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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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Alabama

Average Temperature Rankings, March 2002

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
March 2002 1-Month	55.0°F (12.8°C)	55.1°F (12.8°C)	-0.1°F (0.0°C)	59th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1960
				70th Warmest	Warmest since: 2000	2012
	Ties: 1913, 2019
Feb–Mar 2002 2-Month	50.5°F (10.3°C)	51.6°F (10.9°C)	-1.1°F (-0.6°C)	45th Coolest	Coolest since: 1996	1958
				84th Warmest	Warmest since: 2001	2012
	Ties: 1923
Jan–Mar 2002 3-Month	49.3°F (9.6°C)	49.4°F (9.7°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	56th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1978
				73rd Warmest	Warmest since: 2000	2012
	Ties: 2013
Dec 2001–Mar 2002 4-Month	49.6°F (9.8°C)	48.7°F (9.3°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	77th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1978
				51st Warmest	Warmest since: 2000	2017
	Ties: 1916
Nov 2001–Mar 2002 5-Month	51.4°F (10.8°C)	49.6°F (9.8°C)	1.8°F (1.0°C)	100th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1977
				28th Warmest	Warmest since: 2000	2017
	Ties: 1897, 1937, 2005, 2019, 2021
Oct 2001–Mar 2002 6-Month	53.0°F (11.7°C)	52.1°F (11.2°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	83rd Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1977
				45th Warmest	Warmest since: 2000	2017
	Ties: 1928, 1943, 1985
Sep 2001–Mar 2002 7-Month	55.7°F (13.2°C)	55.3°F (12.9°C)	0.4°F (0.3°C)	73rd Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1977
				55th Warmest	Warmest since: 2000	2017
	Ties: 1910, 1990, 1992
Aug 2001–Mar 2002 8-Month	58.5°F (14.7°C)	58.3°F (14.6°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	67th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1977
				61st Warmest	Warmest since: 2000	2017
	Ties: 1943, 1985, 2011
Jul 2001–Mar 2002 9-Month	60.9°F (16.1°C)	60.7°F (15.9°C)	0.2°F (0.2°C)	68th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1977
				60th Warmest	Warmest since: 2000	2017
	Ties: 1943, 1948
Jun 2001–Mar 2002 10-Month	62.4°F (16.9°C)	62.4°F (16.9°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	60th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1977
				68th Warmest	Warmest since: 2000	2017
	Ties: 2003
May 2001–Mar 2002 11-Month	63.1°F (17.3°C)	63.1°F (17.3°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	56th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1977
				72nd Warmest	Warmest since: 2000	2017
	Ties: 1912, 1948, 1956, 2003
Apr 2001–Mar 2002 12-Month	63.2°F (17.3°C)	63.0°F (17.2°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	57th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1977
				71st Warmest	Warmest since: 2000	2017
	Ties: 1900, 1930, 2009
Oct 2000–Mar 2002 18-Month	58.9°F (14.9°C)	59.4°F (15.2°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	32nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1994	1978
				95th Warmest	Warmest since: 2001	2017
	Ties: 1918, 1963, 1966, 1983
Apr 2000–Mar 2002 24-Month	62.9°F (17.2°C)	63.1°F (17.3°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	42nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1998	1978
				85th Warmest	Warmest since: 2001	2017
	Ties: 1931, 1940, 1958, 1989, 1995, 1997
Apr 1999–Mar 2002 36-Month	63.4°F (17.4°C)	63.1°F (17.3°C)	0.3°F (0.1°C)	74th Coolest	Coolest since: 1998	1970
				52nd Warmest	Warmest since: 2001	2018
	Ties: 1907, 1910, 1912, 1913, 1947, 1987, 1991, 2005, 2006
Apr 1998–Mar 2002 48-Month	63.9°F (17.7°C)	63.1°F (17.3°C)	0.8°F (0.4°C)	110th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1970, 1971, 1980
				15th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2020
	Ties: 1910, 1929, 1938, 1939
Apr 1997–Mar 2002 60-Month	63.5°F (17.5°C)	63.1°F (17.3°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	84th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1970, 1971, 1980, 1981
				40th Warmest	Warmest since: 2001	2020
	Ties: 1931, 1947, 1954, 2000, 2001, 2007, 2013

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 28, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/