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\"\"Jaromir Chalabala \/\/ ShutterstockOctobers with the most precipitation in New York since 1895<\/p>\n

Stacker<\/a> compiled a ranking of the wettest Octobers in New York since 1895 using data from the National Centers for Environmental Information<\/a>. Rankings are based on the highest total precipitation in each month. For each of the months listed below, we’ve included the total precipitation, state-wide highs and lows for the month, and the average state temperature.<\/p>\n

#10. October 1976<\/p>\n

– Total precipitation: 6.25 inches<\/p>\n

– Average temperature: 43.2\u00b0F<\/p>\n

– Monthly high temperature: 52.4\u00b0F<\/p>\n

– Monthly low temperature: 34.1\u00b0F<\/p>\n

#9. October 1990<\/p>\n

– Total precipitation: 6.39 inches<\/p>\n

– Average temperature: 50.7\u00b0F<\/p>\n

– Monthly high temperature: 60.5\u00b0F<\/p>\n

– Monthly low temperature: 40.8\u00b0F<\/p>\n

#7. October 2021 (tie)<\/p>\n

– Total precipitation: 6.6 inches<\/p>\n

– Average temperature: 54.8\u00b0F<\/p>\n

– Monthly high temperature: 63.1\u00b0F<\/p>\n

– Monthly low temperature: 46.5\u00b0F<\/p>\n

#7. October 2019 (tie)<\/p>\n

– Total precipitation: 6.6 inches<\/p>\n

– Average temperature: 50.2\u00b0F<\/p>\n

– Monthly high temperature: 59.9\u00b0F<\/p>\n

– Monthly low temperature: 40.5\u00b0F<\/p>\n

#6. October 1917<\/p>\n

– Total precipitation: 6.79 inches<\/p>\n

– Average temperature: 43.1\u00b0F<\/p>\n

– Monthly high temperature: 52\u00b0F<\/p>\n

– Monthly low temperature: 34.2\u00b0F<\/p>\n

#5. October 1959<\/p>\n

– Total precipitation: 6.8 inches<\/p>\n

– Average temperature: 49.2\u00b0F<\/p>\n

– Monthly high temperature: 58\u00b0F<\/p>\n

– Monthly low temperature: 40.3\u00b0F<\/p>\n

#4. October 2010<\/p>\n

– Total precipitation: 6.91 inches<\/p>\n

– Average temperature: 48.5\u00b0F<\/p>\n

– Monthly high temperature: 57.9\u00b0F<\/p>\n

– Monthly low temperature: 39.1\u00b0F<\/p>\n

#3. October 1995<\/p>\n

– Total precipitation: 7.51 inches<\/p>\n

– Average temperature: 52.1\u00b0F<\/p>\n

– Monthly high temperature: 62.6\u00b0F<\/p>\n

– Monthly low temperature: 41.6\u00b0F<\/p>\n

#2. October 2005<\/p>\n

– Total precipitation: 8.29 inches<\/p>\n

– Average temperature: 49.7\u00b0F<\/p>\n

– Monthly high temperature: 57.6\u00b0F<\/p>\n

– Monthly low temperature: 41.8\u00b0F<\/p>\n

#1. October 1955<\/p>\n

– Total precipitation: 8.57 inches<\/p>\n

– Average temperature: 50.6\u00b0F<\/p>\n

– Monthly high temperature: 60.9\u00b0F<\/p>\n

– Monthly low temperature: 40.3\u00b0F<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jaromir Chalabala \/\/ ShutterstockOctobers with the most precipitation in New York since 1895 Stacker compiled a ranking of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":364985,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[126985,4241,126975,126978,3912,53045,113,6352,2307,4458,1757,9267,867,28517,62094,9984,20311,126976,37074,18185,126979,126984,126980,18186,126981,9985,9854,9711,126977,126986,26791,126982,9,24,11,10,49,51,50,11277,8738,115,126983,17064,85673,5384,10633,28518,2352,7524,3943,2238,101605,126987],"class_list":["post-364984","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-akron","tag-albany","tag-albuquerque","tag-asheville","tag-binghamton","tag-bismarck","tag-buffalo","tag-burlington","tag-canton","tag-charlotte","tag-cincinnati","tag-cleveland","tag-columbus","tag-dayton","tag-durham","tag-elmira","tag-fargo","tag-farmington","tag-fayetteville","tag-glens-falls","tag-goldsboro","tag-grand-forks","tag-greensboro","tag-greenville","tag-hickory","tag-ithaca","tag-jacksonville","tag-kingston","tag-las-cruces","tag-lima","tag-mansfield","tag-new-bern","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-new-york-state","tag-new-york-state-headlines","tag-new-york-state-news","tag-poughkeepsie","tag-raleigh","tag-rochester","tag-rocky-mount","tag-santa-fe","tag-springfield","tag-syracuse","tag-thestacker","tag-toledo","tag-utica","tag-watertown","tag-white-plains","tag-wilmington","tag-winston-salem","tag-youngstown"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364984","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=364984"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364984\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/364985"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=364984"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=364984"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=364984"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}