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Was September normal in North Carolina?

September 2026 · 100 counties · data family: climatedata.dev

Much warmer than normal

74.1°FStatewide average temperature, September 2026

+3.3°F against the 1991–2020 normal of 70.8°F
9th warmest September of 132 since 1895
Of 100 counties: 71 much warmer, 29 warmer
Furthest above normal: Alleghany County (+5.0°F); least: New Hanover County (+1.2°F)
Precipitation 2.60 in, 49% of normal: drier than normal

Every North Carolina county, September 2026September 2026 was warmer than normal in every county with a figure: 71 much warmer, 29 warmer; furthest above normal Alleghany County (+5.0°F), least New Hanover County (+1.2°F).Choose a county to see its answer. The colour shows how far each county was from its own 1991–2020 normal.

+4°F or more 33
+3 to +4°F 34
+2 to +3°F 25
+1 to +2°F 8
within 1°F 0
−1 to −2°F 0

Much warmer than normal 71
Warmer than normal 29
Near normal 0
Cooler than normal 0
Much cooler than normal 0

Every September since 1895, North Carolina statewideSeptember 2026 averaged 74.1°F, +3.3°F against the 1991–2020 normal: the 9th warmest September of 132 since 1895.

Show the numbers (132 rows)

Year	September average
2026	74.1°F
2025	70.1°F
2024	71.1°F
2023	70.8°F
2022	70.3°F
2021	70.6°F
2020	69.7°F
2019	74.9°F
2018	76.2°F
2017	70.5°F
2016	74.3°F
2015	71.6°F
2014	71.2°F
2013	69.4°F
2012	69.8°F
2011	71.0°F
2010	73.1°F
2009	69.6°F
2008	70.8°F
2007	72.4°F
2006	68.1°F
2005	73.6°F
2004	70.2°F
2003	69.4°F
2002	72.2°F
2001	67.6°F
2000	69.1°F
1999	68.6°F
1998	73.2°F
1997	69.6°F
1996	69.2°F
1995	68.7°F
1994	67.6°F
1993	71.7°F
1992	70.3°F
1991	69.9°F
1990	70.0°F
1989	70.2°F
1988	68.7°F
1987	71.0°F
1986	70.8°F
1985	69.4°F
1984	67.0°F
1983	69.8°F
1982	68.0°F
1981	67.6°F
1980	73.5°F
1979	69.9°F
1978	71.8°F
1977	72.1°F
1976	67.6°F
1975	70.0°F
1974	68.2°F
1973	72.6°F
1972	70.3°F
1971	71.4°F
1970	73.2°F
1969	68.1°F
1968	68.9°F
1967	64.6°F
1966	68.5°F
1965	70.8°F
1964	68.9°F
1963	66.9°F
1962	67.9°F
1961	72.1°F
1960	70.3°F
1959	70.4°F
1958	69.2°F
1957	71.8°F
1956	68.2°F
1955	71.2°F
1954	72.9°F
1953	69.6°F
1952	69.2°F
1951	70.3°F
1950	68.8°F
1949	68.0°F
1948	68.9°F
1947	71.2°F
1946	69.6°F
1945	73.5°F
1944	71.4°F
1943	67.6°F
1942	71.5°F
1941	73.1°F
1940	68.2°F
1939	72.5°F
1938	70.5°F
1937	67.8°F
1936	72.3°F
1935	69.9°F
1934	72.3°F
1933	75.1°F
1932	70.1°F
1931	73.9°F
1930	74.5°F
1929	69.6°F
1928	67.4°F
1927	71.4°F
1926	73.7°F
1925	76.4°F
1924	66.7°F
1923	71.7°F
1922	71.3°F
1921	76.7°F
1920	71.7°F
1919	70.0°F
1918	65.6°F
1917	66.7°F
1916	68.1°F
1915	72.0°F
1914	67.6°F
1913	67.9°F
1912	73.5°F
1911	74.5°F
1910	71.7°F
1909	67.7°F
1908	68.0°F
1907	72.0°F
1906	73.6°F
1905	71.5°F
1904	69.8°F
1903	68.7°F
1902	68.4°F
1901	69.6°F
1900	74.1°F
1899	69.4°F
1898	72.0°F
1897	70.6°F
1896	70.3°F
1895	74.1°F

All 100 counties, September 2026

Record rank: 1 is the warmest September on record for that county.


