Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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Washington
Average Temperature Rankings, October 1978
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Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Warmest/Coolest Since |
Record |
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October 1978 1-Month |
47.6°F (8.7°C) | 47.2°F (8.4°C) |
0.4°F (0.3°C) | 76th Coolest | Coolest since: 1977 | 1905 |
51st Warmest | Warmest since: 1974 | 2015 | ||||
Ties: 1895 | ||||||
Sep–Oct 1978 2-Month |
51.4°F (10.8°C) | 52.1°F (11.2°C) |
-0.7°F (-0.4°C) | 43rd Coolest | Coolest since: 1977 | 1912 |
84th Warmest | Warmest since: 1976 | 1944, 2014 | ||||
Ties: 1898, 1899 | ||||||
Aug–Oct 1978 3-Month |
55.1°F (12.8°C) | 55.9°F (13.3°C) |
-0.8°F (-0.5°C) | 31st Coolest | Coolest since: 1975 | 1912 |
96th Warmest | Warmest since: 1977 | 2014 | ||||
Ties: 1955, 1975 | ||||||
Jul–Oct 1978 4-Month |
57.5°F (14.2°C) | 57.9°F (14.4°C) |
-0.4°F (-0.2°C) | 38th Coolest | Coolest since: 1977 | 1912 |
89th Warmest | Warmest since: 1977 | 2014 | ||||
Ties: 1927, 1935, 1971, 1977, 1993, 2000, 2019 | ||||||
Jun–Oct 1978 5-Month |
58.0°F (14.4°C) | 57.9°F (14.4°C) |
0.1°F (0.0°C) | 71st Coolest | Coolest since: 1976 | 1954 |
56th Warmest | Warmest since: 1977 | 2015 | ||||
Ties: 1929, 1951 | ||||||
May–Oct 1978 6-Month |
56.6°F (13.7°C) | 56.8°F (13.8°C) |
-0.2°F (-0.1°C) | 49th Coolest | Coolest since: 1977 | 1899, 1916 |
78th Warmest | Warmest since: 1977 | 2015 | ||||
Ties: 1917, 1977, 2000 | ||||||
Apr–Oct 1978 7-Month |
54.9°F (12.7°C) | 55.1°F (12.8°C) |
-0.2°F (-0.1°C) | 48th Coolest | Coolest since: 1976 | 1899, 1954 |
79th Warmest | Warmest since: 1977 | 2015 | ||||
Ties: 1980 | ||||||
Mar–Oct 1978 8-Month |
53.2°F (11.8°C) | 53.1°F (11.7°C) |
0.1°F (0.1°C) | 67th Coolest | Coolest since: 1977 | 1955 |
60th Warmest | Warmest since: 1977 | 2015 | ||||
Ties: 1969, 1977 | ||||||
Feb–Oct 1978 9-Month |
51.3°F (10.7°C) | 50.9°F (10.5°C) |
0.4°F (0.2°C) | 82nd Coolest | Coolest since: 1976 | 1955 |
45th Warmest | Warmest since: 1977 | 2015 | ||||
Ties: 1914, 1928, 1930, 2000, 2009, 2010 | ||||||
Jan–Oct 1978 10-Month |
49.3°F (9.6°C) | 48.6°F (9.2°C) |
0.7°F (0.4°C) | 85th Coolest | Coolest since: 1977 | 1916 |
42nd Warmest | Warmest since: 1967 | 2015 | ||||
Ties: 1900, 1944, 1997, 2012 | ||||||
Dec 1977–Oct 1978 11-Month |
47.7°F (8.7°C) | 47.0°F (8.3°C) |
0.7°F (0.4°C) | 87th Coolest | Coolest since: 1977 | 1916 |
39th Warmest | Warmest since: 1967 | 2015 | ||||
Ties: 2007, 2010, 2012 | ||||||
Nov 1977–Oct 1978 12-Month |
46.6°F (8.1°C) | 46.1°F (7.8°C) |
0.5°F (0.3°C) | 80th Coolest | Coolest since: 1977 | 1916 |
46th Warmest | Warmest since: 1977 | 2015 | ||||
Ties: 1905, 1947, 1953, 1968, 1977, 2012, 2019 | ||||||
May 1977–Oct 1978 18-Month |
49.9°F (9.9°C) | 49.7°F (9.8°C) |
0.2°F (0.1°C) | 69th Coolest | Coolest since: 1977 | 1917 |
57th Warmest | Warmest since: 1974 | 2015 | ||||
Ties: 1944, 1974, 1993, 2012 | ||||||
Nov 1976–Oct 1978 24-Month |
46.6°F (8.1°C) | 46.1°F (7.8°C) |
0.5°F (0.3°C) | 81st Coolest | Coolest since: 1977 | 1917 |
44th Warmest | Warmest since: 1968 | 2016 | ||||
Ties: 1901, 1981, 1996 | ||||||
Nov 1975–Oct 1978 36-Month |
46.3°F (7.9°C) | 46.1°F (7.8°C) |
0.2°F (0.1°C) | 72nd Coolest | Coolest since: 1977 | 1950 |
52nd Warmest | Warmest since: 1969 | 2016 | ||||
Ties: 1902, 1925, 1934, 1944, 1946, 1947, 1958, 2011 | ||||||
Nov 1974–Oct 1978 48-Month |
46.1°F (7.8°C) | 46.1°F (7.8°C) |
0.0°F (0.0°C) | 53rd Coolest | Coolest since: 1977 | 1951, 1957 |
70th Warmest | Warmest since: 1977 | 2016 | ||||
Ties: 1907, 1908, 1929, 1938, 1977, 1979, 1980 | ||||||
Nov 1973–Oct 1978 60-Month |
46.2°F (7.9°C) | 46.1°F (7.8°C) |
0.1°F (0.1°C) | 61st Coolest | Coolest since: 1977 | 1913, 1920 |
61st Warmest | Warmest since: 1971 | 2016, 2017, 2018 | ||||
Ties: 1929, 1934, 1936, 1939, 1946, 1947, 1963, 1965, 1985, 1987 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published February 2021, retrieved on February 26, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/