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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

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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Alabama

Average Temperature Rankings, March 1948

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
March 1948 1-Month	57.9°F (14.4°C)	55.1°F (12.8°C)	2.8°F (1.6°C)	92nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1947	1960
				37th Warmest	Warmest since: 1946	2012
Feb–Mar 1948 2-Month	54.0°F (12.2°C)	51.5°F (10.8°C)	2.5°F (1.4°C)	102nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1947	1958
				27th Warmest	Warmest since: 1946	2012
	Ties: 1956
Jan–Mar 1948 3-Month	48.9°F (9.4°C)	49.4°F (9.7°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	49th Coolest	Coolest since: 1947	1978
				80th Warmest	Warmest since: 1946	2012
	Ties: 1993, 1994
Dec 1947–Mar 1948 4-Month	48.4°F (9.1°C)	48.6°F (9.2°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	56th Coolest	Coolest since: 1947	1978
				72nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1946	2017
	Ties: 1930, 1951, 1993
Nov 1947–Mar 1948 5-Month	49.1°F (9.5°C)	49.6°F (9.8°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	46th Coolest	Coolest since: 1942	1977
				82nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	2017
	Ties: 1914
Oct 1947–Mar 1948 6-Month	52.4°F (11.3°C)	52.0°F (11.1°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	69th Coolest	Coolest since: 1947	1977
				59th Warmest	Warmest since: 1946	2017
	Ties: 1910, 1933, 1954, 2004
Sep 1947–Mar 1948 7-Month	55.8°F (13.2°C)	55.3°F (12.9°C)	0.5°F (0.3°C)	79th Coolest	Coolest since: 1947	1977
				49th Warmest	Warmest since: 1946	2017
	Ties: 1903, 1929, 1943, 1955, 1985
Aug 1947–Mar 1948 8-Month	58.9°F (14.9°C)	58.3°F (14.6°C)	0.6°F (0.3°C)	80th Coolest	Coolest since: 1947	1977
				48th Warmest	Warmest since: 1946	2017
	Ties: 1929, 1946, 1986
Jul 1947–Mar 1948 9-Month	60.9°F (16.1°C)	60.7°F (15.9°C)	0.2°F (0.2°C)	68th Coolest	Coolest since: 1947	1977
				60th Warmest	Warmest since: 1946	2017
	Ties: 1943, 2002
Jun 1947–Mar 1948 10-Month	62.5°F (16.9°C)	62.4°F (16.9°C)	0.1°F (0.0°C)	62nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1947	1977
				66th Warmest	Warmest since: 1946	2017
	Ties: 2009
May 1947–Mar 1948 11-Month	63.1°F (17.3°C)	63.1°F (17.3°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	56th Coolest	Coolest since: 1947	1977
				72nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1946	2017
	Ties: 1912, 1956, 2002, 2003
Apr 1947–Mar 1948 12-Month	63.3°F (17.4°C)	63.1°F (17.3°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	61st Coolest	Coolest since: 1947	1977
				67th Warmest	Warmest since: 1946	2017
	Ties: 1953, 1956, 2006, 2013
Oct 1946–Mar 1948 18-Month	59.5°F (15.3°C)	59.4°F (15.2°C)	0.1°F (0.1°C)	58th Coolest	Coolest since: 1947	1978
				69th Warmest	Warmest since: 1946	2017
	Ties: 1925, 1942, 1990
Apr 1946–Mar 1948 24-Month	63.0°F (17.2°C)	63.1°F (17.3°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	49th Coolest	Coolest since: 1942	1978
				78th Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	2017
	Ties: 1899, 1925
Apr 1945–Mar 1948 36-Month	63.2°F (17.3°C)	63.1°F (17.3°C)	0.1°F (0.0°C)	54th Coolest	Coolest since: 1943	1970
				72nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	2018
	Ties: 1916, 1940, 1953, 1989, 1993, 2004, 2016
Apr 1944–Mar 1948 48-Month	63.4°F (17.4°C)	63.1°F (17.3°C)	0.3°F (0.1°C)	74th Coolest	Coolest since: 1944	1970, 1971, 1980
				51st Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	2020
	Ties: 1899, 1913, 2003, 2006
Apr 1943–Mar 1948 60-Month	63.4°F (17.4°C)	63.0°F (17.2°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	76th Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1970, 1971, 1980, 1981
				48th Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	2020
	Ties: 1909, 1912, 1917, 1920, 1940, 1951, 1955, 2015

Citing This Page

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