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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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Average Temperature Rankings, March 1897

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
March 1897 1-Month	47.0°F (8.3°C)	46.6°F (8.1°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	67th Coolest	Coolest since: 1896	1915
				62nd Warmest	Warmest to Date	2012
Feb–Mar 1897 2-Month	43.2°F (6.2°C)	42.9°F (6.1°C)	0.3°F (0.1°C)	74th Coolest	Coolest since: 1896	1899
				55th Warmest	Warmest to Date	2017
	Ties: 1909, 1934, 1940, 1994, 1998
Jan–Mar 1897 3-Month	39.2°F (4.0°C)	40.1°F (4.5°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	42nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1895	1912
				87th Warmest	Warmest since: 1896	2017
	Ties: 1918, 1922, 1977, 1984
Dec 1896–Mar 1897 4-Month	39.7°F (4.3°C)	39.3°F (4.1°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	70th Coolest	Coolest since: 1896	1912
				58th Warmest	Warmest to Date	1907
	Ties: 1955, 1971, 2019
Nov 1896–Mar 1897 5-Month	40.4°F (4.7°C)	40.5°F (4.7°C)	-0.1°F (0.0°C)	53rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1896	1912
				75th Warmest	Warmest to Date	2017
	Ties: 1926, 1942, 1994
Oct 1896–Mar 1897 6-Month	43.0°F (6.1°C)	43.6°F (6.4°C)	-0.6°F (-0.3°C)	41st Coolest	Coolest since: 1896	1899
				87th Warmest	Warmest to Date	2017
	Ties: 1917, 1971, 1980, 1985
Sep 1896–Mar 1897 7-Month	46.8°F (8.2°C)	47.4°F (8.6°C)	-0.6°F (-0.4°C)	42nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1896	1899
				86th Warmest	Warmest to Date	2017
	Ties: 1971, 1980
Aug 1896–Mar 1897 8-Month	50.9°F (10.5°C)	51.1°F (10.6°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	46th Coolest	Coolest since: 1896	1899
				82nd Warmest	Warmest to Date	2017
	Ties: 1902, 1944, 1947, 1959, 1971, 1997, 2019
Jul 1896–Mar 1897 9-Month	54.0°F (12.2°C)	54.2°F (12.3°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	45th Coolest	Coolest since: 1896	1899
				83rd Warmest	Warmest to Date	2017
	Ties: 1909, 1971, 1982, 1990
Jun 1896–Mar 1897 10-Month	56.2°F (13.4°C)	56.2°F (13.4°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	55th Coolest	Coolest since: 1896	1899
				73rd Warmest	Warmest to Date	2017
	Ties: 1941, 1943, 1947, 1956, 1982, 1987
May 1896–Mar 1897 11-Month	57.4°F (14.1°C)	57.0°F (13.9°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	75th Coolest	Coolest since: 1896	1899
				53rd Warmest	Warmest to Date	1935
	Ties: 1902, 1927, 1931, 1963, 1997
Apr 1896–Mar 1897 12-Month	57.7°F (14.3°C)	57.0°F (13.9°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	95th Coolest	Coolest since: 1896	1899
				33rd Warmest	Warmest to Date	1935, 2012
	Ties: 1931, 1991, 2009
Oct 1895–Mar 1897 18-Month	52.4°F (11.3°C)	52.5°F (11.4°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	47th Coolest	Coolest since: 1897	1913
				80th Warmest	Warmest to Date	2017
	Ties: 1907, 1912, 1921, 1950, 1968, 1973, 2014
Apr 1895–Mar 1897 24-Month	56.9°F (13.8°C)	57.0°F (13.9°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	51st Coolest	Coolest since: 1897	1906
				76th Warmest	Warmest to Date	2017
	Ties: 1915, 1924, 1931, 1951

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Regional Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 6, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/