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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

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Allentown, Pennsylvania

Average Temperature Rankings, March 1940

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Period	Value	1981-2010 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
March 1940 1-Month	30.4°F (-0.9°C)	38.5°F (3.6°C)	-8.1°F (-4.5°C)	2nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1940	1960
				99th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2012
Feb–Mar 1940 2-Month	29.5°F (-1.4°C)	34.3°F (1.3°C)	-4.8°F (-2.7°C)	13th Coolest	Coolest since: 1934	1934
				88th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2012
Jan–Mar 1940 3-Month	26.4°F (-3.1°C)	32.0°F (0.0°C)	-5.6°F (-3.1°C)	6th Coolest	Coolest since: 1934	1934
				93rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2020
Dec 1939–Mar 1940 4-Month	27.4°F (-2.6°C)	31.8°F (-0.1°C)	-4.4°F (-2.5°C)	9th Coolest	Coolest since: 1934	1970
				90th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2012
Nov 1939–Mar 1940 5-Month	29.5°F (-1.4°C)	34.0°F (1.1°C)	-4.5°F (-2.5°C)	6th Coolest	Coolest since: 1934	1934
				91st Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2012
Oct 1939–Mar 1940 6-Month	32.9°F (0.5°C)	36.9°F (2.7°C)	-4.0°F (-2.2°C)	5th Coolest	Coolest since: 1934	1934
				91st Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2012
	Ties: 1977, 1978
Sep 1939–Mar 1940 7-Month	37.3°F (2.9°C)	40.7°F (4.8°C)	-3.4°F (-1.9°C)	7th Coolest	Coolest since: 1934	1934
				89th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2016
	Ties: 1994
Aug 1939–Mar 1940 8-Month	41.7°F (5.4°C)	44.5°F (6.9°C)	-2.8°F (-1.5°C)	10th Coolest	Coolest since: 1934	1934
				86th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2016, 2020
	Ties: 1994
Jul 1939–Mar 1940 9-Month	44.9°F (7.2°C)	47.6°F (8.7°C)	-2.7°F (-1.5°C)	8th Coolest	Coolest since: 1934	1963
				88th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2020
	Ties: 1982
Jun 1939–Mar 1940 10-Month	47.3°F (8.5°C)	49.7°F (9.8°C)	-2.4°F (-1.3°C)	9th Coolest	Coolest since: 1934	1934
				87th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2020
	Ties: 1968, 1982
May 1939–Mar 1940 11-Month	48.5°F (9.2°C)	50.6°F (10.3°C)	-2.1°F (-1.1°C)	14th Coolest	Coolest since: 1934	1941
				82nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2020
	Ties: 1948, 1978
Apr 1939–Mar 1940 12-Month	48.1°F (8.9°C)	50.5°F (10.3°C)	-2.4°F (-1.4°C)	8th Coolest	Coolest since: 1934	1941
				88th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2020
	Ties: 1928, 1970
Oct 1938–Mar 1940 18-Month	44.1°F (6.7°C)	45.9°F (7.7°C)	-1.8°F (-1.0°C)	14th Coolest	Coolest since: 1935	1941
				78th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2017
	Ties: 1959
Apr 1938–Mar 1940 24-Month	48.8°F (9.3°C)	50.5°F (10.3°C)	-1.7°F (-1.0°C)	13th Coolest	Coolest since: 1935	1926, 1941
				79th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2017, 2020
	Ties: 1942, 1945, 1948, 1969, 1979
Apr 1937–Mar 1940 36-Month	49.0°F (9.4°C)	50.4°F (10.2°C)	-1.4°F (-0.8°C)	15th Coolest	Coolest since: 1935	1941
				73rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2018, 2020, 2021, 2022
	Ties: 1946, 1959, 1971, 1978
Apr 1936–Mar 1940 48-Month	49.2°F (9.6°C)	50.4°F (10.2°C)	-1.2°F (-0.6°C)	19th Coolest	Coolest since: 1931	1941
				66th Warmest	Warmest since: 1935	2020
	Ties: 1967, 1973
Apr 1935–Mar 1940 60-Month	--	0.0°F (-17.8°C)	--	--	--	1944
				--	--	2020
	Ties: 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: City Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 7, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/