{
 "topic": "climate",
 "site": "climatedata.dev",
 "parent": {
  "id": "us-sc",
  "name": "South Carolina",
  "level": "us-state",
  "path": "us/sc"
 },
 "child_level": "us-county",
 "child_noun": "county",
 "child_nouns": "counties",
 "compare_label": "every South Carolina county",
 "question": "Was September normal in South Carolina?",
 "answer": {
  "verdict": "Warmer than normal",
  "value": 77,
  "unit": "°F",
  "digits": 1,
  "label": "Statewide average temperature, September 2026",
  "lines": [
   "+2.8°F against the 1991–2020 normal of 74.2°F",
   "15th warmest September of 132 since 1895",
   "Of 46 counties: 19 much warmer, 27 warmer",
   "Furthest above normal: Chester County (+4.5°F); least: Berkeley County (+1.6°F)",
   "Precipitation 2.42 in, 54% of normal: drier than normal"
  ]
 },
 "as_of": "2026-09",
 "as_of_label": "September 2026",
 "measure": {
  "value_label": "Average",
  "unit": "°F",
  "digits": 1,
  "change_label": "From normal",
  "change_unit": "°F",
  "change_digits": 1,
  "bin_step": 1,
  "rank_label": "Record rank",
  "rank_note": "Record rank: 1 is the warmest September on record for that county.",
  "change_text": "how far each county was from its own 1991–2020 normal",
  "verdict_text": "the same five words as each county's page, from much cooler to much warmer than normal",
  "change_button": "Degrees from normal",
  "map_description": "September 2026 was warmer than normal in every county with a figure: 19 much warmer, 27 warmer; furthest above normal Chester County (+4.5°F), least Berkeley County (+1.6°F).",
  "map_indicator": "Monthly average temperature minus the county's 1991–2020 normal for September, °F (NOAA nClimDiv via climatedata.dev); words from each county's rank in its own record"
 },
 "categories": [
  {
   "key": "much-warmer",
   "label": "Much warmer than normal",
   "count": 19,
   "step": "w4"
  },
  {
   "key": "warmer",
   "label": "Warmer than normal",
   "count": 27,
   "step": "w2"
  },
  {
   "key": "near",
   "label": "Near normal",
   "count": 0,
   "step": "n"
  },
  {
   "key": "cooler",
   "label": "Cooler than normal",
   "count": 0,
   "step": "c2"
  },
  {
   "key": "much-cooler",
   "label": "Much cooler than normal",
   "count": 0,
   "step": "c4"
  }
 ],
 "places": [
  {
   "id": "us-county-45023",
   "name": "Chester County",
   "path": "us/sc/chester-county",
   "value": 77.2,
   "normal": 72.7,
   "anomaly": 4.5,
   "change": 4.5,
   "rank_warm": 6,
   "n": 132,
   "verdict": "Much warmer than normal",
   "category": "much-warmer",
   "shape": true
  },
  {
   "id": "us-county-45091",
   "name": "York County",
   "path": "us/sc/york-county",
   "value": 76.5,
   "normal": 72.1,
   "anomaly": 4.4,
   "change": 4.4,
   "rank_warm": 6,
   "n": 132,
   "verdict": "Much warmer than normal",
   "category": "much-warmer",
   "shape": true
  },
  {
   "id": "us-county-45001",
   "name": "Abbeville County",
   "path": "us/sc/abbeville-county",
   "value": 77.5,
   "normal": 73.2,
   "anomaly": 4.3,
   "change": 4.3,
   "rank_warm": 8,
   "n": 132,
   "verdict": "Much warmer than normal",
   "category": "much-warmer",
   "shape": true
  },
  {
   "id": "us-county-45077",
   "name": "Pickens County",
   "path": "us/sc/pickens-county",
   "value": 75.4,
   "normal": 71.2,
   "anomaly": 4.2,
   "change": 4.2,
   "rank_warm": 7,
   "n": 132,
   "verdict": "Much warmer than normal",
   "category": "much-warmer",
   "shape": true
  },
  {
   "id": "us-county-45073",
   "name": "Oconee County",
