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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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Washington

Average Temperature Rankings, September 1956

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
September 1956 1-Month	57.0°F (13.9°C)	56.9°F (13.8°C)	0.1°F (0.1°C)	61st Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1895
				67th Warmest	Warmest since: 1953	1967
	Ties: 1905
Aug–Sep 1956 2-Month	60.2°F (15.7°C)	60.2°F (15.7°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	59th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1895
				69th Warmest	Warmest since: 1953	1967
	Ties: 1976
Jul–Sep 1956 3-Month	62.0°F (16.7°C)	61.5°F (16.4°C)	0.5°F (0.3°C)	80th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1895
				48th Warmest	Warmest since: 1952	1998
	Ties: 1915, 2016
Jun–Sep 1956 4-Month	60.3°F (15.7°C)	60.5°F (15.8°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	44th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1954
				84th Warmest	Warmest since: 1952	2021
	Ties: 1896, 1905, 1908, 1917, 1957, 1968
May–Sep 1956 5-Month	59.2°F (15.1°C)	58.8°F (14.9°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	78th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1899, 1964
				50th Warmest	Warmest since: 1952	1958
	Ties: 1906, 1951, 1989
Apr–Sep 1956 6-Month	57.2°F (14.0°C)	56.5°F (13.6°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	91st Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1955
				37th Warmest	Warmest since: 1952	2015
	Ties: 1952, 1957, 1995, 2007, 2012
Mar–Sep 1956 7-Month	54.1°F (12.3°C)	54.0°F (12.2°C)	0.1°F (0.1°C)	62nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1955
				66th Warmest	Warmest since: 1952	2015
	Ties: 1898, 1963, 1985
Feb–Sep 1956 8-Month	50.4°F (10.2°C)	51.3°F (10.7°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	24th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1955
				104th Warmest	Warmest since: 1953	2015
	Ties: 1921, 1936, 1959
Jan–Sep 1956 9-Month	48.1°F (8.9°C)	48.8°F (9.3°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	31st Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1916
				97th Warmest	Warmest since: 1953	2015
	Ties: 1912, 1921, 1930, 1962, 1972, 1985, 2011
Dec 1955–Sep 1956 10-Month	46.0°F (7.8°C)	47.0°F (8.3°C)	-1.0°F (-0.5°C)	25th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1916
				102nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1953	2015
	Ties: 1943, 1972
Nov 1955–Sep 1956 11-Month	44.5°F (6.9°C)	46.0°F (7.8°C)	-1.5°F (-0.9°C)	12th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1916, 1917
				115th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2015
	Ties: 1903, 1955
Oct 1955–Sep 1956 12-Month	44.7°F (7.1°C)	46.2°F (7.9°C)	-1.5°F (-0.8°C)	9th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1917
				118th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2015
	Ties: 1907, 1913, 1922, 1933
Apr 1955–Sep 1956 18-Month	47.8°F (8.8°C)	49.6°F (9.8°C)	-1.8°F (-1.0°C)	3rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1917
				124th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2015
	Ties: 1955
Oct 1954–Sep 1956 24-Month	44.6°F (7.0°C)	46.1°F (7.8°C)	-1.5°F (-0.8°C)	3rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1950	1917
				123rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2016
	Ties: 1949
Oct 1953–Sep 1956 36-Month	44.9°F (7.2°C)	46.1°F (7.8°C)	-1.2°F (-0.6°C)	5th Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1950
				120th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2016
	Ties: 1922
Oct 1952–Sep 1956 48-Month	45.4°F (7.4°C)	46.1°F (7.8°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	14th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1950, 1951, 1952
				110th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2016
	Ties: 1918, 1930, 1932
Oct 1951–Sep 1956 60-Month	45.4°F (7.4°C)	46.1°F (7.8°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	12th Coolest	Coolest since: 1953	1920, 1952
				111th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2017
	Ties: 1912, 1914, 1921, 1924

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/