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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

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Average Temperature Rankings, March 1953

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
March 1953 1-Month	39.5°F (4.2°C)	38.3°F (3.5°C)	1.2°F (0.7°C)	80th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1897
				49th Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	1934
Feb–Mar 1953 2-Month	36.5°F (2.5°C)	35.5°F (1.9°C)	1.0°F (0.6°C)	75th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1903
				54th Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	2015
	Ties: 1974
Jan–Mar 1953 3-Month	36.9°F (2.7°C)	33.1°F (0.6°C)	3.8°F (2.1°C)	120th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1949
				9th Warmest	Warmest since: 1934	2015
	Ties: 2000
Dec 1952–Mar 1953 4-Month	35.3°F (1.8°C)	32.2°F (0.1°C)	3.1°F (1.7°C)	116th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1949
				12th Warmest	Warmest since: 1940	2015
	Ties: 2014
Nov 1952–Mar 1953 5-Month	34.8°F (1.6°C)	33.4°F (0.8°C)	1.4°F (0.8°C)	91st Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1949
				37th Warmest	Warmest since: 1951	2015
	Ties: 1927, 1961, 1990, 1995, 2006
Oct 1952–Mar 1953 6-Month	38.1°F (3.4°C)	36.1°F (2.3°C)	2.0°F (1.1°C)	112th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1917
				16th Warmest	Warmest since: 1951	2015
	Ties: 1986, 2009, 2014, 2021
Sep 1952–Mar 1953 7-Month	41.7°F (5.4°C)	39.6°F (4.2°C)	2.1°F (1.2°C)	112th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1917
				16th Warmest	Warmest since: 1940	2015
	Ties: 1992
Aug 1952–Mar 1953 8-Month	45.3°F (7.4°C)	43.3°F (6.3°C)	2.0°F (1.1°C)	111th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1917
				17th Warmest	Warmest since: 1940	2015
	Ties: 1918, 1992, 2012
Jul 1952–Mar 1953 9-Month	48.1°F (8.9°C)	46.4°F (8.0°C)	1.7°F (0.9°C)	106th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1917
				22nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1940	2015
	Ties: 1997, 2013
Jun 1952–Mar 1953 10-Month	49.4°F (9.7°C)	48.1°F (8.9°C)	1.3°F (0.8°C)	97th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1917
				31st Warmest	Warmest since: 1941	2015
	Ties: 1986, 2011
May 1952–Mar 1953 11-Month	50.0°F (10.0°C)	48.7°F (9.3°C)	1.3°F (0.7°C)	100th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1917
				28th Warmest	Warmest since: 1941	2015
	Ties: 1986, 2008
Apr 1952–Mar 1953 12-Month	49.8°F (9.9°C)	48.5°F (9.2°C)	1.3°F (0.7°C)	99th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1917
				29th Warmest	Warmest since: 1941	2015
	Ties: 1911, 1967, 1982, 1990, 2000, 2005
Oct 1951–Mar 1953 18-Month	44.0°F (6.7°C)	44.3°F (6.8°C)	-0.3°F (-0.1°C)	41st Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1949
				86th Warmest	Warmest since: 1952	2015, 2016
	Ties: 1909, 1952, 1969
Apr 1951–Mar 1953 24-Month	48.3°F (9.1°C)	48.4°F (9.1°C)	-0.1°F (0.0°C)	48th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1913
				79th Warmest	Warmest since: 1951	2015, 2016
	Ties: 1916, 1920
Apr 1950–Mar 1953 36-Month	48.6°F (9.2°C)	48.4°F (9.1°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	70th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1914
				56th Warmest	Warmest since: 1943	2017
	Ties: 1920, 1938, 1969, 1981
Apr 1949–Mar 1953 48-Month	48.7°F (9.3°C)	48.4°F (9.1°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	70th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1915
				55th Warmest	Warmest since: 1943	2018
	Ties: 1959, 1964, 1978, 1980, 1984
Apr 1948–Mar 1953 60-Month	48.0°F (8.9°C)	48.4°F (9.1°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	27th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1917
				97th Warmest	Warmest since: 1951	2018
	Ties: 1908, 1951, 1966, 1975, 1977

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Regional Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 1, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/