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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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Average Temperature Rankings, March 1986

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
March 1986 1-Month	40.0°F (4.4°C)	29.4°F (-1.4°C)	10.6°F (5.8°C)	127th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1897
				2nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1910	1910
Feb–Mar 1986 2-Month	29.6°F (-1.3°C)	25.3°F (-3.7°C)	4.3°F (2.4°C)	105th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1899
				24th Warmest	Warmest since: 1984	1992, 2016
	Ties: 1973, 1998
Jan–Mar 1986 3-Month	29.2°F (-1.6°C)	22.5°F (-5.3°C)	6.7°F (3.7°C)	120th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1936
				9th Warmest	Warmest since: 1983	1992
	Ties: 1999
Dec 1985–Mar 1986 4-Month	26.6°F (-3.0°C)	22.1°F (-5.5°C)	4.5°F (2.5°C)	111th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1949
				17th Warmest	Warmest since: 1983	1992
	Ties: 2020
Nov 1985–Mar 1986 5-Month	23.9°F (-4.5°C)	23.6°F (-4.7°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	60th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1979
				68th Warmest	Warmest since: 1984	1992, 2000
	Ties: 1901
Oct 1985–Mar 1986 6-Month	26.7°F (-2.9°C)	26.8°F (-2.9°C)	-0.1°F (0.0°C)	52nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1899
				76th Warmest	Warmest since: 1984	2000
	Ties: 1911, 1948, 1959
Sep 1985–Mar 1986 7-Month	29.7°F (-1.3°C)	30.6°F (-0.8°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	40th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1899, 1917
				88th Warmest	Warmest since: 1984	2016
	Ties: 1898, 1933
Aug 1985–Mar 1986 8-Month	33.6°F (0.9°C)	34.8°F (1.6°C)	-1.2°F (-0.7°C)	30th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1917
				98th Warmest	Warmest since: 1984	2016
	Ties: 1896, 1927, 1930, 1960, 1971
Jul 1985–Mar 1986 9-Month	37.6°F (3.1°C)	38.3°F (3.5°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	42nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1917
				86th Warmest	Warmest since: 1984	2016
	Ties: 1966
Jun 1985–Mar 1986 10-Month	39.6°F (4.2°C)	40.3°F (4.6°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	41st Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1917
				87th Warmest	Warmest since: 1984	2016
May 1985–Mar 1986 11-Month	41.0°F (5.0°C)	41.2°F (5.1°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	47th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1917
				81st Warmest	Warmest since: 1984	2016
	Ties: 1898, 1906, 1918, 1923, 1933, 1975, 2019
Apr 1985–Mar 1986 12-Month	41.3°F (5.2°C)	41.2°F (5.1°C)	0.1°F (0.1°C)	60th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1917
				68th Warmest	Warmest since: 1984	2016
	Ties: 1915
Oct 1984–Mar 1986 18-Month	35.5°F (1.9°C)	36.4°F (2.4°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	34th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1917
				93rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1985	2016
Apr 1984–Mar 1986 24-Month	40.4°F (4.7°C)	41.1°F (5.1°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	31st Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1917, 1952
				96th Warmest	Warmest since: 1985	2016
	Ties: 1994
Apr 1983–Mar 1986 36-Month	40.8°F (4.9°C)	41.1°F (5.1°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	40th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1952
				86th Warmest	Warmest since: 1985	2017
	Ties: 1911, 1916, 1920, 1966, 1972
Apr 1982–Mar 1986 48-Month	41.1°F (5.1°C)	41.1°F (5.1°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	58th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1952
				67th Warmest	Warmest since: 1984	2007, 2008, 2016, 2018
	Ties: 1903, 1948, 1976, 1978
Apr 1981–Mar 1986 60-Month	41.1°F (5.1°C)	41.1°F (5.1°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	59th Coolest	Coolest since: 1982	1952
				65th Warmest	Warmest since: 1985	2016

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 29, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/