September
September · August · June
United States · 1991–2020
September leads for comfortable weather in Plain: typically 23.7°C by day, 10.4°C at night, with 87 mm of rain. Based on measured 1991–2020 NOAA station history.
September · August · June
July · August · June
September · May · October
The weakest month is January, scoring 5 against September’s 80 — days reach only -2°C, 26° 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 | -2°C | -12.2°C | 21 mm | 4.3 | 9 h 18 | 5 | Good coverage |
| February | -0.5°C | -11.4°C | 23 mm | 4.8 | 10 h 26 | 5 | Good coverage |
| March | 7.2°C | -3.8°C | 49 mm | 7.1 | 11 h 47 | 5 | Good coverage |
| April | 15°C | 2.2°C | 94 mm | 8.9 | 13 h 21 | 34 | Good coverage |
| May | 21.3°C | 8.5°C | 103 mm | 10.3 | 14 h 39 | 63 | Good coverage |
| June | 26.6°C | 14.3°C | 126 mm | 10.4 | 15 h 22 | 71 | Good coverage |
| July | 28.7°C | 16.2°C | 102 mm | 7.5 | 15 h 05 | 69 | Good coverage |
| August | 27.4°C | 14.9°C | 101 mm | 7.4 | 13 h 57 | 76 | Good coverage |
| September | 23.7°C | 10.4°C | 87 mm | 7.4 | 12 h 27 | 80 | Good coverage |
| October | 15.8°C | 3.6°C | 64 mm | 7 | 10 h 57 | 45 | Good coverage |
| November | 8.2°C | -2.2°C | 46 mm | 5.4 | 9 h 38 | 13 | Good coverage |
| December | 0.4°C | -9°C | 32 mm | 5.4 | 8 h 59 | 5 | Good 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 | 15.0°C30 Jan 2025 | -47.2°C30 Jan 1951 | 30 mm24 Jan 1967 | 57 mm1967 · driest 0 mm in 2025 | 61 |
| February | 22.8°C27 Feb 2024 | -41.1°C2 Feb 1951 | 35 mm27 Feb 2023 | 75 mm1971 · driest 2 mm in 1958 | 60 |
| March | 28.3°C28 Mar 2025 | -39.4°C1 Mar 1962 | 41 mm19 Mar 2020 | 112 mm2004 · driest 7 mm in 1978 | 60 |
| April | 36.1°C23 Apr 1980 | -19.4°C7 Apr 1982 | 80 mm12 Apr 2014 | 212 mm2014 · driest 18 mm in 2005 | 60 |
| May | 36.1°C27 May 2018 | -6.1°C3 May 2005 | 80 mm21 May 2004 | 263 mm2004 · driest 9 mm in 1981 | 60 |
| June | 37.2°C7 Jun 2011 | 1.1°C11 Jun 1972 | 132 mm22 Jun 2013 | 256 mm2010 · driest 17 mm in 2023 | 60 |
| July | 38.9°C6 Jul 2012 | 4.4°C15 Jul 1967 | 93 mm14 Jul 2020 | 222 mm1952 · driest 22 mm in 1967 | 60 |
| August | 38.3°C24 Aug 1948 | 2.8°C20 Aug 1950 | 117 mm27 Aug 1959 | 376 mm2007 · driest 2 mm in 1970 | 60 |
| September | 37.8°C9 Sep 1955 | -6.7°C29 Sep 1949 | 106 mm12 Sep 1961 | 281 mm1961 · driest 11 mm in 2004 | 60 |
| October | 34.4°C6 Oct 1963 | -13.3°C29 Oct 1952 | 102 mm22 Oct 2020 | 162 mm2019 · driest 1 mm in 1952 | 61 |
| November | 25.6°C2 Nov 2022 | -27.8°C26 Nov 1977 | 67 mm2 Nov 1961 | 131 mm2003 · driest 1 mm in 2017 | 61 |
| December | 20.6°C15 Dec 2021 | -37.8°C27 Dec 1950 | 44 mm13 Dec 2015 | 87 mm2015 · driest 2 mm in 2000 | 61 |
| Month | Days 25°C+ | Days 30°C+ | Frost nights | Heavy rain (10 mm+) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 0 | 30 | <1 |
| February | 0 | 0 | 27 | <1 |
| March | <1 | 0 | 24 | 1 |
| April | 2 | <1 | 11 | 3 |
| May | 9 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| June | 21 | 7 | 0 | 4 |
| July | 28 | 11 | 0 | 3 |
| August | 25 | 7 | 0 | 3 |
| September | 13 | 3 | <1 | 3 |
| October | 3 | <1 | 9 | 2 |
| November | 0 | 0 | 20 | 2 |
| December | 0 | 0 | 28 | <1 |
The best month has moved. On the 1961–1990 numbers the strongest month here was June (scoring 80); on 2011–2025 it is September (84). 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 | 0% | 16% | 1% | 12% | -6.5–-0.3°C |
| February | <1% | 16% | 2% | 11% | -3.5–3.6°C |
| March | 3% | 23% | 5% | 25% | 3.0–11.1°C |
| April | 18% | 30% | 9% | 37% | 11.8–17.1°C |
| May | 47% | 30% | 10% | 39% | 19.4–24.1°C |
| June | 65% | 32% | 13% | 40% | 24.4–28.9°C |
| July | 74% | 26% | 10% | 26% | 27.1–30.2°C |
| August | 74% | 25% | 10% | 26% | 25.6–29.2°C |
| September | 60% | 24% | 8% | 27% | 20.8–25.7°C |
| October | 25% | 21% | 6% | 22% | 13.5–19.3°C |
| November | 3% | 20% | 4% | 16% | 4.7–10.4°C |
| December | <1% | 18% | 3% | 14% | -3.3–3.6°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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