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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 1987

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
March 1987 1-Month	40.9°F (4.9°C)	43.5°F (6.4°C)	-2.6°F (-1.5°C)	21st Coolest	Coolest since: 1977	1969
				108th Warmest	Warmest since: 1986	2017
	Ties: 1930, 1973
Feb–Mar 1987 2-Month	39.0°F (3.9°C)	40.6°F (4.8°C)	-1.6°F (-0.9°C)	26th Coolest	Coolest since: 1973	1964
				103rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1986	2017
	Ties: 1944, 1958
Jan–Mar 1987 3-Month	36.8°F (2.7°C)	38.3°F (3.5°C)	-1.5°F (-0.8°C)	26th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1964
				103rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1986	2017
	Ties: 1912, 1932, 1958, 1965
Dec 1986–Mar 1987 4-Month	36.2°F (2.3°C)	37.3°F (2.9°C)	-1.1°F (-0.6°C)	31st Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1919
				97th Warmest	Warmest since: 1986	2017
	Ties: 1942, 1946, 1965
Nov 1986–Mar 1987 5-Month	37.2°F (2.9°C)	38.3°F (3.5°C)	-1.1°F (-0.6°C)	28th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1919
				100th Warmest	Warmest since: 1986	2017
	Ties: 1906
Oct 1986–Mar 1987 6-Month	39.6°F (4.2°C)	40.9°F (4.9°C)	-1.3°F (-0.7°C)	21st Coolest	Coolest since: 1977	1913, 1919
				107th Warmest	Warmest since: 1986	2017
	Ties: 1926, 1930, 1958
Sep 1986–Mar 1987 7-Month	43.0°F (6.1°C)	44.3°F (6.8°C)	-1.3°F (-0.7°C)	20th Coolest	Coolest since: 1977	1913
				108th Warmest	Warmest since: 1986	2017
	Ties: 1903, 1939, 1958
Aug 1986–Mar 1987 8-Month	46.6°F (8.1°C)	47.6°F (8.7°C)	-1.0°F (-0.6°C)	22nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1913
				106th Warmest	Warmest since: 1986	2017
	Ties: 1903, 1939, 1944, 1949, 1960
Jul 1986–Mar 1987 9-Month	49.3°F (9.6°C)	50.4°F (10.2°C)	-1.1°F (-0.6°C)	18th Coolest	Coolest since: 1977	1913
				110th Warmest	Warmest since: 1986	2017
	Ties: 1896, 1906, 1930, 1942
Jun 1986–Mar 1987 10-Month	51.2°F (10.7°C)	52.3°F (11.3°C)	-1.1°F (-0.6°C)	16th Coolest	Coolest since: 1977	1913
				112th Warmest	Warmest since: 1986	2017
	Ties: 1937, 1948
May 1986–Mar 1987 11-Month	52.0°F (11.1°C)	53.0°F (11.7°C)	-1.0°F (-0.6°C)	15th Coolest	Coolest since: 1977	1913
				113th Warmest	Warmest since: 1986	2017
	Ties: 1906, 1929, 1958, 1962
Apr 1986–Mar 1987 12-Month	52.2°F (11.2°C)	52.9°F (11.6°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	24th Coolest	Coolest since: 1977	1913
				104th Warmest	Warmest since: 1986	2017
	Ties: 1914, 1931, 1966, 1975
Oct 1985–Mar 1987 18-Month	49.2°F (9.6°C)	48.9°F (9.4°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	79th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1913
				48th Warmest	Warmest since: 1986	2018
	Ties: 1941, 1947, 1979, 1991
Apr 1985–Mar 1987 24-Month	53.1°F (11.7°C)	52.8°F (11.6°C)	0.3°F (0.1°C)	74th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1913
				53rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1986	2018
	Ties: 1927, 1938, 1944
Apr 1984–Mar 1987 36-Month	52.9°F (11.6°C)	52.8°F (11.6°C)	0.1°F (0.0°C)	68th Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1914, 1915
				58th Warmest	Warmest since: 1986	2019
	Ties: 1904, 1929, 1941, 1945, 1961, 1967, 1968, 1986, 1993
Apr 1983–Mar 1987 48-Month	52.7°F (11.5°C)	52.8°F (11.6°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	40th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1915
				85th Warmest	Warmest since: 1986	2019
	Ties: 1926, 1927, 1930, 1944, 1949, 1962, 1966, 1988
Apr 1982–Mar 1987 60-Month	52.7°F (11.5°C)	52.8°F (11.6°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	40th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1916, 1917
				84th Warmest	Warmest since: 1986	2019, 2021
	Ties: 1924, 1925, 1930, 1943, 1945, 1970

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 25, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/