Temperature change in United States of America
United States of America: Temperature change was 1.76 °C in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Temperature change in United States of America, 1961–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in °C.
Analysis
United States of America recorded 1.76 °C for temperature change in 2025.
The figure is down 9.7% on the previous year and up 14.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, temperature change in United States of America peaked at 2.21 °C in 2016 and was at its lowest, -0.414 °C, in 1971.
That places United States of America 13th out of 33 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Temperature change in United States of America, year by year
| Year | °C | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.004 °C | — |
| 1962 | -0.03 °C | -850.0% |
| 1963 | 0.423 °C | -1510.0% |
| 1964 | -0.285 °C | -167.4% |
| 1965 | -0.363 °C | +27.4% |
| 1966 | -0.216 °C | -40.5% |
| 1967 | 0.074 °C | -134.3% |
| 1968 | -0.082 °C | -210.8% |
| 1969 | -0.268 °C | +226.8% |
| 1970 | -0.021 °C | -92.2% |
| 1971 | -0.414 °C | +1871.4% |
| 1972 | -0.261 °C | -37.0% |
| 1973 | -0.029 °C | -88.9% |
| 1974 | 0.089 °C | -406.9% |
| 1975 | -0.372 °C | -518.0% |
| 1976 | -0.12 °C | -67.7% |
| 1977 | 0.396 °C | -430.0% |
| 1978 | 0.038 °C | -90.4% |
| 1979 | -0.313 °C | -923.7% |
| 1980 | 0.422 °C | -234.8% |
| 1981 | 0.877 °C | +107.8% |
| 1982 | -0.337 °C | -138.4% |
| 1983 | 0.542 °C | -260.8% |
| 1984 | -0.235 °C | -143.4% |
| 1985 | -0.025 °C | -89.4% |
| 1986 | 0.585 °C | -2440.0% |
| 1987 | 0.917 °C | +56.8% |
| 1988 | 0.482 °C | -47.4% |
| 1989 | 0.315 °C | -34.6% |
| 1990 | 0.675 °C | +114.3% |
| 1991 | 0.531 °C | -21.3% |
| 1992 | 0.398 °C | -25.0% |
| 1993 | 0.01 °C | -97.5% |
| 1994 | 0.47 °C | +4600.0% |
| 1995 | 0.641 °C | +36.4% |
| 1996 | -0.005 °C | -100.8% |
| 1997 | 0.389 °C | -7880.0% |
| 1998 | 1.28 °C | +228.0% |
| 1999 | 0.758 °C | -40.6% |
| 2000 | 1 °C | +32.5% |
| 2001 | 0.789 °C | -21.4% |
| 2002 | 0.955 °C | +21.0% |
| 2003 | 0.99 °C | +3.7% |
| 2004 | 0.863 °C | -12.8% |
| 2005 | 1.16 °C | +33.8% |
| 2006 | 1.03 °C | -10.8% |
| 2007 | 1.15 °C | +11.7% |
| 2008 | 0.215 °C | -81.3% |
| 2009 | 0.405 °C | +88.4% |
| 2010 | 0.707 °C | +74.6% |
| 2011 | 0.541 °C | -23.5% |
| 2012 | 1.46 °C | +169.9% |
| 2013 | 0.618 °C | -57.7% |
| 2014 | 0.514 °C | -16.8% |
| 2015 | 1.53 °C | +198.6% |
| 2016 | 2.21 °C | +43.7% |
| 2017 | 1.42 °C | -35.9% |
| 2018 | 1.25 °C | -11.4% |
| 2019 | 1.01 °C | -19.5% |
| 2020 | 1.31 °C | +29.5% |
| 2021 | 1.15 °C | -12.1% |
| 2022 | 1.2 °C | +4.4% |
| 2023 | 1.19 °C | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 1.95 °C | +63.1% |
| 2025 | 1.76 °C | -9.7% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Temperature change in United States of 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | +7880.0% | -0.005 °C | 0.389 °C |
| 1994 | +4600.0% | 0.01 °C | 0.47 °C |
| 1986 | +2440.0% | -0.025 °C | 0.585 °C |
| 1971 | -1871.4% | -0.021 °C | -0.414 °C |
| 1963 | +1510.0% | -0.03 °C | 0.423 °C |
| 1979 | -923.7% | 0.038 °C | -0.313 °C |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | -0.0826 °C | -0.363 °C | 0.423 °C | 9 |
| 1970s | -0.1007 °C | -0.414 °C | 0.396 °C | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.3543 °C | -0.337 °C | 0.917 °C | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.5143 °C | -0.005 °C | 1.28 °C | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.8556 °C | 0.215 °C | 1.16 °C | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.13 °C | 0.514 °C | 2.21 °C | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.43 °C | 1.15 °C | 1.95 °C | 6 |
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More environment data for United States of America
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.306 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 3.36 % change on previous year (2024)
- Value Added Deflator (Agriculture, forestry and fishery) — Value -11.95 % change on previous year (2024)
- Value Added Deflator (Agriculture, forestry and fishery) — Value US$ -11.95 % change on previous year (2024)
- Pesticides (total) — Import value, annual growth rate -4.98 % change on previous year (2024)
- Pesticides (total) — Export value, gaps filled 4.83 million 1000 USD (2024)
- Pesticides (total) — Export value, annual growth rate 1.94 % change on previous year (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Import quantity, gaps filled 3.96 million t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Import quantity, annual growth rate 3.16 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is temperature change in United States of America?
- Temperature change in United States of America was 1.76 °C in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest temperature change recorded in United States of America?
- The highest recorded value was 2.21 °C in 2016.
- What is the lowest temperature change recorded in United States of America?
- The lowest recorded value was -0.414 °C in 1971.
- How does United States of America rank for temperature change?
- United States of America ranks 13th out of 33 groups with data for 2025.
- Is temperature change rising or falling in United States of America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this United States of 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).