Winter Temperatures

The winter of 2014-2015 has been a temperature roller coaster, particularly for the Midwest. November was already winter-like, with a large part of the Midwest 7F below normal:

Almost the entire contiguous 48 was above normal in December:

January was cold in the east and south:

Persistent eastern troughing produced temperatures 11 - 14F below normal for most of the Great Lakes and Northeast in February: