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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 7. East Southeast

Average Temperature Rankings, September 1972

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
September 1972 1-Month	69.1°F (20.6°C)	67.4°F (19.7°C)	1.7°F (0.9°C)	85th Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1918
				43rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1971	1925
	Ties: 1977
Aug–Sep 1972 2-Month	71.3°F (21.8°C)	70.8°F (21.6°C)	0.5°F (0.2°C)	78th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1967
				50th Warmest	Warmest since: 1970	1936
	Ties: 1916, 1944, 1948, 2013
Jul–Sep 1972 3-Month	72.4°F (22.4°C)	72.6°F (22.6°C)	-0.2°F (-0.2°C)	56th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1967
				72nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1970	1936
	Ties: 1912, 1968, 2001, 2020
Jun–Sep 1972 4-Month	71.8°F (22.1°C)	72.6°F (22.6°C)	-0.8°F (-0.5°C)	40th Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1967
				88th Warmest	Warmest since: 1971	1936
	Ties: 1969, 1994
May–Sep 1972 5-Month	70.4°F (21.3°C)	70.7°F (21.5°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	50th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1924
				78th Warmest	Warmest since: 1970	1936
	Ties: 1942, 1975, 2000, 2020
Apr–Sep 1972 6-Month	67.4°F (19.7°C)	67.7°F (19.8°C)	-0.3°F (-0.1°C)	46th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1907
				82nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1970	2010
	Ties: 1963, 1968, 1993, 2000
Mar–Sep 1972 7-Month	63.8°F (17.7°C)	64.0°F (17.8°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	50th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1924
				78th Warmest	Warmest since: 1970	2012
	Ties: 1903, 1910, 1935, 1956, 2003
Feb–Sep 1972 8-Month	59.6°F (15.3°C)	59.9°F (15.5°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	54th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1904, 1924
				74th Warmest	Warmest since: 1970	2012
	Ties: 1900, 1974
Jan–Sep 1972 9-Month	56.0°F (13.3°C)	56.3°F (13.5°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	52nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1979
				76th Warmest	Warmest since: 1964	2012
	Ties: 1916, 2013
Dec 1971–Sep 1972 10-Month	54.3°F (12.4°C)	53.8°F (12.1°C)	0.5°F (0.3°C)	73rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1904
				54th Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	2012
	Ties: 2011, 2013
Nov 1971–Sep 1972 11-Month	53.4°F (11.9°C)	52.9°F (11.6°C)	0.5°F (0.3°C)	81st Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1904
				46th Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	2012
	Ties: 1930, 1935, 1946, 1990, 2011
Oct 1971–Sep 1972 12-Month	54.1°F (12.3°C)	53.1°F (11.7°C)	1.0°F (0.6°C)	95th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1904
				32nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	2012
	Ties: 1931, 1934, 1949, 1957, 2004
Apr 1971–Sep 1972 18-Month	58.5°F (14.7°C)	58.0°F (14.4°C)	0.5°F (0.3°C)	84th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1918
				43rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	2012
	Ties: 1913, 1938, 1983, 2004, 2021
Oct 1970–Sep 1972 24-Month	53.2°F (11.8°C)	53.0°F (11.7°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	71st Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1979
				55th Warmest	Warmest since: 1965	2017
	Ties: 1909, 1920, 1965, 1975, 1989, 1993, 1996, 2004, 2009
Oct 1969–Sep 1972 36-Month	52.7°F (11.5°C)	53.0°F (11.7°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	34th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1979
				91st Warmest	Warmest since: 1966	2018
	Ties: 1900, 1913, 1952, 1958, 1964, 1965
Oct 1968–Sep 1972 48-Month	52.6°F (11.4°C)	53.0°F (11.7°C)	-0.4°F (-0.3°C)	27th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1980
				97th Warmest	Warmest since: 1967	2019
	Ties: 1900, 1910, 1913, 1926, 1964, 1997
Oct 1967–Sep 1972 60-Month	52.5°F (11.4°C)	53.0°F (11.7°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	23rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1982
				100th Warmest	Warmest since: 1968	2020
	Ties: 1902, 1912, 1930

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Divisional Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 7, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/