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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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Average Temperature Rankings, March 1961

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
March 1961 1-Month	38.2°F (3.4°C)	38.3°F (3.5°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	55th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1897
				74th Warmest	Warmest since: 1960	1934
	Ties: 1932
Feb–Mar 1961 2-Month	37.1°F (2.8°C)	35.5°F (1.9°C)	1.6°F (0.9°C)	88th Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1903
				41st Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	2015
	Ties: 2001
Jan–Mar 1961 3-Month	35.0°F (1.7°C)	33.1°F (0.6°C)	1.9°F (1.1°C)	90th Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1949
				39th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2015
	Ties: 1954, 2004
Dec 1960–Mar 1961 4-Month	33.9°F (1.1°C)	32.3°F (0.2°C)	1.6°F (0.9°C)	91st Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1949
				37th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2015
	Ties: 1958, 2011
Nov 1960–Mar 1961 5-Month	34.8°F (1.6°C)	33.4°F (0.8°C)	1.4°F (0.8°C)	91st Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1949
				37th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2015
	Ties: 1927, 1953, 1990, 1995, 2006
Oct 1960–Mar 1961 6-Month	37.2°F (2.9°C)	36.0°F (2.2°C)	1.2°F (0.7°C)	85th Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1917
				43rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2015
	Ties: 1905, 1911, 1926, 1930, 1990, 2007
Sep 1960–Mar 1961 7-Month	41.1°F (5.1°C)	39.6°F (4.2°C)	1.5°F (0.9°C)	100th Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1917
				28th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2015
	Ties: 1943
Aug 1960–Mar 1961 8-Month	44.6°F (7.0°C)	43.3°F (6.3°C)	1.3°F (0.7°C)	92nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1917
				36th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2015
	Ties: 1967, 1970, 1980
Jul 1960–Mar 1961 9-Month	47.8°F (8.8°C)	46.4°F (8.0°C)	1.4°F (0.8°C)	95th Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1917
				33rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2015
	Ties: 1941, 2006, 2019, 2020
Jun 1960–Mar 1961 10-Month	49.8°F (9.9°C)	48.2°F (9.0°C)	1.6°F (0.9°C)	106th Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1917
				22nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2015
May 1960–Mar 1961 11-Month	50.2°F (10.1°C)	48.7°F (9.3°C)	1.5°F (0.8°C)	103rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1917
				25th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2015
Apr 1960–Mar 1961 12-Month	49.9°F (9.9°C)	48.5°F (9.2°C)	1.4°F (0.7°C)	104th Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1917
				24th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2015
	Ties: 1938, 2001, 2008, 2009
Oct 1959–Mar 1961 18-Month	45.2°F (7.3°C)	44.3°F (6.8°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	93rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1949
				34th Warmest	Warmest since: 1960	2015, 2016
	Ties: 1940, 1960, 1990, 1991, 2012
Apr 1959–Mar 1961 24-Month	49.2°F (9.6°C)	48.4°F (9.1°C)	0.8°F (0.5°C)	89th Coolest	Coolest since: 1959	1913
				38th Warmest	Warmest since: 1960	2015, 2016
	Ties: 1940, 1954, 1968, 1992, 1993, 2000
Apr 1958–Mar 1961 36-Month	49.5°F (9.7°C)	48.4°F (9.1°C)	1.1°F (0.6°C)	102nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1914
				24th Warmest	Warmest since: 1941	2017
	Ties: 1990, 1996, 2001, 2013
Apr 1957–Mar 1961 48-Month	49.2°F (9.6°C)	48.4°F (9.1°C)	0.8°F (0.5°C)	90th Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1915
				35th Warmest	Warmest since: 1943	2018
	Ties: 1943, 1983, 2012
Apr 1956–Mar 1961 60-Month	49.0°F (9.4°C)	48.4°F (9.1°C)	0.6°F (0.3°C)	86th Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1917
				38th Warmest	Warmest since: 1944	2018
	Ties: 1942, 1944

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/