Map courtesy of NOAA
The Associated Press just reported that the globe last month matched a record for the hottest September, set in 2005.
According to the AP, it was the third time since 2000 that the world set or tied a heat record for September. In addition to 2012 and 2005, previous hot September records were set in 2003.
Records go back to 1880.
September 2012 average temperature: 60.2 degrees Fahrenheit worldwide
Normal September temperature: 59 degrees Fahrenheit
You can read the NOAA report
here.As for Tulsa? Here are September stats, compared with our records, according to the National Weather Service:
September 2012 average temperature: 75.9 degreesSeptember average: 73 degrees
Warmest September: 81.9 degrees (1931)
Coldest September: 64.7 degrees (1974)
Hottest September 2012 temperature: 104 degrees (Sept 3 and 4)Hottest September temperature ever: 109 degrees (Sept. 2 and 3, 1939)
Coldest September 2012 temperature: 52 degrees (Sept. 18)Coldest September temperature ever: 35 degrees (Sept. 27, 1942 and Sept. 30, 1984)
September 2012 rainfall: 1.78 inchesNormal September rainfall: 4.26 inches
Wettest September ever: 19.91 inches (1971)
Driest September ever: No rain (1888 and 1897)
--Althea Peterson
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