Ithaca Climate Summary for September 2001

Temperature

• With an average temperature of 59.7 degrees, the month averaged just 0.1 degrees cooler than normal.
• This month was cooler than the last three Septembers.
• The warmest temperature of the month was 86 degrees on the 9th.
• The coldest temperature of the month was 33 degrees on the 30th.

Precipitation

• September precipitation totalled 5.91 inches, which represented 167% of normal.
• This was the 10th wettest September since records began in 1873.
• This was the wettest of any month since September 1999.
• The bulk of the month¹s rainfall came from one event on September 24-26.
• Rainfall for the 24 hours ending at 8am on the 25th was 3.90 inches. This was the sixth greatest one-day amount since 1926. The record 24-hour precipitation amount for Ithaca is 7.90 recorded in July 1935
• Rainfall for the 48 hours ending at 8am on the 26th was 4.08 inches. This was the seventh greatest two-day amount since 1926.
• Year-to-date precipitation is now 28.30 inches (1.80 inches above normal).