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Northeast Regional Climate Center |
Temperatures around the Northeast averaged 0.9 degrees cooler than normal in September 2000. This was 3.5 degrees cooler than both September 1999 and September 1998. Maryland was the state with the largest departure at 2.4 degrees below the thirty-year normal. Massachusetts, meanwhile, had a state average departure that was 0.4 degrees warmer than normal. Many weather stations in northern New England, upstate New York and northern Pennsylvania reported the occurrence of freezing temperatures by the end of September.
September precipitation totals were very close to normal. For the region, they averaged 98% of the long-term mean. Delaware and Maine reported the extremes for the region this month. Delaware recorded a state average of 6.27 inches of rain - 172% of normal. Maine measured 2.19 inches for 63% of their September normal. This September was nearly 4 inches drier than the record-setting September of a year ago.
Monthly Summary of State Temperature and Precipitation Averages.
Minimum Temperature Records (degrees F) City Date New Previous Mt. Washington, NH 5th 23 24 in 1938 Newark, NJ (tie) 5th 53 53 in 1950 Binghamton, NY 5th 38 41 in 1982 Montpelier, VT 5th 32 35 in 1963