Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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California
Average Temperature Rankings, October 1938
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Warmest/Coolest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
October 1938 1-Month |
57.9°F (14.4°C) | 59.5°F (15.3°C) |
-1.6°F (-0.9°C) | 26th Coolest | Coolest since: 1935 | 1916 |
| 101st Warmest | Warmest since: 1937 | 2020 | ||||
| Ties: 1909 | ||||||
|
Sep–Oct 1938 2-Month |
64.2°F (17.9°C) | 64.1°F (17.8°C) |
0.1°F (0.1°C) | 70th Coolest | Coolest since: 1935 | 1916, 1920 |
| 57th Warmest | Warmest since: 1937 | 2020 | ||||
| Ties: 1906, 1929, 1968, 1975, 1984, 1994, 2006 | ||||||
|
Aug–Oct 1938 3-Month |
67.3°F (19.6°C) | 67.2°F (19.6°C) |
0.1°F (0.0°C) | 55th Coolest | Coolest since: 1931 | 1900, 1912 |
| 72nd Warmest | Warmest since: 1937 | 2020 | ||||
| Ties: 1898, 1906 | ||||||
|
Jul–Oct 1938 4-Month |
69.3°F (20.7°C) | 69.1°F (20.6°C) |
0.2°F (0.1°C) | 61st Coolest | Coolest since: 1935 | 1912 |
| 66th Warmest | Warmest since: 1937 | 2020 | ||||
| Ties: 1951, 1970 | ||||||
|
Jun–Oct 1938 5-Month |
69.3°F (20.7°C) | 68.9°F (20.5°C) |
0.4°F (0.2°C) | 71st Coolest | Coolest since: 1935 | 1912 |
| 56th Warmest | Warmest since: 1937 | 2020 | ||||
| Ties: 1935, 1950, 1970 | ||||||
|
May–Oct 1938 6-Month |
68.0°F (20.0°C) | 67.6°F (19.8°C) |
0.4°F (0.2°C) | 75th Coolest | Coolest since: 1935 | 1916 |
| 52nd Warmest | Warmest since: 1937 | 2020 | ||||
| Ties: 1929, 1945 | ||||||
|
Apr–Oct 1938 7-Month |
65.9°F (18.8°C) | 65.6°F (18.7°C) |
0.3°F (0.1°C) | 73rd Coolest | Coolest since: 1935 | 1912 |
| 54th Warmest | Warmest since: 1937 | 2020 | ||||
| Ties: 1928, 1945, 1962, 1977 | ||||||
|
Mar–Oct 1938 8-Month |
63.4°F (17.4°C) | 63.6°F (17.6°C) |
-0.2°F (-0.2°C) | 56th Coolest | Coolest since: 1935 | 1912 |
| 71st Warmest | Warmest since: 1937 | 2014, 2015 | ||||
| Ties: 1904, 1933, 1949, 1977, 1991, 1999 | ||||||
|
Feb–Oct 1938 9-Month |
61.1°F (16.2°C) | 61.5°F (16.4°C) |
-0.4°F (-0.2°C) | 40th Coolest | Coolest since: 1935 | 1912 |
| 87th Warmest | Warmest since: 1937 | 2015 | ||||
| Ties: 1905, 1925, 1935, 1962 | ||||||
|
Jan–Oct 1938 10-Month |
59.5°F (15.3°C) | 59.6°F (15.3°C) |
-0.1°F (0.0°C) | 55th Coolest | Coolest since: 1937 | 1911, 1912 |
| 72nd Warmest | Warmest since: 1936 | 2015 | ||||
| Ties: 1906, 1973 | ||||||
|
Dec 1937–Oct 1938 11-Month |
58.3°F (14.6°C) | 58.1°F (14.5°C) |
0.2°F (0.1°C) | 74th Coolest | Coolest since: 1937 | 1912 |
| 52nd Warmest | Warmest since: 1936 | 2015 | ||||
| Ties: 1954, 1968, 1977 | ||||||
|
Nov 1937–Oct 1938 12-Month |
57.7°F (14.3°C) | 57.4°F (14.1°C) |
0.3°F (0.2°C) | 77th Coolest | Coolest since: 1937 | 1912 |
| 49th Warmest | Warmest since: 1936 | 2015 | ||||
| Ties: 1939, 1966, 1974, 1980, 2011 | ||||||
|
May 1937–Oct 1938 18-Month |
61.4°F (16.3°C) | 60.7°F (15.9°C) |
0.7°F (0.4°C) | 84th Coolest | Coolest since: 1937 | 1912 |
| 42nd Warmest | Warmest since: 1936 | 2015 | ||||
| Ties: 1951, 1980 | ||||||
|
Nov 1936–Oct 1938 24-Month |
57.2°F (14.0°C) | 57.3°F (14.1°C) |
-0.1°F (-0.1°C) | 46th Coolest | Coolest since: 1933 | 1912, 1949 |
| 79th Warmest | Warmest since: 1937 | 2015 | ||||
| Ties: 1925, 1929, 1944, 1954, 1966, 1974, 1999 | ||||||
|
Nov 1935–Oct 1938 36-Month |
57.6°F (14.2°C) | 57.3°F (14.1°C) |
0.3°F (0.1°C) | 68th Coolest | Coolest since: 1937 | 1913 |
| 56th Warmest | Warmest since: 1936 | 2016 | ||||
| Ties: 1931, 1932, 1952, 1984 | ||||||
|
Nov 1934–Oct 1938 48-Month |
57.5°F (14.2°C) | 57.3°F (14.1°C) |
0.2°F (0.1°C) | 65th Coolest | Coolest since: 1935 | 1912, 1913 |
| 58th Warmest | Warmest since: 1937 | 2017 | ||||
| Ties: 1927, 1929, 1935, 1968, 1969, 1985 | ||||||
|
Nov 1933–Oct 1938 60-Month |
58.0°F (14.4°C) | 57.4°F (14.1°C) |
0.6°F (0.3°C) | 85th Coolest | Coolest since: 1937 | 1913 |
| 37th Warmest | Warmest to Date | 2018 | ||||
| Ties: 1940, 1960, 1963, 1982, 1984, 1987 | ||||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published January 2021, retrieved on January 21, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/