1	Alleghany	68.1°F	+5.0°F	4 of 132	Much warmer than normal
2	Macon	68.9°F	+4.8°F	6 of 132	Much warmer than normal
3	Transylvania	69.4°F	+4.8°F	5 of 132	Much warmer than normal
4	Ashe	66.6°F	+4.7°F	3 of 132	Much warmer than normal
5	Clay	70.3°F	+4.7°F	7 of 132	Much warmer than normal
6	Cherokee	72.0°F	+4.6°F	8 of 132	Much warmer than normal
7	Surry	72.9°F	+4.6°F	5 of 132	Much warmer than normal
8	Caswell	74.5°F	+4.5°F	7 of 132	Much warmer than normal
9	Jackson	67.4°F	+4.5°F	6 of 132	Much warmer than normal
10	Person	74.1°F	+4.5°F	7 of 132	Much warmer than normal
11	Rockingham	74.5°F	+4.5°F	7 of 132	Much warmer than normal
12	Graham	69.6°F	+4.4°F	8 of 132	Much warmer than normal
13	Madison	70.5°F	+4.4°F	7 of 132	Much warmer than normal
14	Northampton	75.8°F	+4.4°F	5 of 132	Much warmer than normal
15	Stokes	73.6°F	+4.4°F	6 of 132	Much warmer than normal
16	Watauga	66.2°F	+4.3°F	8 of 132	Much warmer than normal
17	McDowell	72.1°F	+4.2°F	5 of 132	Much warmer than normal
18	Wilkes	72.4°F	+4.2°F	7 of 132	Much warmer than normal
19	Granville	74.4°F	+4.1°F	6 of 132	Much warmer than normal
20	Halifax	75.5°F	+4.1°F	5 of 132	Much warmer than normal
21	Haywood	65.9°F	+4.1°F	7 of 132	Much warmer than normal
22	Hertford	75.8°F	+4.1°F	5 of 132	Much warmer than normal
23	Warren	74.9°F	+4.1°F	5 of 132	Much warmer than normal
24	Yadkin	73.4°F	+4.1°F	6 of 132	Much warmer than normal
25	Alexander	73.3°F	+4.0°F	8 of 132	Much warmer than normal
26	Burke	73.0°F	+4.0°F	8 of 132	Much warmer than normal
27	Cleveland	74.8°F	+4.0°F	7 of 132	Much warmer than normal
28	Forsyth	73.8°F	+4.0°F	8 of 132	Much warmer than normal
29	Gaston	75.5°F	+4.0°F	7 of 132	Much warmer than normal
30	Guilford	74.1°F	+4.0°F	8 of 132	Much warmer than normal
31	Lincoln	74.7°F	+4.0°F	7 of 132	Much warmer than normal
32	Swain	67.0°F	+4.0°F	7 of 132	Much warmer than normal
33	Vance	74.5°F	+4.0°F	7 of 132	Much warmer than normal
34	Alamance	74.3°F	+3.9°F	8 of 132	Much warmer than normal
35	Buncombe	69.0°F	+3.9°F	8 of 132	Much warmer than normal
36	Caldwell	72.4°F	+3.9°F	10 of 132	Much warmer than normal
37	Catawba	74.2°F	+3.9°F	9 of 132	Much warmer than normal
38	Franklin	75.0°F	+3.9°F	7 of 132	Much warmer than normal
39	Nash	75.3°F	+3.9°F	6 of 132	Much warmer than normal
40	Avery	64.9°F	+3.8°F	9 of 132	Much warmer than normal
41	Durham	74.6°F	+3.8°F	7 of 132	Much warmer than normal
42	Edgecombe	75.7°F	+3.8°F	8 of 132	Much warmer than normal
43	Orange	74.1°F	+3.8°F	7 of 132	Much warmer than normal
44	Gates	75.5°F	+3.7°F	6 of 132	Much warmer than normal
45	Rutherford	74.2°F	+3.7°F	9 of 132	Much warmer than normal
46	Davie	73.7°F	+3.6°F	9 of 132	Much warmer than normal
47	Mecklenburg	75.4°F	+3.6°F	9 of 132	Much warmer than normal
48	Mitchell	66.3°F	+3.6°F	9 of 132	Much warmer than normal
49	Union	76.0°F	+3.6°F	8 of 132	Much warmer than normal
50	Wilson	75.8°F	+3.6°F	7 of 132	Much warmer than normal
51	Yancey	66.0°F	+3.6°F	9 of 132	Much warmer than normal
52	Bertie	75.6°F	+3.5°F	6 of 132	Much warmer than normal
53	Iredell	73.5°F	+3.5°F	12 of 132	Much warmer than normal
54	Wake	75.0°F	+3.5°F	9 of 132	Much warmer than normal
55	Anson	76.5°F	+3.4°F	13 of 132	Much warmer than normal
56	Chatham	74.7°F	+3.3°F	11 of 132	Much warmer than normal
57	Randolph	74.3°F	+3.3°F	14 of 132	Warmer than normal
58	Davidson	73.6°F	+3.2°F	14 of 132	Warmer than normal
59	Henderson	69.5°F	+3.2°F	12 of 132	Much warmer than normal
