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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

Year: 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

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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	58.5°F (14.7°C)	60.8°F (16.0°C)	-2.3°F (-1.3°C)	15th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1912
				113th Warmest	Warmest since: 1969	2009
Aug–Sep 1972 2-Month	63.8°F (17.7°C)	65.1°F (18.4°C)	-1.3°F (-0.7°C)	16th Coolest	Coolest since: 1968	1900
				112th Warmest	Warmest since: 1971	2020
	Ties: 1901, 1954, 1959, 1961, 1964
Jul–Sep 1972 3-Month	66.6°F (19.2°C)	67.2°F (19.6°C)	-0.6°F (-0.4°C)	28th Coolest	Coolest since: 1968	1912
				100th Warmest	Warmest since: 1971	2020
	Ties: 1896, 1915, 1944, 1964
Jun–Sep 1972 4-Month	66.3°F (19.1°C)	66.2°F (19.0°C)	0.1°F (0.1°C)	56th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1907
				72nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1969	2021
	Ties: 1930, 1949, 1984
May–Sep 1972 5-Month	64.2°F (17.9°C)	63.9°F (17.7°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	74th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1907, 1965
				54th Warmest	Warmest since: 1969	2021
	Ties: 1898, 1918, 1933, 1973
Apr–Sep 1972 6-Month	61.0°F (16.1°C)	60.8°F (16.0°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	62nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1912
				66th Warmest	Warmest since: 1969	2021
	Ties: 1930, 1947, 1986
Mar–Sep 1972 7-Month	58.7°F (14.8°C)	57.7°F (14.3°C)	1.0°F (0.5°C)	90th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1912
				38th Warmest	Warmest since: 1966	1934, 2007, 2021
	Ties: 1986
Feb–Sep 1972 8-Month	55.8°F (13.2°C)	54.5°F (12.5°C)	1.3°F (0.7°C)	97th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1903
				31st Warmest	Warmest since: 1940	1934, 2015
	Ties: 1988
Jan–Sep 1972 9-Month	52.7°F (11.5°C)	51.6°F (10.9°C)	1.1°F (0.6°C)	97th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1917
				31st Warmest	Warmest since: 1961	2015
	Ties: 1961
Dec 1971–Sep 1972 10-Month	49.9°F (9.9°C)	49.4°F (9.7°C)	0.5°F (0.2°C)	74th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1917
				53rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1966	2015
	Ties: 1928, 1939, 1966, 1980, 2011, 2019
Nov 1971–Sep 1972 11-Month	48.6°F (9.2°C)	48.3°F (9.1°C)	0.3°F (0.1°C)	66th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1917
				61st Warmest	Warmest since: 1970	2015
	Ties: 1905, 1970, 1989, 2011
Oct 1971–Sep 1972 12-Month	48.3°F (9.1°C)	48.4°F (9.1°C)	-0.1°F (0.0°C)	48th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1917
				79th Warmest	Warmest since: 1970	2015
	Ties: 1908, 1939, 1970, 1984, 1995
Apr 1971–Sep 1972 18-Month	52.2°F (11.2°C)	52.5°F (11.4°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	36th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1917
				91st Warmest	Warmest since: 1970	2015
	Ties: 1898, 1901, 1904, 1915, 1932, 1937, 1946, 1966, 1968
Oct 1970–Sep 1972 24-Month	48.2°F (9.0°C)	48.5°F (9.2°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	45th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1913
				81st Warmest	Warmest since: 1970	2016
	Ties: 1929, 1938, 1955, 1963
Oct 1969–Sep 1972 36-Month	48.2°F (9.0°C)	48.4°F (9.1°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	42nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1966	1917
				83rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1971	2017
	Ties: 1910, 1911, 1916, 1921, 1932, 1947
Oct 1968–Sep 1972 48-Month	48.3°F (9.1°C)	48.4°F (9.1°C)	-0.1°F (0.0°C)	48th Coolest	Coolest since: 1967	1915
				76th Warmest	Warmest since: 1971	2018
	Ties: 1926, 1957, 1964, 1966, 1977
Oct 1967–Sep 1972 60-Month	48.4°F (9.1°C)	48.4°F (9.1°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	50th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1917
				73rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1971	2018
	Ties: 1927, 1955, 1957, 1958, 1964, 1971

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Regional Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 26, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/