Annual Summary

  • Article #1567: 2023

    Temperature The preliminary average temperature for the Midwest in 2023 was 51.2°F, which was 2.2°F above the 1991-2020 normal. Final rankings indicat...

  • Article #225: 2022

    Temperature The average temperature for the Midwest in 2022 was 48.4°F, which was 0.6°F below the 1991-2020 normal (Figure 1). The greatest departures...

  • Article #58: 2021

    Midwest Averages Above Normal Temperatures, 16th Coldest February on Record Average temperature for the Midwest during 2021 was 50.6°F, which was 1.6°...

  • Article #53: 2020

    Midwest Averages Above Normal Precipitation Annual precipitation averaged across the Midwest was 37.72 inches, 0.78 inches above normal. This was the...

  • Article #50: 2019

    Record Setting Precipitation The Midwest set a record for the wettest year in history (1895-2019) for the second straight year (Figure 1). The old rec...

  • Article #128: 2018

    Near Normal Temperatures Annual averaged temperatures in the Midwest were near normal (Figure 1). The entire region was within 2°F of normal when aver...

  • Article #129: 2017

    Above Normal Temperatures Annual averaged temperatures in the Midwest were well above normal. The region as a whole averaged 1.8°F above normal rankin...

  • Article #130: 2016

    Above Normal Temperatures Annual averaged temperatures in the Midwest were well above normal (Figure 1). The region as a whole averaged 2.6°F above no...