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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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Delaware

Average Temperature Rankings, March 1998

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
March 1998 1-Month	45.7°F (7.6°C)	42.7°F (5.9°C)	3.0°F (1.7°C)	99th Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1960
				30th Warmest	Warmest since: 1995	1921
	Ties: 1919, 2008
Feb–Mar 1998 2-Month	43.5°F (6.4°C)	38.5°F (3.6°C)	5.0°F (2.8°C)	118th Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1934
				11th Warmest	Warmest since: 1990	2012
Jan–Mar 1998 3-Month	42.9°F (6.1°C)	36.8°F (2.7°C)	6.1°F (3.4°C)	125th Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1940
				4th Warmest	Warmest since: 1990	2012
Dec 1997–Mar 1998 4-Month	41.9°F (5.5°C)	36.7°F (2.6°C)	5.2°F (2.9°C)	123rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1904
				5th Warmest	Warmest to Date	2012
Nov 1997–Mar 1998 5-Month	42.5°F (5.8°C)	38.5°F (3.6°C)	4.0°F (2.2°C)	118th Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1904
				10th Warmest	Warmest since: 1991	2012
Oct 1997–Mar 1998 6-Month	44.9°F (7.2°C)	41.5°F (5.3°C)	3.4°F (1.9°C)	118th Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1918
				10th Warmest	Warmest since: 1991	2012
	Ties: 1921, 2022
Sep 1997–Mar 1998 7-Month	48.1°F (8.9°C)	45.2°F (7.3°C)	2.9°F (1.6°C)	114th Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1918
				14th Warmest	Warmest since: 1991	2012
	Ties: 1921, 1999
Aug 1997–Mar 1998 8-Month	51.2°F (10.7°C)	48.7°F (9.3°C)	2.5°F (1.4°C)	112th Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1918
				16th Warmest	Warmest since: 1991	2012
	Ties: 2007
Jul 1997–Mar 1998 9-Month	54.0°F (12.2°C)	51.7°F (10.9°C)	2.3°F (1.3°C)	111th Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1918
				17th Warmest	Warmest since: 1991	2012
Jun 1997–Mar 1998 10-Month	55.5°F (13.1°C)	53.6°F (12.0°C)	1.9°F (1.1°C)	106th Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1904
				22nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1995	2012
May 1997–Mar 1998 11-Month	55.9°F (13.3°C)	54.4°F (12.4°C)	1.5°F (0.9°C)	104th Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1918
				24th Warmest	Warmest since: 1995	2012
	Ties: 1995, 2005
Apr 1997–Mar 1998 12-Month	55.5°F (13.1°C)	54.2°F (12.3°C)	1.3°F (0.8°C)	102nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1918
				26th Warmest	Warmest since: 1995	2012
	Ties: 1913, 1953, 1954, 1986, 2010
Oct 1996–Mar 1998 18-Month	51.5°F (10.8°C)	50.0°F (10.0°C)	1.5°F (0.8°C)	104th Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1905
				23rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1992	2017
	Ties: 1922
Apr 1996–Mar 1998 24-Month	55.3°F (12.9°C)	54.2°F (12.3°C)	1.1°F (0.6°C)	98th Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1905
				29th Warmest	Warmest since: 1992	2017
Apr 1995–Mar 1998 36-Month	55.0°F (12.8°C)	54.2°F (12.3°C)	0.8°F (0.5°C)	88th Coolest	Coolest since: 1996	1906
				38th Warmest	Warmest since: 1997	2013, 2018, 2021, 2022
	Ties: 1990
Apr 1994–Mar 1998 48-Month	55.3°F (12.9°C)	54.2°F (12.3°C)	1.1°F (0.6°C)	97th Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1905
				28th Warmest	Warmest since: 1993	2020
Apr 1993–Mar 1998 60-Month	55.1°F (12.8°C)	54.2°F (12.3°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	94th Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1908
				30th Warmest	Warmest since: 1995	2020
	Ties: 1953, 1954, 1990

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/