September
September · May · October
United States · 1991–2020
September leads for comfortable weather in Simpson: typically 27.6°C by day, 13.7°C at night, with 69 mm of rain. Based on measured 1991–2020 NOAA station history.
September · May · October
August · June · September
October · April · May
The weakest month is January, scoring 5 against September’s 79 — days reach only 4.2°C, 20° below the 24°C the score treats as ideal, and nights drop to -8°C.
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 | 4.2°C | -8°C | 17 mm | 2.6 | 9 h 40 | 5 | Strong coverage |
| February | 6.9°C | -6.2°C | 20 mm | 3.1 | 10 h 39 | 5 | Strong coverage |
| March | 13.2°C | -1°C | 36 mm | 4.8 | 11 h 49 | 34 | Strong coverage |
| April | 18.8°C | 4.7°C | 66 mm | 6.4 | 13 h 11 | 57 | Strong coverage |
| May | 24.1°C | 10.9°C | 111 mm | 9.5 | 14 h 19 | 76 | Strong coverage |
| June | 30.6°C | 17.2°C | 96 mm | 8.2 | 14 h 56 | 61 | Strong coverage |
| July | 33.2°C | 20°C | 123 mm | 8.7 | 14 h 41 | 43 | Strong coverage |
| August | 31.8°C | 18.8°C | 91 mm | 6.9 | 13 h 43 | 56 | Strong coverage |
| September | 27.6°C | 13.7°C | 69 mm | 5.4 | 12 h 24 | 79 | Strong coverage |
| October | 20.3°C | 6°C | 50 mm | 5.1 | 11 h 06 | 68 | Strong coverage |
| November | 12.4°C | -1.1°C | 31 mm | 3.6 | 9 h 57 | 32 | Strong coverage |
| December | 5.5°C | -6.4°C | 27 mm | 3.3 | 9 h 24 | 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 | 25.0°C31 Jan 1989 | -32.8°C8 Jan 1913 | 36 mm16 Jan 2017 | 47 mm1979 · driest 0 mm in 2009 | 96 |
| February | 30.0°C29 Feb 1972 | -29.4°C16 Feb 2021 | 51 mm25 Feb 1895 | 66 mm1895 · driest 0 mm in 1917 | 94 |
| March | 36.1°C22 Mar 2026 | -24.4°C2 Mar 1913 | 69 mm23 Mar 1987 | 191 mm1973 · driest 0 mm in 1956 | 95 |
| April | 37.8°C24 Apr 1989 | -13.9°C5 Apr 1920 | 90 mm15 Apr 2012 | 176 mm2012 · driest 5 mm in 1989 | 97 |
| May | 39.4°C12 May 1956 | -2.8°C2 May 1911 | 84 mm17 May 1958 | 252 mm1995 · driest 0 mm in 1966 | 96 |
| June | 44.4°C30 Jun 1956 | 4.4°C1 Jun 1956 | 147 mm18 Jun 1915 | 338 mm1989 · driest 19 mm in 1911 | 97 |
| July | 45.0°C6 Jul 1964 | 7.8°C30 Jul 1971 | 161 mm4 Jul 1895 | 484 mm1993 · driest 0 mm in 1913 | 97 |
| August | 45.0°C3 Aug 1918 | 4.4°C28 Aug 1916 | 75 mm14 Aug 1974 | 220 mm2019 · driest 3 mm in 1894 | 95 |
| September | 42.8°C2 Sep 2000 | -4.4°C29 Sep 1916 | 179 mm11 Sep 2003 | 213 mm1973 · driest 0 mm in 1956 | 94 |
| October | 37.2°C4 Oct 2006 | -11.1°C30 Oct 1917 | 108 mm31 Oct 1979 | 153 mm2018 · driest 0 mm in 1999 | 95 |
| November | 30.6°C9 Nov 2006 | -22.2°C28 Nov 1976 | 87 mm16 Nov 1996 | 136 mm1996 · driest 0 mm in 1914 | 96 |
| December | 28.3°C23 Dec 1964 | -32.2°C22 Dec 1989 | 47 mm1 Dec 2018 | 88 mm2018 · driest 0 mm in 1956 | 96 |
| Month | Days 25°C+ | Days 30°C+ | Frost nights | Heavy rain (10 mm+) | Snow days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 0 | 30 | <1 | 2 |
| February | <1 | 0 | 24 | <1 | 2 |
| March | 2 | <1 | 19 | 1 | 1 |
| April | 6 | 2 | 6 | 2 | <1 |
| May | 15 | 5 | <1 | 4 | 0 |
| June | 27 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| July | 30 | 25 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| August | 29 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| September | 21 | 11 | <1 | 2 | 0 |
| October | 8 | 2 | 5 | 2 | <1 |
| November | <1 | 0 | 18 | <1 | <1 |
| December | 0 | 0 | 29 | <1 | 2 |
The best month has moved. On the 1961–1990 numbers the strongest month here was May (scoring 80); on 2011–2025 it is September (81). 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% | 8% | 1% | 2% | 0.1–8.5°C |
| February | 6% | 11% | 2% | 7% | 1.9–11.3°C |
| March | 21% | 15% | 4% | 11% | 8.2–17.2°C |
| April | 43% | 21% | 7% | 19% | 16.0–21.9°C |
| May | 62% | 28% | 11% | 33% | 22.0–27.7°C |
| June | 73% | 27% | 11% | 29% | 27.9–32.7°C |
| July | 77% | 23% | 9% | 23% | 31.2–36.6°C |
| August | 79% | 21% | 8% | 18% | 29.8–35.7°C |
| September | 76% | 19% | 7% | 16% | 25.3–30.5°C |
| October | 56% | 14% | 5% | 11% | 18.2–23.8°C |
| November | 15% | 10% | 3% | 6% | 9.5–15.8°C |
| December | 1% | 9% | 2% | 3% | 2.4–9.7°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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