The Year in Heat & Cold
1937
-1.26°F
ran -1.26°F cooler than the 1996–2025 average across 295 cities — the 81st coldest of 157 years on record.
Extremes
Coldest Day of 1937
-50.0°F
Fairbanks, AK · Feb 18
Hottest Day of 1937
117.0°F
El Centro, CA · Jul 2
Records Set in 1937
Daily Cold Records Set
882
calendar-day record lows set in 1937 that still stand today
Daily Heat Records Set
828
calendar-day record highs set in 1937 that still stand today
Where the Year Ran Warm & Cold
Each city's 1937 average temperature versus its 1996–2025 normal — blue where the year ran cool, red where it ran hot.
Hottest & Coldest at Every City
Each city's single hottest and coldest reading of 1937 — the number is the temperature, coloured hot-to-cold. Toggle between the two.
Month by Month
National temperature anomaly by month — red above the line is a warm month, blue below is cool.
-1.41J
-2.22F
-4.19M
-1.79A
+0.20M
-0.73J
-0.33J
+1.32A
-1.22S
-1.38O
-2.09N
-1.91D
Coolest Stations & States
Coolest Stations of 1937
| 1 | Las Vegas NV | -5.86°F |
| 2 | Reno NV | -5.25°F |
| 3 | Phoenix AZ | -4.74°F |
| 4 | Rochester MN | -4.42°F |
| 5 | Riverside CA | -3.87°F |
| 6 | Brainerd MN | -3.82°F |
| 7 | Hagerstown MD | -3.82°F |
| 8 | Camarillo CA | -3.72°F |
| 9 | Yuma AZ | -3.57°F |
| 10 | Tucson AZ | -3.56°F |
Warmest Stations of 1937
| 1 | Bangor ME | +3.63°F |
| 2 | St Paul Island AK | +2.69°F |
| 3 | Longview TX | +1.73°F |
| 4 | Crescent City CA | +1.49°F |
| 5 | Millinocket ME | +1.32°F |
| 6 | Albany NY | +0.98°F |
| 7 | Portland ME | +0.77°F |
| 8 | McCook NE | +0.72°F |
| 9 | Blacksburg VA | +0.69°F |
| 10 | Huntington WV | +0.63°F |
By State
Warmest states of 1937
Maine+1.91°Connecticut-0.23°Mississippi-0.42°New York-0.44°Louisiana-0.47°Georgia-0.50°
Coolest states of 1937
Nevada-3.72°Minnesota-3.10°Arizona-3.03°Utah-3.02°District of Columbia-2.84°Wyoming-2.62°
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