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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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Average Temperature Rankings, March 1957

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
March 1957 1-Month	49.7°F (9.8°C)	48.8°F (9.3°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	79th Coolest	Coolest since: 1956	1897
				50th Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	1934
	Ties: 1896, 1901
Feb–Mar 1957 2-Month	48.9°F (9.4°C)	47.1°F (8.4°C)	1.8°F (1.0°C)	98th Coolest	Coolest since: 1956	1897, 1903
				31st Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	2015
Jan–Mar 1957 3-Month	45.5°F (7.5°C)	45.5°F (7.5°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	57th Coolest	Coolest since: 1956	1949
				72nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2015
	Ties: 1901
Dec 1956–Mar 1957 4-Month	45.1°F (7.3°C)	44.9°F (7.2°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	59th Coolest	Coolest since: 1956	1949
				69th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2015
	Ties: 1960, 1987, 1998, 2019
Nov 1956–Mar 1957 5-Month	46.0°F (7.8°C)	45.8°F (7.7°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	59th Coolest	Coolest since: 1956	1949
				69th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2015
	Ties: 1947, 1995
Oct 1956–Mar 1957 6-Month	47.9°F (8.8°C)	48.1°F (8.9°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	46th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1917
				82nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1956	2015
	Ties: 1935, 1983
Sep 1956–Mar 1957 7-Month	51.1°F (10.6°C)	51.0°F (10.6°C)	0.1°F (0.0°C)	60th Coolest	Coolest since: 1956	1917
				68th Warmest	Warmest since: 1956	2015
	Ties: 1956, 2001, 2008
Aug 1956–Mar 1957 8-Month	53.7°F (12.1°C)	53.9°F (12.2°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	50th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1917
				78th Warmest	Warmest since: 1956	2015
	Ties: 1896, 1904, 1906, 1916, 1931, 1975
Jul 1956–Mar 1957 9-Month	55.9°F (13.3°C)	56.1°F (13.4°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	43rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1917
				85th Warmest	Warmest since: 1956	2015
	Ties: 1911, 1916, 1944, 1947, 1974, 1987
Jun 1956–Mar 1957 10-Month	57.2°F (14.0°C)	57.4°F (14.1°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	47th Coolest	Coolest since: 1956	1917
				81st Warmest	Warmest since: 1956	2015
	Ties: 1902, 1907, 1923, 1946, 1956
May 1956–Mar 1957 11-Month	57.5°F (14.2°C)	57.6°F (14.2°C)	-0.1°F (0.0°C)	49th Coolest	Coolest since: 1956	1917
				79th Warmest	Warmest since: 1953	2015
	Ties: 1902, 1932, 1939, 1965
Apr 1956–Mar 1957 12-Month	57.2°F (14.0°C)	57.4°F (14.1°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	49th Coolest	Coolest since: 1956	1917
				79th Warmest	Warmest since: 1953	2015
	Ties: 1899, 1928, 1931, 1939
Oct 1955–Mar 1957 18-Month	54.1°F (12.3°C)	54.2°F (12.3°C)	-0.1°F (0.0°C)	44th Coolest	Coolest since: 1956	1949
				83rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2015
	Ties: 1902, 1926, 1929, 1930, 1937, 1958, 1962, 1964
Apr 1955–Mar 1957 24-Month	57.0°F (13.9°C)	57.4°F (14.1°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	31st Coolest	Coolest since: 1956	1913
				96th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2015
	Ties: 1899, 1901, 1919, 1925, 1929, 1933, 1943, 1972, 1974, 1977
Apr 1954–Mar 1957 36-Month	56.9°F (13.8°C)	57.4°F (14.1°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	27th Coolest	Coolest since: 1956	1913, 1914, 1917
				99th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2016
	Ties: 1905, 1920, 1947, 1974
Apr 1953–Mar 1957 48-Month	56.9°F (13.8°C)	57.4°F (14.1°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	26th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1913
				99th Warmest	Warmest since: 1956	2018
	Ties: 1900, 1905, 1906, 1947, 1948
Apr 1952–Mar 1957 60-Month	57.1°F (13.9°C)	57.3°F (14.1°C)	-0.2°F (-0.2°C)	39th Coolest	Coolest since: 1956	1913, 1917
				85th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2018
	Ties: 1947, 1973, 1975, 1977

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/