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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 1953

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
March 1953 1-Month	58.1°F (14.5°C)	55.1°F (12.8°C)	3.0°F (1.7°C)	95th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1960
				34th Warmest	Warmest since: 1946	2012
	Ties: 1904, 1990
Feb–Mar 1953 2-Month	53.5°F (11.9°C)	51.6°F (10.9°C)	1.9°F (1.0°C)	93rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1958
				36th Warmest	Warmest since: 1948	2012
	Ties: 1904
Jan–Mar 1953 3-Month	52.0°F (11.1°C)	49.4°F (9.7°C)	2.6°F (1.4°C)	105th Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1978
				24th Warmest	Warmest since: 1952	2012
	Ties: 1989
Dec 1952–Mar 1953 4-Month	50.3°F (10.2°C)	48.7°F (9.3°C)	1.6°F (0.9°C)	95th Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1978
				33rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1952	2017
	Ties: 1917, 1995
Nov 1952–Mar 1953 5-Month	50.6°F (10.3°C)	49.6°F (9.8°C)	1.0°F (0.5°C)	82nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1977
				46th Warmest	Warmest since: 1952	2017
	Ties: 1975, 1986
Oct 1952–Mar 1953 6-Month	51.8°F (11.0°C)	52.0°F (11.1°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	53rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1977
				75th Warmest	Warmest since: 1952	2017
	Ties: 1973
Sep 1952–Mar 1953 7-Month	54.7°F (12.6°C)	55.3°F (12.9°C)	-0.6°F (-0.3°C)	42nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1977
				86th Warmest	Warmest since: 1952	2017
	Ties: 1965, 1967, 1998
Aug 1952–Mar 1953 8-Month	57.8°F (14.3°C)	58.3°F (14.6°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	45th Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1977
				83rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1952	2017
	Ties: 1912, 1947, 1961, 1975
Jul 1952–Mar 1953 9-Month	60.5°F (15.8°C)	60.6°F (15.9°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	53rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1977
				75th Warmest	Warmest since: 1952	2017
	Ties: 1973, 2013
Jun 1952–Mar 1953 10-Month	62.7°F (17.1°C)	62.4°F (16.9°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	72nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1977
				56th Warmest	Warmest since: 1952	2017
	Ties: 1901, 1913, 1919, 1929, 1942, 1954
May 1952–Mar 1953 11-Month	63.5°F (17.5°C)	63.1°F (17.3°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	75th Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1977
				53rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1952	2017
	Ties: 1901, 1910, 1913, 1926, 1986, 1992
Apr 1952–Mar 1953 12-Month	63.3°F (17.4°C)	63.1°F (17.3°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	61st Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1977
				67th Warmest	Warmest since: 1952	2017
	Ties: 1948, 1956, 2006, 2013
Oct 1951–Mar 1953 18-Month	60.0°F (15.6°C)	59.4°F (15.2°C)	0.6°F (0.4°C)	83rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1978
				44th Warmest	Warmest since: 1950	2017
	Ties: 1908, 1945, 1957, 1986, 2005
Apr 1951–Mar 1953 24-Month	63.7°F (17.6°C)	63.1°F (17.3°C)	0.6°F (0.3°C)	92nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1978
				35th Warmest	Warmest since: 1950	2017
	Ties: 1897, 1937, 1956, 1957, 1987, 2007
Apr 1950–Mar 1953 36-Month	63.2°F (17.3°C)	63.1°F (17.3°C)	0.1°F (0.0°C)	54th Coolest	Coolest since: 1948	1970
				72nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1952	2018
	Ties: 1916, 1940, 1948, 1989, 1993, 2004, 2016
Apr 1949–Mar 1953 48-Month	63.6°F (17.6°C)	63.1°F (17.3°C)	0.5°F (0.3°C)	91st Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1970, 1971, 1980
				34th Warmest	Warmest since: 1952	2020
	Ties: 1900, 1927, 1932, 1940, 1946, 1951, 2014
Apr 1948–Mar 1953 60-Month	63.7°F (17.6°C)	63.0°F (17.2°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	102nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1970, 1971, 1980, 1981
				22nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1952	2020
	Ties: 1910, 1913, 1928, 1932, 1946, 1950, 1952, 1956, 1957, 2009, 2016

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 24, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/