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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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Average Temperature Rankings, March 1899

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
March 1899 1-Month	23.4°F (-4.8°C)	34.6°F (1.4°C)	-11.2°F (-6.2°C)	3rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1899	1960
				126th Warmest	Warmest since: 1898	2012
Feb–Mar 1899 2-Month	17.3°F (-8.2°C)	28.7°F (-1.8°C)	-11.4°F (-6.4°C)	1st Coolest	Coolest since: 1899	1899
				128th Warmest	Warmest since: 1898	2012
Jan–Mar 1899 3-Month	17.6°F (-8.0°C)	25.0°F (-3.9°C)	-7.4°F (-4.1°C)	5th Coolest	Coolest since: 1899	1912
				124th Warmest	Warmest since: 1898	2012
Dec 1898–Mar 1899 4-Month	17.4°F (-8.1°C)	24.5°F (-4.2°C)	-7.1°F (-3.9°C)	3rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1899	1979
				125th Warmest	Warmest since: 1898	2012
Nov 1898–Mar 1899 5-Month	20.1°F (-6.6°C)	26.8°F (-2.9°C)	-6.7°F (-3.7°C)	2nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1899	1912
				126th Warmest	Warmest since: 1898	2012
Oct 1898–Mar 1899 6-Month	24.5°F (-4.2°C)	30.9°F (-0.6°C)	-6.4°F (-3.6°C)	2nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1899	1912
				126th Warmest	Warmest since: 1898	2012
Sep 1898–Mar 1899 7-Month	30.2°F (-1.0°C)	35.4°F (1.9°C)	-5.2°F (-2.9°C)	2nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1899	1912
				126th Warmest	Warmest since: 1898	2012
Aug 1898–Mar 1899 8-Month	35.4°F (1.9°C)	40.0°F (4.4°C)	-4.6°F (-2.5°C)	2nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1899	1912
				126th Warmest	Warmest since: 1898	2012
Jul 1898–Mar 1899 9-Month	39.5°F (4.2°C)	43.7°F (6.5°C)	-4.2°F (-2.3°C)	1st Coolest	Coolest since: 1899	1899, 1912
				127th Warmest	Warmest since: 1898	2012
	Ties: 1912
Jun 1898–Mar 1899 10-Month	42.6°F (5.9°C)	46.2°F (7.9°C)	-3.6°F (-2.0°C)	1st Coolest	Coolest since: 1899	1899
				127th Warmest	Warmest since: 1898	2012
May 1898–Mar 1899 11-Month	44.1°F (6.7°C)	47.4°F (8.6°C)	-3.3°F (-1.9°C)	1st Coolest	Coolest since: 1899	1899
				127th Warmest	Warmest since: 1898	2012
Apr 1898–Mar 1899 12-Month	44.4°F (6.9°C)	47.6°F (8.7°C)	-3.2°F (-1.8°C)	1st Coolest	Coolest since: 1899	1899, 1936
				127th Warmest	Warmest since: 1898	2012
	Ties: 1936
Oct 1897–Mar 1899 18-Month	39.8°F (4.3°C)	41.9°F (5.5°C)	-2.1°F (-1.2°C)	6th Coolest	Coolest since: 1899	1979
				121st Warmest	Warmest since: 1898	2017
	Ties: 1980
Apr 1897–Mar 1899 24-Month	46.0°F (7.8°C)	47.6°F (8.7°C)	-1.6°F (-0.9°C)	8th Coolest	Coolest since: 1899	1952
				119th Warmest	Warmest since: 1898	2017
	Ties: 1900, 1997, 2015
Apr 1896–Mar 1899 36-Month	46.2°F (7.9°C)	47.5°F (8.6°C)	-1.3°F (-0.7°C)	7th Coolest	Coolest since: 1899	1918
				119th Warmest	Warmest since: 1898	2018
	Ties: 1980
Apr 1895–Mar 1899 48-Month	46.6°F (8.1°C)	47.5°F (8.6°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	13th Coolest	Coolest since: 1899	1906
				112th Warmest	Warmest to Date	1935, 2002
	Ties: 1900, 1919, 1920, 1997

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 26, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/