February 2021 and DEC/JAN/FEB 2020-21 Climate Rankings
Fig. 1: Statewide temperature rankings for February 2021. February discussion: The U.S. ranked 19th coldest given the 127-year climatology in February 2021 (Fig. 1). The arctic outbreak during the middle third of the month forced the cold national ranking. Each state in the central and southern Great Plains to Missouri/Arkansas ranked in the top 10…