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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

Year: 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

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Arkansas

Average Temperature Rankings, March 2003

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
March 2003 1-Month	51.2°F (10.7°C)	51.3°F (10.7°C)	-0.1°F (0.0°C)	62nd Coolest	Coolest since: 2002	1960
				67th Warmest	Warmest since: 2000	2012
	Ties: 1895
Feb–Mar 2003 2-Month	45.6°F (7.6°C)	47.1°F (8.4°C)	-1.5°F (-0.8°C)	41st Coolest	Coolest since: 2002	1960
				88th Warmest	Warmest since: 2001	2012
Jan–Mar 2003 3-Month	42.7°F (5.9°C)	44.5°F (6.9°C)	-1.8°F (-1.0°C)	31st Coolest	Coolest since: 1988	1978
				98th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2012
Dec 2002–Mar 2003 4-Month	42.7°F (5.9°C)	43.8°F (6.6°C)	-1.1°F (-0.7°C)	34th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1978
				94th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	1907
	Ties: 1913, 1962
Nov 2002–Mar 2003 5-Month	43.8°F (6.6°C)	45.0°F (7.2°C)	-1.2°F (-0.6°C)	30th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1978
				98th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2017
	Ties: 1951
Oct 2002–Mar 2003 6-Month	46.6°F (8.1°C)	47.8°F (8.8°C)	-1.2°F (-0.7°C)	30th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1978
				98th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2017
	Ties: 1926, 1996
Sep 2002–Mar 2003 7-Month	50.7°F (10.4°C)	51.4°F (10.8°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	38th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1977
				90th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2017
	Ties: 1930, 1940, 1959
Aug 2002–Mar 2003 8-Month	54.3°F (12.4°C)	54.9°F (12.7°C)	-0.6°F (-0.3°C)	39th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1977
				89th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2017
	Ties: 1913, 1940, 1941
Jul 2002–Mar 2003 9-Month	57.2°F (14.0°C)	57.7°F (14.3°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	41st Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1977
				87th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2017
	Ties: 1971
Jun 2002–Mar 2003 10-Month	59.2°F (15.1°C)	59.6°F (15.3°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	42nd Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1977
				86th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2017
	Ties: 1930, 1947, 1956, 1985
May 2002–Mar 2003 11-Month	59.9°F (15.5°C)	60.4°F (15.8°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	39th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1977
				89th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2017
	Ties: 1930, 1985
Apr 2002–Mar 2003 12-Month	60.2°F (15.7°C)	60.4°F (15.8°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	46th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1977
				82nd Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2017
	Ties: 1908, 1947, 1989, 2009
Oct 2001–Mar 2003 18-Month	56.4°F (13.6°C)	56.2°F (13.4°C)	0.2°F (0.2°C)	68th Coolest	Coolest since: 2002	1978, 1979, 1980
				59th Warmest	Warmest since: 2001	2017
	Ties: 1936, 1947, 1952, 1972, 1996
Apr 2001–Mar 2003 24-Month	60.8°F (16.0°C)	60.4°F (15.8°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	79th Coolest	Coolest since: 2002	1978
				48th Warmest	Warmest since: 2001	2017
	Ties: 1917, 1920, 2009
Apr 2000–Mar 2003 36-Month	60.4°F (15.8°C)	60.4°F (15.8°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	46th Coolest	Coolest since: 1998	1906, 1979
				80th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2018
	Ties: 1900, 1903, 1908, 1912, 1916, 1917, 1952, 1953, 1958, 1965, 1973, 1983, 1997
Apr 1999–Mar 2003 48-Month	60.9°F (16.1°C)	60.4°F (15.8°C)	0.5°F (0.3°C)	88th Coolest	Coolest since: 1999	1980
				37th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2019
	Ties: 1900, 1911, 1947, 1958
Apr 1998–Mar 2003 60-Month	61.4°F (16.3°C)	60.4°F (15.8°C)	1.0°F (0.5°C)	117th Coolest	Coolest since: 2002	1980
				7th Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	2020
	Ties: 1938, 1939, 1957

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 7, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/