Temperature change in Northern America
Northern America: Temperature change was 2.49 °C in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Temperature change in Northern America, 1961–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in °C.
Analysis
The most recent figure for temperature change in Northern America is 2.49 °C, measured in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 11.0% on the previous year and up 85.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, temperature change in Northern America peaked at 2.79 °C in 2024 and was at its lowest, -1.2 °C, in 1972.
That places Northern America 4th out of 33 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Temperature change in Northern America, year by year
| Year | °C | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.021 °C | — |
| 1962 | -0.076 °C | -461.9% |
| 1963 | 0.37 °C | -586.8% |
| 1964 | -0.285 °C | -177.0% |
| 1965 | -0.656 °C | +130.2% |
| 1966 | -0.186 °C | -71.6% |
| 1967 | -0.256 °C | +37.6% |
| 1968 | 0.256 °C | -200.0% |
| 1969 | -0.105 °C | -141.0% |
| 1970 | 0.252 °C | -340.0% |
| 1971 | -0.175 °C | -169.4% |
| 1972 | -1.2 °C | +586.3% |
| 1973 | 0.176 °C | -114.7% |
| 1974 | -0.467 °C | -365.3% |
| 1975 | -0.01 °C | -97.9% |
| 1976 | 0.008 °C | -180.0% |
| 1977 | 0.825 °C | +10212.5% |
| 1978 | -0.359 °C | -143.5% |
| 1979 | -0.243 °C | -32.3% |
| 1980 | 0.736 °C | -402.9% |
| 1981 | 1.27 °C | +73.2% |
| 1982 | -0.547 °C | -142.9% |
| 1983 | 0.475 °C | -186.8% |
| 1984 | 0.099 °C | -79.2% |
| 1985 | -0.179 °C | -280.8% |
| 1986 | 0.232 °C | -229.6% |
| 1987 | 1.17 °C | +402.6% |
| 1988 | 0.921 °C | -21.0% |
| 1989 | 0.103 °C | -88.8% |
| 1990 | 0.288 °C | +179.6% |
| 1991 | 0.399 °C | +38.5% |
| 1992 | 0.187 °C | -53.1% |
| 1993 | 0.19 °C | +1.6% |
| 1994 | 0.447 °C | +135.3% |
| 1995 | 0.809 °C | +81.0% |
| 1996 | -0.068 °C | -108.4% |
| 1997 | 0.413 °C | -707.4% |
| 1998 | 2.01 °C | +386.2% |
| 1999 | 1.33 °C | -33.8% |
| 2000 | 1.18 °C | -11.4% |
| 2001 | 1.18 °C | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 0.703 °C | -40.5% |
| 2003 | 1.17 °C | +66.0% |
| 2004 | 0.644 °C | -44.8% |
| 2005 | 1.24 °C | +93.0% |
| 2006 | 1.85 °C | +48.6% |
| 2007 | 1.26 °C | -31.6% |
| 2008 | 0.617 °C | -51.2% |
| 2009 | 0.498 °C | -19.3% |
| 2010 | 2.09 °C | +319.7% |
| 2011 | 1.11 °C | -46.8% |
| 2012 | 1.88 °C | +68.8% |
| 2013 | 0.983 °C | -47.6% |
| 2014 | 0.393 °C | -60.0% |
| 2015 | 1.34 °C | +242.2% |
| 2016 | 2.33 °C | +73.4% |
| 2017 | 1.48 °C | -36.7% |
| 2018 | 0.792 °C | -46.3% |
| 2019 | 1.21 °C | +52.1% |
| 2020 | 1.2 °C | -0.7% |
| 2021 | 2 °C | +66.8% |
| 2022 | 1.24 °C | -38.0% |
| 2023 | 1.89 °C | +52.7% |
| 2024 | 2.79 °C | +47.8% |
| 2025 | 2.49 °C | -11.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Temperature change in Northern America changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | +10212.5% | 0.008 °C | 0.825 °C |
| 1997 | +707.4% | -0.068 °C | 0.413 °C |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | -0.1019 °C | -0.656 °C | 0.37 °C | 9 |
| 1970s | -0.1194 °C | -1.2 °C | 0.825 °C | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.4281 °C | -0.547 °C | 1.27 °C | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.6003 °C | -0.068 °C | 2.01 °C | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.03 °C | 0.498 °C | 1.85 °C | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.36 °C | 0.393 °C | 2.33 °C | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.93 °C | 1.2 °C | 2.79 °C | 6 |
Countries ranked near Northern America
- 1 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 2.26 °C compare
- 1 Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands 3.92 °C compare
- 2 Kazakhstan 3.29 °C compare
- 2 Syrian Arab Republic 2.09 °C compare
- 3 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 2.07 °C compare
- 3 Kyrgyzstan 2.97 °C compare
- 4 Canada 2.96 °C compare
- 5 Finland 2.94 °C compare
- 5 Republic of Moldova 1.95 °C compare
- 6 Russian Federation 2.87 °C compare
- 6 Türkiye 1.93 °C compare
- 7 Estonia 2.78 °C compare
More environment data for Northern America
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -3.25 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -2.23 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.466 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 43.74 million t (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Production 70.81 million t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Production 60.43 million t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 92.54 million t (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per capita 13.25 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Agricultural Use 14.64 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is temperature change in Northern America?
- Temperature change in Northern America was 2.49 °C in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest temperature change recorded in Northern America?
- The highest recorded value was 2.79 °C in 2024.
- What is the lowest temperature change recorded in Northern America?
- The lowest recorded value was -1.2 °C in 1972.
- How does Northern America rank for temperature change?
- Northern America ranks 4th out of 33 groups with data for 2025.
- Is temperature change rising or falling in Northern America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 85.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Northern America data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Temperature change. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT Temperature change on land domain disseminates statistics of mean surface temperature change by country, with annual updates. Statistics are available for monthly, seasonal and annual mean temperature anomalies, i.e., temperature change with respect to a baseline climatology, corresponding to the period 1951–1980. The standard deviation of the temperature change of the baseline methodology is also available. Data are based on the publicly available GISTEMP data, the Global Surface Temperature Change data distributed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Goddard Institute for Space Studies (NASA-GISS).