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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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North Carolina

Average Temperature Rankings, March 1973

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
March 1973 1-Month	53.5°F (11.9°C)	49.3°F (9.6°C)	4.2°F (2.3°C)	112th Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1960
				17th Warmest	Warmest since: 1946	2012
	Ties: 1898
Feb–Mar 1973 2-Month	46.4°F (8.0°C)	45.7°F (7.6°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	74th Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1947
				55th Warmest	Warmest since: 1961	2012
	Ties: 1898, 1977, 2007
Jan–Mar 1973 3-Month	44.1°F (6.7°C)	43.8°F (6.6°C)	0.3°F (0.1°C)	63rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1978
				66th Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	1990
	Ties: 1917
Dec 1972–Mar 1973 4-Month	44.6°F (7.0°C)	43.2°F (6.2°C)	1.4°F (0.8°C)	87th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1978
				41st Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	2020
	Ties: 1919, 1923, 1935, 1989, 2006
Nov 1972–Mar 1973 5-Month	45.3°F (7.4°C)	44.4°F (6.9°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	75th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1902, 1904, 1977
				53rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	1932
Oct 1972–Mar 1973 6-Month	47.4°F (8.6°C)	47.0°F (8.3°C)	0.4°F (0.3°C)	71st Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1977
				57th Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	1932
	Ties: 1920, 1938, 1943, 1975
Sep 1972–Mar 1973 7-Month	50.6°F (10.3°C)	50.3°F (10.2°C)	0.3°F (0.1°C)	70th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1977
				58th Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	1932
	Ties: 1920, 1929, 1983, 1987, 2004
Aug 1972–Mar 1973 8-Month	53.7°F (12.1°C)	53.5°F (11.9°C)	0.2°F (0.2°C)	69th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1977
				59th Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	2020
	Ties: 1897, 1920, 1930, 1955, 1989
Jul 1972–Mar 1973 9-Month	56.1°F (13.4°C)	56.0°F (13.3°C)	0.1°F (0.1°C)	55th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1977
				73rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	1932, 2017, 2020
	Ties: 1930, 1945, 1971, 1983, 2009
Jun 1972–Mar 1973 10-Month	57.4°F (14.1°C)	57.8°F (14.3°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	39th Coolest	Coolest since: 1970	1977
				89th Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	2017
	Ties: 1896, 1906, 1917, 1948, 2015
May 1972–Mar 1973 11-Month	58.0°F (14.4°C)	58.6°F (14.8°C)	-0.6°F (-0.4°C)	29th Coolest	Coolest since: 1970	1977
				99th Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	2020
	Ties: 1896, 1960, 1962, 1965, 2014
Apr 1972–Mar 1973 12-Month	57.9°F (14.4°C)	58.5°F (14.7°C)	-0.6°F (-0.3°C)	30th Coolest	Coolest since: 1970	1977
				98th Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	2020
	Ties: 1911, 1951, 1966
Oct 1971–Mar 1973 18-Month	55.1°F (12.8°C)	54.7°F (12.6°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	79th Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1905
				48th Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	2017
	Ties: 1907, 1926, 1972
Apr 1971–Mar 1973 24-Month	58.7°F (14.8°C)	58.6°F (14.8°C)	0.1°F (0.0°C)	57th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1905
				70th Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	2017
	Ties: 1897, 1899, 1917, 1924, 1936, 1937, 1947, 1956
Apr 1970–Mar 1973 36-Month	58.7°F (14.8°C)	58.5°F (14.7°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	55th Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1970
				71st Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	2018, 2020
	Ties: 1909, 1913, 1925, 1938, 1986, 1989, 1997
Apr 1969–Mar 1973 48-Month	58.3°F (14.6°C)	58.5°F (14.7°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	32nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1970
				93rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1960	2020
	Ties: 1912, 1917, 1960
Apr 1968–Mar 1973 60-Month	58.1°F (14.5°C)	58.6°F (14.8°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	23rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1970
				101st Warmest	Warmest since: 1961	2020
	Ties: 1904, 1907, 1909, 1912, 1985

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/