The Year in Heat & Cold
1941
-0.26°F
ran -0.26°F cooler than the 1996–2025 average across 312 cities — the 132nd coldest of 157 years on record.
Extremes
Coldest Day of 1941
-44.0°F
Fairbanks, AK · Dec 6
Hottest Day of 1941
115.0°F
Needles, CA · Jul 6
Records Set in 1941
Daily Cold Records Set
437
calendar-day record lows set in 1941 that still stand today
Daily Heat Records Set
1,095
calendar-day record highs set in 1941 that still stand today
Where the Year Ran Warm & Cold
Each city's 1941 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 1941 — 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.
+0.38J
-2.24F
-4.43M
+1.45A
+0.98M
-1.35J
-0.58J
-0.97A
-0.79S
+1.44O
+0.31N
+2.00D
Coolest Stations & States
Coolest Stations of 1941
| 1 | Phoenix AZ | -6.16°F |
| 2 | Las Vegas NV | -6.12°F |
| 3 | Palm Springs CA | -5.97°F |
| 4 | Needles CA | -5.64°F |
| 5 | Reno NV | -4.64°F |
| 6 | Kingman AZ | -4.58°F |
| 7 | Barrow AK | -4.22°F |
| 8 | Riverside CA | -4.12°F |
| 9 | Yuma AZ | -3.96°F |
| 10 | Palmdale CA | -3.54°F |
Warmest Stations of 1941
| 1 | Dubuque IA | +3.71°F |
| 2 | Crescent City CA | +3.36°F |
| 3 | Hibbing MN | +3.30°F |
| 4 | King Salmon AK | +2.75°F |
| 5 | Cedar Rapids IA | +2.65°F |
| 6 | Blacksburg VA | +2.59°F |
| 7 | Poughkeepsie NY | +2.58°F |
| 8 | Mitchell SD | +2.56°F |
| 9 | Hastings NE | +2.56°F |
| 10 | Astoria OR | +2.52°F |
By State
Warmest states of 1941
Iowa+1.83°Illinois+1.65°Washington+1.55°South Dakota+1.54°Minnesota+1.15°Wisconsin+1.12°
Coolest states of 1941
Arizona-3.71°Utah-2.95°New Mexico-2.93°Nevada-2.88°Vermont-2.80°Puerto Rico-2.34°
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