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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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Illinois

Average Temperature Rankings, September 1974

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
September 1974 1-Month	61.0°F (16.1°C)	66.2°F (19.0°C)	-5.2°F (-2.9°C)	4th Coolest	Coolest since: 1949	1918
				124th Warmest	Warmest since: 1973	1925, 1933
Aug–Sep 1974 2-Month	66.3°F (19.1°C)	69.8°F (21.0°C)	-3.5°F (-1.9°C)	3rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1967	1967
				125th Warmest	Warmest since: 1973	1936
Jul–Sep 1974 3-Month	69.8°F (21.0°C)	71.7°F (22.1°C)	-1.9°F (-1.1°C)	12th Coolest	Coolest since: 1967	1967
				116th Warmest	Warmest since: 1973	1936
Jun–Sep 1974 4-Month	69.2°F (20.7°C)	71.6°F (22.0°C)	-2.4°F (-1.3°C)	7th Coolest	Coolest since: 1967	1915, 1924
				121st Warmest	Warmest since: 1973	1936
May–Sep 1974 5-Month	67.6°F (19.8°C)	69.8°F (21.0°C)	-2.2°F (-1.2°C)	8th Coolest	Coolest since: 1967	1924
				120th Warmest	Warmest since: 1973	1936
Apr–Sep 1974 6-Month	65.3°F (18.5°C)	66.7°F (19.3°C)	-1.4°F (-0.8°C)	17th Coolest	Coolest since: 1967	1907
				111th Warmest	Warmest since: 1973	2010
	Ties: 1902, 1910, 1935, 1996
Mar–Sep 1974 7-Month	62.2°F (16.8°C)	62.9°F (17.2°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	36th Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1924
				92nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1973	2012
	Ties: 1906, 1943
Feb–Sep 1974 8-Month	58.3°F (14.6°C)	58.6°F (14.8°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	52nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1904
				76th Warmest	Warmest since: 1973	2012
	Ties: 1962, 1963, 1968
Jan–Sep 1974 9-Month	54.7°F (12.6°C)	54.9°F (12.7°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	55th Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1904, 1912
				73rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1973	2012
	Ties: 1910, 1945, 1948, 1980
Dec 1973–Sep 1974 10-Month	52.0°F (11.1°C)	52.4°F (11.3°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	46th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1904
				81st Warmest	Warmest since: 1973	2012
	Ties: 1947, 1971, 2003
Nov 1973–Sep 1974 11-Month	51.3°F (10.7°C)	51.4°F (10.8°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	60th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1904
				67th Warmest	Warmest since: 1973	2012
	Ties: 1906
Oct 1973–Sep 1974 12-Month	51.9°F (11.1°C)	51.6°F (10.9°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	67th Coolest	Coolest since: 1973	1904
				60th Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	2012
	Ties: 1948
Apr 1973–Sep 1974 18-Month	56.8°F (13.8°C)	56.7°F (13.7°C)	0.1°F (0.1°C)	67th Coolest	Coolest since: 1973	1904, 1918
				60th Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	2012
	Ties: 1911
Oct 1972–Sep 1974 24-Month	51.9°F (11.1°C)	51.7°F (10.9°C)	0.2°F (0.2°C)	79th Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1979
				47th Warmest	Warmest since: 1973	2017
	Ties: 1940, 1947, 1957, 1984, 1995
Oct 1971–Sep 1974 36-Month	52.0°F (11.1°C)	51.6°F (10.9°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	80th Coolest	Coolest since: 1973	1979
				45th Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	2018
	Ties: 1931, 1949, 1976, 1990, 2010
Oct 1970–Sep 1974 48-Month	51.8°F (11.0°C)	51.6°F (10.9°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	66th Coolest	Coolest since: 1973	1905
				58th Warmest	Warmest since: 1958	2019
	Ties: 1916, 1925, 1931, 1945, 1950, 1958
Oct 1969–Sep 1974 60-Month	51.5°F (10.8°C)	51.5°F (10.8°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	51st Coolest	Coolest since: 1973	1906
				72nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2020
	Ties: 1911, 1914, 1952

Citing This Page

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