54.63°
2025 (latest)
US AVERAGE TEMPERATURE
degrees Fahrenheit, annual mean · 1895–2025 · neither direction is "better" · NOAA NCEI, Climate at a Glance
50.33°
1895
55.48°
high · 2024
50.05°
low · 1917
+4.3°F
since 1895
┊ dashed lines mark 1979 Oil shock & inflation peak · 1987 Black Monday crash · 1991 Gulf War recession · 2001 Dot-com bust & 9/11 · 2008 Global financial crisis · 2020 COVID-19 pandemic
Method & caveats. Contiguous US January–December average temperature, as published by NOAA in degrees Fahrenheit. The 48 contiguous states only; Alaska and Hawaii are separate NOAA regions.
Sources
Every value on this page is read from the publisher below. Current and historical source documents:
- https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/national/time-series
- https://github.com/danielmiessler/substrate/tree/main/Data/US-Long-Run-Indicators
Data
| Year | US Average Temperature | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 54.63° | −0.8°F |
| 2024 | 55.48° | +1.1°F |
| 2023 | 54.36° | +1.0°F |
| 2022 | 53.38° | −1.1°F |
| 2021 | 54.50° | +0.1°F |
| 2020 | 54.36° | +1.7°F |
| 2019 | 52.66° | −0.9°F |
| 2018 | 53.51° | −1.0°F |
| 2017 | 54.54° | −0.4°F |
| 2016 | 54.90° | +0.5°F |
| 2015 | 54.38° | +1.9°F |
| 2014 | 52.53° | +0.1°F |
| 2013 | 52.42° | −2.9°F |
| 2012 | 55.27° | +2.1°F |
| 2011 | 53.17° | +0.2°F |
| 2010 | 52.98° | +0.6°F |
| 2009 | 52.38° | +0.1°F |
| 2008 | 52.28° | −1.4°F |
| 2007 | 53.64° | −0.6°F |
| 2006 | 54.24° | +0.6°F |
| 2005 | 53.63° | +0.6°F |
| 2004 | 53.08° | −0.2°F |
| 2003 | 53.24° | +0.0°F |
| 2002 | 53.20° | −0.5°F |
| 2001 | 53.68° | +0.4°F |
| 2000 | 53.25° | −0.6°F |
| 1999 | 53.87° | −0.4°F |
| 1998 | 54.22° | +2.0°F |
| 1997 | 52.19° | +0.3°F |
| 1996 | 51.88° | −0.8°F |
| 1995 | 52.65° | −0.2°F |
| 1994 | 52.85° | +1.6°F |
| 1993 | 51.25° | −1.3°F |
| 1992 | 52.59° | −0.6°F |
| 1991 | 53.15° | −0.4°F |
| 1990 | 53.50° | +1.7°F |
| 1989 | 51.82° | −0.8°F |
| 1988 | 52.62° | −0.7°F |
| 1987 | 53.32° | +0.0°F |
| 1986 | 53.31° | +2.0°F |
| 1985 | 51.29° | −0.7°F |
| 1984 | 51.97° | +0.1°F |
| 1983 | 51.87° | +0.5°F |
| 1982 | 51.33° | −1.8°F |
| 1981 | 53.11° | +0.7°F |
| 1980 | 52.38° | +1.5°F |
| 1979 | 50.88° | −0.2°F |
| 1978 | 51.04° | −1.5°F |
| 1977 | 52.54° | +1.1°F |
| 1976 | 51.46° | −0.0°F |
| 1975 | 51.49° | −0.8°F |
| 1974 | 52.26° | −0.0°F |
| 1973 | 52.28° | +0.9°F |
| 1972 | 51.36° | −0.3°F |
| 1971 | 51.65° | +0.0°F |
| 1970 | 51.60° | +0.1°F |
| 1969 | 51.49° | +0.2°F |
| 1968 | 51.31° | −0.4°F |
| 1967 | 51.75° | +0.3°F |
| 1966 | 51.48° | −0.2°F |
| 1965 | 51.67° | +0.0°F |
| 1964 | 51.67° | −0.6°F |
| 1963 | 52.25° | +0.4°F |
| 1962 | 51.89° | +0.0°F |
| 1961 | 51.86° | +0.4°F |
| 1960 | 51.43° | −0.7°F |
| 1959 | 52.10° | +0.2°F |
| 1958 | 51.92° | −0.1°F |
| 1957 | 52.03° | −0.3°F |
| 1956 | 52.33° | +0.6°F |
| 1955 | 51.68° | −1.6°F |
| 1954 | 53.32° | −0.0°F |
| 1953 | 53.35° | +1.1°F |
| 1952 | 52.27° | +1.2°F |
| 1951 | 51.11° | −0.3°F |
| 1950 | 51.38° | −0.6°F |
| 1949 | 52.01° | +0.4°F |
| 1948 | 51.60° | −0.3°F |
| 1947 | 51.91° | −1.0°F |
| 1946 | 52.94° | +1.2°F |
| 1945 | 51.74° | −0.1°F |
| 1944 | 51.82° | −0.2°F |
| 1943 | 52.06° | +0.2°F |
| 1942 | 51.83° | −0.8°F |
| 1941 | 52.64° | +0.8°F |
| 1940 | 51.88° | −1.4°F |
| 1939 | 53.25° | +0.1°F |
| 1938 | 53.17° | +1.6°F |
| 1937 | 51.54° | −0.6°F |
| 1936 | 52.14° | +0.3°F |
| 1935 | 51.88° | −2.2°F |
| 1934 | 54.09° | +1.1°F |
| 1933 | 52.98° | +1.3°F |
| 1932 | 51.72° | −1.8°F |
| 1931 | 53.52° | +1.6°F |
| 1930 | 51.97° | +1.1°F |
| 1929 | 50.85° | −1.1°F |
| 1928 | 51.91° | −0.2°F |
| 1927 | 52.14° | +0.2°F |
| 1926 | 51.94° | −0.6°F |
| 1925 | 52.51° | +1.9°F |
| 1924 | 50.57° | −1.1°F |
| 1923 | 51.63° | −0.4°F |
| 1922 | 52.02° | −1.8°F |
| 1921 | 53.79° | +2.7°F |
| 1920 | 51.07° | −0.5°F |
| 1919 | 51.54° | −0.3°F |
| 1918 | 51.85° | +1.8°F |
| 1917 | 50.05° | −0.8°F |
| 1916 | 50.84° | −0.6°F |
| 1915 | 51.43° | −0.4°F |
| 1914 | 51.83° | +0.3°F |
| 1913 | 51.53° | +1.3°F |
| 1912 | 50.22° | −1.8°F |
| 1911 | 52.02° | −0.4°F |
| 1910 | 52.41° | +1.0°F |
| 1909 | 51.42° | −0.6°F |
| 1908 | 52.07° | +0.6°F |
| 1907 | 51.47° | −0.3°F |
| 1906 | 51.72° | +0.7°F |
| 1905 | 50.99° | −0.2°F |
| 1904 | 51.15° | +0.5°F |
| 1903 | 50.61° | −1.0°F |
| 1902 | 51.57° | −0.3°F |
| 1901 | 51.86° | −0.9°F |
| 1900 | 52.76° | +1.8°F |
| 1899 | 50.99° | −0.4°F |
| 1898 | 51.42° | −0.1°F |
| 1897 | 51.54° | −0.4°F |
| 1896 | 51.98° | +1.6°F |
| 1895 | 50.33° | — |
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