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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

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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Massachusetts

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	32.3°F (0.2°C)	25.0°F (-3.9°C)	7.3°F (4.1°C)	120th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1934
				9th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2018
	Ties: 1954
Jan–Feb 1981 2-Month	24.2°F (-4.3°C)	24.6°F (-4.1°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	50th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1904
				79th Warmest	Warmest since: 1980	1998, 2002
	Ties: 1916, 1929, 1957, 1988, 1993, 2009
Dec 1980–Feb 1981 3-Month	24.0°F (-4.4°C)	25.8°F (-3.4°C)	-1.8°F (-1.0°C)	32nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1918
				96th Warmest	Warmest since: 1980	2016
Nov 1980–Feb 1981 4-Month	27.2°F (-2.7°C)	29.1°F (-1.6°C)	-1.9°F (-1.1°C)	20th Coolest	Coolest since: 1977	1918
				108th Warmest	Warmest since: 1980	2016
	Ties: 1917, 1922, 1994
Oct 1980–Feb 1981 5-Month	31.3°F (-0.4°C)	33.3°F (0.7°C)	-2.0°F (-1.1°C)	14th Coolest	Coolest since: 1977	1918
				114th Warmest	Warmest since: 1980	2012
	Ties: 1936, 1940, 1948, 1968, 1994
Sep 1980–Feb 1981 6-Month	36.4°F (2.4°C)	37.9°F (3.3°C)	-1.5°F (-0.9°C)	22nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1918
				106th Warmest	Warmest since: 1980	2012
	Ties: 1941, 1961
Aug 1980–Feb 1981 7-Month	41.2°F (5.1°C)	42.1°F (5.6°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	30th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1918
				98th Warmest	Warmest since: 1980	2016
	Ties: 1910, 1943
Jul 1980–Feb 1981 8-Month	44.9°F (7.2°C)	45.5°F (7.5°C)	-0.6°F (-0.3°C)	35th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1905
				93rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1980	2012
	Ties: 1922, 1948, 1978, 1987
Jun 1980–Feb 1981 9-Month	46.8°F (8.2°C)	47.6°F (8.7°C)	-0.8°F (-0.5°C)	26th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1904
				102nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1980	2012
	Ties: 1902, 1910, 1935, 1940, 1948, 1987
May 1980–Feb 1981 10-Month	47.8°F (8.8°C)	48.4°F (9.1°C)	-0.6°F (-0.3°C)	31st Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1918
				97th Warmest	Warmest since: 1980	2016
	Ties: 1898, 1965, 1970, 1982
Apr 1980–Feb 1981 11-Month	47.7°F (8.7°C)	48.1°F (8.9°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	35th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1918
				93rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1980	2012
	Ties: 1896, 1915, 1916, 1935, 1944
Mar 1980–Feb 1981 12-Month	46.5°F (8.1°C)	46.9°F (8.3°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	39th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1918
				89th Warmest	Warmest since: 1980	2012
	Ties: 1906, 1911, 1929, 1965, 1970, 1994
Sep 1979–Feb 1981 18-Month	44.1°F (6.7°C)	43.9°F (6.6°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	68th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1905
				59th Warmest	Warmest since: 1980	2013, 2017
	Ties: 1937, 1972, 1987, 1988
Mar 1979–Feb 1981 24-Month	47.4°F (8.6°C)	46.9°F (8.3°C)	0.5°F (0.3°C)	80th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1918
				47th Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	2013
	Ties: 1938, 1986, 2004, 2015
Mar 1978–Feb 1981 36-Month	46.9°F (8.3°C)	46.9°F (8.3°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	53rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1905, 1918
				73rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1980	2013
	Ties: 1915, 1938, 1971, 1972, 1978
Mar 1977–Feb 1981 48-Month	47.0°F (8.3°C)	46.9°F (8.3°C)	0.1°F (0.0°C)	57th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1907
				68th Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	2013, 2014
	Ties: 1972, 1978
Mar 1976–Feb 1981 60-Month	46.7°F (8.2°C)	46.8°F (8.2°C)	-0.1°F (0.0°C)	45th Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1908
				79th Warmest	Warmest since: 1980	2020, 2021, 2022
	Ties: 1923, 1937, 1941, 1943

Citing This Page

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