The Year in Heat & Cold
1947
-1.33°F
ran -1.33°F cooler than the 1996–2025 average across 331 cities — the 77th coldest of 157 years on record.
Extremes
Coldest Day of 1947
-65.0°F
Bettles, AK · Jan 17
Hottest Day of 1947
120.0°F
Palm Springs, CA · Jul 18
Records Set in 1947
Daily Cold Records Set
1,434
calendar-day record lows set in 1947 that still stand today
Daily Heat Records Set
1,284
calendar-day record highs set in 1947 that still stand today
Where the Year Ran Warm & Cold
Each city's 1947 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 1947 — 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.
+0.64J
-4.52F
-4.66M
-0.69A
-1.75M
-2.94J
-2.46J
+0.87A
-0.37S
+3.90O
-3.53N
-1.27D
Coolest Stations & States
Coolest Stations of 1947
| 1 | Reno NV | -4.79°F |
| 2 | Barrow AK | -4.72°F |
| 3 | Manchester NH | -4.50°F |
| 4 | Phoenix AZ | -4.45°F |
| 5 | Palm Springs CA | -4.42°F |
| 6 | Clayton NM | -3.66°F |
| 7 | Camarillo CA | -3.55°F |
| 8 | Roswell NM | -3.53°F |
| 9 | McAllen TX | -3.52°F |
| 10 | Mcgrath AK | -3.48°F |
Warmest Stations of 1947
| 1 | Fort Pierce FL | +1.88°F |
| 2 | Klamath Falls OR | +1.79°F |
| 3 | Burns OR | +1.75°F |
| 4 | Gulkana AK | +1.35°F |
| 5 | Dubuque IA | +1.32°F |
| 6 | Kingman AZ | +1.20°F |
| 7 | Crescent City CA | +1.07°F |
| 8 | Quincy IL | +1.02°F |
| 9 | Yakima WA | +0.91°F |
| 10 | Kansas City MO | +0.85°F |
By State
Warmest states of 1947
Northern Marianas+0.38°Washington+0.03°Oregon-0.05°Rhode Island-0.34°Montana-0.44°Idaho-0.47°
Coolest states of 1947
New Hampshire-3.15°New Mexico-2.97°Puerto Rico-2.79°Utah-2.77°District of Columbia-2.70°Texas-2.35°
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