Boy was it cold in October in the middle of the USA.

This is the list of the 48 CONUS by rank.

Arkansas had the 16th coldest October since 1895. It was 9.9F colder than the warmest October in 1963.

North Dakota was 13.8F colder than the record warmest October – 1963.

14 states warmest October was 1963 and 11 were 1919 and 10 were 1947.

State	Oct_2012	Oct Rank	Warmest Oct Year	Warmest Oct Temp F
Arkansas	58.9	16	1963	68.8
Nebraska	47.6	17	1963	59.8
Mississippi	61.5	18	1919	72.7
Missouri	54.2	18	1963	66.7
Kansas	53.7	20	1963	65.8
Iowa	48.4	21	1963	61.9
Tennessee	56.5	21	1919	67.3
Illinois	52.2	22	1963	64.1
North Dakota	41	23	1963	54.8
Kentucky	54.8	24	1919	64.7
Louisiana	65.5	24	1919	75.2
Oklahoma	59.5	24	1963	69.9
South Dakota	45.7	26	1963	57.5
Indiana	52.2	28	1947	61.8
Montana	42	28	1963	50.6
Wisconsin	45.1	28	1963	57
Minnesota	43.1	29	1963	56
Alabama	62.4	34	1919	74
Ohio	52.1	40	1947	60.4
Wyoming	42.5	42	1963	50.5
Colorado	46.4	45	1963	53.4
Idaho	45	45	1988	52.4
West Virginia	52.7	45	1919	61.2
Texas	65.7	47	1947	71.7
Michigan	47.5	48	1947	56.7
Oregon	49	52	1988	55.6
North Carolina	59.6	54	1919	68.9
Washington	48.5	55	1901	53.9
Virginia	56.6	60	1919	64.7
South Carolina	63.4	61	1919	73.6
Georgia	64.7	66	1919	74.5
Florida	73.3	74	1919	78.5
Pennsylvania	52.3	74	1947	57.8
Maryland	57	76	2007	62.5
New Mexico	55.3	82	1950	60.8
Utah	51.1	91	1988	55.5
New York	50.7	94	1947	55.8
New Jersey	56.8	96	2007	62
Nevada	52.9	97	1988	56.9
Arizona	63.8	98	2003	67.7
California	63.3	98	2003	66.3
Connecticut	54.1	101	1913	59.1
Maine	48	101	1913	57.7
Massachusetts	53.4	102	1947	57.1
Delaware	60.2	105	2007	64.2
New Hampshire	49.9	105	1947	53.6
Vermont	49.4	105	1947	52.9
Rhode Island	55.8	107	1947	58.4