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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 2018

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
March 2018 1-Month	35.2°F (1.8°C)	34.6°F (1.4°C)	0.6°F (0.4°C)	67th Coolest	Coolest since: 2014	1960
				62nd Warmest	Warmest since: 2017	2012
	Ties: 1939
Feb–Mar 2018 2-Month	27.8°F (-2.3°C)	28.6°F (-1.9°C)	-0.8°F (-0.4°C)	59th Coolest	Coolest since: 2015	1899
				70th Warmest	Warmest since: 2017	2012
	Ties: 1933, 2003, 2010
Jan–Mar 2018 3-Month	24.5°F (-4.2°C)	25.0°F (-3.9°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	56th Coolest	Coolest since: 2015	1912
				73rd Warmest	Warmest since: 2017	2012
	Ties: 2015
Dec 2017–Mar 2018 4-Month	24.5°F (-4.2°C)	24.5°F (-4.2°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	60th Coolest	Coolest since: 2014	1979
				68th Warmest	Warmest since: 2017	2012
	Ties: 1897
Nov 2017–Mar 2018 5-Month	26.8°F (-2.9°C)	26.7°F (-2.9°C)	0.1°F (0.0°C)	59th Coolest	Coolest since: 2015	1912
				69th Warmest	Warmest since: 2017	2012
Oct 2017–Mar 2018 6-Month	31.2°F (-0.4°C)	30.8°F (-0.7°C)	0.4°F (0.3°C)	69th Coolest	Coolest since: 2015	1912
				59th Warmest	Warmest since: 2017	2012
	Ties: 1900, 1901, 1950, 1955, 1988
Sep 2017–Mar 2018 7-Month	36.3°F (2.4°C)	35.4°F (1.9°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	81st Coolest	Coolest since: 2015	1912
				47th Warmest	Warmest since: 2017	2012
	Ties: 1941
Aug 2017–Mar 2018 8-Month	40.2°F (4.6°C)	39.9°F (4.4°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	69th Coolest	Coolest since: 2015	1912
				59th Warmest	Warmest since: 2017	2012
	Ties: 1906
Jul 2017–Mar 2018 9-Month	44.1°F (6.7°C)	43.7°F (6.5°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	72nd Coolest	Coolest since: 2015	1899, 1912
				56th Warmest	Warmest since: 2017	2012
	Ties: 1927, 1988, 2003
Jun 2017–Mar 2018 10-Month	46.8°F (8.2°C)	46.3°F (7.9°C)	0.5°F (0.3°C)	78th Coolest	Coolest since: 2015	1899
				50th Warmest	Warmest since: 2017	2012
	Ties: 1937
May 2017–Mar 2018 11-Month	47.8°F (8.8°C)	47.4°F (8.6°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	71st Coolest	Coolest since: 2015	1899
				57th Warmest	Warmest since: 2017	2012
	Ties: 1927, 2003, 2011
Apr 2017–Mar 2018 12-Month	48.1°F (8.9°C)	47.5°F (8.6°C)	0.6°F (0.3°C)	80th Coolest	Coolest since: 2015	1899, 1936
				48th Warmest	Warmest since: 2017	2012
	Ties: 1940, 1953, 1961
Oct 2016–Mar 2018 18-Month	44.3°F (6.8°C)	42.0°F (5.6°C)	2.3°F (1.2°C)	118th Coolest	Coolest since: 2016	1979
				9th Warmest	Warmest since: 2017	2017
	Ties: 1935
Apr 2016–Mar 2018 24-Month	49.6°F (9.8°C)	47.5°F (8.6°C)	2.1°F (1.2°C)	119th Coolest	Coolest since: 2016	1952
				8th Warmest	Warmest since: 2017	2017
	Ties: 2006
Apr 2015–Mar 2018 36-Month	50.0°F (10.0°C)	47.5°F (8.6°C)	2.5°F (1.4°C)	125th Coolest	Coolest since: 2017	1918
				1st Warmest	Warmest to Date	2018
Apr 2014–Mar 2018 48-Month	49.2°F (9.6°C)	47.5°F (8.6°C)	1.7°F (1.0°C)	121st Coolest	Coolest since: 2017	1906
				4th Warmest	Warmest since: 2007	1935, 2002
	Ties: 2007, 2019
Apr 2013–Mar 2018 60-Month	48.4°F (9.1°C)	47.5°F (8.6°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	101st Coolest	Coolest since: 2015	1997
				23rd Warmest	Warmest since: 2017	1935
	Ties: 1941, 1957, 1989, 2013

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 4, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/