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NOAA's National Climatic Data Center: http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov
NCDC October 2009 analysis: http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/
NCDC October 2009 analysis: http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/
Federal climate trackers said October was the third-coolest in the U.S. since record-keeping began in 1895. The average October temperature of 50.8 degrees F was 4 degrees below the 20th century average. Preliminary data also reveal this was the wettest October on record with average precipitation across the contiguous United States reaching 4.15 inches, 2.04 inches above the 1901-2000 average.
The national stats mesh neatly with local weather observations. In Dillon, the National Weather Service record shows that October temperatures were 7 degrees below the historic average for the month.
Oklahoma recorded its coldest October on record while the month ranked among the five-coldest in Arkansas, Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Wyoming.
Florida was the only state to record an above-normal temperature average in October. It was the sixth consecutive month that Florida's temperature was above normal.
The nationwide average precipitation of 4.15 inches nearly doubled the long-term average. This was the first month since December 2007 that no region in the United States recorded below-normal precipitation.
Cheyenne, Wyo., tallied 28 inches of snow in October, making this the city's snowiest October on record. North Platte, Neb., recorded 30.3 inches of snow, making October 2009 the snowiest month ever for the city.
October saw below-normal fire activity, with a total of 3,207 fires that burned about 158,000 acres, according to the National Interagency Coordination Center.
The national stats mesh neatly with local weather observations. In Dillon, the National Weather Service record shows that October temperatures were 7 degrees below the historic average for the month.
Oklahoma recorded its coldest October on record while the month ranked among the five-coldest in Arkansas, Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Wyoming.
Florida was the only state to record an above-normal temperature average in October. It was the sixth consecutive month that Florida's temperature was above normal.
The nationwide average precipitation of 4.15 inches nearly doubled the long-term average. This was the first month since December 2007 that no region in the United States recorded below-normal precipitation.
Cheyenne, Wyo., tallied 28 inches of snow in October, making this the city's snowiest October on record. North Platte, Neb., recorded 30.3 inches of snow, making October 2009 the snowiest month ever for the city.
October saw below-normal fire activity, with a total of 3,207 fires that burned about 158,000 acres, according to the National Interagency Coordination Center.
