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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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New York

Average Temperature Rankings, February 1956

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
February 1956 1-Month	23.9°F (-4.5°C)	20.7°F (-6.3°C)	3.2°F (1.8°C)	87th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1934
				42nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2017
	Ties: 1992
Jan–Feb 1956 2-Month	22.0°F (-5.6°C)	20.2°F (-6.6°C)	1.8°F (1.0°C)	85th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1904
				44th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2017
	Ties: 1938, 1944
Dec 1955–Feb 1956 3-Month	21.0°F (-6.1°C)	21.8°F (-5.7°C)	-0.8°F (-0.4°C)	44th Coolest	Coolest since: 1948	1918
				84th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2002
	Ties: 1926
Nov 1955–Feb 1956 4-Month	24.4°F (-4.2°C)	25.4°F (-3.7°C)	-1.0°F (-0.5°C)	37th Coolest	Coolest since: 1948	1918
				91st Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2002
	Ties: 1908, 1926
Oct 1955–Feb 1956 5-Month	29.6°F (-1.3°C)	29.9°F (-1.2°C)	-0.3°F (-0.1°C)	45th Coolest	Coolest since: 1948	1918
				83rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2002
	Ties: 1897, 1901, 1969
Sep 1955–Feb 1956 6-Month	34.4°F (1.3°C)	34.8°F (1.6°C)	-0.4°F (-0.3°C)	45th Coolest	Coolest since: 1948	1918
				83rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2016
	Ties: 1899, 1938, 1965
Aug 1955–Feb 1956 7-Month	39.6°F (4.2°C)	39.3°F (4.1°C)	0.3°F (0.1°C)	68th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1918
				60th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2002
	Ties: 1916, 1938, 1957, 1986
Jul 1955–Feb 1956 8-Month	43.7°F (6.5°C)	42.8°F (6.0°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	83rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1918
				45th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2012
	Ties: 1976
Jun 1955–Feb 1956 9-Month	45.9°F (7.7°C)	45.1°F (7.3°C)	0.8°F (0.4°C)	84th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1918
				44th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2012
	Ties: 1900, 1919, 1989, 2005
May 1955–Feb 1956 10-Month	47.1°F (8.4°C)	46.1°F (7.8°C)	1.0°F (0.6°C)	94th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1918
				34th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2012
	Ties: 1998, 2005
Apr 1955–Feb 1956 11-Month	47.1°F (8.4°C)	45.7°F (7.6°C)	1.4°F (0.8°C)	102nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1918
				26th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2012
	Ties: 1909
Mar 1955–Feb 1956 12-Month	45.8°F (7.7°C)	44.6°F (7.0°C)	1.2°F (0.7°C)	98th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1918
				30th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2012
	Ties: 1909, 1988, 2019
Sep 1954–Feb 1956 18-Month	42.2°F (5.7°C)	41.2°F (5.1°C)	1.0°F (0.6°C)	94th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1905
				33rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2017
	Ties: 1914, 1955, 1974, 2005
Mar 1954–Feb 1956 24-Month	45.1°F (7.3°C)	44.4°F (6.9°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	84th Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1918
				43rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2013
	Ties: 1939, 1943, 1998
Mar 1953–Feb 1956 36-Month	45.6°F (7.6°C)	44.5°F (6.9°C)	1.1°F (0.7°C)	98th Coolest	Coolest since: 1953	1918
				28th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2013
	Ties: 2010
Mar 1952–Feb 1956 48-Month	45.8°F (7.7°C)	44.5°F (6.9°C)	1.3°F (0.8°C)	104th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1918
				21st Warmest	Warmest since: 1950	2013
	Ties: 1950, 2005, 2010
Mar 1951–Feb 1956 60-Month	45.6°F (7.6°C)	44.5°F (6.9°C)	1.1°F (0.7°C)	97th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1908
				27th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2013, 2020
	Ties: 1950, 2005

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 30, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/