With the preliminary data for October in the books, it is a good time to check in how the month stacked up against past Octobers. The featured map displays average temperature ranks by climate district based on IEM estimates for the month. A value of one would represent the warmest October on record. The southern half of the Midwestern US was the warmest while northern sections were still above average.

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