CLIMATE SUMMARY WINTER 2024-25

U.S. climate summary for February 2025

 BY NOAA NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION

PUBLISHED MARCH 13, 2025

The average temperature of the contiguous United States in February was 34.9°F, 1.0°F above average, ranking in the middle third of the 131-year record. February temperatures were above average in general across much of the Southwest, Gulf Coast, and Southeast. Temperatures were cooler than average from the Pacific Northwest to the northern and central Plains. Arizona had its second-warmest February on record, and Alaska’s February statewide temperature was 11.8°F, 7.0°F above the long-term average. Hawaii had an average temperature of 64.5°F, 1.4°F above the 1991–2020 average. The meteorological winter (December–February) average temperature for the Contiguous 48 states was 34.1°F, 1.9°F above average. The top map shows February 2025 temperatures compared to the 1991-2020 average, with places that were cooler than average in blue and places that were warmer than average in red.

February precipitation for the contiguous United States was 2.13 inches, which is average for the month. Wetter-than-average conditions occurred across much of the Northwest, from the central Mississippi Valley to the East Coast, and into parts of the Northeast. Dry conditions stretched from parts of the Southwest and Deep South to the Great Lakes and northern Plains, and also occurred in portions of the Southeast. The bottom map shows February precipitation as a percent of the 1991-2020 average, with places that were drier than average colored brown and places that were wetter than average colored blue-green. 

For additional details about February climate conditions, including statistics for Alaska and Hawaii, see NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information's monthly summary for February 2025.