   "path": "us/sc/oconee-county",
   "value": 75.3,
   "normal": 71.2,
   "anomaly": 4.1,
   "change": 4.1,
   "rank_warm": 9,
   "n": 132,
   "verdict": "Much warmer than normal",
   "category": "much-warmer",
   "shape": true
  },
  {
   "id": "us-county-45007",
   "name": "Anderson County",
   "path": "us/sc/anderson-county",
   "value": 76.6,
   "normal": 72.7,
   "anomaly": 3.9,
   "change": 3.9,
   "rank_warm": 8,
   "n": 132,
   "verdict": "Much warmer than normal",
   "category": "much-warmer",
   "shape": true
  },
  {
   "id": "us-county-45057",
   "name": "Lancaster County",
   "path": "us/sc/lancaster-county",
   "value": 76.4,
   "normal": 72.6,
   "anomaly": 3.8,
   "change": 3.8,
   "rank_warm": 7,
   "n": 132,
   "verdict": "Much warmer than normal",
   "category": "much-warmer",
   "shape": true
  },
  {
   "id": "us-county-45065",
   "name": "McCormick County",
   "path": "us/sc/mccormick-county",
   "value": 77.7,
   "normal": 73.9,
   "anomaly": 3.8,
   "change": 3.8,
   "rank_warm": 11,
   "n": 132,
   "verdict": "Much warmer than normal",
   "category": "much-warmer",
   "shape": true
  },
  {
   "id": "us-county-45021",
   "name": "Cherokee County",
   "path": "us/sc/cherokee-county",
   "value": 75.4,
   "normal": 71.7,
   "anomaly": 3.7,
   "change": 3.7,
   "rank_warm": 7,
   "n": 132,
   "verdict": "Much warmer than normal",
   "category": "much-warmer",
   "shape": true
  },
  {
   "id": "us-county-45087",
   "name": "Union County",
   "path": "us/sc/union-county",
   "value": 76.4,
   "normal": 72.7,
   "anomaly": 3.7,
   "change": 3.7,
   "rank_warm": 12,
   "n": 132,
   "verdict": "Much warmer than normal",
   "category": "much-warmer",
   "shape": true
  },
  {
   "id": "us-county-45047",
   "name": "Greenwood County",
   "path": "us/sc/greenwood-county",
   "value": 77,
   "normal": 73.4,
   "anomaly": 3.6,
   "change": 3.6,
   "rank_warm": 12,
   "n": 132,
   "verdict": "Much warmer than normal",
   "category": "much-warmer",
   "shape": true
  },
  {
   "id": "us-county-45039",
   "name": "Fairfield County",
   "path": "us/sc/fairfield-county",
   "value": 77,
   "normal": 73.6,
   "anomaly": 3.4,
   "change": 3.4,
   "rank_warm": 15,
   "n": 132,
   "verdict": "Warmer than normal",
   "category": "warmer",
   "shape": true
  },
  {
   "id": "us-county-45059",
   "name": "Laurens County",
   "path": "us/sc/laurens-county",
   "value": 76.3,
   "normal": 72.9,
   "anomaly": 3.4,
   "change": 3.4,
   "rank_warm": 11,
   "n": 132,
   "verdict": "Much warmer than normal",
   "category": "much-warmer",
   "shape": true
  },
  {
   "id": "us-county-45025",
   "name": "Chesterfield County",
   "path": "us/sc/chesterfield-county",
   "value": 76.6,
   "normal": 73.3,
   "anomaly": 3.3,
   "change": 3.3,
   "rank_warm": 11,
   "n": 132,
   "verdict": "Much warmer than normal",
   "category": "much-warmer",
   "shape": true
  },
  {
   "id": "us-county-45071",
   "name": "Newberry County",
   "path": "us/sc/newberry-county",
   "value": 76.9,
   "normal": 73.6,
   "anomaly": 3.3,
   "change": 3.3,
   "rank_warm": 12,
   "n": 132,
   "verdict": "Much warmer than normal",
   "category": "much-warmer",
   "shape": true
  },
  {
   "id": "us-county-45083",
   "name": "Spartanburg County",
   "path": "us/sc/spartanburg-county",
   "value": 75.2,
   "normal": 72,
   "anomaly": 3.2,
   "change": 3.2,
   "rank_warm": 11,
   "n": 132,
   "verdict": "Much warmer than normal",
   "category": "much-warmer",
