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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

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Average Temperature Rankings, February 1997

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
February 1997 1-Month	36.05°F (2.25°C)	33.82°F (1.01°C)	2.23°F (1.24°C)	98th Coolest	Coolest since: 1996	1936
				31st Warmest	Warmest since: 1995	1954
Jan–Feb 1997 2-Month	33.00°F (0.56°C)	31.97°F (-0.02°C)	1.03°F (0.58°C)	82nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1996	1979
				47th Warmest	Warmest since: 1995	2017
Dec 1996–Feb 1997 3-Month	33.30°F (0.72°C)	32.22°F (0.12°C)	1.08°F (0.60°C)	85th Coolest	Coolest since: 1996	1979
				43rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1995	2016
	Ties: 2019
Nov 1996–Feb 1997 4-Month	34.89°F (1.61°C)	34.61°F (1.45°C)	0.28°F (0.16°C)	63rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1994	1979
				65th Warmest	Warmest since: 1996	2000
	Ties: 1923
Oct 1996–Feb 1997 5-Month	38.64°F (3.69°C)	38.51°F (3.62°C)	0.13°F (0.07°C)	59th Coolest	Coolest since: 1994	1899
				69th Warmest	Warmest since: 1996	2017
	Ties: 1945
Sep 1996–Feb 1997 6-Month	42.78°F (5.99°C)	42.90°F (6.06°C)	-0.12°F (-0.07°C)	50th Coolest	Coolest since: 1994	1899
				78th Warmest	Warmest since: 1996	2016
	Ties: 1958
Aug 1996–Feb 1997 7-Month	47.01°F (8.34°C)	47.07°F (8.37°C)	-0.06°F (-0.03°C)	51st Coolest	Coolest since: 1994	1899
				77th Warmest	Warmest since: 1996	2017
Jul 1996–Feb 1997 8-Month	50.34°F (10.19°C)	50.39°F (10.22°C)	-0.05°F (-0.03°C)	54th Coolest	Coolest since: 1994	1899
				74th Warmest	Warmest since: 1996	2017
	Ties: 1948
Jun 1996–Feb 1997 9-Month	52.51°F (11.39°C)	52.40°F (11.33°C)	0.11°F (0.06°C)	63rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1994	1977
				65th Warmest	Warmest since: 1996	2017
May 1996–Feb 1997 10-Month	53.36°F (11.87°C)	53.18°F (11.77°C)	0.18°F (0.10°C)	65th Coolest	Coolest since: 1994	1918, 1977
				63rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1996	2017
	Ties: 1900
Apr 1996–Feb 1997 11-Month	53.11°F (11.73°C)	52.98°F (11.66°C)	0.13°F (0.07°C)	64th Coolest	Coolest since: 1996	1918
				64th Warmest	Warmest since: 1995	2017
	Ties: 1900, 1907
Mar 1996–Feb 1997 12-Month	51.94°F (11.08°C)	52.03°F (11.13°C)	-0.09°F (-0.05°C)	55th Coolest	Coolest since: 1994	1918
				73rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1996	2017
	Ties: 1960, 2010
Sep 1995–Feb 1997 18-Month	49.07°F (9.48°C)	48.97°F (9.43°C)	0.10°F (0.05°C)	64th Coolest	Coolest since: 1994	1918
				63rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1996	2017
Mar 1995–Feb 1997 24-Month	52.08°F (11.16°C)	52.01°F (11.12°C)	0.07°F (0.04°C)	59th Coolest	Coolest since: 1994	1918
				68th Warmest	Warmest since: 1996	2017
	Ties: 1950
Mar 1994–Feb 1997 36-Month	52.60°F (11.44°C)	52.00°F (11.11°C)	0.60°F (0.33°C)	89th Coolest	Coolest since: 1996	1918
				37th Warmest	Warmest since: 1993	2018
Mar 1993–Feb 1997 48-Month	52.26°F (11.26°C)	51.99°F (11.11°C)	0.27°F (0.15°C)	77th Coolest	Coolest since: 1996	1918
				48th Warmest	Warmest since: 1995	2019
Mar 1992–Feb 1997 60-Month	52.13°F (11.18°C)	51.98°F (11.10°C)	0.15°F (0.08°C)	70th Coolest	Coolest since: 1987	1918
				54th Warmest	Warmest since: 1996	2020
	Ties: 1947, 1987

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 26, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/