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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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Average Temperature Rankings, March 1953

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
March 1953 1-Month	48.1°F (8.9°C)	48.8°F (9.3°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	48th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1897
				81st Warmest	Warmest since: 1951	1934
	Ties: 1937, 1951
Feb–Mar 1953 2-Month	46.7°F (8.2°C)	47.1°F (8.4°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	50th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1897, 1903
				79th Warmest	Warmest since: 1950	2015
Jan–Mar 1953 3-Month	46.8°F (8.2°C)	45.5°F (7.5°C)	1.3°F (0.7°C)	86th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1949
				43rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1943	2015
	Ties: 1906, 1943
Dec 1952–Mar 1953 4-Month	45.6°F (7.6°C)	44.8°F (7.1°C)	0.8°F (0.5°C)	78th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1949
				50th Warmest	Warmest since: 1951	2015
	Ties: 1928, 1976, 2006
Nov 1952–Mar 1953 5-Month	45.9°F (7.7°C)	45.9°F (7.7°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	54th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1949
				74th Warmest	Warmest since: 1951	2015
	Ties: 1902, 1906, 1908, 1925
Oct 1952–Mar 1953 6-Month	48.8°F (9.3°C)	48.1°F (8.9°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	82nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1917
				46th Warmest	Warmest since: 1951	2015
	Ties: 1927, 1965, 1977, 1990, 2005
Sep 1952–Mar 1953 7-Month	51.9°F (11.1°C)	51.0°F (10.6°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	86th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1917
				42nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1951	2015
	Ties: 1943
Aug 1952–Mar 1953 8-Month	54.7°F (12.6°C)	53.8°F (12.1°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	87th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1917
				41st Warmest	Warmest since: 1951	2015
	Ties: 1943, 1993, 2006
Jul 1952–Mar 1953 9-Month	57.1°F (13.9°C)	56.2°F (13.4°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	93rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1917
				35th Warmest	Warmest since: 1951	2015
	Ties: 1943, 1963, 1986, 1989
Jun 1952–Mar 1953 10-Month	57.8°F (14.3°C)	57.4°F (14.1°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	72nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1917
				56th Warmest	Warmest since: 1951	2015
	Ties: 1914, 1990, 1994
May 1952–Mar 1953 11-Month	58.3°F (14.6°C)	57.7°F (14.3°C)	0.6°F (0.3°C)	78th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1917
				50th Warmest	Warmest since: 1951	2015
	Ties: 1994
Apr 1952–Mar 1953 12-Month	57.9°F (14.4°C)	57.3°F (14.1°C)	0.6°F (0.3°C)	75th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1917
				53rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1951	2015
	Ties: 1984
Oct 1951–Mar 1953 18-Month	53.9°F (12.2°C)	54.3°F (12.4°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	31st Coolest	Coolest since: 1950	1949
				96th Warmest	Warmest since: 1952	2015
	Ties: 1907, 1946, 1965, 1983, 1999
Apr 1951–Mar 1953 24-Month	57.2°F (14.0°C)	57.3°F (14.1°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	44th Coolest	Coolest since: 1950	1913
				83rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1952	2015
	Ties: 1915, 1947, 1958
Apr 1950–Mar 1953 36-Month	57.6°F (14.2°C)	57.4°F (14.1°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	71st Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1913, 1914, 1917
				55th Warmest	Warmest since: 1943	2016
	Ties: 1928, 1932, 1934, 1937, 1938, 1943, 1970, 1978
Apr 1949–Mar 1953 48-Month	57.5°F (14.2°C)	57.3°F (14.1°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	59th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1913
				66th Warmest	Warmest since: 1944	2018
	Ties: 1934, 1939, 1944, 1964, 1978
Apr 1948–Mar 1953 60-Month	56.9°F (13.8°C)	57.3°F (14.1°C)	-0.4°F (-0.3°C)	23rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1913, 1917
				101st Warmest	Warmest since: 1951	2018
	Ties: 1900, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1909, 1926, 1946, 1948, 1951, 1958

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 5, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/