   "shape": true
  },
  {
   "id": "us-county-45045",
   "name": "Greenville County",
   "path": "us/sc/greenville-county",
   "value": 74.5,
   "normal": 71.4,
   "anomaly": 3.1,
   "change": 3.1,
   "rank_warm": 11,
   "n": 132,
   "verdict": "Much warmer than normal",
   "category": "much-warmer",
   "shape": true
  },
  {
   "id": "us-county-45081",
   "name": "Saluda County",
   "path": "us/sc/saluda-county",
   "value": 76.8,
   "normal": 73.7,
   "anomaly": 3.1,
   "change": 3.1,
   "rank_warm": 14,
   "n": 132,
   "verdict": "Warmer than normal",
   "category": "warmer",
   "shape": true
  },
  {
   "id": "us-county-45037",
   "name": "Edgefield County",
   "path": "us/sc/edgefield-county",
   "value": 77.2,
   "normal": 74.3,
   "anomaly": 2.9,
   "change": 2.9,
   "rank_warm": 15,
   "n": 132,
   "verdict": "Warmer than normal",
   "category": "warmer",
   "shape": true
  },
  {
   "id": "us-county-45069",
   "name": "Marlboro County",
   "path": "us/sc/marlboro-county",
   "value": 76.8,
   "normal": 73.9,
   "anomaly": 2.9,
   "change": 2.9,
   "rank_warm": 18,
   "n": 132,
   "verdict": "Warmer than normal",
   "category": "warmer",
   "shape": true
  },
  {
   "id": "us-county-45029",
   "name": "Colleton County",
   "path": "us/sc/colleton-county",
   "value": 78.6,
   "normal": 75.8,
   "anomaly": 2.8,
   "change": 2.8,
   "rank_warm": 7,
   "n": 132,
   "verdict": "Much warmer than normal",
   "category": "much-warmer",
   "shape": true
  },
  {
   "id": "us-county-45031",
   "name": "Darlington County",
   "path": "us/sc/darlington-county",
   "value": 76.9,
   "normal": 74.1,
   "anomaly": 2.8,
   "change": 2.8,
   "rank_warm": 16,
   "n": 132,
   "verdict": "Warmer than normal",
   "category": "warmer",
   "shape": true
  },
  {
   "id": "us-county-45055",
   "name": "Kershaw County",
   "path": "us/sc/kershaw-county",
   "value": 76.4,
   "normal": 73.6,
   "anomaly": 2.8,
   "change": 2.8,
   "rank_warm": 19,
   "n": 132,
   "verdict": "Warmer than normal",
   "category": "warmer",
   "shape": true
  },
  {
   "id": "us-county-45003",
   "name": "Aiken County",
   "path": "us/sc/aiken-county",
   "value": 77.2,
   "normal": 74.6,
   "anomaly": 2.6,
   "change": 2.6,
   "rank_warm": 17,
   "n": 132,
   "verdict": "Warmer than normal",
   "category": "warmer",
   "shape": true
  },
  {
   "id": "us-county-45049",
   "name": "Hampton County",
   "path": "us/sc/hampton-county",
   "value": 78.2,
   "normal": 75.6,
   "anomaly": 2.6,
   "change": 2.6,
   "rank_warm": 9,
   "n": 132,
   "verdict": "Much warmer than normal",
   "category": "much-warmer",
   "shape": true
  },
  {
   "id": "us-county-45063",
   "name": "Lexington County",
   "path": "us/sc/lexington-county",
   "value": 77,
   "normal": 74.4,
   "anomaly": 2.6,
   "change": 2.6,
   "rank_warm": 15,
   "n": 132,
   "verdict": "Warmer than normal",
   "category": "warmer",
   "shape": true
  },
  {
   "id": "us-county-45079",
   "name": "Richland County",
   "path": "us/sc/richland-county",
   "value": 77.3,
   "normal": 74.7,
   "anomaly": 2.6,
   "change": 2.6,
   "rank_warm": 19,
   "n": 132,
   "verdict": "Warmer than normal",
   "category": "warmer",
   "shape": true
  },
  {
   "id": "us-county-45005",
   "name": "Allendale County",
   "path": "us/sc/allendale-county",
   "value": 77.7,
   "normal": 75.2,
   "anomaly": 2.5,
   "change": 2.5,
   "rank_warm": 15,
   "n": 132,
   "verdict": "Warmer than normal",
   "category": "warmer",
   "shape": true
  },
  {
