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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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South Carolina

Average Temperature Rankings, September 1940

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
September 1940 1-Month	72.0°F (22.2°C)	73.7°F (23.2°C)	-1.7°F (-1.0°C)	25th Coolest	Coolest since: 1937	1967
				103rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	1925
	Ties: 1902, 1928, 1995, 1999
Aug–Sep 1940 2-Month	75.1°F (23.9°C)	76.2°F (24.6°C)	-1.1°F (-0.7°C)	22nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1924	1967
				106th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	1925
	Ties: 1909, 1924, 1992, 2004
Jul–Sep 1940 3-Month	76.5°F (24.7°C)	77.4°F (25.2°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	20th Coolest	Coolest since: 1924	1967
				108th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	1925, 2016
	Ties: 1908, 1966, 2001
Jun–Sep 1940 4-Month	76.9°F (24.9°C)	77.3°F (25.2°C)	-0.4°F (-0.3°C)	39th Coolest	Coolest since: 1929	1967
				89th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	1925, 2010, 2016
	Ties: 1913, 1949, 1989, 1996
May–Sep 1940 5-Month	75.2°F (24.0°C)	75.9°F (24.4°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	24th Coolest	Coolest since: 1929	1967
				104th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2010
	Ties: 1910
Apr–Sep 1940 6-Month	72.7°F (22.6°C)	73.6°F (23.1°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	15th Coolest	Coolest since: 1928	1967
				113th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2010
	Ties: 1924, 1963, 1971, 1979, 1983, 1989
Mar–Sep 1940 7-Month	69.6°F (20.9°C)	70.8°F (21.6°C)	-1.2°F (-0.7°C)	10th Coolest	Coolest since: 1924	1966
				118th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2016
	Ties: 1961, 1969
Feb–Sep 1940 8-Month	66.5°F (19.2°C)	67.8°F (19.9°C)	-1.3°F (-0.7°C)	12th Coolest	Coolest since: 1924	1967
				116th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2016, 2019
	Ties: 1901, 1968, 2013
Jan–Sep 1940 9-Month	62.8°F (17.1°C)	65.2°F (18.4°C)	-2.4°F (-1.3°C)	1st Coolest	Coolest since: 1940	1940
				127th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2017
Dec 1939–Sep 1940 10-Month	61.1°F (16.2°C)	63.2°F (17.3°C)	-2.1°F (-1.1°C)	1st Coolest	Coolest since: 1940	1940
				126th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2016
Nov 1939–Sep 1940 11-Month	60.1°F (15.6°C)	62.4°F (16.9°C)	-2.3°F (-1.3°C)	1st Coolest	Coolest since: 1940	1940
				126th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2016
Oct 1939–Sep 1940 12-Month	60.6°F (15.9°C)	62.4°F (16.9°C)	-1.8°F (-1.0°C)	3rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1918	1904, 1918
				124th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2016
Apr 1939–Sep 1940 18-Month	65.2°F (18.4°C)	66.2°F (19.0°C)	-1.0°F (-0.6°C)	11th Coolest	Coolest since: 1918	1918, 1968
				116th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2016
	Ties: 1905, 1958, 1984
Oct 1938–Sep 1940 24-Month	62.2°F (16.8°C)	62.4°F (16.9°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	36th Coolest	Coolest since: 1931	1964, 1969
				90th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2017
	Ties: 1972, 1985, 1988
Oct 1937–Sep 1940 36-Month	62.4°F (16.9°C)	62.4°F (16.9°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	46th Coolest	Coolest since: 1931	1969
				79th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2018
	Ties: 1910, 1926, 1996, 1997, 1998
Oct 1936–Sep 1940 48-Month	62.6°F (17.0°C)	62.4°F (16.9°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	52nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1931	1969
				72nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2019
	Ties: 1901, 1909, 1926, 1948, 1974, 1990, 1995
Oct 1935–Sep 1940 60-Month	62.4°F (16.9°C)	62.4°F (16.9°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	40th Coolest	Coolest since: 1931	1970
				83rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2020
	Ties: 1909, 1912, 1931, 1974, 1977, 1996, 1997

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 1, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/