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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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Massachusetts

Average Temperature Rankings, February 1996

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
February 1996 1-Month	26.0°F (-3.3°C)	25.0°F (-3.9°C)	1.0°F (0.6°C)	70th Coolest	Coolest since: 1995	1934
				59th Warmest	Warmest since: 1992	2018
Jan–Feb 1996 2-Month	25.3°F (-3.7°C)	24.6°F (-4.1°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	69th Coolest	Coolest since: 1994	1904
				60th Warmest	Warmest since: 1995	1998, 2002
Dec 1995–Feb 1996 3-Month	25.2°F (-3.8°C)	25.7°F (-3.5°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	47th Coolest	Coolest since: 1994	1918
				81st Warmest	Warmest since: 1995	2016
	Ties: 1916, 1941, 2011
Nov 1995–Feb 1996 4-Month	28.2°F (-2.1°C)	29.2°F (-1.6°C)	-1.0°F (-0.5°C)	36th Coolest	Coolest since: 1994	1918
				92nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1995	2016
	Ties: 1926, 1927, 1944
Oct 1995–Feb 1996 5-Month	33.2°F (0.7°C)	33.3°F (0.7°C)	-0.1°F (0.0°C)	51st Coolest	Coolest since: 1994	1918
				77th Warmest	Warmest since: 1995	2012
	Ties: 1916, 1925, 1969, 1987
Sep 1995–Feb 1996 6-Month	37.6°F (3.1°C)	37.9°F (3.3°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	51st Coolest	Coolest since: 1994	1918
				77th Warmest	Warmest since: 1995	2012
	Ties: 1964, 2015
Aug 1995–Feb 1996 7-Month	42.0°F (5.6°C)	42.0°F (5.6°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	53rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1994	1918
				75th Warmest	Warmest since: 1995	2016
	Ties: 1901, 1906, 1916, 1988
Jul 1995–Feb 1996 8-Month	45.8°F (7.7°C)	45.5°F (7.5°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	66th Coolest	Coolest since: 1994	1905
				62nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1995	2012
	Ties: 1969
Jun 1995–Feb 1996 9-Month	48.1°F (8.9°C)	47.7°F (8.7°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	73rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1994	1904
				55th Warmest	Warmest since: 1995	2012
	Ties: 1931, 1956, 1990
May 1995–Feb 1996 10-Month	48.7°F (9.3°C)	48.4°F (9.1°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	71st Coolest	Coolest since: 1994	1918
				57th Warmest	Warmest since: 1995	2016
	Ties: 1938, 1945, 1975, 1988, 2015
Apr 1995–Feb 1996 11-Month	48.2°F (9.0°C)	48.1°F (8.9°C)	0.1°F (0.1°C)	62nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1994	1918
				66th Warmest	Warmest since: 1995	2012
	Ties: 1900, 1930, 1971
Mar 1995–Feb 1996 12-Month	47.3°F (8.5°C)	46.9°F (8.3°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	71st Coolest	Coolest since: 1994	1918
				57th Warmest	Warmest since: 1995	2012
	Ties: 1913, 1919, 1930, 1931, 1951, 1955, 1990
Sep 1994–Feb 1996 18-Month	45.1°F (7.3°C)	43.9°F (6.6°C)	1.2°F (0.7°C)	95th Coolest	Coolest since: 1995	1905
				32nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1992	2013, 2017
	Ties: 1974
Mar 1994–Feb 1996 24-Month	48.2°F (9.0°C)	46.9°F (8.3°C)	1.3°F (0.7°C)	99th Coolest	Coolest since: 1995	1918
				28th Warmest	Warmest since: 1992	2013
	Ties: 1955, 1991
Mar 1993–Feb 1996 36-Month	47.6°F (8.7°C)	46.9°F (8.3°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	84th Coolest	Coolest since: 1995	1905, 1918
				42nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1993	2013
	Ties: 1939, 1949, 2005
Mar 1992–Feb 1996 48-Month	47.2°F (8.4°C)	46.9°F (8.3°C)	0.3°F (0.1°C)	69th Coolest	Coolest since: 1982	1907
				56th Warmest	Warmest since: 1995	2013, 2014
	Ties: 1935, 1939, 1958
Mar 1991–Feb 1996 60-Month	47.6°F (8.7°C)	46.8°F (8.2°C)	0.8°F (0.5°C)	84th Coolest	Coolest since: 1990	1908
				40th Warmest	Warmest since: 1995	2020, 2021, 2022
	Ties: 1932, 1958, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 27, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/