Extremely warm March 2012

How warm was it this March?

Temperatures this March have been well above normal, but how warm has it actually been? Normal maximum temperatures for Wichita in March are in the upper 50s and lower 60s. March ended up in second place in both average and maximum temperatures. The average temperature for March was 57.9 degrees which was 0.2 degrees below the warmest average temperature from 1910. The maximum temperature was second with 69.5 or 1.3 degrees below the warmest maximum temperature from 1910.

Average and Maximum Temperatures March
Rank	Average temperature	Year	Maximum temperature	Year
1	58.1	1910	71.8	1910
2	57.9	2012	69.5	2012
3	54.8	2007	66.4	1907
4	54.5	1907	65.6	2007
5	54.0	1946	65.2	1986
6	52.6	1905	64.7	1946
7	52.5	1935	64.5	1994
8	51.9	1986	64.3	1967
9	51.9	1938	64.3	1936
10	51.4	1945	64.2	1908