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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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Upper Colorado River Basin

Average Temperature Rankings, March 1956

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
March 1956 1-Month	32.4°F (0.2°C)	32.8°F (0.4°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	57th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1917
				72nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1953	2017
Feb–Mar 1956 2-Month	26.6°F (-3.0°C)	29.2°F (-1.6°C)	-2.6°F (-1.4°C)	25th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1903
				104th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2015
	Ties: 1979, 1984
Jan–Mar 1956 3-Month	27.3°F (-2.6°C)	26.5°F (-3.1°C)	0.8°F (0.5°C)	72nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1917
				57th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2015
	Ties: 1926, 1987
Dec 1955–Mar 1956 4-Month	27.5°F (-2.5°C)	25.6°F (-3.6°C)	1.9°F (1.1°C)	88th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1917
				40th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2015
Nov 1955–Mar 1956 5-Month	27.8°F (-2.3°C)	26.9°F (-2.8°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	72nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1917
				56th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	1934
	Ties: 1927, 1950, 1977
Oct 1955–Mar 1956 6-Month	31.0°F (-0.6°C)	30.0°F (-1.1°C)	1.0°F (0.5°C)	84th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1917
				44th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	1934
	Ties: 1902, 1928, 1953
Sep 1955–Mar 1956 7-Month	34.8°F (1.6°C)	33.7°F (0.9°C)	1.1°F (0.7°C)	82nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1917
				46th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	1934, 2015
Aug 1955–Mar 1956 8-Month	38.8°F (3.8°C)	37.7°F (3.2°C)	1.1°F (0.6°C)	85th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1917
				43rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	1934
	Ties: 1918, 1953, 1997, 2001
Jul 1955–Mar 1956 9-Month	41.9°F (5.5°C)	40.9°F (4.9°C)	1.0°F (0.6°C)	82nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1917
				46th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2015
	Ties: 1941, 1951, 1970, 1998, 2008
Jun 1955–Mar 1956 10-Month	43.6°F (6.4°C)	42.9°F (6.1°C)	0.7°F (0.3°C)	78th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1917
				50th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	1934
	Ties: 1918, 1945, 1951
May 1955–Mar 1956 11-Month	44.2°F (6.8°C)	43.6°F (6.4°C)	0.6°F (0.4°C)	76th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1917
				52nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2015
	Ties: 1947
Apr 1955–Mar 1956 12-Month	43.8°F (6.6°C)	43.4°F (6.3°C)	0.4°F (0.3°C)	70th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1913
				58th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2015
	Ties: 1945, 1950, 1957, 1987
Oct 1954–Mar 1956 18-Month	38.5°F (3.6°C)	38.9°F (3.8°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	39th Coolest	Coolest since: 1953	1913
				88th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2018
	Ties: 1923
Apr 1954–Mar 1956 24-Month	43.6°F (6.4°C)	43.4°F (6.3°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	59th Coolest	Coolest since: 1953	1913
				68th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2018
	Ties: 1912, 1939
Apr 1953–Mar 1956 36-Month	43.9°F (6.6°C)	43.4°F (6.3°C)	0.5°F (0.3°C)	80th Coolest	Coolest since: 1954	1914
				46th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2017, 2018
	Ties: 1945, 1959, 1963, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1987
Apr 1952–Mar 1956 48-Month	44.0°F (6.7°C)	43.3°F (6.3°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	82nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1915
				43rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1943	2018
	Ties: 1961, 1994
Apr 1951–Mar 1956 60-Month	43.5°F (6.4°C)	43.4°F (6.3°C)	0.1°F (0.1°C)	53rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1917
				71st Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2018, 2019
	Ties: 1948, 1955, 1979, 1980, 1987, 1988

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Regional Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 29, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/