The Year in Heat & Cold
1954
-0.58°F
ran -0.58°F cooler than the 1996–2025 average across 368 cities — the 121st coldest of 157 years on record.
Extremes
Coldest Day of 1954
-56.0°F
Bettles, AK · Feb 25
Hottest Day of 1954
117.0°F
Yuma, AZ · Aug 29
Records Set in 1954
Daily Cold Records Set
1,119
calendar-day record lows set in 1954 that still stand today
Daily Heat Records Set
1,546
calendar-day record highs set in 1954 that still stand today
Where the Year Ran Warm & Cold
Each city's 1954 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 1954 — 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.
-1.17J
+4.05F
-3.54M
+1.62A
-3.27M
-0.91J
-0.28J
-1.23A
-0.22S
-0.05O
+0.13N
-1.77D
Coolest Stations & States
Coolest Stations of 1954
| 1 | King Salmon AK | -6.00°F |
| 2 | Reno NV | -5.11°F |
| 3 | Riverside CA | -4.09°F |
| 4 | Kotzebue AK | -3.92°F |
| 5 | Bettles AK | -3.89°F |
| 6 | Talkeetna AK | -3.89°F |
| 7 | Fresno CA | -3.88°F |
| 8 | Homer AK | -3.88°F |
| 9 | Phoenix AZ | -3.87°F |
| 10 | Mcgrath AK | -3.85°F |
Warmest Stations of 1954
| 1 | Kansas City MO | +3.61°F |
| 2 | Poplar Bluff MO | +2.95°F |
| 3 | Hastings NE | +2.89°F |
| 4 | Austin-Bergstrom Airport TX | +2.79°F |
| 5 | Stillwater OK | +2.77°F |
| 6 | Pueblo CO | +2.48°F |
| 7 | Casper WY | +2.43°F |
| 8 | Harrison AR | +2.39°F |
| 9 | Russellville AR | +2.37°F |
| 10 | Concordia KS | +2.28°F |
By State
Warmest states of 1954
Missouri+2.03°Oklahoma+1.70°Kansas+1.65°Colorado+1.60°Wyoming+1.56°Arkansas+1.50°
Coolest states of 1954
Alaska-3.38°Vermont-2.72°Puerto Rico-2.64°New Hampshire-2.25°Nevada-2.17°Washington-2.14°
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