Dec-Jan 2019-20 Warmest 1st Two Months Of Meteorological Winter For Lower 48 On Record
The first two months of meteorological winter (December 2019 – January 2020) were the warmest on record for the contiguous U.S. in data going back to 1895. NOAA provided the January data and images on Thursday ahead of its monthly U.S. climate report.
The average national temperature for the first two of winter’s three months was 35.95°F, topping the 35.82°F observed in Dec. 2005 – Jan. 2006. Across the contiguous U.S., this winter so far is running about 4.5°F warmer than the average winter of the 20th century.
The nation saw its fifth warmest January on record, following the sixth warmest December. Even though neither month was record-warm on a national or state level, the mild conditions were prolonged enough to top the national list when the two months are combined.
The warmth was also usually widespread. Not a single one of the Lower 48 states had a temperature significantly below average in December, and the same was true in January. Thirteen states had a top-ten-warmest January, including every New England state except Vermont.
EDIT
https://desdemonadespair.net/2020/02/january-2020-sees-warmest-winter-in-u-s-history-so-far.html
