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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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Illinois, Climate Division 2. Northeast

Average Temperature Rankings, February 1981

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
February 1981 1-Month	27.2°F (-2.7°C)	24.8°F (-4.0°C)	2.4°F (1.3°C)	89th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1936
				40th Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	1998
	Ties: 1897
Jan–Feb 1981 2-Month	24.6°F (-4.1°C)	23.1°F (-4.9°C)	1.5°F (0.8°C)	80th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1979
				49th Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	1998
	Ties: 1935, 1989
Dec 1980–Feb 1981 3-Month	25.2°F (-3.8°C)	24.0°F (-4.4°C)	1.2°F (0.6°C)	72nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1904
				56th Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	1932
	Ties: 1957
Nov 1980–Feb 1981 4-Month	28.8°F (-1.8°C)	27.6°F (-2.4°C)	1.2°F (0.6°C)	89th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1977
				39th Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	2002
	Ties: 1944, 1961, 1990, 2010
Oct 1980–Feb 1981 5-Month	32.6°F (0.3°C)	32.4°F (0.2°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	67th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1977
				61st Warmest	Warmest since: 1980	1932
	Ties: 1916, 1924, 1980, 1989, 2010
Sep 1980–Feb 1981 6-Month	38.0°F (3.3°C)	37.7°F (3.2°C)	0.3°F (0.1°C)	69th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1977
				59th Warmest	Warmest since: 1980	1932
	Ties: 1980, 2019
Aug 1980–Feb 1981 7-Month	43.0°F (6.1°C)	42.4°F (5.8°C)	0.6°F (0.3°C)	72nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1977
				56th Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	1932
	Ties: 1934, 1940, 1941, 1984, 2011, 2019
Jul 1980–Feb 1981 8-Month	47.0°F (8.3°C)	46.2°F (7.9°C)	0.8°F (0.4°C)	75th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1977
				53rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	1932
	Ties: 1957, 2018
Jun 1980–Feb 1981 9-Month	49.3°F (9.6°C)	48.8°F (9.3°C)	0.5°F (0.3°C)	69th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1904, 1918
				59th Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	1932
	Ties: 1907, 1933, 1956, 1961
May 1980–Feb 1981 10-Month	50.4°F (10.2°C)	49.8°F (9.9°C)	0.6°F (0.3°C)	78th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1918
				50th Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	1932
	Ties: 1898, 1907, 1915, 1933, 1955, 1984, 2007, 2018
Apr 1980–Feb 1981 11-Month	50.1°F (10.1°C)	49.6°F (9.8°C)	0.5°F (0.3°C)	70th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1918
				58th Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	1932
	Ties: 1896, 1947, 1961, 1965, 1971, 2003
Mar 1980–Feb 1981 12-Month	48.6°F (9.2°C)	48.5°F (9.2°C)	0.1°F (0.0°C)	56th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1918
				72nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	2017
	Ties: 1896, 1901
Sep 1979–Feb 1981 18-Month	45.0°F (7.2°C)	44.8°F (7.1°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	66th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1905
				61st Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	2017
	Ties: 1990, 1995
Mar 1979–Feb 1981 24-Month	48.3°F (9.1°C)	48.4°F (9.1°C)	-0.1°F (0.0°C)	50th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1905
				77th Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	2017
	Ties: 1900, 1953, 1985
Mar 1978–Feb 1981 36-Month	47.7°F (8.7°C)	48.5°F (9.2°C)	-0.8°F (-0.5°C)	18th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1918
				108th Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	2013
	Ties: 1907, 1917, 1930, 1968, 1978
Mar 1977–Feb 1981 48-Month	47.8°F (8.8°C)	48.4°F (9.1°C)	-0.6°F (-0.3°C)	18th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1905, 1918
				107th Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	2002
	Ties: 1910, 1921, 1963, 1964
Mar 1976–Feb 1981 60-Month	47.4°F (8.6°C)	48.4°F (9.1°C)	-1.0°F (-0.5°C)	8th Coolest	Coolest since: 1929	1905, 1908
				116th Warmest	Warmest since: 1980	2002
	Ties: 1919

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Divisional Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 2, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/