   "id": "us-county-45009",
   "name": "Bamberg County",
   "path": "us/sc/bamberg-county",
   "value": 77.6,
   "normal": 75.1,
   "anomaly": 2.5,
   "change": 2.5,
   "rank_warm": 15,
   "n": 132,
   "verdict": "Warmer than normal",
   "category": "warmer",
   "shape": true
  },
  {
   "id": "us-county-45011",
   "name": "Barnwell County",
   "path": "us/sc/barnwell-county",
   "value": 77.3,
   "normal": 74.9,
   "anomaly": 2.4,
   "change": 2.4,
   "rank_warm": 19,
   "n": 132,
   "verdict": "Warmer than normal",
   "category": "warmer",
   "shape": true
  },
  {
   "id": "us-county-45033",
   "name": "Dillon County",
   "path": "us/sc/dillon-county",
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   "normal": 74.2,
   "anomaly": 2.4,
   "change": 2.4,
   "rank_warm": 18,
   "n": 132,
   "verdict": "Warmer than normal",
   "category": "warmer",
   "shape": true
  },
  {
   "id": "us-county-45061",
   "name": "Lee County",
   "path": "us/sc/lee-county",
   "value": 76.4,
   "normal": 74,
   "anomaly": 2.4,
   "change": 2.4,
   "rank_warm": 20,
   "n": 132,
   "verdict": "Warmer than normal",
   "category": "warmer",
   "shape": true
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  {
   "id": "us-county-45013",
   "name": "Beaufort County",
   "path": "us/sc/beaufort-county",
   "value": 79.3,
   "normal": 77,
   "anomaly": 2.3,
   "change": 2.3,
   "rank_warm": 15,
   "n": 132,
   "verdict": "Warmer than normal",
   "category": "warmer",
   "shape": true
  },
  {
   "id": "us-county-45017",
   "name": "Calhoun County",
   "path": "us/sc/calhoun-county",
   "value": 77.3,
   "normal": 75,
   "anomaly": 2.3,
   "change": 2.3,
   "rank_warm": 20,
   "n": 132,
   "verdict": "Warmer than normal",
   "category": "warmer",
   "shape": true
  },
  {
   "id": "us-county-45075",
   "name": "Orangeburg County",
   "path": "us/sc/orangeburg-county",
   "value": 77.4,
   "normal": 75.1,
   "anomaly": 2.3,
   "change": 2.3,
   "rank_warm": 18,
   "n": 132,
   "verdict": "Warmer than normal",
   "category": "warmer",
   "shape": true
  },
  {
   "id": "us-county-45085",
   "name": "Sumter County",
   "path": "us/sc/sumter-county",
   "value": 76.7,
   "normal": 74.5,
   "anomaly": 2.2,
   "change": 2.2,
   "rank_warm": 21,
   "n": 132,
   "verdict": "Warmer than normal",
   "category": "warmer",
   "shape": true
  },
  {
   "id": "us-county-45035",
   "name": "Dorchester County",
   "path": "us/sc/dorchester-county",
   "value": 77.9,
   "normal": 75.8,
   "anomaly": 2.1,
   "change": 2.1,
   "rank_warm": 13,
   "n": 132,
   "verdict": "Much warmer than normal",
   "category": "much-warmer",
   "shape": true
  },
  {
   "id": "us-county-45041",
   "name": "Florence County",
   "path": "us/sc/florence-county",
   "value": 76.8,
   "normal": 74.7,
   "anomaly": 2.1,
   "change": 2.1,
   "rank_warm": 20,
   "n": 132,
   "verdict": "Warmer than normal",
   "category": "warmer",
   "shape": true
  },
  {
   "id": "us-county-45053",
   "name": "Jasper County",
   "path": "us/sc/jasper-county",
   "value": 78.4,
   "normal": 76.3,
   "anomaly": 2.1,
   "change": 2.1,
   "rank_warm": 16,
   "n": 132,
   "verdict": "Warmer than normal",
   "category": "warmer",
   "shape": true
  },
  {
   "id": "us-county-45067",
   "name": "Marion County",
   "path": "us/sc/marion-county",
   "value": 76.8,
   "normal": 74.7,
   "anomaly": 2.1,
   "change": 2.1,
   "rank_warm": 20,
   "n": 132,
   "verdict": "Warmer than normal",
   "category": "warmer",
   "shape": true
