In 2023, the maximum average temperature in the contiguous United States reached nearly 19 degrees Celsius. Several of the warmest years on record have all been recorded within the last decade. Just one-degree of warming is significant, as it takes a vast amount of heat to warm up the oceans, atmosphere, and land to this degree.
Maximum average annual temperature in the United States from 1895 to 2023
(in degrees Celsius)
Characteristic
Temperature in degrees Celsius
2023
18.99
2022
18.71
2021
19.1
2020
19.07
2019
17.82
2018
18.38
2017
19.08
2016
19.27
2015
18.93
2014
17.97
2013
17.86
2012
19.83
2011
18.42
2010
18.14
2009
17.87
2008
18.03
2007
18.69
2006
19.12
2005
18.61
2004
18.12
2003
18.39
2002
18.44
2001
18.69
2000
18.51
1999
19
1998
18.68
1997
17.62
1996
17.62
1995
17.97
1994
18.22
1993
17.04
1992
17.85
1991
18.22
1990
18.68
1989
17.76
1988
18.43
1987
18.52
1986
18.28
1985
17.25
1984
17.55
1983
17.26
1982
17.13
1981
18.37
1980
18.02
1979
17.06
1978
17.09
1977
18.1
1976
17.82
1975
17.35
1974
17.96
1973
17.68
1972
17.27
1971
17.52
1970
17.53
1969
17.33
1968
17.34
1967
17.68
1966
17.58
1965
17.48
1964
17.73
1963
18.14
1962
17.76
1961
17.68
1960
17.46
1959
17.86
1958
17.63
1957
17.48
1956
18.29
1955
17.76
1954
18.77
1953
18.76
1952
18.17
1951
17.33
1950
17.56
1949
17.89
1948
17.69
1947
17.71
1946
18.42
1945
17.61
1944
17.68
1943
18.11
1942
17.69
1941
17.82
1940
17.63
1939
18.84
1938
18.46
1937
17.47
1936
18.11
1935
17.6
1934
19.31
1933
18.56
1932
17.64
1931
18.69
1930
17.88
1929
17.18
1928
17.73
1927
17.73
1926
17.71
1925
18.12
1924
17.18
1923
17.45
1922
17.81
1921
18.87
1920
17.06
1919
17.39
1918
17.74
1917
16.94
1916
17.29
1915
17.25
1914
17.63
1913
17.49
1912
16.65
1911
17.76
1910
18.29
1909
17.41
1908
17.88
1907
17.37
1906
17.4
1905
16.97
1904
17.44
1903
16.94
1902
17.43
1901
17.76
1900
18.11
1899
17.18
1898
17.39
1897
17.44
1896
17.63
1895
16.98
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. (February 21, 2024). Maximum average annual temperature in the United States from 1895 to 2023 (in degrees Celsius) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 23, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1038598/annual-average-maximum-temperature-in-the-us-celsius/
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. "Maximum average annual temperature in the United States from 1895 to 2023 (in degrees Celsius)." Chart. February 21, 2024. Statista. Accessed November 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1038598/annual-average-maximum-temperature-in-the-us-celsius/
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. (2024). Maximum average annual temperature in the United States from 1895 to 2023 (in degrees Celsius). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1038598/annual-average-maximum-temperature-in-the-us-celsius/
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Maximum average annual temperature in the United States from 1895 to 2023 (in degrees Celsius) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1038598/annual-average-maximum-temperature-in-the-us-celsius/ (last visited November 23, 2024)
Maximum average annual temperature in the United States from 1895 to 2023 (in degrees Celsius) [Graph], National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, February 21, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1038598/annual-average-maximum-temperature-in-the-us-celsius/
