Climate at a Glance
National Rankings
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 April 2022. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
Contiguous U.S.
Average Temperature Rankings, February 2021
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Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Warmest/Coolest Since |
Record |
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February 2021 1-Month |
30.60°F (-0.78°C) | 33.82°F (1.01°C) |
-3.22°F (-1.79°C) | 19th Coolest | Coolest since: 1989 | 1936 |
110th Warmest | Warmest since: 2020 | 1954 | ||||
Jan–Feb 2021 2-Month |
32.58°F (0.32°C) | 31.96°F (-0.02°C) |
0.62°F (0.34°C) | 71st Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1979 |
58th Warmest | Warmest since: 2020 | 2017 | ||||
Dec 2020–Feb 2021 3-Month |
33.63°F (0.91°C) | 32.23°F (0.13°C) |
1.40°F (0.78°C) | 97th Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1979 |
31st Warmest | Warmest since: 2020 | 2016 | ||||
Nov 2020–Feb 2021 4-Month |
36.80°F (2.67°C) | 34.60°F (1.44°C) |
2.20°F (1.23°C) | 112th Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1979 |
16th Warmest | Warmest since: 2020 | 2000 | ||||
Oct 2020–Feb 2021 5-Month |
40.29°F (4.61°C) | 38.50°F (3.61°C) |
1.79°F (1.00°C) | 110th Coolest | Coolest since: 2020 | 1899 |
18th Warmest | Warmest since: 2018 | 2017 | ||||
Sep 2020–Feb 2021 6-Month |
44.56°F (6.98°C) | 42.89°F (6.05°C) |
1.67°F (0.93°C) | 110th Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1899 |
18th Warmest | Warmest since: 2020 | 2016 | ||||
Aug 2020–Feb 2021 7-Month |
48.87°F (9.37°C) | 47.07°F (8.37°C) |
1.80°F (1.00°C) | 115th Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1899 |
13th Warmest | Warmest since: 2020 | 2017 | ||||
Jul 2020–Feb 2021 8-Month |
52.22°F (11.23°C) | 50.39°F (10.22°C) |
1.83°F (1.01°C) | 115th Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1899 |
13th Warmest | Warmest since: 2020 | 2017 | ||||
Ties: 2013 | ||||||
Jun 2020–Feb 2021 9-Month |
54.23°F (12.35°C) | 52.40°F (11.33°C) |
1.83°F (1.02°C) | 115th Coolest | Coolest since: 2020 | 1977 |
13th Warmest | Warmest since: 2017 | 2017 | ||||
May 2020–Feb 2021 10-Month |
54.89°F (12.72°C) | 53.17°F (11.76°C) |
1.72°F (0.96°C) | 115th Coolest | Coolest since: 2020 | 1918, 1977 |
13th Warmest | Warmest since: 2017 | 2017 | ||||
Apr 2020–Feb 2021 11-Month |
54.53°F (12.52°C) | 52.98°F (11.66°C) |
1.55°F (0.86°C) | 115th Coolest | Coolest since: 2020 | 1918 |
13th Warmest | Warmest since: 2018 | 2017 | ||||
Mar 2020–Feb 2021 12-Month |
53.82°F (12.12°C) | 52.02°F (11.12°C) |
1.80°F (1.00°C) | 116th Coolest | Coolest since: 2020 | 1918 |
12th Warmest | Warmest since: 2018 | 2017 | ||||
Sep 2019–Feb 2021 18-Month |
50.87°F (10.48°C) | 48.97°F (9.43°C) |
1.90°F (1.05°C) | 117th Coolest | Coolest since: 2020 | 1918 |
10th Warmest | Warmest since: 2018 | 2017 | ||||
Mar 2019–Feb 2021 24-Month |
53.56°F (11.98°C) | 52.02°F (11.12°C) |
1.54°F (0.86°C) | 115th Coolest | Coolest since: 2020 | 1918 |
12th Warmest | Warmest since: 2019 | 2017 | ||||
Mar 2018–Feb 2021 36-Month |
53.45°F (11.92°C) | 51.99°F (11.11°C) |
1.46°F (0.81°C) | 112th Coolest | Coolest since: 2016 | 1918 |
14th Warmest | Warmest since: 2020 | 2018 | ||||
Mar 2017–Feb 2021 48-Month |
53.58°F (11.99°C) | 51.99°F (11.11°C) |
1.59°F (0.88°C) | 116th Coolest | Coolest since: 2015 | 1918 |
9th Warmest | Warmest since: 2020 | 2019 | ||||
Mar 2016–Feb 2021 60-Month |
53.90°F (12.17°C) | 51.98°F (11.10°C) |
1.92°F (1.07°C) | 120th Coolest | Coolest since: 2018 | 1918 |
4th Warmest | Warmest since: 2020 | 2020 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, published May 2022, retrieved on May 26, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/