1950

-1.95°F

ran -1.95°F cooler than the 1996–2025 average across 359 cities — the 36th coldest of 157 years on record.

Extremes

-52.0°F

Fairbanks, AK · Feb 13

123.0°F

Yuma, AZ · Sep 1

2,202

calendar-day record lows set in 1950 that still stand today

1,398

calendar-day record highs set in 1950 that still stand today

Each city's 1950 average temperature versus its 1996–2025 normal — blue where the year ran cool, red where it ran hot.

Each city's single hottest and coldest reading of 1950 — the number is the temperature, coloured hot-to-cold. Toggle between the two.

National temperature anomaly by month — red above the line is a warm month, blue below is cool.

+1.51J

-0.66F

-4.19M

-3.87A

-1.58M

-1.96J

-3.27J

-2.99A

-2.87S

+1.99O

-2.91N

-2.88D

Warmest states of 1950

Northern Marianas-0.08°Mississippi-0.39°Colorado-0.63°New Mexico-0.71°Texas-0.78°Arizona-0.79°

Coolest states of 1950

North Dakota-6.11°Minnesota-5.23°South Dakota-4.81°Wisconsin-4.48°Montana-3.99°Puerto Rico-3.57°

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