Feb 26, 2025 - Climate
Mapped: Spring temperatures
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Spring is getting warmer overall and featuring more unusually hot days in most U.S. cities, a new analysis finds.
Zoom in: New Orleans warmed 4.2°F based on analysis of 55 years of data for March through May, according to Climate Central.
- The national average was 2.4°F.
Between the lines: The spring warming in the U.S. is happening in tandem with increasing temperatures around the world due to human emissions of greenhouse gases from burning fossil fuels such as coal, oil and gas.