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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 2021

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
February 2021 1-Month	30.8°F (-0.7°C)	39.0°F (3.9°C)	-8.2°F (-4.6°C)	6th Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1905
				123rd Warmest	Warmest since: 2020	2017
Jan–Feb 2021 2-Month	34.2°F (1.2°C)	36.9°F (2.7°C)	-2.7°F (-1.5°C)	21st Coolest	Coolest since: 2010	1905
				108th Warmest	Warmest since: 2020	2017
	Ties: 1982
Dec 2020–Feb 2021 3-Month	35.7°F (2.1°C)	36.8°F (2.7°C)	-1.1°F (-0.6°C)	33rd Coolest	Coolest since: 2014	1899, 1905
				95th Warmest	Warmest since: 2020	2000
	Ties: 1966
Nov 2020–Feb 2021 4-Month	39.6°F (4.2°C)	39.1°F (3.9°C)	0.5°F (0.3°C)	75th Coolest	Coolest since: 2019	1899
				53rd Warmest	Warmest since: 2020	2000
	Ties: 1926, 1941, 1966, 1983
Oct 2020–Feb 2021 5-Month	42.9°F (6.1°C)	43.0°F (6.1°C)	-0.1°F (0.0°C)	54th Coolest	Coolest since: 2019	1899
				74th Warmest	Warmest since: 2020	2017
	Ties: 1987, 2007
Sep 2020–Feb 2021 6-Month	47.1°F (8.4°C)	47.5°F (8.6°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	46th Coolest	Coolest since: 2014	1899
				82nd Warmest	Warmest since: 2020	2017
	Ties: 1948, 1969, 2003
Aug 2020–Feb 2021 7-Month	51.6°F (10.9°C)	51.8°F (11.0°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	49th Coolest	Coolest since: 2014	1899
				79th Warmest	Warmest since: 2020	2017
	Ties: 1902, 1906, 1916, 1940, 1959, 1971, 1990, 2003
Jul 2020–Feb 2021 8-Month	55.2°F (12.9°C)	55.2°F (12.9°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	60th Coolest	Coolest since: 2015	1899
				68th Warmest	Warmest since: 2020	1999, 2017
	Ties: 1948, 1967, 1987
Jun 2020–Feb 2021 9-Month	57.6°F (14.2°C)	57.3°F (14.1°C)	0.3°F (0.1°C)	80th Coolest	Coolest since: 2015	1899
				48th Warmest	Warmest since: 2020	1999, 2017
	Ties: 1900, 1901, 1914, 1940, 1945, 1972, 1974
May 2020–Feb 2021 10-Month	58.4°F (14.7°C)	58.1°F (14.5°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	77th Coolest	Coolest since: 2015	1899
				51st Warmest	Warmest since: 2020	1999
	Ties: 1901, 1943, 1945, 1986
Apr 2020–Feb 2021 11-Month	58.2°F (14.6°C)	58.0°F (14.4°C)	0.2°F (0.2°C)	71st Coolest	Coolest since: 2015	1899
				57th Warmest	Warmest since: 2020	1935, 1999
	Ties: 1901
Mar 2020–Feb 2021 12-Month	57.7°F (14.3°C)	57.0°F (13.9°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	90th Coolest	Coolest since: 2015	1899
				38th Warmest	Warmest since: 2020	2013, 2017
	Ties: 1986
Sep 2019–Feb 2021 18-Month	54.8°F (12.7°C)	53.8°F (12.1°C)	1.0°F (0.6°C)	103rd Coolest	Coolest since: 2020	1913
				24th Warmest	Warmest since: 2019	2017
Mar 2019–Feb 2021 24-Month	57.7°F (14.3°C)	57.0°F (13.9°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	93rd Coolest	Coolest since: 2015	1905
				34th Warmest	Warmest since: 2020	2013
	Ties: 1912, 1982, 1987
Mar 2018–Feb 2021 36-Month	57.8°F (14.3°C)	56.9°F (13.8°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	100th Coolest	Coolest since: 2016	1905
				26th Warmest	Warmest since: 2020	2013
	Ties: 1941, 2005
Mar 2017–Feb 2021 48-Month	58.0°F (14.4°C)	57.0°F (13.9°C)	1.0°F (0.5°C)	106th Coolest	Coolest since: 2012	1906, 1907, 1962
				19th Warmest	Warmest since: 2020	2019
	Ties: 1940, 1955, 2005
Mar 2016–Feb 2021 60-Month	58.4°F (14.7°C)	57.0°F (13.9°C)	1.4°F (0.8°C)	120th Coolest	Coolest since: 2018	1962
				4th Warmest	Warmest since: 2020	2020
	Ties: 2016

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Regional Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 6, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/