Climate at a Glance
Regional 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 January 2021. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
California River Basin
Average Temperature Rankings, March 2016
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Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Warmest/Coolest Since |
Record |
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March 2016 1-Month |
52.5°F (11.4°C) | 48.8°F (9.3°C) |
3.7°F (2.1°C) | 109th Coolest | Coolest since: 2012 | 1897 |
18th Warmest | Warmest since: 2015 | 1934 | ||||
Feb–Mar 2016 2-Month |
52.2°F (11.2°C) | 47.1°F (8.4°C) |
5.1°F (2.8°C) | 124th Coolest | Coolest since: 2014 | 1897, 1903 |
3rd Warmest | Warmest since: 2015 | 2015 | ||||
Jan–Mar 2016 3-Month |
49.6°F (9.8°C) | 45.5°F (7.5°C) |
4.1°F (2.3°C) | 122nd Coolest | Coolest since: 2013 | 1949 |
5th Warmest | Warmest since: 2015 | 2015 | ||||
Dec 2015–Mar 2016 4-Month |
47.8°F (8.8°C) | 44.9°F (7.2°C) |
2.9°F (1.6°C) | 118th Coolest | Coolest since: 2013 | 1949 |
8th Warmest | Warmest since: 2015 | 2015 | ||||
Ties: 1940, 1997, 2003 | ||||||
Nov 2015–Mar 2016 5-Month |
47.7°F (8.7°C) | 45.8°F (7.7°C) |
1.9°F (1.0°C) | 109th Coolest | Coolest since: 2013 | 1949 |
17th Warmest | Warmest since: 2015 | 2015 | ||||
Ties: 1970, 1992 | ||||||
Oct 2015–Mar 2016 6-Month |
50.6°F (10.3°C) | 48.1°F (8.9°C) |
2.5°F (1.4°C) | 118th Coolest | Coolest since: 2013 | 1917 |
8th Warmest | Warmest since: 2015 | 2015 | ||||
Ties: 1959 | ||||||
Sep 2015–Mar 2016 7-Month |
53.7°F (12.1°C) | 51.0°F (10.6°C) |
2.7°F (1.5°C) | 120th Coolest | Coolest since: 2013 | 1917 |
6th Warmest | Warmest since: 2015 | 2015 | ||||
Ties: 2000 | ||||||
Aug 2015–Mar 2016 8-Month |
56.5°F (13.6°C) | 53.8°F (12.1°C) |
2.7°F (1.5°C) | 122nd Coolest | Coolest since: 2014 | 1917 |
4th Warmest | Warmest since: 2015 | 2015 | ||||
Ties: 1934, 2014 | ||||||
Jul 2015–Mar 2016 9-Month |
58.6°F (14.8°C) | 56.2°F (13.4°C) |
2.4°F (1.4°C) | 120th Coolest | Coolest since: 2013 | 1917 |
6th Warmest | Warmest since: 2015 | 2015 | ||||
Ties: 2004 | ||||||
Jun 2015–Mar 2016 10-Month |
60.2°F (15.7°C) | 57.4°F (14.1°C) |
2.8°F (1.6°C) | 123rd Coolest | Coolest since: 2014 | 1917 |
3rd Warmest | Warmest since: 2015 | 2015 | ||||
Ties: 2014 | ||||||
May 2015–Mar 2016 11-Month |
60.2°F (15.7°C) | 57.6°F (14.2°C) |
2.6°F (1.5°C) | 122nd Coolest | Coolest since: 2013 | 1917 |
4th Warmest | Warmest since: 2015 | 2015 | ||||
Apr 2015–Mar 2016 12-Month |
59.9°F (15.5°C) | 57.3°F (14.1°C) |
2.6°F (1.4°C) | 122nd Coolest | Coolest since: 2013 | 1917 |
4th Warmest | Warmest since: 2015 | 2015 | ||||
Oct 2014–Mar 2016 18-Month |
57.9°F (14.4°C) | 54.3°F (12.4°C) |
3.6°F (2.0°C) | 123rd Coolest | Coolest since: 2014 | 1949 |
2nd Warmest | Warmest since: 2015 | 2015 | ||||
Apr 2014–Mar 2016 24-Month |
60.9°F (16.1°C) | 57.3°F (14.1°C) |
3.6°F (2.0°C) | 123rd Coolest | Coolest since: 2014 | 1913 |
2nd Warmest | Warmest since: 2015 | 2015 | ||||
Apr 2013–Mar 2016 36-Month |
60.7°F (15.9°C) | 57.3°F (14.1°C) |
3.4°F (1.8°C) | 123rd Coolest | Coolest since: 2015 | 1913, 1917 |
1st Warmest | Warmest to Date | 2016 | ||||
Apr 2012–Mar 2016 48-Month |
60.4°F (15.8°C) | 57.3°F (14.1°C) |
3.1°F (1.7°C) | 121st Coolest | Coolest since: 2015 | 1913 |
2nd Warmest | Warmest to Date | 2018 | ||||
Ties: 2017 | ||||||
Apr 2011–Mar 2016 60-Month |
59.9°F (15.5°C) | 57.4°F (14.1°C) |
2.5°F (1.4°C) | 118th Coolest | Coolest since: 2015 | 1913, 1917 |
4th Warmest | Warmest to Date | 2018 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Regional Time Series, published February 2021, retrieved on March 2, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/