Update: Histogram added at bottom.

NOAA September 2012 – Ordered By Rank out of 118.  No State broke the record for its warmest September.

As an example, Indiana had the 30th warmest September, meaning 88 were warmer. The warmest September for Indiana was 1925 — 8.1F warmer than 2012!

Minnesota and North Dakotas record for September is 1897! Arizona’s is 1899.

State	Sep 2012	Sep Rank	Warmest	Temp
Indiana	64.1	30	1925	72.2
Illinois	64.7	32	1925	72.7
Kentucky	67	34	1925	76.5
Alabama	73	35	1925	83.1
Missouri	66.7	37	1931	74.7
Ohio	63.2	37	1931	69.6
Iowa	61.8	39	1931	70
Michigan	58.5	41	1908	65.4
Tennessee	69	43	1925	79.2
Wisconsin	57.8	43	1931	64.8
Kansas	67.6	44	1931	76.7
North Carolina	69.8	47	1921	76.6
Georgia	74.1	52	1925	83.5
Mississippi	74.2	52	1925	82.9
Pennsylvania	62.3	52	1931	67.8
West Virginia	64	55	1900	69.9
Minnesota	57.1	56	1897	64
Virginia	67.1	56	1930	73.4
South Carolina	73.4	61	1925	81.6
Louisiana	77.2	62	1911	81.7
Maryland	67.2	63	1930	72.3
Rhode Island	62.9	64	1961	67.5
Arkansas	73.1	65	1925	80.1
Florida	79.5	65	1925	82.5
Maine	56.4	65	1961	62.7
Nebraska	63.4	67	1931	69.8
New York	60	67	1961	66.5
Vermont	58.1	75	1961	65.1
North Dakota	57.2	77	1897	63.4
Massachusetts	61.9	78	1961	66.8
New Hampshire	58.3	78	1961	64.5
Texas	76.7	79	1911	81
Oklahoma	74.1	83	1931	79.8
Connecticut	62.9	84	1961	67.7
New Mexico	66.1	85	2010	68.8
Arizona	73.7	88	1899	77.5
South Dakota	62.5	89	1897	68
Delaware	69.5	91	1930	73.1
Colorado	59.6	92	1998	62.6
New Jersey	67	92	1961	71.4
Washington	60.6	93	1967	63.7
Oregon	60.9	100	2011	63.2
Montana	58.4	104	1998	62.3
Idaho	59.3	107	1990	62.2
Wyoming	58.3	109	1998	60.4
Utah	64.1	110	2001	65.5
California	72.7	113	2009	73.6
Nevada	65.4	116	2009	66.5

 

A histogram of Warmest Septembers (kinda looks like it is giving the 1920s/30s finger to the IPCC):