  },
  {
   "id": "us-county-45019",
   "name": "Charleston County",
   "path": "us/sc/charleston-county",
   "value": 78.4,
   "normal": 76.4,
   "anomaly": 2,
   "change": 2,
   "rank_warm": 14,
   "n": 132,
   "verdict": "Warmer than normal",
   "category": "warmer",
   "shape": true
  },
  {
   "id": "us-county-45043",
   "name": "Georgetown County",
   "path": "us/sc/georgetown-county",
   "value": 77.1,
   "normal": 75.1,
   "anomaly": 2,
   "change": 2,
   "rank_warm": 18,
   "n": 132,
   "verdict": "Warmer than normal",
   "category": "warmer",
   "shape": true
  },
  {
   "id": "us-county-45089",
   "name": "Williamsburg County",
   "path": "us/sc/williamsburg-county",
   "value": 76.9,
   "normal": 75,
   "anomaly": 1.9,
   "change": 1.9,
   "rank_warm": 21,
   "n": 132,
   "verdict": "Warmer than normal",
   "category": "warmer",
   "shape": true
  },
  {
   "id": "us-county-45051",
   "name": "Horry County",
   "path": "us/sc/horry-county",
   "value": 76.4,
   "normal": 74.6,
   "anomaly": 1.8,
   "change": 1.8,
   "rank_warm": 23,
   "n": 132,
   "verdict": "Warmer than normal",
   "category": "warmer",
   "shape": true
  },
  {
   "id": "us-county-45027",
   "name": "Clarendon County",
   "path": "us/sc/clarendon-county",
   "value": 76.7,
   "normal": 75,
   "anomaly": 1.7,
   "change": 1.7,
   "rank_warm": 23,
   "n": 132,
   "verdict": "Warmer than normal",
   "category": "warmer",
   "shape": true
  },
  {
   "id": "us-county-45015",
   "name": "Berkeley County",
   "path": "us/sc/berkeley-county",
   "value": 77.3,
   "normal": 75.7,
   "anomaly": 1.6,
   "change": 1.6,
   "rank_warm": 21,
   "n": 132,
   "verdict": "Warmer than normal",
   "category": "warmer",
   "shape": true
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   "id": "climate-state-history",
   "title": "Every September since 1895, South Carolina statewide",
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       1919,
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       1923,
       75
      ],
      [
       1924,
       70.2
      ],
      [
       1925,
       81.4
      ],
      [
       1926,
       77.2
      ],
      [
       1927,
       75.3
      ],
      [
       1928,
       72
      ],
      [
       1929,
       72.8
      ],
      [
       1930,
       77.3
      ],
      [
       1931,
       77.3
      ],
      [
       1932,
       73.2
      ],
      [
       1933,
       77.7
      ],
      [
       1934,
       75.8
      ],
      [
       1935,
       73.2
      ],
      [
       1936,
       75.8
      ],
      [
       1937,
       71.6
      ],
      [
       1938,
       74.2
      ],
      [
       1939,
       76.1
      ],
      [
       1940,
       72
      ],
      [
       1941,
       76.1
      ],
      [
       1942,
       74.9
      ],
      [
       1943,
       70.8
      ],
      [
       1944,
       75.4
      ],
      [
       1945,
       76.6
      ],
      [
       1946,
       72.5
      ],
      [
       1947,
       74.5
      ],
      [
       1948,
       71.6
      ],
      [
       1949,
       71.7
      ],
      [
       1950,
       71.7
      ],
      [
       1951,
       74
      ],
      [
       1952,
       72.4
      ],
      [
       1953,
       72.9
      ],
      [
       1954,
       76.9
      ],
      [
       1955,
       74.5
      ],
      [
       1956,
       71.2
      ],
      [
       1957,
       75
      ],
      [
       1958,
       73.6
      ],
