September
September · May · October
United States · 1991–2020
September leads for comfortable weather in Mount Vernon: typically 27.5°C by day, 15.3°C at night, with 81 mm of rain. Based on measured 1991–2020 NOAA station history.
September · May · October
August · July · June
October · April · September
The weakest month is January, scoring 5 against September’s 79 — days reach only 5.2°C, 19° below the 24°C the score treats as ideal.
Month by month
The bars show the comfort score. Day and night temperatures come from daily observed highs and lows; rain is the historical monthly estimate.
| Month | Day | Night | Rain | Wet days | Daylight | Comfort | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.2°C | -3.9°C | 88 mm | 7.3 | 9 h 48 | 5 | Strong coverage |
| February | 7.7°C | -2.4°C | 71 mm | 6.5 | 10 h 43 | 7 | Strong coverage |
| March | 13°C | 2.3°C | 110 mm | 8.7 | 11 h 50 | 25 | Strong coverage |
| April | 19.4°C | 7.8°C | 129 mm | 9.2 | 13 h 07 | 53 | Strong coverage |
| May | 24.8°C | 14°C | 127 mm | 9.6 | 14 h 12 | 77 | Strong coverage |
| June | 29.4°C | 18.9°C | 111 mm | 8 | 14 h 47 | 60 | Strong coverage |
| July | 30.9°C | 20.6°C | 108 mm | 7.3 | 14 h 33 | 53 | Strong coverage |
| August | 30.5°C | 19.4°C | 82 mm | 5.7 | 13 h 38 | 62 | Strong coverage |
| September | 27.5°C | 15.3°C | 81 mm | 5.7 | 12 h 23 | 79 | Strong coverage |
| October | 21°C | 8.8°C | 83 mm | 6.4 | 11 h 09 | 69 | Strong coverage |
| November | 13.6°C | 3°C | 97 mm | 7.4 | 10 h 04 | 31 | Strong coverage |
| December | 7.8°C | -1.2°C | 95 mm | 8.3 | 9 h 33 | 5 | Strong coverage |
What has changed
Each bar compares the 2011–2025 daytime average for that month against the same month in 1961–1990, measured at the same station. Months where the older record is too thin to compare are left blank.
| Month | Record high | Record low | Wettest day | Wettest / driest month | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.8°C24 Jan 1943 | -29.4°C7 Jan 1912 | 130 mm21 Jan 1959 | 444 mm1937 · driest 8 mm in 1943 | 130 |
| February | 25.6°C24 Feb 1982 | -28.3°C13 Feb 1899 | 84 mm19 Feb 1914 | 193 mm1908 · driest 3 mm in 2026 | 131 |
| March | 32.2°C24 Mar 1929 | -19.4°C5 Mar 1978 | 160 mm19 Mar 2008 | 322 mm1964 · driest 4 mm in 1910 | 131 |
| April | 32.8°C28 Apr 1906 | -6.1°C1 Apr 1923 | 188 mm29 Apr 1996 | 307 mm2011 · driest 7 mm in 1915 | 129 |
| May | 36.7°C21 May 1908 | -0.6°C10 May 1966 | 123 mm8 May 1961 | 350 mm1961 · driest 10 mm in 1913 | 131 |
| June | 41.1°C29 Jun 2012 | 4.4°C18 Jun 1899 | 95 mm17 Jun 2000 | 227 mm1985 · driest 9 mm in 2012 | 129 |
| July | 42.8°C24 Jul 1901 | 10.0°C27 Jul 1962 | 110 mm11 Jul 1909 | 270 mm1905 · driest 10 mm in 2002 | 131 |
| August | 40.0°C8 Aug 2001 | 6.7°C29 Aug 1965 | 100 mm11 Aug 1948 | 285 mm2005 · driest 3 mm in 1976 | 128 |
| September | 41.7°C2 Sep 1953 | -1.7°C30 Sep 1899 | 185 mm25 Sep 1945 | 276 mm1945 · driest 0 mm in 2004 | 127 |
| October | 35.6°C2 Oct 1953 | -5.6°C29 Oct 1925 | 111 mm6 Oct 1910 | 267 mm1910 · driest 0 mm in 1903 | 130 |
| November | 28.9°C2 Nov 2016 | -18.3°C25 Nov 1950 | 81 mm15 Nov 2005 | 232 mm1900 · driest 6 mm in 2023 | 132 |
| December | 25.0°C3 Dec 1982 | -26.7°C22 Dec 1989 | 115 mm22 Dec 2013 | 276 mm1982 · driest 10 mm in 1955 | 130 |
| Month | Days 25°C+ | Days 30°C+ | Frost nights | Heavy rain (10 mm+) | Snow days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 1 |
| February | 0 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 1 |
| March | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | <1 |
| April | 5 | <1 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| May | 17 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| June | 26 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| July | 29 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| August | 29 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| September | 22 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| October | 8 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| November | <1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | <1 |
| December | 0 | 0 | 18 | 3 | <1 |
The best month has moved. On the 1961–1990 numbers the strongest month here was September (scoring 82); on 2011–2025 it is May (86). Both are scored the same way, from the same station — only the climate underneath changed.
| Month | Warm & dry days | Wet days | Washouts | Week with 3+ wet days | Daytime mean has ranged |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | <1% | 26% | 10% | 28% | 1.8–9.4°C |
| February | 2% | 26% | 10% | 29% | 3.4–11.2°C |
| March | 13% | 31% | 12% | 36% | 9.1–17.2°C |
| April | 35% | 31% | 12% | 38% | 16.6–22.2°C |
| May | 61% | 30% | 12% | 36% | 22.4–27.7°C |
| June | 73% | 27% | 12% | 29% | 27.4–31.8°C |
| July | 77% | 24% | 10% | 21% | 29.7–33.7°C |
| August | 80% | 20% | 8% | 18% | 28.8–32.9°C |
| September | 77% | 20% | 9% | 18% | 25.6–30.0°C |
| October | 52% | 20% | 8% | 20% | 18.9–23.6°C |
| November | 14% | 25% | 10% | 26% | 10.3–16.3°C |
| December | <1% | 27% | 10% | 31% | 4.1–10.2°C |
A warm and dry day reaches 20°C with under 1 mm of rain; a wet day gets 1 mm or more; a washout gets 10 mm or more. The week column is the share of seven-day stretches in that month, across the station’s whole daily record, that contained three or more wet days — the odds a week-long trip is rained on repeatedly, counted rather than modelled. The last column is the 10th to 90th percentile of that month’s daytime average across individual years: a narrow band means the average is what you will get, a wide one means the average is a midpoint between years that felt quite different.
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