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Global temperatures for September 2014 were the highest for any September on record, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said today.

(National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)

Washington, D.C. -- September 2014 was the warmest September on record worldwide, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said today.

The combined average temperature over land and ocean surfaces was 1.3 degrees above the 20th century average, NOAA said. September marks the fourth month of 2014 that were the warmest on record: the others were May, June and August.

Through September, 2014 is tied for the warmest year on record, too, NOAA said. The combined global land and ocean average surface temperature for the first nine months of the year was 1.22degF above the 20th century average. That ties 1998 and 2010 as the warmest such period on record, NOAA said.

Central New York was even warmer in September than the worldwide temperatures were. The average temperature for the month in Syracuse was 1.8 degrees above normal. September was also very dry: 2.09 inches below normal rainfall.

Central New York bucked the global trend for the year, though. While global temperatures were higher than normal through the first nine months of the year, Syracuse's average temperature from January to September was 1.3 degrees below zero. That's due to the colder-than-normal winter and early spring we saw across the Northeast.

Here's how the worldwide temperatures for each each month of 2014 ranked historically :

January: Fourth warmest

February: 18th warmest

March: Fourth warmest

April: Second warmest

May: Warmest

June: Warmest

July: Third warmest

August: Warmest

September: Warmest

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