      [
       1959,
       73.2
      ],
      [
       1960,
       74
      ],
      [
       1961,
       74.9
      ],
      [
       1962,
       72.2
      ],
      [
       1963,
       70.7
      ],
      [
       1964,
       72.4
      ],
      [
       1965,
       73.8
      ],
      [
       1966,
       72.2
      ],
      [
       1967,
       67.7
      ],
      [
       1968,
       72.5
      ],
      [
       1969,
       71.4
      ],
      [
       1970,
       76.1
      ],
      [
       1971,
       74.5
      ],
      [
       1972,
       74.3
      ],
      [
       1973,
       75.9
      ],
      [
       1974,
       71.8
      ],
      [
       1975,
       73.2
      ],
      [
       1976,
       71.3
      ],
      [
       1977,
       75.5
      ],
      [
       1978,
       75.2
      ],
      [
       1979,
       73
      ],
      [
       1980,
       77.2
      ],
      [
       1981,
       71.4
      ],
      [
       1982,
       71.6
      ],
      [
       1983,
       72.5
      ],
      [
       1984,
       70.9
      ],
      [
       1985,
       72.6
      ],
      [
       1986,
       74.7
      ],
      [
       1987,
       74
      ],
      [
       1988,
       72.9
      ],
      [
       1989,
       73
      ],
      [
       1990,
       74.1
      ],
      [
       1991,
       73.4
      ],
      [
       1992,
       73.2
      ],
      [
       1993,
       75.3
      ],
      [
       1994,
       71.4
      ],
      [
       1995,
       72
      ],
      [
       1996,
       72.8
      ],
      [
       1997,
       73.5
      ],
      [
       1998,
       75.3
      ],
      [
       1999,
       72
      ],
      [
       2000,
       72.2
      ],
      [
       2001,
       71.2
      ],
      [
       2002,
       75.8
      ],
      [
       2003,
       72.4
      ],
      [
       2004,
       73.2
      ],
      [
       2005,
       77.1
      ],
      [
       2006,
       72.4
      ],
      [
       2007,
       75.7
      ],
      [
       2008,
       73.8
      ],
      [
       2009,
       73.8
      ],
      [
       2010,
       76.6
      ],
      [
       2011,
       74.1
      ],
      [
       2012,
       73.6
      ],
      [
       2013,
       73.5
      ],
      [
       2014,
       74.3
      ],
      [
       2015,
       74.3
      ],
      [
       2016,
       77.1
      ],
      [
       2017,
       74.3
      ],
      [
       2018,
       79.4
      ],
      [
       2019,
       78.3
      ],
      [
       2020,
       73.3
      ],
      [
       2021,
       73.5
      ],
      [
       2022,
       73.8
      ],
      [
       2023,
       73.4
      ],
      [
       2024,
       74.9
      ],
      [
       2025,
       73.3
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     "name": "1991–2020 normal",
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     "label": "normal 74.2°F"
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    {
     "type": "mark",
     "name": "September 2026",
     "series": "September average",
     "x": 2026,
     "y": 77,
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   ]
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  "A statewide average is not the average of its counties: NOAA computes it from its own grid, weighted by area.",
  "The most recent months are preliminary and NOAA revises them in the next release."
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