60	Martin	75.6°F	+3.2°F	8 of 132	Much warmer than normal
61	Chowan	75.8°F	+3.1°F	7 of 132	Much warmer than normal
62	Lee	74.9°F	+3.1°F	17 of 132	Warmer than normal
63	Pitt	75.8°F	+3.1°F	10 of 132	Much warmer than normal
64	Pamlico	77.3°F	+3.0°F	9 of 132	Much warmer than normal
65	Pasquotank	75.6°F	+3.0°F	9 of 132	Much warmer than normal
66	Perquimans	75.6°F	+3.0°F	9 of 132	Much warmer than normal
67	Richmond	75.9°F	+3.0°F	17 of 132	Warmer than normal
68	Beaufort	76.3°F	+2.9°F	8 of 132	Much warmer than normal
69	Camden	75.5°F	+2.9°F	9 of 132	Much warmer than normal
70	Greene	75.6°F	+2.9°F	12 of 132	Much warmer than normal
71	Moore	74.9°F	+2.9°F	19 of 132	Warmer than normal
72	Craven	76.4°F	+2.8°F	11 of 132	Much warmer than normal
73	Currituck	75.9°F	+2.8°F	9 of 132	Much warmer than normal
74	Harnett	75.2°F	+2.8°F	21 of 132	Warmer than normal
75	Johnston	75.1°F	+2.8°F	16 of 132	Warmer than normal
76	Montgomery	74.8°F	+2.8°F	19 of 132	Warmer than normal
77	Polk	73.2°F	+2.8°F	15 of 132	Warmer than normal
78	Washington	75.8°F	+2.8°F	9 of 132	Much warmer than normal
79	Stanly	74.8°F	+2.7°F	19 of 132	Warmer than normal
80	Hoke	75.5°F	+2.6°F	17 of 132	Warmer than normal
81	Rowan	73.1°F	+2.6°F	21 of 132	Warmer than normal
82	Scotland	75.8°F	+2.6°F	18 of 132	Warmer than normal
83	Carteret	77.5°F	+2.5°F	11 of 132	Much warmer than normal
84	Hyde	76.8°F	+2.5°F	11 of 132	Much warmer than normal
85	Wayne	75.2°F	+2.5°F	18 of 132	Warmer than normal
86	Cabarrus	73.9°F	+2.4°F	25 of 132	Warmer than normal
87	Robeson	76.1°F	+2.4°F	20 of 132	Warmer than normal
88	Tyrrell	76.1°F	+2.4°F	14 of 132	Warmer than normal
89	Cumberland	75.6°F	+2.3°F	21 of 132	Warmer than normal
90	Jones	75.5°F	+2.3°F	17 of 132	Warmer than normal
91	Lenoir	75.2°F	+2.3°F	18 of 132	Warmer than normal
92	Dare	76.5°F	+2.2°F	16 of 132	Warmer than normal
93	Bladen	75.5°F	+1.9°F	23 of 132	Warmer than normal
94	Onslow	75.5°F	+1.9°F	23 of 132	Warmer than normal
95	Sampson	74.7°F	+1.8°F	27 of 132	Warmer than normal
96	Columbus	75.7°F	+1.7°F	25 of 132	Warmer than normal
97	Duplin	74.6°F	+1.7°F	27 of 132	Warmer than normal
98	Pender	75.1°F	+1.4°F	32 of 132	Warmer than normal
99	Brunswick	75.7°F	+1.3°F	32 of 132	Warmer than normal
100	New Hanover	75.7°F	+1.2°F	33 of 132	Warmer than normal

Get this data

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curl https://visualizedata.org/data/topics/climate/us-nc.json

The climatedata.dev API it comes from (live, no key; every month since 1895 with its normal, anomaly and rank):

curl "https://api.climatedata.dev/v1/us-climate/tavg/us-nc.json"

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What this can't tell you

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.

How the answer is decided

Each month is ranked against the same month in every year on record (since 1895 for most places). The top tenth of the record is 'much warmer than normal', the top third 'warmer', the middle third 'near normal'. Counties are coloured by the same five words.

Sources

climatedata.dev us-climate, version 2026-10-25.6c7474e6d8 (U.S. public domain)
NOAA Monthly U.S. Climate Divisional Database (nClimDiv), statewide and national files (U.S. public domain)
climatedata.dev county-climate, version 2026-10-25.b4bbb5298a (U.S. public domain)
U.S. Census Bureau TIGERweb, counties (generalised) (U.S. public domain)
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