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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 1981

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
March 1981 1-Month	48.7°F (9.3°C)	48.8°F (9.3°C)	-0.1°F (0.0°C)	61st Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1897
				68th Warmest	Warmest since: 1979	1934
	Ties: 2011
Feb–Mar 1981 2-Month	48.2°F (9.0°C)	47.1°F (8.4°C)	1.1°F (0.6°C)	84th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1897, 1903
				45th Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	2015
	Ties: 1921, 1991
Jan–Mar 1981 3-Month	47.7°F (8.7°C)	45.5°F (7.5°C)	2.2°F (1.2°C)	111th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1949
				18th Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	2015
	Ties: 1992, 2000
Dec 1980–Mar 1981 4-Month	47.6°F (8.7°C)	44.9°F (7.2°C)	2.7°F (1.5°C)	115th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1949
				13th Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	2015
Nov 1980–Mar 1981 5-Month	48.3°F (9.1°C)	45.8°F (7.7°C)	2.5°F (1.4°C)	117th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1949
				11th Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	2015
	Ties: 2000
Oct 1980–Mar 1981 6-Month	50.5°F (10.3°C)	48.1°F (8.9°C)	2.4°F (1.4°C)	116th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1917
				12th Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	2015
	Ties: 1992, 2003
Sep 1980–Mar 1981 7-Month	53.1°F (11.7°C)	51.0°F (10.6°C)	2.1°F (1.1°C)	113th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1917
				15th Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	2015
	Ties: 2013
Aug 1980–Mar 1981 8-Month	55.6°F (13.1°C)	53.9°F (12.2°C)	1.7°F (0.9°C)	107th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1917
				21st Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	2015
	Ties: 2020
Jul 1980–Mar 1981 9-Month	57.8°F (14.3°C)	56.2°F (13.4°C)	1.6°F (0.9°C)	106th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1917
				22nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	2015
	Ties: 2020
Jun 1980–Mar 1981 10-Month	58.5°F (14.7°C)	57.3°F (14.1°C)	1.2°F (0.6°C)	102nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1917
				26th Warmest	Warmest since: 1980	2015
	Ties: 1941, 1961, 1980, 2010
May 1980–Mar 1981 11-Month	58.5°F (14.7°C)	57.7°F (14.3°C)	0.8°F (0.4°C)	86th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1917
				42nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1980	2015
	Ties: 1951, 1960, 1967
Apr 1980–Mar 1981 12-Month	58.2°F (14.6°C)	57.4°F (14.1°C)	0.8°F (0.5°C)	86th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1917
				42nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1980	2015
	Ties: 1963, 1991, 1995
Oct 1979–Mar 1981 18-Month	55.3°F (12.9°C)	54.3°F (12.4°C)	1.0°F (0.5°C)	96th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1949
				31st Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	2015
	Ties: 1989
Apr 1979–Mar 1981 24-Month	58.3°F (14.6°C)	57.4°F (14.1°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	95th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1913
				32nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1961	2015
	Ties: 1992
Apr 1978–Mar 1981 36-Month	57.7°F (14.3°C)	57.3°F (14.1°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	75th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1913, 1914, 1917
				51st Warmest	Warmest since: 1980	2016
	Ties: 1927, 1969, 1984
Apr 1977–Mar 1981 48-Month	58.0°F (14.4°C)	57.4°F (14.1°C)	0.6°F (0.3°C)	87th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1913
				38th Warmest	Warmest since: 1963	2018
	Ties: 1943, 1960, 1963, 1983, 2001
Apr 1976–Mar 1981 60-Month	57.8°F (14.3°C)	57.3°F (14.1°C)	0.5°F (0.2°C)	79th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1913, 1917
				45th Warmest	Warmest since: 1963	2018
	Ties: 1940, 1943, 1944, 1960, 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/