The Year in Heat & Cold
1945
-1.40°F
ran -1.40°F cooler than the 1996–2025 average across 331 cities — the 69th coldest of 157 years on record.
Extremes
Coldest Day of 1945
-55.0°F
Bettles, AK · Feb 12
Hottest Day of 1945
116.0°F
Palm Springs, CA · Jun 19
Records Set in 1945
Daily Cold Records Set
1,089
calendar-day record lows set in 1945 that still stand today
Daily Heat Records Set
818
calendar-day record highs set in 1945 that still stand today
Where the Year Ran Warm & Cold
Each city's 1945 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 1945 — 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.
-1.76J
+0.06F
+3.68M
-0.57A
-3.61M
-3.33J
-2.09J
-1.47A
-0.98S
-1.10O
-0.83N
-5.35D
Coolest Stations & States
Coolest Stations of 1945
| 1 | Barrow AK | -6.96°F |
| 2 | Phoenix AZ | -5.80°F |
| 3 | Reno NV | -5.26°F |
| 4 | Las Vegas NV | -4.60°F |
| 5 | Kotzebue AK | -4.59°F |
| 6 | Riverside CA | -4.55°F |
| 7 | Manchester NH | -4.38°F |
| 8 | Saint Cloud MN | -4.02°F |
| 9 | Palm Springs CA | -4.01°F |
| 10 | Needles CA | -3.95°F |
Warmest Stations of 1945
| 1 | Jacksonville FL | +1.47°F |
| 2 | Klamath Falls OR | +1.40°F |
| 3 | Brooksville FL | +1.30°F |
| 4 | Salisbury MD | +1.27°F |
| 5 | Punta Gorda FL | +1.22°F |
| 6 | Austin-Bergstrom Airport TX | +1.11°F |
| 7 | Augusta GA | +1.09°F |
| 8 | Longview TX | +1.07°F |
| 9 | Kingman AZ | +1.06°F |
| 10 | New Bern NC | +1.05°F |
By State
Warmest states of 1945
Georgia+0.08°Rhode Island-0.03°Virginia-0.13°Mississippi-0.14°North Carolina-0.26°Washington-0.39°
Coolest states of 1945
Utah-3.88°Puerto Rico-3.73°Nevada-3.42°New Hampshire-3.04°North Dakota-2.72°Indiana-2.59°
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