Columbia, MO: September

30 September 2026: September 2026 averaged 77°F in Columbia, MO, the warmest September on record, in 138 years since 1889; provisional.

September 2026

Mean temperature: 77°F; Warmest on record; Warmest of 138, provisional
Precipitation: 1.57 in; Driest since 2023; 23rd driest of 138

A normal September in Columbia, MO (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 68°F, between 64.5°F and 72.5°F in eight years of ten and 2.72 in of precipitation, between 1.40 in and 7.37 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every September in Columbia, MO since 1889: 77°F in 2026, the highest of them all.

Normal range, 64.5 to 72.5°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every September in Columbia, MO from 1889 to 2026, ranked: the mean temperature, the mean high and the mean low from the warmest, the precipitation from the wettest; a year missing more than a tenth of its days is not ranked.

Year	Mean, °F	Rank	High, °F	Rank	Low, °F	Rank	Precipitation, in	Rank	Days missing
2026	77	1	87.2	3	66.7	1	1.57	115	0
2025	71.7	23	84	18	59.4	44	2.06	101	0
2024	70.4	46	81.6	49	59.2	48	3.52	64	0
2023	71.1	34	83.3	22	58.9	53	0.53	132	0
2022	71.1	34	82.8	29	59.4	44	1.82	109	0
2021	73.8	9	86	10	61.5	14	3.68	59	0
2020	68.4	77	78.4	94	58.3	63	4.82	43	0
2019	75.8	2	85.7	13	65.8	2	2.52	88	0
2018	72.8	15	83.1	27	62.5	9	2.27	96	0
2017	71.4	30	83.6	20	59.2	48	1.92	106	0
2016	72.2	20	82.5	34	61.8	11	7.33	18	0
2015	72.1	21	82.9	28	61.2	17	1.17	123	0
2014	68	82	78.7	84	57.1	81	6.15	26	2
2013	71.1	34	83.3	22	59	51	2.42	91	0
2012	67.9	84	79	82	56.7	86	2.24	97	0
2011	64.2	128	75.7	120	52.7	130	2.52	88	0
2010	68.2	79	78.3	95	58.1	64	6.97	19	0
2009	66.5	110	76.2	117	56.8	85	3.54	63	0
2008	67	101	76.4	115	57.5	73	10.77	4	0
2007	72.8	15	85.3	15	60.3	32	2.91	82	0
2006	65.6	119	77	111	54.2	119	1.63	112	0
2005	71.3	32	81.5	51	61	20	5.60	31	0
2004	68.7	75	80.3	66	57	84	1.10	125	0
2003	64.3	127	75.6	123	53	129	7.76	16	0
2002	70.2	49	81.9	41	58.5	60	1.60	113	0
2001	66.1	114	77.8	102	54.5	114	3.01	78	0
2000	67.9	84	80.2	67	55.5	104	1.75	111	0
1999	66.8	104	80.5	65	53.1	126	1.43	121	0
1998	72.5	18	83.5	21	61.6	13	4.40	50	0
1997	68.2	79	78.9	83	57.5	73	2.30	95	0
1996	64.8	123	75.7	120	53.8	122	5.70	29	0
1995	64.5	126	75.8	119	53.2	125	1.59	114	0
1994	66.2	112	77.6	105	54.8	110	1.01	126	0
1993	62.7	132	73	134	52.4	131	12.06	2	0
1992	66	117	78	99	54	121	4.25	53	0
1991	67.4	98	78.2	97	56.6	88	3.43	66	0
1990	70.6	41	82.3	38	58.9	53	0.93	128	0
1989	63.5	130	73.9	131	53.1	126	1.54	117	0
1988	69.5	61	82.5	34	56.5	90	2.32	94	0
