Climate at a Glance
National Rankings
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 April 2022. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
Contiguous U.S.
Average Temperature Rankings, March 2016
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Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Warmest/Coolest Since |
Record |
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March 2016 1-Month |
47.50°F (8.61°C) | 41.50°F (5.28°C) |
6.00°F (3.33°C) | 125th Coolest | Coolest since: 2015 | 1965 |
4th Warmest | Warmest since: 2012 | 2012 | ||||
Feb–Mar 2016 2-Month |
43.48°F (6.38°C) | 37.66°F (3.14°C) |
5.82°F (3.24°C) | 126th Coolest | Coolest since: 2015 | 1899 |
3rd Warmest | Warmest since: 2012 | 2012 | ||||
Jan–Mar 2016 3-Month |
39.73°F (4.29°C) | 35.15°F (1.75°C) |
4.58°F (2.54°C) | 125th Coolest | Coolest since: 2015 | 1912 |
4th Warmest | Warmest since: 2012 | 2012 | ||||
Dec 2015–Mar 2016 4-Month |
39.46°F (4.14°C) | 34.54°F (1.41°C) |
4.92°F (2.73°C) | 126th Coolest | Coolest since: 2015 | 1899 |
2nd Warmest | Warmest since: 2012 | 2012 | ||||
Nov 2015–Mar 2016 5-Month |
40.49°F (4.72°C) | 35.98°F (2.21°C) |
4.51°F (2.51°C) | 125th Coolest | Coolest since: 2015 | 1899 |
3rd Warmest | Warmest since: 2012 | 2000 | ||||
Oct 2015–Mar 2016 6-Month |
43.28°F (6.27°C) | 39.00°F (3.89°C) |
4.28°F (2.38°C) | 127th Coolest | Coolest since: 2015 | 1899 |
1st Warmest | Warmest to Date | 2016 | ||||
Sep 2015–Mar 2016 7-Month |
46.89°F (8.27°C) | 42.70°F (5.94°C) |
4.19°F (2.33°C) | 127th Coolest | Coolest since: 2015 | 1899 |
1st Warmest | Warmest to Date | 2016 | ||||
Aug 2015–Mar 2016 8-Month |
50.15°F (10.08°C) | 46.37°F (7.98°C) |
3.78°F (2.10°C) | 127th Coolest | Coolest since: 2015 | 1899 |
1st Warmest | Warmest to Date | 2016 | ||||
Jul 2015–Mar 2016 9-Month |
52.79°F (11.55°C) | 49.40°F (9.67°C) |
3.39°F (1.88°C) | 125th Coolest | Coolest since: 2015 | 1899 |
3rd Warmest | Warmest since: 2012 | 2012 | ||||
Jun 2015–Mar 2016 10-Month |
54.65°F (12.58°C) | 51.31°F (10.73°C) |
3.34°F (1.85°C) | 126th Coolest | Coolest since: 2015 | 1899 |
2nd Warmest | Warmest to Date | 2017 | ||||
May 2015–Mar 2016 11-Month |
55.21°F (12.89°C) | 52.12°F (11.18°C) |
3.09°F (1.71°C) | 126th Coolest | Coolest since: 2015 | 1899 |
2nd Warmest | Warmest to Date | 2017 | ||||
Apr 2015–Mar 2016 12-Month |
55.05°F (12.81°C) | 52.03°F (11.13°C) |
3.02°F (1.68°C) | 126th Coolest | Coolest since: 2015 | 1899 |
2nd Warmest | Warmest to Date | 2017 | ||||
Oct 2014–Mar 2016 18-Month |
50.28°F (10.16°C) | 47.68°F (8.71°C) |
2.60°F (1.45°C) | 124th Coolest | Coolest since: 2015 | 1913 |
3rd Warmest | Warmest since: 2013 | 2017 | ||||
Apr 2014–Mar 2016 24-Month |
54.14°F (12.30°C) | 52.02°F (11.12°C) |
2.12°F (1.18°C) | 122nd Coolest | Coolest since: 2015 | 1918 |
5th Warmest | Warmest since: 2013 | 2017 | ||||
Apr 2013–Mar 2016 36-Month |
53.44°F (11.91°C) | 52.00°F (11.11°C) |
1.44°F (0.80°C) | 110th Coolest | Coolest since: 2015 | 1918 |
16th Warmest | Warmest since: 2014 | 2018 | ||||
Apr 2012–Mar 2016 48-Month |
53.56°F (11.98°C) | 51.99°F (11.11°C) |
1.57°F (0.87°C) | 115th Coolest | Coolest since: 2015 | 1918 |
10th Warmest | Warmest since: 2008 | 2018 | ||||
Apr 2011–Mar 2016 60-Month |
53.79°F (12.11°C) | 51.98°F (11.10°C) |
1.81°F (1.01°C) | 118th Coolest | Coolest since: 2015 | 1920 |
6th Warmest | Warmest to Date | 2020 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, published May 2022, retrieved on May 22, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/