Weather.com - Nick Wiltgen, 11/09/12
State temperature rankings for October 2012. Blue shades indicate cooler-than-average temperatures while beige and orange shades indicate warmer-than-average temperatures. The numbers rank each state's temperature among all years since 1895. A number of 118 would indicate the warmest October on record; a number of 1 would indicate the coolest. For example, Iowa had its 21st-coolest October on record, and California its 21st-warmest. NOAA/NCDC
After 16 consecutive months of above-average temperatures, the U.S. enjoyed a cooldown in October. According to NOAA's National Climatic Data Center, temperatures averaged across the contiguous 48 states were slightly below average for the first time since May 2011.
NCDC's State of the Climate report said the average temperature over the Lower 48 was 53.9°F, only 0.3°F below the long-term average.
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