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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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Arizona

Average Temperature Rankings, September 1981

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
September 1981 1-Month	72.8°F (22.7°C)	72.0°F (22.2°C)	0.8°F (0.5°C)	75th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1912
				53rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1979	2018
Aug–Sep 1981 2-Month	76.0°F (24.4°C)	74.9°F (23.8°C)	1.1°F (0.6°C)	98th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1900, 1912
				30th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2020
	Ties: 1905, 1938, 1983
Jul–Sep 1981 3-Month	77.6°F (25.3°C)	76.6°F (24.8°C)	1.0°F (0.5°C)	99th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1912
				29th Warmest	Warmest since: 1969	2020
	Ties: 1996
Jun–Sep 1981 4-Month	77.8°F (25.4°C)	76.0°F (24.4°C)	1.8°F (1.0°C)	110th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1912
				18th Warmest	Warmest since: 1960	2020
	Ties: 1933, 2013
May–Sep 1981 5-Month	75.3°F (24.1°C)	73.8°F (23.2°C)	1.5°F (0.9°C)	107th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1965
				21st Warmest	Warmest since: 1960	2020
	Ties: 1936, 2011, 2014, 2016
Apr–Sep 1981 6-Month	72.9°F (22.7°C)	71.0°F (21.7°C)	1.9°F (1.0°C)	112th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1912
				16th Warmest	Warmest since: 1910	2020
	Ties: 1910, 2009
Mar–Sep 1981 7-Month	69.4°F (20.8°C)	67.8°F (19.9°C)	1.6°F (0.9°C)	100th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1912, 1965
				28th Warmest	Warmest since: 1960	2018
	Ties: 2019
Feb–Sep 1981 8-Month	66.7°F (19.3°C)	65.0°F (18.3°C)	1.7°F (1.0°C)	106th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1965
				22nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1940	2018
	Ties: 1940, 1997
Jan–Sep 1981 9-Month	64.4°F (18.0°C)	62.3°F (16.8°C)	2.1°F (1.2°C)	111th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1913
				17th Warmest	Warmest since: 1934	2018
Dec 1980–Sep 1981 10-Month	62.7°F (17.1°C)	60.2°F (15.7°C)	2.5°F (1.4°C)	118th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1913
				9th Warmest	Warmest since: 1934	2018
Nov 1980–Sep 1981 11-Month	61.6°F (16.4°C)	59.2°F (15.1°C)	2.4°F (1.3°C)	117th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1912, 1913
				10th Warmest	Warmest since: 1934	2018
	Ties: 2009
Oct 1980–Sep 1981 12-Month	61.5°F (16.4°C)	59.3°F (15.2°C)	2.2°F (1.2°C)	116th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1913
				11th Warmest	Warmest since: 1934	2018
	Ties: 2006, 2014
Apr 1980–Sep 1981 18-Month	64.6°F (18.1°C)	63.2°F (17.3°C)	1.4°F (0.8°C)	102nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1913
				25th Warmest	Warmest since: 1940	2018
Oct 1979–Sep 1981 24-Month	60.7°F (15.9°C)	59.4°F (15.2°C)	1.3°F (0.7°C)	100th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1913
				26th Warmest	Warmest since: 1935	2018
Oct 1978–Sep 1981 36-Month	60.0°F (15.6°C)	59.4°F (15.2°C)	0.6°F (0.4°C)	92nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1914
				33rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1961	2018
	Ties: 1960, 1961, 1986, 1995, 1999
Oct 1977–Sep 1981 48-Month	60.2°F (15.7°C)	59.4°F (15.2°C)	0.8°F (0.5°C)	96th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1915
				28th Warmest	Warmest to Date	2018
Oct 1976–Sep 1981 60-Month	60.0°F (15.6°C)	59.4°F (15.2°C)	0.6°F (0.4°C)	93rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1916, 1917
				30th Warmest	Warmest since: 1960	2018
	Ties: 1960, 1982, 1989, 1993

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 3, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/