1987	67.6	92	79.4	72	55.9	96	2.92	81	0
1986	71.4	30	81.4	53	61.4	15	9.58	10	0
1985	67.5	94	77.4	107	57.5	73	2.08	99	0
1984	66.2	112	77.1	110	55.2	108	5.58	33	0
1983	69.4	63	81	58	57.8	69	3.20	72	0
1982	66.1	114	75.6	123	56.7	86	4.33	52	0
1981	68.3	78	80.8	61	55.8	99	0.68	129	0
1980	69.9	54	82.5	34	57.2	79	1.93	105	0
1979	67.7	88	80.9	60	54.5	114	0.45	136	0
1978	74.2	7	87.1	4	61.3	16	1.11	124	0
1977	70.2	49	79.2	76	61.2	17	6.66	23	0
1976	67.7	88	81	58	54.5	114	0.47	134	0
1975	62.6	134	71.5	137	53.6	123	5.60	31	0
1974	60.2	138	70.4	138	50	138	1.77	110	0
1973	69	68	77.4	107	60.6	24	5.71	28	0
1972	70.4	46	80	68	60.9	21	5.06	38	0
1971	71.3	32	81.9	41	60.6	24	2.65	85	0
1970	69.9	54	79.4	72	60.4	30	8.94	11	0
1969	68.9	71	79.1	79	58.8	56	5.53	34	0
1968	67.6	92	77.9	100	57.2	79	4.64	45	0
1967	66.6	109	77.8	102	55.3	107	1.96	104	0
1966	65.8	118	75.6	123	56	95	3.32	70	0
1965	69.3	64	78.7	84	60	36	8.92	12	0
1964	70.6	41	81.7	47	59.5	42	2.96	80	0
1963	70	53	81.4	53	58.6	59	2.07	100	0
1962	65.5	120	75.3	127	55.6	102	6.73	21	0
1961	67.8	87	78.6	88	57.1	81	8.20	15	0
1960	73.5	11	86.8	7	60.2	34	0.30	138	0
1959	70.3	48	82	40	58.7	57	5.41	36	0
1958	67.9	84	78.5	91	57.3	78	3.16	73	0
1957	66.7	107	79.1	79	54.3	117	1.45	120	0
1956	70.6	41	85.9	11	55.4	105	0.55	131	0
1955	70.5	44	83.2	26	57.8	69	4.09	54	0
1954	73.6	10	86.6	8	60.5	27	2.03	102	0
1953	71.7	23	85.5	14	58	65	2.72	84	0
1952	68	82	81.8	44	54.2	119	2.02	103	0
1951	64.8	123	74.6	129	55.1	109	4.95	40	0
1950	66.1	114	75.6	123	56.5	90	1.91	108	0
1949	62	136	72.5	135	51.6	135	6.66	23	0
1948	69.9	54	80.8	61	59	51	2.50	90	0
1947	72.7	17	84.8	17	60.7	22	3.34	68	0
1946	68.9	71	80.7	63	57.1	81	1.57	115	0
1945	69	68	78.5	91	59.5	42	13.34	1	0
1944	68.8	73	78.6	88	58.9	53	5.67	30	0
1943	65.4	121	76.5	113	54.3	117	4.84	42	0
1942	67.7	88	77.3	109	58	65	4.57	46	0
1941	71.7	23	81.5	51	61.8	11	6.35	25	0
1940	69.2	66	81.8	44	56.6	88	0.32	137	0
1939	75.5	4	88.3	2	62.6	8	0.58	130	0
1938	71.7	23	83.3	22	60	36	1.49	118	0
1937	69.9	54	81.8	44	58	65	1.92	106	0
1936	72.9	13	81.7	47	64.1	4	10.21	6	0
1935	68.8	73	79.6	71	58	65	2.77	83	0
1934	65.2	122	74.6	129	55.7	100	8.31	14	0
1933	74.4	6	86.1	9	62.7	7	3.92	56	0
1932	67.1	99	78.3	95	55.9	96	2.15	98	0
1931	75.2	5	85.3	15	65.1	3	6.69	22	0
1930	70.5	44	80.7	63	60.4	30	3.39	67	0
1929	66.9	103	76.3	116	57.5	73	3.06	76	0
1928	63.9	129	75.7	120	52	133	3.33	69	0
1927	70.9	39	81.6	49	60.2	34	2.38	92	0
1926	68.5	76	76.5	113	60.5	27	10.00	8	0
1925	73.9	8	83.9	19	63.8	5	4.88	41	0
1924	62.7	132	73.1	133	52.3	132	4.99	39	0
1923	68.2	79	77.6	105	58.7	57	3.03	77	0
1922	70.8	40	81.9	41	59.7	40	3.79	57	0
