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An April 8 report from AccuWeather<\/a> states that 10 U.S. states across the West experienced their warmest average temperatures throughout the month of March in at least 131 years. \u00a0<\/p>\n Although Montana did not set a record, neighboring Idaho and Wyoming did, and the warm trend certainly impacted the Treasure State, which experienced at least a dozen daily records for high temperatures, particularly in a heat wave from March 18-22 when Bozeman temperatures neared 80 degrees<\/a> Fahrenheit. The other record-warm states were California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas and Oklahoma. \u00a0<\/p>\n NOAA data<\/a> shows more than 12,000 weather stations across the U.S. recorded a daily record high in March, including communities in every state except for Alaska\u2014which has experienced its coldest winter in a half century,<\/a> according to Alaska Public Media, and its fourth-coldest March since 1925. The national average temperature also shattered its March record, with daytime temperatures even beating the April daytime record.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cThe [continental U.S.] average temperature in March was 50.85 F, 9.35 [degrees] above the 20th-century average, marking the first time any month\u2019s average has exceeded 9 [degrees] above that baseline,\u201d NOAA stated in a recent report<\/a>. \u201cMaximum daytime temperatures were especially high, averaging 11.4 [degrees] above the March average and 0.9 [degrees] above the April long-term average.\u201d\u00a0NOAA noted that nearly 60% of the continental U.S. is experiencing drought, the most extensive drought since November 2022.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Notable-Weathe-Climate-US-032026.png\")
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