Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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Illinois
Average Temperature Rankings, October 1972
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Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Warmest/Coolest Since |
Record |
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October 1972 1-Month |
51.4°F (10.8°C) | 54.6°F (12.6°C) |
-3.2°F (-1.8°C) | 16th Coolest | Coolest since: 1957 | 1925 |
111th Warmest | Warmest since: 1971 | 1963 | ||||
Sep–Oct 1972 2-Month |
59.5°F (15.3°C) | 60.4°F (15.8°C) |
-0.9°F (-0.5°C) | 43rd Coolest | Coolest since: 1969 | 1917 |
84th Warmest | Warmest since: 1971 | 1897, 2016 | ||||
Ties: 1980, 1996, 2014 | ||||||
Aug–Oct 1972 3-Month |
64.0°F (17.8°C) | 64.8°F (18.2°C) |
-0.8°F (-0.4°C) | 40th Coolest | Coolest since: 1969 | 1917 |
87th Warmest | Warmest since: 1971 | 1947 | ||||
Ties: 1989 | ||||||
Jul–Oct 1972 4-Month |
66.4°F (19.1°C) | 67.4°F (19.7°C) |
-1.0°F (-0.6°C) | 28th Coolest | Coolest since: 1967 | 1917 |
99th Warmest | Warmest since: 1971 | 1936 | ||||
Ties: 1903, 1925 | ||||||
Jun–Oct 1972 5-Month |
66.9°F (19.4°C) | 68.2°F (20.1°C) |
-1.3°F (-0.7°C) | 18th Coolest | Coolest since: 1967 | 1917 |
109th Warmest | Warmest since: 1971 | 1936 | ||||
Ties: 1909, 1928, 2004 | ||||||
May–Oct 1972 6-Month |
66.4°F (19.1°C) | 67.2°F (19.6°C) |
-0.8°F (-0.5°C) | 27th Coolest | Coolest since: 1969 | 1917 |
100th Warmest | Warmest since: 1971 | 1936 | ||||
Ties: 1902, 1925, 1950, 1961, 1969, 1990, 1993, 1996 | ||||||
Apr–Oct 1972 7-Month |
64.1°F (17.8°C) | 64.9°F (18.3°C) |
-0.8°F (-0.5°C) | 28th Coolest | Coolest since: 1967 | 1917 |
99th Warmest | Warmest since: 1971 | 2010 | ||||
Ties: 1910, 1927, 1979, 1989, 1990 | ||||||
Mar–Oct 1972 8-Month |
61.0°F (16.1°C) | 61.8°F (16.6°C) |
-0.8°F (-0.5°C) | 28th Coolest | Coolest since: 1969 | 1917 |
99th Warmest | Warmest since: 1971 | 2012 | ||||
Ties: 1975, 1979, 2009 | ||||||
Feb–Oct 1972 9-Month |
57.3°F (14.1°C) | 58.2°F (14.6°C) |
-0.9°F (-0.5°C) | 27th Coolest | Coolest since: 1967 | 1917 |
100th Warmest | Warmest since: 1971 | 2012 | ||||
Ties: 1906, 1928, 1965 | ||||||
Jan–Oct 1972 10-Month |
54.0°F (12.2°C) | 54.9°F (12.7°C) |
-0.9°F (-0.5°C) | 26th Coolest | Coolest since: 1969 | 1904 |
101st Warmest | Warmest since: 1971 | 2012 | ||||
Ties: 1920, 1923 | ||||||
Dec 1971–Oct 1972 11-Month |
52.4°F (11.3°C) | 52.7°F (11.5°C) |
-0.3°F (-0.2°C) | 52nd Coolest | Coolest since: 1970 | 1904 |
74th Warmest | Warmest since: 1971 | 2012 | ||||
Ties: 1906, 1937, 1948, 1950 | ||||||
Nov 1971–Oct 1972 12-Month |
51.5°F (10.8°C) | 51.6°F (10.9°C) |
-0.1°F (-0.1°C) | 54th Coolest | Coolest since: 1970 | 1904 |
72nd Warmest | Warmest since: 1971 | 2012 | ||||
Ties: 1901, 1910, 1950, 1952, 1974, 1980 | ||||||
May 1971–Oct 1972 18-Month |
57.0°F (13.9°C) | 56.8°F (13.8°C) |
0.2°F (0.1°C) | 70th Coolest | Coolest since: 1970 | 1904 |
56th Warmest | Warmest since: 1971 | 2012 | ||||
Ties: 1897, 1913, 1923, 1950, 1974, 1985 | ||||||
Nov 1970–Oct 1972 24-Month |
51.6°F (10.9°C) | 51.6°F (10.9°C) |
0.0°F (0.0°C) | 54th Coolest | Coolest since: 1971 | 1905 |
71st Warmest | Warmest since: 1957 | 2017 | ||||
Ties: 1936, 1948, 1981, 1996 | ||||||
Nov 1969–Oct 1972 36-Month |
51.3°F (10.7°C) | 51.6°F (10.9°C) |
-0.3°F (-0.2°C) | 39th Coolest | Coolest since: 1971 | 1904, 1979 |
85th Warmest | Warmest since: 1966 | 2018 | ||||
Ties: 1900, 1901, 1908, 1930, 1965, 1984, 1994 | ||||||
Nov 1968–Oct 1972 48-Month |
51.1°F (10.6°C) | 51.5°F (10.8°C) |
-0.4°F (-0.2°C) | 25th Coolest | Coolest since: 1971 | 1905 |
98th Warmest | Warmest since: 1968 | 2019 | ||||
Ties: 1962, 1968 | ||||||
Nov 1967–Oct 1972 60-Month |
51.1°F (10.6°C) | 51.5°F (10.8°C) |
-0.4°F (-0.2°C) | 22nd Coolest | Coolest since: 1971 | 1905, 1906 |
100th Warmest | Warmest since: 1968 | 2002, 2020 | ||||
Ties: 1909, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1961, 1963, 1997 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published January 2021, retrieved on January 19, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/