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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	44.1°F (6.7°C)	45.4°F (7.4°C)	-1.3°F (-0.7°C)	49th Coolest	Coolest since: 2014	1960
				80th Warmest	Warmest since: 2017	2012
	Ties: 1972
Feb–Mar 2018 2-Month	44.4°F (6.9°C)	41.0°F (5.0°C)	3.4°F (1.9°C)	111th Coolest	Coolest since: 2015	1960
				18th Warmest	Warmest since: 2017	2012
	Ties: 1998
Jan–Mar 2018 3-Month	39.6°F (4.2°C)	38.5°F (3.6°C)	1.1°F (0.6°C)	79th Coolest	Coolest since: 2015	1978
				50th Warmest	Warmest since: 2017	2012
	Ties: 1910, 2004, 2022
Dec 2017–Mar 2018 4-Month	38.6°F (3.7°C)	37.9°F (3.3°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	69th Coolest	Coolest since: 2015	1978
				59th Warmest	Warmest since: 2017	2012
	Ties: 1897, 1945, 1967
Nov 2017–Mar 2018 5-Month	40.3°F (4.6°C)	39.4°F (4.1°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	76th Coolest	Coolest since: 2015	1978
				52nd Warmest	Warmest since: 2017	2012
	Ties: 1930, 1952
Oct 2017–Mar 2018 6-Month	43.5°F (6.4°C)	42.4°F (5.8°C)	1.1°F (0.6°C)	83rd Coolest	Coolest since: 2015	1977
				45th Warmest	Warmest since: 2017	1932
	Ties: 1927, 1997
Sep 2017–Mar 2018 7-Month	47.0°F (8.3°C)	46.1°F (7.8°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	80th Coolest	Coolest since: 2015	1977
				48th Warmest	Warmest since: 2017	1932
	Ties: 1913, 1953, 2004, 2007
Aug 2017–Mar 2018 8-Month	50.3°F (10.2°C)	49.7°F (9.8°C)	0.6°F (0.4°C)	76th Coolest	Coolest since: 2015	1977
				52nd Warmest	Warmest since: 2017	2017
	Ties: 1913, 1987
Jul 2017–Mar 2018 9-Month	53.3°F (11.8°C)	52.7°F (11.5°C)	0.6°F (0.3°C)	79th Coolest	Coolest since: 2015	1977
				49th Warmest	Warmest since: 2017	1932
	Ties: 1986
Jun 2017–Mar 2018 10-Month	55.1°F (12.8°C)	54.7°F (12.6°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	77th Coolest	Coolest since: 2015	1977
				51st Warmest	Warmest since: 2017	1932, 2017
	Ties: 1925, 1943, 1944, 1989, 1990, 1998
May 2017–Mar 2018 11-Month	56.0°F (13.3°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	0.5°F (0.2°C)	77th Coolest	Coolest since: 2015	1977
				51st Warmest	Warmest since: 2017	1932, 2017
	Ties: 1920, 1943, 1946, 1955, 1986, 1988, 1995
Apr 2017–Mar 2018 12-Month	56.5°F (13.6°C)	55.6°F (13.1°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	94th Coolest	Coolest since: 2015	1977
				34th Warmest	Warmest since: 2017	2017
	Ties: 1955
Oct 2016–Mar 2018 18-Month	53.4°F (11.9°C)	51.1°F (10.6°C)	2.3°F (1.3°C)	122nd Coolest	Coolest since: 2016	1978
				5th Warmest	Warmest since: 2017	2017
	Ties: 1933, 2013
Apr 2016–Mar 2018 24-Month	57.7°F (14.3°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	2.2°F (1.2°C)	124th Coolest	Coolest since: 2016	1978
				3rd Warmest	Warmest since: 2017	2017
	Ties: 2020
Apr 2015–Mar 2018 36-Month	57.9°F (14.4°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	2.4°F (1.3°C)	125th Coolest	Coolest since: 2017	1979
				1st Warmest	Warmest to Date	2018
Apr 2014–Mar 2018 48-Month	57.0°F (13.9°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	1.5°F (0.8°C)	120th Coolest	Coolest since: 2017	1980
				5th Warmest	Warmest since: 1935	2019, 2020
	Ties: 2021
Apr 2013–Mar 2018 60-Month	56.4°F (13.6°C)	55.4°F (13.0°C)	1.0°F (0.6°C)	109th Coolest	Coolest since: 2017	1981
				15th Warmest	Warmest since: 2017	2020
	Ties: 1924, 1937, 1938, 1946, 1957, 2002, 2007, 2013, 2017

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 5, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/