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Average annual temperature in United States
1895 – 2025 · 131 data points
Updated Oct 21, 2026
Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Climate at a Glance, 1895 – 2025
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Latest value · 2025
55 °F
−0.9 °F
since 2024
First value · 1895
50 °F
since 2015
+0.2 °F
Average annual temperature, 1895 – 2025 °F
+0.2 °F since 2015
50 °F
52 °F
54 °F
56 °F
1895
1940
1960
1980
2025
Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Climate at a Glance, 1895 – 2025
The series at a glance United States · 1895 – 2025
Latest value
55 °F · 2025
First value
50 °F · 1895
Highest
55 °F · 2024
Lowest
50 °F · 1917
Data points
131
By year
All years · 1895 – 2025
| Year | United States | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 55 °F | −0.9 °F |
| 2024 | 55 °F | +1.1 °F |
| 2023 | 54 °F | +1.0 °F |
| 2022 | 53 °F | −1.1 °F |
| 2021 | 54 °F | +0.1 °F |
| 2020 | 54 °F | +1.7 °F |
| 2019 | 53 °F | −0.8 °F |
| 2018 | 54 °F | −1.0 °F |
| 2017 | 55 °F | −0.4 °F |
| 2016 | 55 °F | +0.5 °F |
| 2015 | 54 °F | +1.8 °F |
| 2014 | 53 °F | +0.1 °F |
| 2013 | 52 °F | −2.9 °F |
| 2012 | 55 °F | +2.1 °F |
| 2011 | 53 °F | +0.2 °F |
| 2010 | 53 °F | +0.6 °F |
| 2009 | 52 °F | +0.1 °F |
| 2008 | 52 °F | −1.4 °F |
| 2007 | 54 °F | −0.6 °F |
| 2006 | 54 °F | +0.6 °F |
| 2005 | 54 °F | +0.6 °F |
| 2004 | 53 °F | −0.2 °F |
| 2003 | 53 °F | +0.0 °F |
| 2002 | 53 °F | −0.5 °F |
| 2001 | 54 °F | +0.4 °F |
| 2000 | 53 °F | −0.6 °F |
| 1999 | 54 °F | −0.3 °F |
| 1998 | 54 °F | +2.0 °F |
| 1997 | 52 °F | +0.3 °F |
| 1996 | 52 °F | −0.8 °F |
| 1995 | 53 °F | −0.2 °F |
| 1994 | 53 °F | +1.6 °F |
| 1993 | 51 °F | −1.3 °F |
| 1992 | 53 °F | −0.6 °F |
| 1991 | 53 °F | −0.3 °F |
| 1990 | 53 °F | +1.7 °F |
| 1989 | 52 °F | −0.8 °F |
| 1988 | 53 °F | −0.7 °F |
| 1987 | 53 °F | +0.0 °F |
| 1986 | 53 °F | +2.0 °F |
| 1985 | 51 °F | −0.7 °F |
| 1984 | 52 °F | +0.1 °F |
| 1983 | 52 °F | +0.5 °F |
| 1982 | 51 °F | −1.8 °F |
| 1981 | 53 °F | +0.7 °F |
| 1980 | 52 °F | +1.5 °F |
| 1979 | 51 °F | −0.2 °F |
| 1978 | 51 °F | −1.5 °F |
| 1977 | 53 °F | +1.1 °F |
| 1976 | 51 °F | −0.0 °F |
| 1975 | 51 °F | −0.8 °F |
| 1974 | 52 °F | −0.0 °F |
| 1973 | 52 °F | +0.9 °F |
| 1972 | 51 °F | −0.3 °F |
| 1971 | 52 °F | +0.1 °F |
| 1970 | 52 °F | +0.1 °F |
| 1969 | 51 °F | +0.2 °F |
