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ESOlex \/\/ ShutterstockHottest Octobers in Pennsylvania since 1895<\/p>\n
In July 2026, the continental United States experienced its hottest month on record since 1895<\/a>, according to data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.<\/p>\n Climate change is driving rising temperatures and more record heat. The Earth\u2019s temperature<\/a> has climbed each decade since 1880 by about .14 degrees Fahrenheit, or roughly 2 degrees Fahrenheit total.<\/p>\n Stacker<\/a> compiled a ranking of the hottest Octobers in Pennsylvania since 1895 using data from the National Centers for Environmental Information<\/a>. Rankings are based on the highest average temperature in each month. For each of the hottest months listed below, we’ve included the average state temperature, state-wide highs and lows for the month, and the total precipitation.<\/p>\n #10. October 1919<\/p>\n – Average temperature: 55.1\u00b0F<\/p>\n – Monthly high temperature: 64.9\u00b0F<\/p>\n – Monthly low temperature: 45.3\u00b0F<\/p>\n – Total precipitation: 4.83″<\/p>\n #9. October 1920<\/p>\n – Average temperature: 55.2\u00b0F<\/p>\n – Monthly high temperature: 68.1\u00b0F<\/p>\n – Monthly low temperature: 42.3\u00b0F<\/p>\n – Total precipitation: 1.7″<\/p>\n #8. October 1949<\/p>\n – Average temperature: 55.3\u00b0F<\/p>\n – Monthly high temperature: 67.4\u00b0F<\/p>\n – Monthly low temperature: 43.2\u00b0F<\/p>\n – Total precipitation: 2.17″<\/p>\n #7. October 1984<\/p>\n – Average temperature: 55.7\u00b0F<\/p>\n – Monthly high temperature: 66\u00b0F<\/p>\n – Monthly low temperature: 45.4\u00b0F<\/p>\n – Total precipitation: 2.84″<\/p>\n #6. October 2017<\/p>\n – Average temperature: 56.2\u00b0F<\/p>\n – Monthly high temperature: 67.2\u00b0F<\/p>\n – Monthly low temperature: 45.2\u00b0F<\/p>\n – Total precipitation: 5.09″<\/p>\n #4. October 1971 (tie)<\/p>\n – Average temperature: 56.4\u00b0F<\/p>\n – Monthly high temperature: 66.7\u00b0F<\/p>\n – Monthly low temperature: 46\u00b0F<\/p>\n – Total precipitation: 2.51″<\/p>\n #4. October 1900 (tie)<\/p>\n – Average temperature: 56.4\u00b0F<\/p>\n – Monthly high temperature: 66.7\u00b0F<\/p>\n – Monthly low temperature: 46\u00b0F<\/p>\n – Total precipitation: 3.03″<\/p>\n #3. October 1947<\/p>\n – Average temperature: 57\u00b0F<\/p>\n – Monthly high temperature: 71.2\u00b0F<\/p>\n – Monthly low temperature: 42.8\u00b0F<\/p>\n – Total precipitation: 1.31″<\/p>\n #2. October 2021<\/p>\n – Average temperature: 57.7\u00b0F<\/p>\n – Monthly high temperature: 66.8\u00b0F<\/p>\n – Monthly low temperature: 48.6\u00b0F<\/p>\n – Total precipitation: 4.61″<\/p>\n #1. October 2007<\/p>\n – Average temperature: 57.8\u00b0F<\/p>\n – Monthly high temperature: 68.9\u00b0F<\/p>\n – Monthly low temperature: 46.7\u00b0F<\/p>\n – Total precipitation: 3.89″<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ESOlex \/\/ ShutterstockHottest Octobers in Pennsylvania since 1895 In July 2026, the continental United States experienced its hottest…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":297680,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[5778,3576,5777,5781,264,5779,5783,1131,5744,5776,5784,5786,5780,59734,28,30,29,5782,5785,2827],"class_list":["post-297679","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-applied-and-interdisciplinary-physics","tag-atmosphere","tag-atmospheric-sciences","tag-climate","tag-climate-change","tag-climate-variability-and-change","tag-earth-sciences","tag-environment","tag-environmental-impact","tag-environmental-impact-of-fossil-fuels","tag-global-environmental-issues","tag-human-impact-on-the-environment","tag-natural-environment","tag-natural-sciences","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news","tag-physical-geography","tag-societal-collapse","tag-temperature"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297679","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=297679"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297679\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/297680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=297679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=297679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=297679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}