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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 1988

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
September 1988 1-Month	65.7°F (18.7°C)	63.7°F (17.6°C)	2.0°F (1.1°C)	92nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1987	1918
				36th Warmest	Warmest since: 1986	1897
Aug–Sep 1988 2-Month	71.1°F (21.7°C)	67.4°F (19.7°C)	3.7°F (2.0°C)	123rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1987	1902
				5th Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	1947
	Ties: 1900
Jul–Sep 1988 3-Month	72.9°F (22.7°C)	69.4°F (20.8°C)	3.5°F (1.9°C)	126th Coolest	Coolest since: 1987	1924
				2nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1936	1936
Jun–Sep 1988 4-Month	72.7°F (22.6°C)	69.2°F (20.7°C)	3.5°F (1.9°C)	126th Coolest	Coolest since: 1987	1915
				2nd Warmest	Warmest to Date	2005
May–Sep 1988 5-Month	70.5°F (21.4°C)	67.1°F (19.5°C)	3.4°F (1.9°C)	127th Coolest	Coolest since: 1987	1924
				1st Warmest	Warmest since: 1921	1921, 1988
	Ties: 1921
Apr–Sep 1988 6-Month	66.8°F (19.3°C)	63.9°F (17.7°C)	2.9°F (1.6°C)	123rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1987	1907
				5th Warmest	Warmest since: 1921	1921
Mar–Sep 1988 7-Month	62.7°F (17.1°C)	59.9°F (15.5°C)	2.8°F (1.6°C)	119th Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1924
				9th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2012
Feb–Sep 1988 8-Month	57.6°F (14.2°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	2.1°F (1.1°C)	115th Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1904, 1917
				13th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2012
	Ties: 1955
Jan–Sep 1988 9-Month	53.2°F (11.8°C)	51.7°F (10.9°C)	1.5°F (0.9°C)	98th Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1904, 1912
				30th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2012
	Ties: 1925, 1964
Dec 1987–Sep 1988 10-Month	51.0°F (10.6°C)	49.1°F (9.5°C)	1.9°F (1.1°C)	105th Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1904
				22nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2012
	Ties: 1932, 1954
Nov 1987–Sep 1988 11-Month	50.3°F (10.2°C)	48.1°F (8.9°C)	2.2°F (1.3°C)	109th Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1904
				18th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2012
	Ties: 1919
Oct 1987–Sep 1988 12-Month	50.0°F (10.0°C)	48.5°F (9.2°C)	1.5°F (0.8°C)	102nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1904
				25th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2012
Apr 1987–Sep 1988 18-Month	55.4°F (13.0°C)	53.6°F (12.0°C)	1.8°F (1.0°C)	114th Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1904
				13th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2012
	Ties: 1991, 2021
Oct 1986–Sep 1988 24-Month	50.6°F (10.3°C)	48.5°F (9.2°C)	2.1°F (1.1°C)	118th Coolest	Coolest since: 1987	1918
				8th Warmest	Warmest since: 1922	2017
	Ties: 2018
Oct 1985–Sep 1988 36-Month	50.0°F (10.0°C)	48.4°F (9.1°C)	1.6°F (0.9°C)	111th Coolest	Coolest since: 1987	1979
				14th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2000
	Ties: 1934, 2008
Oct 1984–Sep 1988 48-Month	49.8°F (9.9°C)	48.4°F (9.1°C)	1.4°F (0.8°C)	109th Coolest	Coolest since: 1987	1905, 1918
				15th Warmest	Warmest since: 1934	2001, 2002, 2019
	Ties: 1922, 1933, 2021
Oct 1983–Sep 1988 60-Month	49.4°F (9.7°C)	48.4°F (9.1°C)	1.0°F (0.6°C)	96th Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1905, 1906
				27th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2002
	Ties: 1956, 1989, 1992, 2018

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Divisional Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 24, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/