September did not break the streak of dry months. While the monthly national average temperature rose to 17.7 degrees Celsius, rainfall totaled just 15.1 millimeters.
This is 74 percent less than the September average of 59.1 millimeters recorded between 1991 and 2020. As a result, this September was the seventh driest in the past 125 years.
## Far less rain fell on the country
The difference is even more striking when looking at the first nine months of the year. Between January and September, 251.7 millimeters of precipitation fell nationwide, while the 1991–2020 average was 471.1 millimeters. This year’s total was 47 percent below that average.
A lack of precipitation was observed across much of the country. In the central part of the country and across vast areas of the Great Plain, less than 200 millimeters of rain was recorded over a nine-month period. Only a few weather stations near the southwestern border recorded 400 millimeters.
In a significant portion of the country, precipitation was 200–300 millimeters below normal. In some mountainous areas, the deficit exceeded 300 millimeters.
## September stayed warm
The average temperature in September was 1.7 degrees Celsius higher than the long-term average. In the lowlands, temperatures generally ranged between 17 and 19 degrees; monthly averages below 15 degrees were recorded only in the higher mountains and in valleys prone to frost.
The regional distribution of precipitation was also uneven. In the Great Plain, September rainfall generally remained below 10 millimeters. The western part of Transdanubia received slightly more rain, but only in small areas were rainfall totals above 30 millimeters recorded.
Source: Telex
