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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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California

Average Temperature Rankings, March 2006

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
March 2006 1-Month	44.0°F (6.7°C)	48.8°F (9.3°C)	-4.8°F (-2.6°C)	4th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1897
				125th Warmest	Warmest since: 2005	1934
Feb–Mar 2006 2-Month	45.8°F (7.7°C)	47.0°F (8.3°C)	-1.2°F (-0.6°C)	31st Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1897, 1903
				98th Warmest	Warmest since: 2005	2015
	Ties: 1902, 1908, 1985
Jan–Mar 2006 3-Month	45.4°F (7.4°C)	45.4°F (7.4°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	52nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1989	1949
				77th Warmest	Warmest since: 2005	2015
	Ties: 1899, 1915, 1960, 1987
Dec 2005–Mar 2006 4-Month	45.6°F (7.6°C)	44.9°F (7.2°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	78th Coolest	Coolest since: 2002	1949
				50th Warmest	Warmest since: 2005	2015
	Ties: 1928, 1953, 1976
Nov 2005–Mar 2006 5-Month	47.0°F (8.3°C)	45.9°F (7.7°C)	1.1°F (0.6°C)	93rd Coolest	Coolest since: 2005	1949
				35th Warmest	Warmest since: 2004	2015
	Ties: 1914, 1968
Oct 2005–Mar 2006 6-Month	49.1°F (9.5°C)	48.1°F (8.9°C)	1.0°F (0.6°C)	90th Coolest	Coolest since: 2005	1917
				38th Warmest	Warmest since: 2004	2015
	Ties: 1900, 1914
Sep 2005–Mar 2006 7-Month	51.7°F (10.9°C)	51.0°F (10.6°C)	0.7°F (0.3°C)	81st Coolest	Coolest since: 2005	1917
				47th Warmest	Warmest since: 2005	2015
	Ties: 1938, 1989, 1998, 2005
Aug 2005–Mar 2006 8-Month	54.7°F (12.6°C)	53.9°F (12.2°C)	0.8°F (0.4°C)	87th Coolest	Coolest since: 2005	1917
				41st Warmest	Warmest since: 2004	2015
	Ties: 1943, 1953, 1993
Jul 2005–Mar 2006 9-Month	57.3°F (14.1°C)	56.1°F (13.4°C)	1.2°F (0.7°C)	99th Coolest	Coolest since: 2005	1917
				29th Warmest	Warmest since: 2004	2015
	Ties: 1918, 1951, 1980, 1984, 2012
Jun 2005–Mar 2006 10-Month	58.2°F (14.6°C)	57.4°F (14.1°C)	0.8°F (0.5°C)	87th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1917
				41st Warmest	Warmest since: 2005	2015
	Ties: 1938, 1963, 1989, 1995
May 2005–Mar 2006 11-Month	58.6°F (14.8°C)	57.7°F (14.3°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	90th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1917
				38th Warmest	Warmest since: 2005	2015
	Ties: 1905, 1938, 1984
Apr 2005–Mar 2006 12-Month	58.1°F (14.5°C)	57.4°F (14.1°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	82nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1999	1917
				46th Warmest	Warmest since: 2005	2015
	Ties: 1905, 1935, 1938, 1989
Oct 2004–Mar 2006 18-Month	55.0°F (12.8°C)	54.3°F (12.4°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	86th Coolest	Coolest since: 2000	1949
				41st Warmest	Warmest since: 2005	2015
Apr 2004–Mar 2006 24-Month	58.4°F (14.7°C)	57.4°F (14.1°C)	1.0°F (0.6°C)	101st Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1913
				26th Warmest	Warmest since: 2005	2015
	Ties: 1935, 1961, 1982, 1994, 2001
Apr 2003–Mar 2006 36-Month	58.7°F (14.8°C)	57.4°F (14.1°C)	1.3°F (0.7°C)	109th Coolest	Coolest since: 2002	1913, 1914, 1917
				17th Warmest	Warmest since: 2005	2016
	Ties: 1961, 2002
Apr 2002–Mar 2006 48-Month	58.9°F (14.9°C)	57.4°F (14.1°C)	1.5°F (0.8°C)	114th Coolest	Coolest since: 2003	1913
				11th Warmest	Warmest since: 2005	2018
	Ties: 2003, 2010
Apr 2001–Mar 2006 60-Month	58.9°F (14.9°C)	57.3°F (14.1°C)	1.6°F (0.8°C)	114th Coolest	Coolest since: 2004	1913, 1917
				10th Warmest	Warmest since: 2005	2018
	Ties: 2004, 2007

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 7, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/