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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

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New Mexico

Average Temperature Rankings, March 1970

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
March 1970 1-Month	40.0°F (4.4°C)	43.5°F (6.4°C)	-3.5°F (-2.0°C)	10th Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1969
				119th Warmest	Warmest since: 1968	2017
Feb–Mar 1970 2-Month	40.0°F (4.4°C)	40.6°F (4.8°C)	-0.6°F (-0.4°C)	43rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1964
				86th Warmest	Warmest since: 1968	2017
	Ties: 1901, 1914
Jan–Mar 1970 3-Month	37.6°F (3.1°C)	38.3°F (3.5°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	42nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1966	1964
				87th Warmest	Warmest since: 1969	2017
Dec 1969–Mar 1970 4-Month	37.4°F (3.0°C)	37.3°F (2.9°C)	0.1°F (0.1°C)	57th Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1919
				71st Warmest	Warmest since: 1967	2017
	Ties: 1922, 1936
Nov 1969–Mar 1970 5-Month	38.1°F (3.4°C)	38.2°F (3.4°C)	-0.1°F (0.0°C)	47th Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1919
				81st Warmest	Warmest since: 1967	2017
	Ties: 1953, 1985, 1993, 1998
Oct 1969–Mar 1970 6-Month	40.4°F (4.7°C)	40.9°F (4.9°C)	-0.5°F (-0.2°C)	39th Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1913, 1919
				89th Warmest	Warmest since: 1969	2017
	Ties: 1909, 1946, 1965, 1969
Sep 1969–Mar 1970 7-Month	43.9°F (6.6°C)	44.2°F (6.8°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	43rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1913
				85th Warmest	Warmest since: 1968	2017
	Ties: 1983
Aug 1969–Mar 1970 8-Month	47.6°F (8.7°C)	47.6°F (8.7°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	50th Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1913
				78th Warmest	Warmest since: 1967	2017
	Ties: 1946, 1952, 1990, 1991, 1994
Jul 1969–Mar 1970 9-Month	50.6°F (10.3°C)	50.4°F (10.2°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	58th Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1913
				70th Warmest	Warmest since: 1967	2017
	Ties: 1920, 1925, 1940, 1947, 1980
Jun 1969–Mar 1970 10-Month	52.3°F (11.3°C)	52.3°F (11.3°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	56th Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1913
				72nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1967	2017
	Ties: 1936, 1990, 1994
May 1969–Mar 1970 11-Month	53.1°F (11.7°C)	53.0°F (11.7°C)	0.1°F (0.0°C)	58th Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1913
				70th Warmest	Warmest since: 1967	2017
	Ties: 1904, 1994, 2010
Apr 1969–Mar 1970 12-Month	53.1°F (11.7°C)	52.8°F (11.6°C)	0.3°F (0.1°C)	69th Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1913
				59th Warmest	Warmest since: 1967	2017
	Ties: 1897, 1916, 1918, 1925
Oct 1968–Mar 1970 18-Month	48.9°F (9.4°C)	48.9°F (9.4°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	56th Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1913
				71st Warmest	Warmest since: 1968	2018
	Ties: 1903, 1905, 1917, 1926, 1938, 1972, 1978, 1993
Apr 1968–Mar 1970 24-Month	52.5°F (11.4°C)	52.9°F (11.6°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	29th Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1913
				98th Warmest	Warmest since: 1968	2018
	Ties: 1897, 1917, 1918, 1937, 1943, 1945, 1946
Apr 1967–Mar 1970 36-Month	52.5°F (11.4°C)	52.8°F (11.6°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	24th Coolest	Coolest since: 1966	1914, 1915
				102nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1969	2019
	Ties: 1899, 1907, 1944, 1946, 1966, 1971, 1989
Apr 1966–Mar 1970 48-Month	52.8°F (11.6°C)	52.8°F (11.6°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	49th Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1915
				76th Warmest	Warmest since: 1968	2019
	Ties: 1900, 1901, 1905, 1912, 1925, 1939, 1946, 1947, 1967, 1968, 1985, 1986, 1990
Apr 1965–Mar 1970 60-Month	52.7°F (11.5°C)	52.8°F (11.6°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	40th Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1916, 1917
				84th Warmest	Warmest since: 1968	2019, 2021
	Ties: 1924, 1925, 1930, 1943, 1945, 1987

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 28, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/