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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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New York

Average Temperature Rankings, March 1956

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
March 1956 1-Month	25.6°F (-3.6°C)	30.6°F (-0.8°C)	-5.0°F (-2.8°C)	16th Coolest	Coolest since: 1950	1960
				113th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2012
Feb–Mar 1956 2-Month	24.8°F (-4.0°C)	25.7°F (-3.5°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	45th Coolest	Coolest since: 1950	2015
				84th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2012
	Ties: 1928, 1936, 1937, 1968, 1996
Jan–Mar 1956 3-Month	23.2°F (-4.9°C)	23.7°F (-4.6°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	50th Coolest	Coolest since: 1948	2015
				79th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2012
	Ties: 1969
Dec 1955–Mar 1956 4-Month	22.1°F (-5.5°C)	23.9°F (-4.5°C)	-1.8°F (-1.0°C)	30th Coolest	Coolest since: 1948	1904
				98th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2012
	Ties: 1899, 1914, 1982
Nov 1955–Mar 1956 5-Month	24.6°F (-4.1°C)	26.4°F (-3.1°C)	-1.8°F (-1.0°C)	23rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1948	1904
				105th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2012
	Ties: 1899, 1917, 1941, 1968
Oct 1955–Mar 1956 6-Month	29.0°F (-1.7°C)	30.1°F (-1.1°C)	-1.1°F (-0.6°C)	35th Coolest	Coolest since: 1948	1918
				93rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2012
	Ties: 1902, 1961, 1993
Sep 1955–Mar 1956 7-Month	33.1°F (0.6°C)	34.2°F (1.2°C)	-1.1°F (-0.6°C)	30th Coolest	Coolest since: 1944	1918
				98th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2012
	Ties: 1908, 1943
Aug 1955–Mar 1956 8-Month	37.8°F (3.2°C)	38.1°F (3.4°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	41st Coolest	Coolest since: 1944	1918
				87th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2012
	Ties: 1897, 1914
Jul 1955–Mar 1956 9-Month	41.7°F (5.4°C)	41.5°F (5.3°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	61st Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1904
				67th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2012
	Ties: 1928, 1975
Jun 1955–Mar 1956 10-Month	43.9°F (6.6°C)	43.7°F (6.5°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	62nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1904
				66th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2012
	Ties: 1902, 1957
May 1955–Mar 1956 11-Month	45.2°F (7.3°C)	44.7°F (7.1°C)	0.5°F (0.2°C)	79th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1918
				49th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2012
	Ties: 1901, 1903, 1962, 2004
Apr 1955–Mar 1956 12-Month	45.3°F (7.4°C)	44.5°F (6.9°C)	0.8°F (0.5°C)	89th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1918
				39th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2012
	Ties: 1985, 1997, 2005, 2009
Oct 1954–Mar 1956 18-Month	40.4°F (4.7°C)	39.7°F (4.3°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	85th Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1905
				42nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2013, 2017
	Ties: 1989, 2005
Apr 1954–Mar 1956 24-Month	44.9°F (7.2°C)	44.5°F (6.9°C)	0.4°F (0.3°C)	75th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1905
				52nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2013
	Ties: 1902, 1903, 1974, 1983, 1995
Apr 1953–Mar 1956 36-Month	45.4°F (7.4°C)	44.5°F (6.9°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	95th Coolest	Coolest since: 1953	1906
				31st Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2013
	Ties: 1934, 1953, 1993
Apr 1952–Mar 1956 48-Month	45.7°F (7.6°C)	44.5°F (6.9°C)	1.2°F (0.7°C)	102nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1907
				23rd Warmest	Warmest to Date	2013
Apr 1951–Mar 1956 60-Month	45.5°F (7.5°C)	44.5°F (6.9°C)	1.0°F (0.6°C)	97th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1908
				27th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2020
	Ties: 1991, 2005

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 29, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/