In 2023, the minimum average temperature in the contiguous United States reached around 5.9 degrees Celsius. Several of the hottest 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.
Minimum average annual temperature in the United States from 1895 to 2023
(in degrees Celsius)
Characteristic
Temperature in degrees Celsius
2023
5.9
2022
5.06
2021
5.91
2020
5.78
2019
5.15
2018
5.52
2017
5.97
2016
6.18
2015
5.95
2014
4.85
2013
4.83
2012
6.04
2011
5.11
2010
5.17
2009
4.78
2008
4.52
2007
5.37
2006
5.6
2005
5.43
2004
5.32
2003
5.22
2002
5.12
2001
5.41
2000
5.12
1999
5.31
1998
6.01
1997
4.82
1996
4.47
1995
4.98
1994
4.97
1993
4.35
1992
5.04
1991
5.28
1990
5.22
1989
4.27
1988
4.48
1987
5.18
1986
5.41
1985
4.19
1984
4.65
1983
4.82
1982
4.36
1981
5.09
1980
4.63
1979
3.92
1978
4.07
1977
4.73
1976
3.82
1975
4.32
1974
4.56
1973
4.86
1972
4.24
1971
4.32
1970
4.26
1969
4.34
1968
4.13
1967
4.27
1966
4.08
1965
4.38
1964
4.13
1963
4.36
1962
4.36
1961
4.39
1960
4.14
1959
4.48
1958
4.52
1957
4.79
1956
4.31
1955
4.12
1954
4.93
1953
4.98
1952
4.36
1951
3.92
1950
3.98
1949
4.36
1948
4.1
1947
4.42
1946
4.85
1945
4.33
1944
4.35
1943
4.19
1942
4.34
1941
5.13
1940
4.47
1939
4.78
1938
5.08
1937
4.26
1936
4.28
1935
4.51
1934
5.24
1933
4.76
1932
4.28
1931
5.24
1930
4.31
1929
3.77
1928
4.39
1927
4.66
1926
4.46
1925
4.67
1924
3.48
1923
4.37
1922
4.45
1921
5.35
1920
4.14
1919
4.32
1918
4.33
1917
3.12
1916
3.65
1915
4.36
1914
4.41
1913
4.22
1912
3.61
1911
4.49
1910
4.39
1909
4.19
1908
4.42
1907
4.27
1906
4.51
1905
4.14
1904
3.84
1903
3.75
1902
4.33
1901
4.32
1900
4.98
1899
3.93
1898
4.19
1897
4.28
1896
4.58
1895
3.39
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. (February 21, 2024). Minimum 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/1038625/annual-average-minimum-temperature-in-the-us-celsius/
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. "Minimum 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/1038625/annual-average-minimum-temperature-in-the-us-celsius/
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. (2024). Minimum 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/1038625/annual-average-minimum-temperature-in-the-us-celsius/
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. "Minimum Average Annual Temperature in The United States from 1895 to 2023 (in Degrees Celsius)." Statista, Statista Inc., 21 Feb 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1038625/annual-average-minimum-temperature-in-the-us-celsius/
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Minimum average annual temperature in the United States from 1895 to 2023 (in degrees Celsius) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1038625/annual-average-minimum-temperature-in-the-us-celsius/ (last visited November 23, 2024)
Minimum 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/1038625/annual-average-minimum-temperature-in-the-us-celsius/
