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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	47.6°F (8.7°C)	46.6°F (8.1°C)	1.0°F (0.6°C)	71st Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1915
				58th Warmest	Warmest since: 1956	2012
Feb–Mar 1961 2-Month	44.0°F (6.7°C)	42.8°F (6.0°C)	1.2°F (0.7°C)	83rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1899
				46th Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	2017
	Ties: 1950
Jan–Mar 1961 3-Month	40.5°F (4.7°C)	40.1°F (4.5°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	71st Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1912
				58th Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	2017
	Ties: 2003, 2013
Dec 1960–Mar 1961 4-Month	39.0°F (3.9°C)	39.3°F (4.1°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	51st Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1912
				77th Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	1907
	Ties: 1910, 1966
Nov 1960–Mar 1961 5-Month	40.6°F (4.8°C)	40.6°F (4.8°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	57th Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1912
				71st Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	2017
	Ties: 1898, 1900, 1971, 1982, 1987
Oct 1960–Mar 1961 6-Month	43.8°F (6.6°C)	43.6°F (6.4°C)	0.2°F (0.2°C)	61st Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1899
				67th Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	2017
	Ties: 1963, 1998
Sep 1960–Mar 1961 7-Month	47.8°F (8.8°C)	47.4°F (8.6°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	76th Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1899
				52nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	2017
	Ties: 1925
Aug 1960–Mar 1961 8-Month	51.5°F (10.8°C)	51.2°F (10.7°C)	0.3°F (0.1°C)	75th Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1899
				53rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	2017
	Ties: 1901, 1952, 1967
Jul 1960–Mar 1961 9-Month	54.2°F (12.3°C)	54.2°F (12.3°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	53rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1899
				75th Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	2017
	Ties: 1942, 1943, 1944, 1947, 1987, 1996, 2003
Jun 1960–Mar 1961 10-Month	56.3°F (13.5°C)	56.2°F (13.4°C)	0.1°F (0.1°C)	62nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1899
				66th Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	2017
	Ties: 1944, 1952, 1966
May 1960–Mar 1961 11-Month	57.0°F (13.9°C)	57.0°F (13.9°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	51st Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1899
				77th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	1935
	Ties: 1919, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1959, 1971
Apr 1960–Mar 1961 12-Month	57.2°F (14.0°C)	57.0°F (13.9°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	64th Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1899
				64th Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	1935, 2012
	Ties: 1921, 1947
Oct 1959–Mar 1961 18-Month	51.6°F (10.9°C)	52.6°F (11.4°C)	-1.0°F (-0.5°C)	17th Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1913
				110th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2017
	Ties: 1904
Apr 1959–Mar 1961 24-Month	56.2°F (13.4°C)	56.9°F (13.8°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	18th Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1906
				109th Warmest	Warmest since: 1958	2017
	Ties: 1962, 1977
Apr 1958–Mar 1961 36-Month	56.4°F (13.6°C)	57.0°F (13.9°C)	-0.6°F (-0.3°C)	20th Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1906
				106th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2013, 2018
	Ties: 1899, 1978
Apr 1957–Mar 1961 48-Month	56.2°F (13.4°C)	57.0°F (13.9°C)	-0.8°F (-0.5°C)	4th Coolest	Coolest since: 1920	1906
				121st Warmest	Warmest since: 1960	2018, 2019
	Ties: 1905, 1907, 1915, 1918, 1920, 1963, 1971
Apr 1956–Mar 1961 60-Month	56.7°F (13.7°C)	57.0°F (13.9°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	27th Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1962
				97th Warmest	Warmest since: 1960	2020
	Ties: 1902, 1913, 1915, 1952, 1960, 1969, 1974, 1975, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1997

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Regional Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 5, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/