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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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Arkansas

Average Temperature Rankings, March 1996

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
March 1996 1-Month	46.2°F (7.9°C)	51.3°F (10.7°C)	-5.1°F (-2.8°C)	10th Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1960
				119th Warmest	Warmest since: 1995	2012
Feb–Mar 1996 2-Month	45.3°F (7.4°C)	47.2°F (8.4°C)	-1.9°F (-1.0°C)	38th Coolest	Coolest since: 1993	1960
				91st Warmest	Warmest since: 1995	2012
Jan–Mar 1996 3-Month	42.9°F (6.1°C)	44.5°F (6.9°C)	-1.6°F (-0.8°C)	33rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1988	1978
				96th Warmest	Warmest since: 1995	2012
	Ties: 1918, 1941
Dec 1995–Mar 1996 4-Month	42.4°F (5.8°C)	43.8°F (6.6°C)	-1.4°F (-0.8°C)	30th Coolest	Coolest since: 1984	1978
				98th Warmest	Warmest since: 1995	1907
	Ties: 1947, 1965
Nov 1995–Mar 1996 5-Month	43.5°F (6.4°C)	45.1°F (7.3°C)	-1.6°F (-0.9°C)	28th Coolest	Coolest since: 1984	1978
				100th Warmest	Warmest since: 1995	2017
	Ties: 1973
Oct 1995–Mar 1996 6-Month	46.6°F (8.1°C)	47.9°F (8.8°C)	-1.3°F (-0.7°C)	30th Coolest	Coolest since: 1994	1978
				98th Warmest	Warmest since: 1995	2017
	Ties: 1926, 2003
Sep 1995–Mar 1996 7-Month	49.9°F (9.9°C)	51.4°F (10.8°C)	-1.5°F (-0.9°C)	22nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1994	1977
				106th Warmest	Warmest since: 1995	2017
	Ties: 1904, 1994, 2015
Aug 1995–Mar 1996 8-Month	54.0°F (12.2°C)	54.8°F (12.7°C)	-0.8°F (-0.5°C)	30th Coolest	Coolest since: 1994	1977
				98th Warmest	Warmest since: 1995	2017
	Ties: 1896, 1924, 1965
Jul 1995–Mar 1996 9-Month	56.9°F (13.8°C)	57.7°F (14.3°C)	-0.8°F (-0.5°C)	32nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1993	1977
				96th Warmest	Warmest since: 1995	2017
	Ties: 1941
Jun 1995–Mar 1996 10-Month	58.7°F (14.8°C)	59.6°F (15.3°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	29th Coolest	Coolest since: 1993	1977
				99th Warmest	Warmest since: 1995	2017
	Ties: 1896, 1973
May 1995–Mar 1996 11-Month	59.6°F (15.3°C)	60.4°F (15.8°C)	-0.8°F (-0.5°C)	29th Coolest	Coolest since: 1993	1977
				99th Warmest	Warmest since: 1995	2017
	Ties: 1896, 1915, 1929, 1973
Apr 1995–Mar 1996 12-Month	59.6°F (15.3°C)	60.4°F (15.8°C)	-0.8°F (-0.5°C)	28th Coolest	Coolest since: 1994	1977
				100th Warmest	Warmest since: 1995	2017
	Ties: 1915, 1924, 1979, 2001
Oct 1994–Mar 1996 18-Month	56.4°F (13.6°C)	56.2°F (13.4°C)	0.2°F (0.2°C)	68th Coolest	Coolest since: 1995	1978, 1979, 1980
				59th Warmest	Warmest since: 1992	2017
	Ties: 1936, 1947, 1952, 1972, 2003
Apr 1994–Mar 1996 24-Month	60.3°F (15.7°C)	60.4°F (15.8°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	43rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1995	1978
				84th Warmest	Warmest since: 1993	2017
	Ties: 1914, 1937, 1951, 1958, 1964, 1975, 1989, 1990, 1993
Apr 1993–Mar 1996 36-Month	60.0°F (15.6°C)	60.4°F (15.8°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	30th Coolest	Coolest since: 1995	1906, 1979
				96th Warmest	Warmest since: 1994	2018
	Ties: 1913, 1994
Apr 1992–Mar 1996 48-Month	59.7°F (15.4°C)	60.4°F (15.8°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	13th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1980
				112th Warmest	Warmest since: 1995	2019
	Ties: 1918, 1969, 1977, 1981
Apr 1991–Mar 1996 60-Month	60.1°F (15.6°C)	60.4°F (15.8°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	30th Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1980
				94th Warmest	Warmest since: 1995	2020
	Ties: 1915, 1998

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/