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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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Average Temperature Rankings, March 1978

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
March 1978 1-Month	52.6°F (11.4°C)	48.8°F (9.3°C)	3.8°F (2.1°C)	113th Coolest	Coolest since: 1977	1897
				16th Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	1934
	Ties: 1914, 2001
Feb–Mar 1978 2-Month	49.6°F (9.8°C)	47.1°F (8.4°C)	2.5°F (1.4°C)	110th Coolest	Coolest since: 1977	1897, 1903
				19th Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	2015
	Ties: 1947, 1963, 2013
Jan–Mar 1978 3-Month	48.2°F (9.0°C)	45.5°F (7.5°C)	2.7°F (1.5°C)	117th Coolest	Coolest since: 1977	1949
				12th Warmest	Warmest since: 1934	2015
	Ties: 2004, 2018
Dec 1977–Mar 1978 4-Month	48.0°F (8.9°C)	44.9°F (7.2°C)	3.1°F (1.7°C)	122nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1977	1949
				6th Warmest	Warmest since: 1934	2015
	Ties: 2018
Nov 1977–Mar 1978 5-Month	48.6°F (9.2°C)	45.8°F (7.7°C)	2.8°F (1.5°C)	120th Coolest	Coolest since: 1977	1949
				8th Warmest	Warmest since: 1934	2015
Oct 1977–Mar 1978 6-Month	50.7°F (10.4°C)	48.1°F (8.9°C)	2.6°F (1.5°C)	120th Coolest	Coolest since: 1977	1917
				8th Warmest	Warmest since: 1934	2015
Sep 1977–Mar 1978 7-Month	53.2°F (11.8°C)	51.0°F (10.6°C)	2.2°F (1.2°C)	114th Coolest	Coolest since: 1977	1917
				14th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2015
Aug 1977–Mar 1978 8-Month	55.9°F (13.3°C)	53.8°F (12.1°C)	2.1°F (1.2°C)	113th Coolest	Coolest since: 1977	1917
				15th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2015
	Ties: 2009
Jul 1977–Mar 1978 9-Month	58.0°F (14.4°C)	56.2°F (13.4°C)	1.8°F (1.0°C)	112th Coolest	Coolest since: 1977	1917
				16th Warmest	Warmest since: 1968	2015
	Ties: 1940, 1968, 2000, 2017
Jun 1977–Mar 1978 10-Month	59.3°F (15.2°C)	57.3°F (14.1°C)	2.0°F (1.1°C)	112th Coolest	Coolest since: 1977	1917
				16th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2015
May 1977–Mar 1978 11-Month	58.9°F (14.9°C)	57.6°F (14.2°C)	1.3°F (0.7°C)	103rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1977	1917
				25th Warmest	Warmest since: 1970	2015
	Ties: 1970, 1980, 1986, 1992, 1993
Apr 1977–Mar 1978 12-Month	58.7°F (14.8°C)	57.3°F (14.1°C)	1.4°F (0.7°C)	104th Coolest	Coolest since: 1977	1917
				24th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2015
	Ties: 1934, 1941, 2005
Oct 1976–Mar 1978 18-Month	55.4°F (13.0°C)	54.2°F (12.3°C)	1.2°F (0.7°C)	100th Coolest	Coolest since: 1977	1949
				27th Warmest	Warmest since: 1960	2015
	Ties: 1959, 1988, 1996
Apr 1976–Mar 1978 24-Month	58.0°F (14.4°C)	57.3°F (14.1°C)	0.7°F (0.3°C)	83rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1977	1913
				44th Warmest	Warmest since: 1968	2015
Apr 1975–Mar 1978 36-Month	57.6°F (14.2°C)	57.4°F (14.1°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	71st Coolest	Coolest since: 1977	1913, 1914, 1917
				55th Warmest	Warmest since: 1970	2016
	Ties: 1928, 1932, 1934, 1937, 1938, 1943, 1953, 1970
Apr 1974–Mar 1978 48-Month	57.5°F (14.2°C)	57.3°F (14.1°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	59th Coolest	Coolest since: 1977	1913
				66th Warmest	Warmest since: 1971	2018
	Ties: 1934, 1939, 1944, 1953, 1964
Apr 1973–Mar 1978 60-Month	57.6°F (14.2°C)	57.4°F (14.1°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	68th Coolest	Coolest since: 1977	1913, 1917
				56th Warmest	Warmest since: 1971	2018
	Ties: 1934, 1935, 1937, 1939, 1980

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 25, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/