The Year in Heat & Cold
1946
-0.36°F
ran -0.36°F cooler than the 1996–2025 average across 331 cities — the 129th coldest of 157 years on record.
Extremes
Coldest Day of 1946
-62.0°F
Delta Junction, AK · Dec 14
Hottest Day of 1946
119.0°F
Palm Springs, CA · Aug 2
Records Set in 1946
Daily Cold Records Set
868
calendar-day record lows set in 1946 that still stand today
Daily Heat Records Set
811
calendar-day record highs set in 1946 that still stand today
Where the Year Ran Warm & Cold
Each city's 1946 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 1946 — 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.
+0.24J
-0.50F
+3.70M
+1.22A
-2.33M
-1.89J
-1.37J
-2.80A
-1.78S
-0.27O
-0.02N
+0.86D
Coolest Stations & States
Coolest Stations of 1946
| 1 | Barrow AK | -5.45°F |
| 2 | Reno NV | -5.42°F |
| 3 | Palm Springs CA | -5.20°F |
| 4 | Phoenix AZ | -5.11°F |
| 5 | Talkeetna AK | -4.94°F |
| 6 | Homer AK | -4.38°F |
| 7 | Mcgrath AK | -4.27°F |
| 8 | Manchester NH | -4.22°F |
| 9 | Kotzebue AK | -4.09°F |
| 10 | San Francisco Airport CA | -4.07°F |
Warmest Stations of 1946
| 1 | Quincy IL | +3.35°F |
| 2 | Kansas City MO | +3.34°F |
| 3 | Dubuque IA | +3.29°F |
| 4 | Fort Pierce FL | +3.03°F |
| 5 | Hastings NE | +2.96°F |
| 6 | Carbondale IL | +2.88°F |
| 7 | Springfield IL | +2.77°F |
| 8 | Russellville AR | +2.67°F |
| 9 | North Platte NE | +2.55°F |
| 10 | Salina KS | +2.48°F |
By State
Warmest states of 1946
Illinois+1.81°Missouri+1.63°Kansas+1.44°Nebraska+1.21°Oklahoma+1.08°Arkansas+1.05°
Coolest states of 1946
Puerto Rico-3.51°Alaska-3.44°New Hampshire-2.90°Nevada-2.86°California-2.47°Utah-2.43°
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