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Look up monthly rankings for 1-12, 18, 24, 36, 48, and 60-month time periods using the options below. Data and statistics are as of August 2022. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.

Parameter: Average Temperature Maximum Temperature Minimum Temperature Precipitation Cooling Degree Days Heating Degree Days Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI) Palmer Hydrological Drought Index (PHDI) Palmer Modified Drought Index (PMDI) Palmer Z-Index

Year: 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

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City: Billings Glasgow Great Falls Helena Missoula

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Great Falls, Montana

Average Temperature Rankings, March 2003

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Period	Value	1981-2010 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
March 2003 1-Month	31.6°F (-0.2°C)	34.6°F (1.4°C)	-3.0°F (-1.6°C)	47th Coolest	Coolest since: 2002	2002
				82nd Warmest	Warmest since: 2001	1910
	Ties: 1976
Feb–Mar 2003 2-Month	28.2°F (-2.1°C)	31.1°F (-0.5°C)	-2.9°F (-1.6°C)	52nd Coolest	Coolest since: 2002	2019
				77th Warmest	Warmest since: 2000	2016
	Ties: 1933
Jan–Mar 2003 3-Month	28.7°F (-1.8°C)	29.2°F (-1.6°C)	-0.5°F (-0.2°C)	83rd Coolest	Coolest since: 2002	1969
				46th Warmest	Warmest since: 2000	1992
	Ties: 1898
Dec 2002–Mar 2003 4-Month	29.3°F (-1.5°C)	28.1°F (-2.2°C)	1.2°F (0.7°C)	96th Coolest	Coolest since: 2002	1969
				32nd Warmest	Warmest since: 2000	1992
	Ties: 1988
Nov 2002–Mar 2003 5-Month	31.3°F (-0.4°C)	29.4°F (-1.4°C)	1.9°F (1.0°C)	105th Coolest	Coolest since: 2002	1969
				23rd Warmest	Warmest since: 2000	1992
	Ties: 2015
Oct 2002–Mar 2003 6-Month	32.4°F (0.2°C)	32.0°F (0.0°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	80th Coolest	Coolest since: 2002	1969
				47th Warmest	Warmest since: 2000	1961
	Ties: 1924, 1942
Sep 2002–Mar 2003 7-Month	35.9°F (2.2°C)	35.5°F (1.9°C)	0.4°F (0.3°C)	78th Coolest	Coolest since: 2002	1969
				49th Warmest	Warmest since: 2000	1961
	Ties: 1919, 1924, 2008
Aug 2002–Mar 2003 8-Month	39.1°F (3.9°C)	39.4°F (4.1°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	69th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1969
				58th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	1992
	Ties: 1906, 1970, 2009
Jul 2002–Mar 2003 9-Month	42.7°F (5.9°C)	42.5°F (5.8°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	76th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1969
				51st Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	1961
	Ties: 1914, 1942, 1967
Jun 2002–Mar 2003 10-Month	44.4°F (6.9°C)	44.3°F (6.8°C)	0.1°F (0.1°C)	72nd Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1969
				55th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	1931, 1961
	Ties: 1901, 1967
May 2002–Mar 2003 11-Month	44.9°F (7.2°C)	45.0°F (7.2°C)	-0.1°F (0.0°C)	69th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1969
				58th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	1931
	Ties: 1898, 1900, 1989, 2010
Apr 2002–Mar 2003 12-Month	44.4°F (6.9°C)	44.9°F (7.2°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	54th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1969
				73rd Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	1931
	Ties: 1918, 1975
Oct 2001–Mar 2003 18-Month	40.2°F (4.6°C)	40.7°F (4.8°C)	-0.5°F (-0.2°C)	59th Coolest	Coolest since: 1998	1979
				66th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2013
	Ties: 1958
Apr 2001–Mar 2003 24-Month	45.1°F (7.3°C)	44.9°F (7.2°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	85th Coolest	Coolest since: 2002	1979
				40th Warmest	Warmest since: 2001	1935
	Ties: 1906, 1990, 1991, 2001
Apr 2000–Mar 2003 36-Month	44.8°F (7.1°C)	44.9°F (7.2°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	72nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1999	1952
				51st Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	1941
	Ties: 1925, 1928, 1959, 1962, 1983, 1999
Apr 1999–Mar 2003 48-Month	45.1°F (7.3°C)	44.8°F (7.1°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	85th Coolest	Coolest since: 2000	1952
				36th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	1934
	Ties: 1932, 2000
Apr 1998–Mar 2003 60-Month	45.5°F (7.5°C)	44.8°F (7.1°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	104th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1952
				15th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	1935
	Ties: 1936, 1990, 2006, 2010

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: City Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 26, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/