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Parameter: Average Temperature Maximum Temperature Minimum Temperature Precipitation Cooling Degree Days Heating Degree Days Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI) Palmer Hydrological Drought Index (PHDI) Palmer Modified Drought Index (PMDI) Palmer Z-Index

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Illinois, Climate Division 2. Northeast

Average Temperature Rankings, September 1981

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
September 1981 1-Month	62.2°F (16.8°C)	63.7°F (17.6°C)	-1.5°F (-0.8°C)	30th Coolest	Coolest since: 1976	1918
				98th Warmest	Warmest since: 1980	1897
	Ties: 1903, 1934
Aug–Sep 1981 2-Month	66.4°F (19.1°C)	67.5°F (19.7°C)	-1.1°F (-0.6°C)	34th Coolest	Coolest since: 1977	1902
				94th Warmest	Warmest since: 1980	1947
	Ties: 1943, 1964, 1994
Jul–Sep 1981 3-Month	68.2°F (20.1°C)	69.4°F (20.8°C)	-1.2°F (-0.7°C)	23rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1976	1924
				105th Warmest	Warmest since: 1980	1936
	Ties: 1929, 1975, 1996
Jun–Sep 1981 4-Month	68.6°F (20.3°C)	69.1°F (20.6°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	39th Coolest	Coolest since: 1976	1915
				89th Warmest	Warmest since: 1980	2005
	Ties: 2003
May–Sep 1981 5-Month	66.1°F (18.9°C)	67.1°F (19.5°C)	-1.0°F (-0.6°C)	26th Coolest	Coolest since: 1976	1924
				102nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1980	1921, 1988
	Ties: 1910, 1966
Apr–Sep 1981 6-Month	63.8°F (17.7°C)	63.9°F (17.7°C)	-0.1°F (0.0°C)	50th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1907
				78th Warmest	Warmest since: 1980	1921
	Ties: 1965
Mar–Sep 1981 7-Month	60.1°F (15.6°C)	59.9°F (15.5°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	60th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1924
				68th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2012
	Ties: 1905, 1948
Feb–Sep 1981 8-Month	56.0°F (13.3°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	0.5°F (0.2°C)	77th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1904, 1917
				51st Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2012
	Ties: 1968
Jan–Sep 1981 9-Month	52.2°F (11.2°C)	51.7°F (10.9°C)	0.5°F (0.3°C)	77th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1904, 1912
				51st Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2012
	Ties: 1906, 1942, 1959, 2011
Dec 1980–Sep 1981 10-Month	49.6°F (9.8°C)	49.1°F (9.5°C)	0.5°F (0.3°C)	72nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1904
				55th Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	2012
	Ties: 1913, 1992
Nov 1980–Sep 1981 11-Month	48.7°F (9.3°C)	48.1°F (8.9°C)	0.6°F (0.4°C)	83rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1904
				44th Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	2012
	Ties: 1898, 1908, 1911, 1946, 1964, 1985
Oct 1980–Sep 1981 12-Month	48.7°F (9.3°C)	48.5°F (9.2°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	73rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1904
				54th Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	2012
	Ties: 1901, 1908, 1946, 1959, 1974
Apr 1980–Sep 1981 18-Month	54.0°F (12.2°C)	53.6°F (12.0°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	76th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1904
				51st Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	2012
	Ties: 1938, 1941, 1985
Oct 1979–Sep 1981 24-Month	48.6°F (9.2°C)	48.4°F (9.1°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	71st Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1918
				55th Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	2017
	Ties: 1911, 1941, 1943, 1947, 1975, 1996
Oct 1978–Sep 1981 36-Month	47.7°F (8.7°C)	48.4°F (9.1°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	16th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1979
				109th Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	2000
	Ties: 1907, 1962, 1963
Oct 1977–Sep 1981 48-Month	47.4°F (8.6°C)	48.4°F (9.1°C)	-1.0°F (-0.5°C)	10th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1905, 1918
				114th Warmest	Warmest since: 1979	2001, 2002, 2019
	Ties: 1979, 1982
Oct 1976–Sep 1981 60-Month	47.4°F (8.6°C)	48.4°F (9.1°C)	-1.0°F (-0.5°C)	7th Coolest	Coolest since: 1920	1905, 1906
				116th Warmest	Warmest since: 1980	2002
	Ties: 1920

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Divisional Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 29, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/