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Record data for Tucson Arizona
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Daily and Monthly OCTOBER RECORDS for Tucson
for the period (1894-2009)
Date Record
High
(deg F)		 Year Record
Low Max
(deg F)		 Year Record
Low
(deg F)		 Year Record
High Min
(deg F)		 Year Record
Rain
(inches)		 Year
1st 101 1955 70 1983 42 1907 72 1997* 2.96 1983
2nd 101 1980 63 1959 42 1927 74 1997 1.73 1970
3rd 102 1993 67 1984 45 1930* 77 1977 1.18 1914
4th 100 1917 72 1972 40 1908 74 1953 0.63 1972
5th 101 1917 68 1912 39 1908 75 1996 1.09 1989
6th 101 1987* 74 1946 39 1908 75 1996 1.09 1977
7th 101 1987 71 1977 41 1913 72 1954 0.64 1977
8th 101 1910 70 1970 42 1970 71 2005 0.65 2001
9th 100 1996 65 1949 42 1939* 74 1951 0.55 1933
10th 99 1996 70 1912 38 1949 77 1934 1.10 1933
11th 99 1950* 67 2000 37 1912 71 1980 1.53 2000
12th 99 1998* 67 1997 35 1924 68 1958* 0.94 1932
13th 99 1998 72 2008 38 2008 68 1958 0.55 1916
14th 98 1991* 64 1957 33 1920 73 1961 0.72 1988
15th 98 1991 59 1925 38 1928* 68 1918 0.35 1994
16th 100 1991 58 1980 32 1899 69 1977* 0.70 1985
17th 99 2009 57 1971 37 1899 69 1955 0.97 1971
18th 98 1933* 60 1908 35 1904 70 2009 1.01 1972
19th 99 1921 62 1949 33 1908 72 1978 1.75 1972
20th 97 2003 59 1949 35 1908 66 1947 0.93 1988
21st 96 2003* 61 1920 33 1920 66 1951 1.55 1978
22nd 95 2003 61 1906 29 1908 63 1998 1.24 2000
23rd 94 1933 64 2000 29 1906 66 1992 0.66 1896
24th 96 1959 68 1978* 33 1935 66 2007 0.50 1925
25th 94 1990* 63 1997 33 1908 64 1998* 0.20 1944
26th 96 2001 60 1971 32 1899 64 1983* 1.61 1996
27th 94 1937 59 1996 35 1970 64 2004* 0.50 1991
28th 94 2007* 61 1996 29 1897 65 2008* 0.58 1896
29th 92 2001* 59 2009 32 1912 66 1987 1.64 1902
30th 94 2001 50 1961 26 1971 66 1962 1.47 1951
31st 93 1916 54 1972 29 1900 62 1987 0.44 1926
* - indicates last of several occurrences
monthly records are in bold 
October monthly extremes 

TEMPERATURE
Record high                 102 deg F  on  October  3, 1993
Record low                   26 deg F  on  October 30, 1971
Warmest October (avg)      76.8 deg F  in  1950
Coldest October (avg)      63.8 deg F  in  1908


PRECIPITATION
Record one-day(mid-mid)    2.96 inches  on  October  1, 1983
Wettest October            4.98 inches  in  2000 and 1983
Driest  October            0.00 inches  in  1982..1973..1952..1938..1935..
                                            1923..1915..1909..1903..1898
 

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