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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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Wisconsin

Average Temperature Rankings, March 1940

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
March 1940 1-Month	21.9°F (-5.6°C)	28.3°F (-2.1°C)	-6.4°F (-3.5°C)	11th Coolest	Coolest since: 1932	1899
				118th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2012
Feb–Mar 1940 2-Month	20.4°F (-6.4°C)	22.3°F (-5.4°C)	-1.9°F (-1.0°C)	48th Coolest	Coolest since: 1939	1899
				81st Warmest	Warmest since: 1938	2012
	Ties: 1926, 2013
Jan–Mar 1940 3-Month	15.9°F (-8.9°C)	19.0°F (-7.2°C)	-3.1°F (-1.7°C)	24th Coolest	Coolest since: 1937	1912
				105th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2012
	Ties: 1916, 1920, 1948
Dec 1939–Mar 1940 4-Month	18.6°F (-7.4°C)	18.8°F (-7.3°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	49th Coolest	Coolest since: 1937	1899
				79th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2012
	Ties: 1934
Nov 1939–Mar 1940 5-Month	21.6°F (-5.8°C)	21.4°F (-5.9°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	66th Coolest	Coolest since: 1937	1912
				62nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2012
	Ties: 1902, 1980
Oct 1939–Mar 1940 6-Month	25.7°F (-3.5°C)	25.6°F (-3.6°C)	0.1°F (0.1°C)	58th Coolest	Coolest since: 1937	1912
				70th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2012
	Ties: 1941, 2003
Sep 1939–Mar 1940 7-Month	30.7°F (-0.7°C)	30.2°F (-1.0°C)	0.5°F (0.3°C)	72nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1938	1912
				56th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2012
	Ties: 1935, 1957, 1968
Aug 1939–Mar 1940 8-Month	35.3°F (1.8°C)	34.8°F (1.6°C)	0.5°F (0.2°C)	76th Coolest	Coolest since: 1937	1912
				52nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2012
	Ties: 1946
Jul 1939–Mar 1940 9-Month	39.2°F (4.0°C)	38.6°F (3.7°C)	0.6°F (0.3°C)	78th Coolest	Coolest since: 1937	1904, 1912
				50th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2012
	Ties: 1901, 1907, 1973, 1984, 1989
Jun 1939–Mar 1940 10-Month	41.8°F (5.4°C)	41.1°F (5.1°C)	0.7°F (0.3°C)	75th Coolest	Coolest since: 1937	1904
				53rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2012
	Ties: 1901, 1910, 1924, 1934, 1984
May 1939–Mar 1940 11-Month	43.4°F (6.3°C)	42.4°F (5.8°C)	1.0°F (0.5°C)	92nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1939	1904
				36th Warmest	Warmest since: 1938	2012
	Ties: 1902, 1922, 1938
Apr 1939–Mar 1940 12-Month	43.0°F (6.1°C)	42.3°F (5.7°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	80th Coolest	Coolest since: 1937	1918
				48th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2012
	Ties: 1898, 1907, 1956, 1985, 2003
Oct 1938–Mar 1940 18-Month	37.6°F (3.1°C)	36.8°F (2.7°C)	0.8°F (0.4°C)	90th Coolest	Coolest since: 1939	1918
				37th Warmest	Warmest since: 1933	2017
	Ties: 1901, 1915, 1974, 2020
Apr 1938–Mar 1940 24-Month	43.1°F (6.2°C)	42.4°F (5.8°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	89th Coolest	Coolest since: 1939	1918
				38th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2017
	Ties: 1915, 1923, 1939, 1955, 1984
Apr 1937–Mar 1940 36-Month	43.1°F (6.2°C)	42.4°F (5.8°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	89th Coolest	Coolest since: 1939	1918
				37th Warmest	Warmest since: 1934	2000
	Ties: 1903, 1956, 1985, 2010
Apr 1936–Mar 1940 48-Month	42.8°F (6.0°C)	42.3°F (5.7°C)	0.5°F (0.3°C)	79th Coolest	Coolest since: 1939	1918
				46th Warmest	Warmest since: 1935	2002
	Ties: 1941, 1984, 1995
Apr 1935–Mar 1940 60-Month	42.2°F (5.7°C)	42.3°F (5.7°C)	-0.1°F (0.0°C)	43rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1938	1920, 1929
				81st Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2002
	Ties: 1915, 1922, 1926, 1938, 1960, 1968, 1978, 1983

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 27, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/