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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 1997

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
September 1997 1-Month	59.2°F (15.1°C)	56.9°F (13.8°C)	2.3°F (1.3°C)	99th Coolest	Coolest since: 1996	1895
				29th Warmest	Warmest since: 1995	1967
	Ties: 1935
Aug–Sep 1997 2-Month	62.8°F (17.1°C)	60.2°F (15.7°C)	2.6°F (1.4°C)	114th Coolest	Coolest since: 1996	1895
				14th Warmest	Warmest since: 1994	1967
	Ties: 1963
Jul–Sep 1997 3-Month	63.0°F (17.2°C)	61.5°F (16.4°C)	1.5°F (0.8°C)	103rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1996	1895
				25th Warmest	Warmest since: 1994	1998
	Ties: 1961
Jun–Sep 1997 4-Month	61.4°F (16.3°C)	60.5°F (15.8°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	98th Coolest	Coolest since: 1996	1954
				30th Warmest	Warmest since: 1994	2021
	Ties: 1923, 1991, 2007, 2016
May–Sep 1997 5-Month	60.1°F (15.6°C)	58.8°F (14.9°C)	1.3°F (0.7°C)	103rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1996	1899, 1964
				25th Warmest	Warmest since: 1994	1958
Apr–Sep 1997 6-Month	57.3°F (14.1°C)	56.5°F (13.6°C)	0.8°F (0.5°C)	94th Coolest	Coolest since: 1996	1955
				34th Warmest	Warmest since: 1994	2015
	Ties: 1931, 1942
Mar–Sep 1997 7-Month	54.7°F (12.6°C)	54.0°F (12.2°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	92nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1996	1955
				36th Warmest	Warmest since: 1995	2015
	Ties: 1986, 1995
Feb–Sep 1997 8-Month	52.1°F (11.2°C)	51.4°F (10.8°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	92nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1996	1955
				36th Warmest	Warmest since: 1995	2015
	Ties: 1931, 1963, 1986, 1988
Jan–Sep 1997 9-Month	49.7°F (9.8°C)	48.8°F (9.3°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	93rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1996	1916
				35th Warmest	Warmest since: 1995	2015
	Ties: 1900, 1906, 2009
Dec 1996–Sep 1997 10-Month	47.5°F (8.6°C)	47.0°F (8.3°C)	0.5°F (0.3°C)	80th Coolest	Coolest since: 1996	1916
				47th Warmest	Warmest since: 1995	2015
	Ties: 1905, 1915, 1974, 1977, 1988, 2001
Nov 1996–Sep 1997 11-Month	46.4°F (8.0°C)	46.0°F (7.8°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	72nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1996	1916, 1917
				55th Warmest	Warmest since: 1996	2015
	Ties: 1953, 1991, 1996, 1999
Oct 1996–Sep 1997 12-Month	46.4°F (8.0°C)	46.2°F (7.9°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	69th Coolest	Coolest since: 1996	1917
				58th Warmest	Warmest since: 1995	2015
	Ties: 1944, 1946, 1970
Apr 1996–Sep 1997 18-Month	49.7°F (9.8°C)	49.6°F (9.8°C)	0.1°F (0.0°C)	59th Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1917
				68th Warmest	Warmest since: 1996	2015
	Ties: 1900, 1906, 1919, 1927, 1944, 1946, 2001
Oct 1995–Sep 1997 24-Month	46.3°F (7.9°C)	46.1°F (7.8°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	71st Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1917
				55th Warmest	Warmest since: 1996	2016
	Ties: 1901, 1938, 1947, 1962, 1966, 2008
Oct 1994–Sep 1997 36-Month	46.6°F (8.1°C)	46.2°F (7.9°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	83rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1987	1950
				42nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1996	2016
	Ties: 1928, 1959
Oct 1993–Sep 1997 48-Month	47.0°F (8.3°C)	46.1°F (7.8°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	99th Coolest	Coolest since: 1996	1950, 1951, 1952
				25th Warmest	Warmest since: 1995	2016
	Ties: 1940, 1961, 1999, 2008
Oct 1992–Sep 1997 60-Month	46.6°F (8.1°C)	46.1°F (7.8°C)	0.5°F (0.3°C)	83rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1989	1920, 1952
				40th Warmest	Warmest since: 1996	2017
	Ties: 1927, 1961, 1962, 1969

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 5, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/