The Year in Heat & Cold
1963
-1.65°F
ran -1.65°F cooler than the 1996–2025 average across 370 cities — the 55th coldest of 157 years on record.
Extremes
Coldest Day of 1963
-56.0°F
Mcgrath, AK · Jan 8
Hottest Day of 1963
116.0°F
Palm Springs, CA · Jul 25
Records Set in 1963
Daily Cold Records Set
1,721
calendar-day record lows set in 1963 that still stand today
Daily Heat Records Set
1,425
calendar-day record highs set in 1963 that still stand today
Where the Year Ran Warm & Cold
Each city's 1963 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 1963 — 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.
-6.22J
-3.41F
+0.36M
-0.26A
-1.11M
-1.23J
-1.59J
-1.83A
-1.13S
+3.38O
+0.25N
-7.16D
Coolest Stations & States
Coolest Stations of 1963
| 1 | Fayetteville NC | -5.54°F |
| 2 | Reno NV | -5.48°F |
| 3 | Burlington VT | -5.44°F |
| 4 | Phoenix AZ | -5.05°F |
| 5 | Philadelphia PA | -4.95°F |
| 6 | Cleveland OH | -4.35°F |
| 7 | Clarksburg WV | -4.33°F |
| 8 | Milwaukee WI | -4.33°F |
| 9 | New Philadelphia OH | -4.25°F |
| 10 | Las Vegas NV | -4.21°F |
Warmest Stations of 1963
| 1 | McCook NE | +3.20°F |
| 2 | McCall ID | +2.51°F |
| 3 | Kansas City MO | +2.09°F |
| 4 | Challis ID | +2.09°F |
| 5 | Great Falls MT | +1.90°F |
| 6 | Sisseton SD | +1.80°F |
| 7 | Rapid City SD | +1.75°F |
| 8 | Williston ND | +1.51°F |
| 9 | Casper WY | +1.46°F |
| 10 | Burns OR | +1.40°F |
By State
Warmest states of 1963
South Dakota+0.87°Wyoming+0.72°North Dakota+0.69°Nebraska+0.47°Idaho+0.35°Oklahoma+0.20°
Coolest states of 1963
Vermont-5.44°Ohio-3.60°North Carolina-3.51°District of Columbia-3.50°West Virginia-3.49°Utah-3.49°
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