1960

-2.01°F

ran -2.01°F cooler than the 1996–2025 average across 368 cities — the 32nd coldest of 157 years on record.

Extremes

-57.0°F

Bettles, AK · Jan 14

120.0°F

Needles, CA · Jul 16

1,542

calendar-day record lows set in 1960 that still stand today

705

calendar-day record highs set in 1960 that still stand today

Each city's 1960 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 1960 — 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.

-1.27J

-3.37F

-8.30M

+0.41A

-1.93M

-1.32J

-1.40J

-1.12A

-0.47S

-0.21O

-0.28N

-4.42D

Warmest states of 1960

Wyoming-0.57°California-0.92°Hawaii-1.03°Idaho-1.07°Oregon-1.17°Maine-1.17°

Coolest states of 1960

Kentucky-3.28°Vermont-3.21°Tennessee-3.03°District of Columbia-3.02°Kansas-2.99°Louisiana-2.92°

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