| 1968 | 51 °F | −0.4 °F |
| 1967 | 52 °F | +0.3 °F |
| 1966 | 51 °F | −0.2 °F |
| 1965 | 52 °F | ±0.0 °F |
| 1964 | 52 °F | −0.6 °F |
| 1963 | 52 °F | +0.4 °F |
| 1962 | 52 °F | +0.0 °F |
| 1961 | 52 °F | +0.4 °F |
| 1960 | 51 °F | −0.7 °F |
| 1959 | 52 °F | +0.2 °F |
| 1958 | 52 °F | −0.1 °F |
| 1957 | 52 °F | −0.3 °F |
| 1956 | 52 °F | +0.6 °F |
| 1955 | 52 °F | −1.6 °F |
| 1954 | 53 °F | −0.0 °F |
| 1953 | 53 °F | +1.1 °F |
| 1952 | 52 °F | +1.2 °F |
| 1951 | 51 °F | −0.3 °F |
| 1950 | 51 °F | −0.6 °F |
| 1949 | 52 °F | +0.4 °F |
| 1948 | 52 °F | −0.3 °F |
| 1947 | 52 °F | −1.0 °F |
| 1946 | 53 °F | +1.2 °F |
| 1945 | 52 °F | −0.1 °F |
| 1944 | 52 °F | −0.2 °F |
| 1943 | 52 °F | +0.2 °F |
| 1942 | 52 °F | −0.8 °F |
| 1941 | 53 °F | +0.8 °F |
| 1940 | 52 °F | −1.4 °F |
| 1939 | 53 °F | +0.1 °F |
| 1938 | 53 °F | +1.6 °F |
| 1937 | 52 °F | −0.6 °F |
| 1936 | 52 °F | +0.3 °F |
| 1935 | 52 °F | −2.2 °F |
| 1934 | 54 °F | +1.1 °F |
| 1933 | 53 °F | +1.3 °F |
| 1932 | 52 °F | −1.8 °F |
| 1931 | 54 °F | +1.6 °F |
| 1930 | 52 °F | +1.1 °F |
| 1929 | 51 °F | −1.1 °F |
| 1928 | 52 °F | −0.2 °F |
| 1927 | 52 °F | +0.2 °F |
| 1926 | 52 °F | −0.6 °F |
| 1925 | 53 °F | +1.9 °F |
| 1924 | 51 °F | −1.1 °F |
| 1923 | 52 °F | −0.4 °F |
| 1922 | 52 °F | −1.8 °F |
| 1921 | 54 °F | +2.7 °F |
| 1920 | 51 °F | −0.5 °F |
| 1919 | 52 °F | −0.3 °F |
| 1918 | 52 °F | +1.8 °F |
| 1917 | 50 °F | −0.8 °F |
| 1916 | 51 °F | −0.6 °F |
| 1915 | 51 °F | −0.4 °F |
| 1914 | 52 °F | +0.3 °F |
| 1913 | 52 °F | +1.3 °F |
| 1912 | 50 °F | −1.8 °F |
| 1911 | 52 °F | −0.4 °F |
| 1910 | 52 °F | +1.0 °F |
| 1909 | 51 °F | −0.6 °F |
| 1908 | 52 °F | +0.6 °F |
| 1907 | 51 °F | −0.3 °F |
| 1906 | 52 °F | +0.7 °F |
| 1905 | 51 °F | −0.2 °F |
| 1904 | 51 °F | +0.5 °F |
| 1903 | 51 °F | −1.0 °F |
| 1902 | 52 °F | −0.3 °F |
| 1901 | 52 °F | −0.9 °F |
| 1900 | 53 °F | +1.8 °F |
| 1899 | 51 °F | −0.4 °F |
| 1898 | 51 °F | −0.1 °F |
| 1897 | 52 °F | −0.4 °F |
| 1896 | 52 °F | +1.7 °F |
| 1895 | 50 °F |
Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Climate at a Glance, 1895 – 2025
What it means
The mean temperature over a whole year — the long-term trend shows warming or cooling.
How it is calculated
Mean of the daily average temperature over the year at the nearest weather station; years with incomplete months are left out.
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