1996 24-Month |
40.72°F (4.84°C) | 40.03°F (4.46°C) |
0.69°F (0.38°C) | 93rd Coolest | Coolest since: 1994 | 1917, 1918 |
32nd Warmest | Warmest since: 1995 | 2017 | ||||
Nov 1993–Oct 1996 36-Month |
40.61°F (4.78°C) | 40.02°F (4.46°C) |
0.59°F (0.32°C) | 92nd Coolest | Coolest since: 1995 | 1918 |
32nd Warmest | Warmest since: 1993 | 2017 | ||||
Ties: 1934, 1989 | ||||||
Nov 1992–Oct 1996 48-Month |
40.44°F (4.69°C) | 40.01°F (4.45°C) |
0.43°F (0.24°C) | 83rd Coolest | Coolest since: 1985 | 1918 |
40th Warmest | Warmest since: 1995 | 2018 | ||||
Nov 1991–Oct 1996 60-Month |
40.60°F (4.78°C) | 40.00°F (4.44°C) |
0.60°F (0.34°C) | 90th Coolest | Coolest since: 1989 | 1920 |
32nd Warmest | Warmest since: 1995 | 2019, 2020 | ||||
Ties: 1989 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, published January 2021, retrieved on January 27, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/