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 2020
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Warmest/Coolest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
October 2020 1-Month |
41.56°F (5.31°C) | 41.41°F (5.23°C) |
0.15°F (0.08°C) | 69th Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1917 |
| 58th Warmest | Warmest since: 2018 | 1947 | ||||
| Ties: 1902 | ||||||
|
Sep–Oct 2020 2-Month |
47.26°F (8.48°C) | 46.65°F (8.14°C) |
0.61°F (0.34°C) | 80th Coolest | Coolest since: 2012 | 1917 |
| 47th Warmest | Warmest since: 2019 | 2015 | ||||
| Ties: 1958 | ||||||
|
Aug–Oct 2020 3-Month |
52.01°F (11.12°C) | 50.79°F (10.44°C) |
1.22°F (0.68°C) | 107th Coolest | Coolest since: 2012 | 1917 |
| 20th Warmest | Warmest since: 2019 | 2016 | ||||
|
Jul–Oct 2020 4-Month |
54.74°F (12.63°C) | 53.23°F (11.79°C) |
1.51°F (0.84°C) | 112th Coolest | Coolest since: 2013 | 1976 |
| 15th Warmest | Warmest since: 2019 | 2016 | ||||
|
Jun–Oct 2020 5-Month |
55.29°F (12.94°C) | 53.71°F (12.06°C) |
1.58°F (0.88°C) | 114th Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1917 |
| 13th Warmest | Warmest since: 2018 | 2016 | ||||
|
May–Oct 2020 6-Month |
54.14°F (12.30°C) | 52.66°F (11.48°C) |
1.48°F (0.82°C) | 118th Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1917 |
| 9th Warmest | Warmest since: 2018 | 2018 | ||||
|
Apr–Oct 2020 7-Month |
51.85°F (11.03°C) | 50.66°F (10.37°C) |
1.19°F (0.66°C) | 108th Coolest | Coolest since: 2013 | 1917 |
| 19th Warmest | Warmest since: 2019 | 2015 | ||||
| Ties: 1991 | ||||||
|
Mar–Oct 2020 8-Month |
49.79°F (9.88°C) | 48.07°F (8.93°C) |
1.72°F (0.95°C) | 119th Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1917 |
| 8th Warmest | Warmest since: 2018 | 2016 | ||||
|
Feb–Oct 2020 9-Month |
47.06°F (8.37°C) | 45.26°F (7.37°C) |
1.80°F (1.00°C) | 119th Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1917 |
| 8th Warmest | Warmest since: 2018 | 2016 | ||||
|
Jan–Oct 2020 10-Month |
44.96°F (7.20°C) | 42.72°F (5.96°C) |
2.24°F (1.24°C) | 122nd Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1917 |
| 5th Warmest | Warmest since: 2017 | 2016 | ||||
|
Dec 2019–Oct 2020 11-Month |
43.31°F (6.28°C) | 40.90°F (4.94°C) |
2.41°F (1.34°C) | 120th Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1917 |
| 6th Warmest | Warmest since: 2017 | 2016 | ||||
|
Nov 2019–Oct 2020 12-Month |
42.19°F (5.66°C) | 40.04°F (4.47°C) |
2.15°F (1.19°C) | 120th Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1917 |
| 6th Warmest | Warmest since: 2017 | 2016 | ||||
|
May 2019–Oct 2020 18-Month |
46.11°F (7.84°C) | 44.25°F (6.81°C) |
1.86°F (1.03°C) | 121st Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1917 |
| 5th Warmest | Warmest since: 2017 | 2016 | ||||
|
Nov 2018–Oct 2020 24-Month |
41.70°F (5.39°C) | 40.03°F (4.46°C) |
1.67°F (0.93°C) | 114th Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1917, 1918 |
| 11th Warmest | Warmest since: 2018 | 2017 | ||||
|
Nov 2017–Oct 2020 36-Month |
41.82°F (5.46°C) | 40.02°F (4.46°C) |
1.80°F (1.00°C) | 117th Coolest | Coolest since: 2015 | 1918 |
| 7th Warmest | Warmest since: 2019 | 2017 | ||||
|
Nov 2016–Oct 2020 48-Month |
42.10°F (5.61°C) | 40.01°F (4.45°C) |
2.09°F (1.16°C) | 119th Coolest | Coolest since: 2016 | 1918 |
| 4th Warmest | Warmest since: 2019 | 2018 | ||||
|
Nov 2015–Oct 2020 60-Month |
42.36°F (5.76°C) | 40.00°F (4.44°C) |
2.36°F (1.32°C) | 121st Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1920 |
| 1st Warmest | Warmest since: 2019 | 2019, 2020 | ||||
| Ties: 2019 | ||||||
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/