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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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Southeast Climate Region

Average Temperature Rankings, March 1979

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
March 1979 1-Month	55.1°F (12.8°C)	54.3°F (12.4°C)	0.8°F (0.4°C)	74th Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1960
				55th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2012
	Ties: 1923, 2006, 2008
Feb–Mar 1979 2-Month	48.8°F (9.3°C)	50.9°F (10.5°C)	-2.1°F (-1.2°C)	29th Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1947
				100th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2012
	Ties: 1899, 1905, 1996
Jan–Mar 1979 3-Month	46.3°F (7.9°C)	49.1°F (9.5°C)	-2.8°F (-1.6°C)	18th Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1978
				111th Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	2012
Dec 1978–Mar 1979 4-Month	46.8°F (8.2°C)	48.5°F (9.2°C)	-1.7°F (-1.0°C)	27th Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1978
				101st Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	2020
	Ties: 1896, 1914
Nov 1978–Mar 1979 5-Month	49.2°F (9.6°C)	49.6°F (9.8°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	48th Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1977
				80th Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	1932
	Ties: 1948, 1982
Oct 1978–Mar 1979 6-Month	51.4°F (10.8°C)	52.0°F (11.1°C)	-0.6°F (-0.3°C)	41st Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1977
				87th Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	1932
	Ties: 1910, 1959, 2015
Sep 1978–Mar 1979 7-Month	54.8°F (12.7°C)	55.1°F (12.8°C)	-0.3°F (-0.1°C)	47th Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1977
				81st Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	1932
	Ties: 1965, 1993, 2015
Aug 1978–Mar 1979 8-Month	57.8°F (14.3°C)	57.9°F (14.4°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	50th Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1977
				78th Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	2017
	Ties: 1930
Jul 1978–Mar 1979 9-Month	60.1°F (15.6°C)	60.2°F (15.7°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	50th Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1977
				78th Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	2017
	Ties: 1956, 1975
Jun 1978–Mar 1979 10-Month	61.8°F (16.6°C)	61.9°F (16.6°C)	-0.1°F (0.0°C)	55th Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1977
				73rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	2017
	Ties: 1917, 1926, 1948
May 1978–Mar 1979 11-Month	62.4°F (16.9°C)	62.5°F (16.9°C)	-0.1°F (0.0°C)	50th Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1977
				78th Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	2017, 2020
	Ties: 1912
Apr 1978–Mar 1979 12-Month	62.4°F (16.9°C)	62.5°F (16.9°C)	-0.1°F (0.0°C)	48th Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1977
				80th Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	2020
	Ties: 1900, 1929, 1971, 1983, 1985
Oct 1977–Mar 1979 18-Month	57.8°F (14.3°C)	59.0°F (15.0°C)	-1.2°F (-0.7°C)	11th Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1978
				116th Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	2017
Apr 1977–Mar 1979 24-Month	61.9°F (16.6°C)	62.5°F (16.9°C)	-0.6°F (-0.3°C)	20th Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1978
				107th Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	2017
Apr 1976–Mar 1979 36-Month	61.1°F (16.2°C)	62.4°F (16.9°C)	-1.3°F (-0.7°C)	2nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1970	1970
				124th Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	2018
	Ties: 1969
Apr 1975–Mar 1979 48-Month	61.6°F (16.4°C)	62.5°F (16.9°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	6th Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1970
				119th Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	2020
	Ties: 1965, 1968, 1978
Apr 1974–Mar 1979 60-Month	61.7°F (16.5°C)	62.5°F (16.9°C)	-0.8°F (-0.4°C)	9th Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1970
				115th Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	2020
	Ties: 1905, 1964, 1966, 1967

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Regional Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 28, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/