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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 1981

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
March 1981 1-Month	42.8°F (6.0°C)	43.5°F (6.4°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	43rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1969
				86th Warmest	Warmest since: 1979	2017
	Ties: 1979
Feb–Mar 1981 2-Month	41.3°F (5.2°C)	40.6°F (4.8°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	74th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1964
				55th Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	2017
	Ties: 1926
Jan–Mar 1981 3-Month	39.8°F (4.3°C)	38.3°F (3.5°C)	1.5°F (0.8°C)	91st Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1964
				38th Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	2017
	Ties: 2019
Dec 1980–Mar 1981 4-Month	40.0°F (4.4°C)	37.3°F (2.9°C)	2.7°F (1.5°C)	111th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1919
				17th Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	2017
	Ties: 1996
Nov 1980–Mar 1981 5-Month	40.2°F (4.6°C)	38.3°F (3.5°C)	1.9°F (1.1°C)	106th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1919
				22nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1950	2017
	Ties: 1918, 2003
Oct 1980–Mar 1981 6-Month	42.1°F (5.6°C)	40.9°F (4.9°C)	1.2°F (0.7°C)	89th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1913, 1919
				39th Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	2017
	Ties: 1900, 1938, 1974
Sep 1980–Mar 1981 7-Month	45.5°F (7.5°C)	44.3°F (6.8°C)	1.2°F (0.7°C)	95th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1913
				33rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	2017
	Ties: 1938, 1950, 1951, 1956, 1982, 2005
Aug 1980–Mar 1981 8-Month	48.7°F (9.3°C)	47.6°F (8.7°C)	1.1°F (0.6°C)	96th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1913
				32nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	2017
	Ties: 1900, 1916, 1943, 1956, 2019
Jul 1980–Mar 1981 9-Month	51.8°F (11.0°C)	50.4°F (10.2°C)	1.4°F (0.8°C)	104th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1913
				24th Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	2017
	Ties: 1986, 2003
Jun 1980–Mar 1981 10-Month	53.8°F (12.1°C)	52.2°F (11.2°C)	1.6°F (0.9°C)	102nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1913
				26th Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	2017
	Ties: 1957, 2008
May 1980–Mar 1981 11-Month	54.2°F (12.3°C)	53.0°F (11.7°C)	1.2°F (0.6°C)	99th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1913
				29th Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	2017
	Ties: 1938, 1986
Apr 1980–Mar 1981 12-Month	53.8°F (12.1°C)	52.9°F (11.6°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	94th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1913
				34th Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	2017
	Ties: 1955, 1967
Oct 1979–Mar 1981 18-Month	49.6°F (9.8°C)	48.8°F (9.3°C)	0.8°F (0.5°C)	91st Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1913
				36th Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	2018
	Ties: 1923
Apr 1979–Mar 1981 24-Month	53.2°F (11.8°C)	52.8°F (11.6°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	79th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1913
				48th Warmest	Warmest since: 1979	2018
	Ties: 1923, 1953, 1968, 1986
Apr 1978–Mar 1981 36-Month	53.0°F (11.7°C)	52.8°F (11.6°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	74th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1914, 1915
				52nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1980	2019
	Ties: 1903, 1923, 1938, 1984, 1990
Apr 1977–Mar 1981 48-Month	53.3°F (11.8°C)	52.8°F (11.6°C)	0.5°F (0.2°C)	92nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1915
				33rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1958	2019
	Ties: 1936, 1953, 1954, 1958, 1982, 1995
Apr 1976–Mar 1981 60-Month	52.9°F (11.6°C)	52.9°F (11.6°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	69th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1916, 1917
				55th Warmest	Warmest since: 1967	2019, 2021
	Ties: 1901, 1902, 1903, 1905, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1940, 1947, 1952, 1961, 1967, 1991

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/