The Year in Heat & Cold
1958
-1.67°F
ran -1.67°F cooler than the 1996–2025 average across 367 cities — the 51st coldest of 157 years on record.
Extremes
Coldest Day of 1958
-51.0°F
Bettles, AK · Dec 28
Hottest Day of 1958
120.0°F
Needles, CA · Jul 11
Records Set in 1958
Daily Cold Records Set
976
calendar-day record lows set in 1958 that still stand today
Daily Heat Records Set
850
calendar-day record highs set in 1958 that still stand today
Where the Year Ran Warm & Cold
Each city's 1958 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 1958 — 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.
-0.80J
-4.64F
-4.31M
-0.93A
-0.04M
-2.37J
-1.69J
-0.48A
-1.21S
-0.63O
+0.29N
-3.88D
Coolest Stations & States
Coolest Stations of 1958
| 1 | Mansfield OH | -4.60°F |
| 2 | Burlington VT | -4.32°F |
| 3 | Fayetteville NC | -4.27°F |
| 4 | Philadelphia PA | -4.22°F |
| 5 | McAllen TX | -4.12°F |
| 6 | Reno NV | -4.10°F |
| 7 | Tyler TX | -4.10°F |
| 8 | Hartford CT | -4.08°F |
| 9 | Greenville MS | -4.03°F |
| 10 | Cape Hatteras NC | -3.96°F |
Warmest Stations of 1958
| 1 | Hillsboro OR | +3.62°F |
| 2 | Burns OR | +3.57°F |
| 3 | Seattle City WA | +2.85°F |
| 4 | Pendleton OR | +2.80°F |
| 5 | Crescent City CA | +2.69°F |
| 6 | Olympia WA | +2.52°F |
| 7 | Alturas CA | +2.51°F |
| 8 | Los Angeles Airport CA | +2.49°F |
| 9 | Jerome ID | +2.32°F |
| 10 | Pullman WA | +2.23°F |
By State
Warmest states of 1958
Washington+1.78°Oregon+1.61°Idaho+1.35°Montana+0.66°California+0.40°Colorado+0.25°
Coolest states of 1958
Vermont-4.32°District of Columbia-3.74°Connecticut-3.67°Rhode Island-3.48°Delaware-3.44°Kentucky-3.33°
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