February continued the unusually mild start to 2023, with much of the eastern U.S. seeing record or near-record warm temperatures.
February continued the unusually mild start to 2023, with much of the eastern U.S. seeing record or near-record warm temperatures.
In the West, several storms brought historic wintry weather and continued to ease drought conditions in California, according to NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI).
Below are highlights from NOAA’s U.S. climate report for February 2023:
Climate by the Numbers
February 2023
The average temperature across the contiguous U.S. last month was 36.5 degrees F, 2.7 degrees above the 20th-century average, ranking in the warmest third of the 129-year climate record.
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