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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 August 2022. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.

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

Year: 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

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Contiguous U.S.

Average Temperature Rankings, February 1953

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
February 1953 1-Month	35.87°F (2.15°C)	33.82°F (1.01°C)	2.05°F (1.14°C)	93rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1936
				36th Warmest	Warmest since: 1943	1954
Jan–Feb 1953 2-Month	36.15°F (2.31°C)	31.97°F (-0.02°C)	4.18°F (2.33°C)	119th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1979
				10th Warmest	Warmest to Date	2017
Dec 1952–Feb 1953 3-Month	35.25°F (1.81°C)	32.23°F (0.13°C)	3.02°F (1.68°C)	112th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1979
				16th Warmest	Warmest since: 1934	2016
Nov 1952–Feb 1953 4-Month	36.42°F (2.46°C)	34.61°F (1.45°C)	1.81°F (1.01°C)	105th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1979
				23rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1934	2000
Oct 1952–Feb 1953 5-Month	39.72°F (4.29°C)	38.50°F (3.61°C)	1.22°F (0.68°C)	99th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1899
				29th Warmest	Warmest since: 1935	2017
Sep 1952–Feb 1953 6-Month	44.08°F (6.71°C)	42.89°F (6.05°C)	1.19°F (0.66°C)	103rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1899
				25th Warmest	Warmest since: 1935	2016
Aug 1952–Feb 1953 7-Month	48.19°F (8.99°C)	47.07°F (8.37°C)	1.12°F (0.62°C)	102nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1899
				26th Warmest	Warmest since: 1935	2017
Jul 1952–Feb 1953 8-Month	51.43°F (10.79°C)	50.39°F (10.22°C)	1.04°F (0.57°C)	103rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1899
				25th Warmest	Warmest since: 1935	2017
Jun 1952–Feb 1953 9-Month	53.57°F (11.98°C)	52.39°F (11.33°C)	1.18°F (0.65°C)	106th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1977
				22nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1935	2017
	Ties: 1991, 1998
May 1952–Feb 1953 10-Month	54.28°F (12.38°C)	53.18°F (11.77°C)	1.10°F (0.61°C)	104th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1918, 1977
				24th Warmest	Warmest since: 1935	2017
Apr 1952–Feb 1953 11-Month	54.04°F (12.24°C)	52.99°F (11.66°C)	1.05°F (0.58°C)	105th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1918
				23rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1935	2017
Mar 1952–Feb 1953 12-Month	52.68°F (11.49°C)	52.03°F (11.13°C)	0.65°F (0.36°C)	89th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1918
				39th Warmest	Warmest since: 1950	2017
Sep 1951–Feb 1953 18-Month	49.28°F (9.60°C)	48.98°F (9.43°C)	0.30°F (0.17°C)	75th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1918
				52nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	2017
Mar 1951–Feb 1953 24-Month	52.01°F (11.12°C)	52.01°F (11.12°C)	0.00°F (0.00°C)	57th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1918
				70th Warmest	Warmest since: 1950	2017
Mar 1950–Feb 1953 36-Month	51.77°F (10.98°C)	52.00°F (11.11°C)	-0.23°F (-0.13°C)	39th Coolest	Coolest since: 1931	1918
				87th Warmest	Warmest since: 1952	2018
Mar 1949–Feb 1953 48-Month	52.00°F (11.11°C)	51.98°F (11.10°C)	0.02°F (0.01°C)	60th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1918
				65th Warmest	Warmest since: 1950	2019
Mar 1948–Feb 1953 60-Month	51.90°F (11.06°C)	51.98°F (11.10°C)	-0.08°F (-0.04°C)	47th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1918
				77th Warmest	Warmest since: 1951	2020
	Ties: 1925, 1965

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 29, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/