September
September · October · April
United States · 1991–2020
September leads for comfortable weather in Big Square: typically 28.5°C by day, 12.1°C at night, with 61 mm of rain. Based on measured 1991–2020 NOAA station history.
September · October · April
July · September · August
April · October · March
The weakest month is January, scoring 19 against September’s 75 — days reach only 10.8°C, 13° below the 24°C the score treats as ideal, and nights drop to -5.9°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 | 10.8°C | -5.9°C | 14 mm | 1.9 | 10 h 05 | 19 | Strong coverage |
| February | 13.2°C | -4.6°C | 14 mm | 2.4 | 10 h 54 | 29 | Strong coverage |
| March | 17.8°C | -0.8°C | 26 mm | 3.2 | 11 h 52 | 51 | Strong coverage |
| April | 22.4°C | 3.1°C | 32 mm | 3.7 | 13 h | 73 | Strong coverage |
| May | 27.2°C | 9.2°C | 67 mm | 4.8 | 13 h 56 | 73 | Strong coverage |
| June | 32°C | 14.9°C | 92 mm | 6 | 14 h 26 | 63 | Strong coverage |
| July | 33.2°C | 17°C | 60 mm | 5.3 | 14 h 14 | 61 | Strong coverage |
| August | 32.4°C | 16.3°C | 79 mm | 6.6 | 13 h 26 | 61 | Strong coverage |
| September | 28.5°C | 12.1°C | 61 mm | 4.8 | 12 h 21 | 75 | Strong coverage |
| October | 22.7°C | 5.4°C | 54 mm | 4.1 | 11 h 16 | 75 | Strong coverage |
| November | 15.9°C | -1.2°C | 18 mm | 2.3 | 10 h 19 | 44 | Strong coverage |
| December | 10.8°C | -5.2°C | 18 mm | 2.6 | 9 h 52 | 20 | 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 | 26.7°C18 Jan 1974 | -22.2°C13 Jan 1963 | 36 mm21 Jan 1983 | 57 mm2017 · driest 0 mm in 2008 | 63 |
| February | 30.0°C4 Feb 2025 | -24.4°C15 Feb 2021 | 28 mm16 Feb 1998 | 69 mm1998 · driest 0 mm in 2000 | 64 |
| March | 36.7°C26 Mar 2026 | -17.8°C3 Mar 2002 | 40 mm8 Mar 2001 | 91 mm2001 · driest 0 mm in 1966 | 63 |
| April | 37.2°C26 Apr 2012 | -10.0°C24 Apr 2013 | 91 mm15 Apr 2017 | 152 mm2017 · driest 0 mm in 1964 | 64 |
| May | 40.0°C19 May 2003 | -5.6°C3 May 2013 | 99 mm27 May 1987 | 267 mm2015 · driest 1 mm in 1998 | 64 |
| June | 42.8°C27 Jun 2011 | 3.3°C4 Jun 1970 | 93 mm11 Jun 1965 | 239 mm2003 · driest 1 mm in 2020 | 64 |
| July | 43.9°C4 Jul 1983 | 7.8°C4 Jul 1983 | 102 mm21 Jul 2015 | 182 mm2015 · driest 1 mm in 1964 | 65 |
| August | 41.7°C3 Aug 2012 | 4.4°C27 Aug 2010 | 105 mm14 Aug 2017 | 349 mm2017 · driest 4 mm in 2000 | 63 |
| September | 38.9°C7 Sep 1983 | -2.8°C21 Sep 1983 | 105 mm20 Sep 2004 | 246 mm2004 · driest 0 mm in 2000 | 64 |
| October | 36.1°C4 Oct 2000 | -10.0°C31 Oct 1991 | 111 mm31 Oct 1998 | 191 mm1998 · driest 0 mm in 1992 | 64 |
| November | 30.6°C9 Nov 1980 | -18.9°C3 Nov 1991 | 41 mm18 Nov 2024 | 139 mm2024 · driest 0 mm in 2017 | 64 |
| December | 26.1°C25 Dec 2025 | -22.2°C24 Dec 2004 | 34 mm18 Dec 1995 | 66 mm1991 · driest 0 mm in 1976 | 64 |
| Month | Days 25°C+ | Days 30°C+ | Frost nights | Heavy rain (10 mm+) | Snow days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | <1 | 0 | 29 | <1 | 1 |
| February | <1 | 0 | 24 | <1 | 1 |
| March | 5 | <1 | 18 | <1 | <1 |
| April | 13 | 3 | 8 | 1 | <1 |
| May | 21 | 12 | <1 | 2 | 0 |
| June | 28 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| July | 30 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| August | 30 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| September | 24 | 13 | <1 | 2 | 0 |
| October | 13 | 4 | 4 | 1 | <1 |
| November | 3 | <1 | 19 | <1 | <1 |
| December | <1 | 0 | 28 | <1 | 2 |
The best month has moved. On the 1961–1990 numbers the strongest month here was September (scoring 78); on 2011–2025 it is October (80). 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 | 10% | 7% | 1% | 3% | 7.3–13.8°C |
| February | 20% | 9% | 1% | 4% | 9.7–16.0°C |
| March | 44% | 10% | 2% | 4% | 14.9–20.8°C |
| April | 65% | 11% | 3% | 8% | 20.4–25.4°C |
| May | 75% | 17% | 7% | 20% | 24.5–29.6°C |
| June | 79% | 21% | 10% | 20% | 29.2–34.1°C |
| July | 82% | 18% | 7% | 17% | 30.8–35.5°C |
| August | 80% | 20% | 7% | 17% | 29.7–34.5°C |
| September | 80% | 17% | 6% | 14% | 26.1–30.9°C |
| October | 67% | 13% | 4% | 10% | 19.9–24.9°C |
| November | 34% | 8% | 2% | 4% | 12.8–19.1°C |
| December | 12% | 8% | 2% | 3% | 8.2–13.9°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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