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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 1973

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
March 1973 1-Month	48.3°F (9.1°C)	46.6°F (8.1°C)	1.7°F (1.0°C)	80th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1915
				49th Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	2012
Feb–Mar 1973 2-Month	43.1°F (6.2°C)	42.8°F (6.0°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	68th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1899
				61st Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	2017
	Ties: 1943
Jan–Mar 1973 3-Month	39.4°F (4.1°C)	40.1°F (4.5°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	48th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1912
				81st Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	2017
	Ties: 1941, 2001
Dec 1972–Mar 1973 4-Month	37.6°F (3.1°C)	39.3°F (4.1°C)	-1.7°F (-1.0°C)	23rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1912
				105th Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	1907
	Ties: 1902, 1936, 1940
Nov 1972–Mar 1973 5-Month	37.9°F (3.3°C)	40.6°F (4.8°C)	-2.7°F (-1.5°C)	8th Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1912
				120th Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	2017
	Ties: 2001
Oct 1972–Mar 1973 6-Month	41.2°F (5.1°C)	43.6°F (6.4°C)	-2.4°F (-1.3°C)	8th Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1899
				120th Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	2017
	Ties: 1905
Sep 1972–Mar 1973 7-Month	45.4°F (7.4°C)	47.3°F (8.5°C)	-1.9°F (-1.1°C)	8th Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1899
				120th Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	2017
	Ties: 1913, 2010
Aug 1972–Mar 1973 8-Month	49.2°F (9.6°C)	51.1°F (10.6°C)	-1.9°F (-1.0°C)	5th Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1899
				123rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	2017
	Ties: 1905, 1975, 1979, 2010
Jul 1972–Mar 1973 9-Month	52.3°F (11.3°C)	54.2°F (12.3°C)	-1.9°F (-1.0°C)	6th Coolest	Coolest since: 1962	1899
				122nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	2017
	Ties: 1962
Jun 1972–Mar 1973 10-Month	54.5°F (12.5°C)	56.2°F (13.4°C)	-1.7°F (-0.9°C)	8th Coolest	Coolest since: 1962	1899
				120th Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	2017
May 1972–Mar 1973 11-Month	55.5°F (13.1°C)	57.1°F (13.9°C)	-1.6°F (-0.8°C)	9th Coolest	Coolest since: 1962	1899
				119th Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	1935
Apr 1972–Mar 1973 12-Month	55.8°F (13.2°C)	57.0°F (13.9°C)	-1.2°F (-0.7°C)	16th Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1899
				112th Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	1935, 2012
	Ties: 1906
Oct 1971–Mar 1973 18-Month	52.4°F (11.3°C)	52.6°F (11.4°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	47th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1913
				80th Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	2017
	Ties: 1897, 1907, 1912, 1921, 1950, 1968, 2014
Apr 1971–Mar 1973 24-Month	56.7°F (13.7°C)	57.0°F (13.9°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	32nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1906
				95th Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	2017
	Ties: 1907, 1917, 1929, 1937, 1948, 1968, 1971, 1989, 1993, 2010, 2015
Apr 1970–Mar 1973 36-Month	56.7°F (13.7°C)	56.9°F (13.8°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	35th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1906
				91st Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	2013, 2018
	Ties: 1908, 1921, 1926
Apr 1969–Mar 1973 48-Month	56.7°F (13.7°C)	57.0°F (13.9°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	32nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1906
				93rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1968	2018, 2019
	Ties: 1900, 1904, 1909, 1913, 1927, 1951
Apr 1968–Mar 1973 60-Month	56.4°F (13.6°C)	56.9°F (13.8°C)	-0.5°F (-0.2°C)	11th Coolest	Coolest since: 1963	1962
				113th Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	2020
	Ties: 1905, 1909, 1916, 1921

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Regional Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 30, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/