The Year in Heat & Cold
1951
-1.97°F
ran -1.97°F cooler than the 1996–2025 average across 361 cities — the 35th coldest of 157 years on record.
Extremes
Coldest Day of 1951
-58.0°F
Mcgrath, AK · Jan 18
Hottest Day of 1951
115.0°F
Needles, CA · Jul 7
Records Set in 1951
Daily Cold Records Set
1,571
calendar-day record lows set in 1951 that still stand today
Daily Heat Records Set
1,020
calendar-day record highs set in 1951 that still stand today
Where the Year Ran Warm & Cold
Each city's 1951 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 1951 — 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.
-1.24J
-0.99F
-4.02M
-2.08A
-0.77M
-2.61J
-1.39J
-1.38A
-2.18S
-0.39O
-4.52N
-2.20D
Coolest Stations & States
Coolest Stations of 1951
| 1 | Bismarck ND | -6.80°F |
| 2 | Helena MT | -6.11°F |
| 3 | Glasgow MT | -5.75°F |
| 4 | Riverside CA | -5.60°F |
| 5 | Reno NV | -5.49°F |
| 6 | Mobridge SD | -5.40°F |
| 7 | Fargo ND | -5.35°F |
| 8 | Aberdeen SD | -5.24°F |
| 9 | Minneapolis-St Paul MN | -5.24°F |
| 10 | Las Vegas NV | -5.23°F |
Warmest Stations of 1951
| 1 | Klamath Falls OR | +1.68°F |
| 2 | Austin-Bergstrom Airport TX | +1.09°F |
| 3 | Jacksonville FL | +1.07°F |
| 4 | Punta Gorda FL | +0.95°F |
| 5 | Gainesville FL | +0.94°F |
| 6 | Blacksburg VA | +0.89°F |
| 7 | Macon GA | +0.76°F |
| 8 | Tupelo MS | +0.72°F |
| 9 | Jackson MS | +0.69°F |
| 10 | Burns OR | +0.63°F |
By State
Warmest states of 1951
Mississippi+0.16°Massachusetts-0.65°Alabama-0.67°Virginia-0.70°Pennsylvania-0.73°Georgia-0.73°
Coolest states of 1951
North Dakota-5.38°South Dakota-4.82°Montana-4.67°Wisconsin-4.33°Utah-4.06°Minnesota-3.98°
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