1921	71.9	22	81.4	53	62.3	10	10.04	7	0
1920	69.6	59	79.4	72	59.8	38	4.47	48	0
1919	71.1	34	82.4	37	59.8	38	3.31	71	0
1918	61.4	137	72.2	136	50.6	137	9.69	9	0
1917	67.5	94	79.1	79	55.9	96	2.38	92	0
1916	66.8	104	78.2	97	55.4	105	4.43	49	0
1915	70.2	49	80	68	60.5	27	6.89	20	0
1914	69	68	78.6	88	59.3	46	2.56	87	0
1913	69.6	59	79.4	72	59.7	40	4.40	50	0
1912	67.7	88	77.7	104	57.7	71	3.55	61	0
1911	72.9	13	82.7	30	63	6	8.87	13	0
1910	67.5	94	76.6	112	58.5	60	10.36	5	0
1909	67	101	78.5	91	55.6	102	3.09	75	0
1908	70.1	52	82.6	32	57.6	72	2.99	79	0
1907	67.5	94	79.2	76	55.7	100	1.01	126	0
1906	71.6	28	82.6	32	60.7	22	4.80	44	0
1905	69.3	64	79.2	76	59.3	46	11.54	3	0
1904	69.2	66	80	68	58.5	60	5.79	27	0
1903	66.3	111	77.9	100	54.8	110	5.24	37	0
1902	62.5	135	73.5	132	51.4	136	2.60	86	0
1901	69.5	61	82.7	30	56.2	94	1.37	122	0
1900	71	38	81.3	56	60.6	24	3.14	74	0
1899	67.1	99	81.1	57	53.1	126	3.55	61	0
1898	72.3	19	83.3	22	61.2	17	5.43	35	0
1897	75.8	2	92.4	1	59.2	48	0.51	133	0
1896	66.8	104	78.7	84	54.8	110	3.61	60	0
1895	73.1	12	85.9	11	60.3	32	1.48	119	0
1894	69.8	58	82.2	39	57.4	77	7.57	17	0
1893	71.7	23	87	5	56.4	92	3.45	65	0
1892	66.7	107	78.7	84	54.7	113	4.50	47	0
1891	71.6	28	86.9	6	56.3	93	0.46	135	0
1890	63.5	130	75.3	127	51.7	134	3.97	55	0
1889	64.8	123	76	118	53.6	123	3.75	58	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2026	77
2019	75.8
1897	75.8
1939	75.5
1931	75.2
1933	74.4
1978	74.2
1925	73.9
2021	73.8
1954	73.6

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1974	60.2
1918	61.4
1949	62
1902	62.5
1975	62.6
1993	62.7
1924	62.7
1989	63.5
1890	63.5
1928	63.9

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1945	13.34
1993	12.06
1905	11.54
2008	10.77
1910	10.36
1936	10.21
1921	10.04
1926	10.00
1918	9.69
1986	9.58

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1960	0.30
1940	0.32
1979	0.45
1891	0.46
1976	0.47
1897	0.51
2023	0.53
1956	0.55
1939	0.58
1981	0.68

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 100°F; 5 September 2026
Coldest night: 54°F; 25 September 2026, 24 September 2026
Wettest day: 0.78 in; 9 September 2026

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September 2026 brought 1.57 in of precipitation in Columbia, MO, the driest September since 2023, tied 23rd driest of 138 (with 1946).
The hottest day of September 2026 in Columbia, MO: 100°F on Saturday 5 September 2026.
The coldest night of September 2026 in Columbia, MO: a low of 54°F on Friday 25 September 2026 and Thursday 24 September 2026.
The wettest day of September 2026 in Columbia, MO: 0.78 in on Wednesday 9 September 2026.