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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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Massachusetts

Average Temperature Rankings, March 1968

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
March 1968 1-Month	36.0°F (2.2°C)	34.2°F (1.2°C)	1.8°F (1.0°C)	90th Coolest	Coolest since: 1967	1916
				39th Warmest	Warmest since: 1953	2012
Feb–Mar 1968 2-Month	28.7°F (-1.8°C)	29.6°F (-1.3°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	47th Coolest	Coolest since: 1967	2015
				82nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1966	2012
Jan–Mar 1968 3-Month	25.6°F (-3.6°C)	27.8°F (-2.3°C)	-2.2°F (-1.3°C)	26th Coolest	Coolest since: 1948	1904
				103rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1967	2012
Dec 1967–Mar 1968 4-Month	26.7°F (-2.9°C)	27.9°F (-2.3°C)	-1.2°F (-0.6°C)	38th Coolest	Coolest since: 1964	1904
				90th Warmest	Warmest since: 1967	2012
	Ties: 1922
Nov 1967–Mar 1968 5-Month	28.5°F (-1.9°C)	30.2°F (-1.0°C)	-1.7°F (-0.9°C)	24th Coolest	Coolest since: 1963	1918
				104th Warmest	Warmest since: 1967	2012
	Ties: 1994
Oct 1967–Mar 1968 6-Month	32.1°F (0.1°C)	33.4°F (0.8°C)	-1.3°F (-0.7°C)	28th Coolest	Coolest since: 1963	1918
				100th Warmest	Warmest since: 1967	2012
	Ties: 1935, 1943, 2015
Sep 1967–Mar 1968 7-Month	36.0°F (2.2°C)	37.3°F (2.9°C)	-1.3°F (-0.7°C)	21st Coolest	Coolest since: 1963	1918
				107th Warmest	Warmest since: 1967	2012
	Ties: 1917, 1948, 1961
Aug 1967–Mar 1968 8-Month	40.0°F (4.4°C)	41.1°F (5.1°C)	-1.1°F (-0.7°C)	19th Coolest	Coolest since: 1965	1904, 1905, 1918
				109th Warmest	Warmest since: 1967	2012
	Ties: 1916, 1917, 1935, 1961, 1978
Jul 1967–Mar 1968 9-Month	43.4°F (6.3°C)	44.3°F (6.8°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	26th Coolest	Coolest since: 1965	1904, 1905
				102nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1967	2012
	Ties: 1908, 1944
Jun 1967–Mar 1968 10-Month	45.7°F (7.6°C)	46.3°F (7.9°C)	-0.6°F (-0.3°C)	31st Coolest	Coolest since: 1965	1904
				97th Warmest	Warmest since: 1967	2012
	Ties: 1899, 1915, 1935, 1936, 1981, 1994
May 1967–Mar 1968 11-Month	46.0°F (7.8°C)	47.2°F (8.4°C)	-1.2°F (-0.6°C)	18th Coolest	Coolest since: 1963	1918
				110th Warmest	Warmest since: 1967	2012
	Ties: 1912, 1940
Apr 1967–Mar 1968 12-Month	45.7°F (7.6°C)	47.0°F (8.3°C)	-1.3°F (-0.7°C)	16th Coolest	Coolest since: 1963	1918
				112th Warmest	Warmest since: 1967	2012
	Ties: 1907
Oct 1966–Mar 1968 18-Month	41.6°F (5.3°C)	42.4°F (5.8°C)	-0.8°F (-0.5°C)	18th Coolest	Coolest since: 1963	1905
				109th Warmest	Warmest since: 1967	2013
	Ties: 1944, 1979
Apr 1966–Mar 1968 24-Month	46.1°F (7.8°C)	46.9°F (8.3°C)	-0.8°F (-0.5°C)	15th Coolest	Coolest since: 1964	1905
				112th Warmest	Warmest since: 1967	2013
	Ties: 1911, 1916, 1928, 1964
Apr 1965–Mar 1968 36-Month	46.4°F (8.0°C)	46.9°F (8.3°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	24th Coolest	Coolest since: 1965	1906
				102nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1967	2013
	Ties: 1901, 1913, 1924, 1929, 1969, 1970
Apr 1964–Mar 1968 48-Month	46.3°F (7.9°C)	46.9°F (8.3°C)	-0.6°F (-0.4°C)	18th Coolest	Coolest since: 1966	1907
				107th Warmest	Warmest since: 1967	2013, 2019, 2022
	Ties: 1912, 1923, 1925, 1941, 1966
Apr 1963–Mar 1968 60-Month	46.4°F (8.0°C)	46.8°F (8.2°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	20th Coolest	Coolest since: 1967	1908
				104th Warmest	Warmest since: 1967	2020
	Ties: 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1924, 1944, 1965, 1967, 1969

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/