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Look up monthly rankings for 1-12, 18, 24, 36, 48, and 60-month time periods using the options below. Data and statistics are as of August 2022. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.

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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Contiguous U.S.

Average Temperature Rankings, September 1950

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
September 1950 1-Month	63.50°F (17.50°C)	64.86°F (18.26°C)	-1.36°F (-0.76°C)	19th Coolest	Coolest since: 1929	1965
				109th Warmest	Warmest since: 1949	1998
	Ties: 1916
Aug–Sep 1950 2-Month	66.76°F (19.31°C)	68.48°F (20.27°C)	-1.72°F (-0.96°C)	4th Coolest	Coolest since: 1912	1974
				124th Warmest	Warmest since: 1949	1998
Jul–Sep 1950 3-Month	68.25°F (20.14°C)	70.19°F (21.22°C)	-1.94°F (-1.08°C)	1st Coolest	Coolest since: 1950	1950
				127th Warmest	Warmest since: 1949	1998
Jun–Sep 1950 4-Month	68.17°F (20.09°C)	69.77°F (20.98°C)	-1.60°F (-0.89°C)	5th Coolest	Coolest since: 1915	1903
				123rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1949	2021
May–Sep 1950 5-Month	66.42°F (19.12°C)	67.85°F (19.92°C)	-1.43°F (-0.80°C)	5th Coolest	Coolest since: 1917	1907
				123rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1949	2018
Apr–Sep 1950 6-Month	63.46°F (17.48°C)	65.05°F (18.36°C)	-1.59°F (-0.88°C)	3rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1917	1907
				125th Warmest	Warmest since: 1949	2012
Mar–Sep 1950 7-Month	59.94°F (15.52°C)	61.68°F (16.49°C)	-1.74°F (-0.97°C)	3rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1917	1912
				125th Warmest	Warmest since: 1949	2012
Feb–Sep 1950 8-Month	56.90°F (13.83°C)	58.21°F (14.56°C)	-1.31°F (-0.73°C)	7th Coolest	Coolest since: 1917	1917
				121st Warmest	Warmest since: 1949	2012
Jan–Sep 1950 9-Month	53.95°F (12.19°C)	55.08°F (12.82°C)	-1.13°F (-0.63°C)	12th Coolest	Coolest since: 1929	1912
				116th Warmest	Warmest since: 1949	2012
Dec 1949–Sep 1950 10-Month	51.88°F (11.04°C)	52.84°F (11.58°C)	-0.96°F (-0.54°C)	12th Coolest	Coolest since: 1929	1917
				115th Warmest	Warmest since: 1949	2012
Nov 1949–Sep 1950 11-Month	51.28°F (10.71°C)	51.83°F (11.02°C)	-0.55°F (-0.31°C)	28th Coolest	Coolest since: 1948	1912
				99th Warmest	Warmest since: 1949	2012
	Ties: 1971
Oct 1949–Sep 1950 12-Month	51.51°F (10.84°C)	52.02°F (11.12°C)	-0.51°F (-0.28°C)	29th Coolest	Coolest since: 1929	1912
				98th Warmest	Warmest since: 1949	2012
Apr 1949–Sep 1950 18-Month	56.18°F (13.43°C)	56.37°F (13.54°C)	-0.19°F (-0.11°C)	39th Coolest	Coolest since: 1936	1917
				88th Warmest	Warmest since: 1949	2012
	Ties: 1897, 1958, 1960
Oct 1948–Sep 1950 24-Month	51.55°F (10.86°C)	52.02°F (11.12°C)	-0.47°F (-0.26°C)	23rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1929	1913, 1918
				103rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1949	2017
Oct 1947–Sep 1950 36-Month	51.64°F (10.91°C)	52.01°F (11.12°C)	-0.37°F (-0.21°C)	26th Coolest	Coolest since: 1924	1917
				99th Warmest	Warmest since: 1949	2018
	Ties: 1924
Oct 1946–Sep 1950 48-Month	51.73°F (10.96°C)	51.99°F (11.11°C)	-0.26°F (-0.15°C)	31st Coolest	Coolest since: 1929	1918
				93rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1949	2018
	Ties: 1901, 1967, 1978
Oct 1945–Sep 1950 60-Month	51.88°F (11.04°C)	51.98°F (11.10°C)	-0.10°F (-0.06°C)	48th Coolest	Coolest since: 1930	1920
				75th Warmest	Warmest since: 1949	2020
	Ties: 1978

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 28, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/