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The Year in Heat & Cold

1964

-1.75°F
ran -1.75°F cooler than the 1996–2025 average across 373 cities — the 44th coldest of 157 years on record.

Extremes

Coldest Day of 1964

-60.0°F
Delta Junction, AK · Dec 11

Hottest Day of 1964

118.0°F
El Centro, CA · Jul 12

Records Set in 1964

Daily Cold Records Set

2,003
calendar-day record lows set in 1964 that still stand today

Daily Heat Records Set

807
calendar-day record highs set in 1964 that still stand today

Where the Year Ran Warm & Cold

Each city's 1964 average temperature versus its 1996–2025 normal — blue where the year ran cool, red where it ran hot.
1964 U.S. temperature anomaly map

Hottest & Coldest at Every City

Each city's single hottest and coldest reading of 1964 — the number is the temperature, coloured hot-to-cold. Toggle between the two.
1964 — hottest and coldest temperature at each U.S. city

Month by Month

National temperature anomaly by month — red above the line is a warm month, blue below is cool.
-0.14J
-3.55F
-3.50M
-0.83A
-0.24M
-1.45J
-0.81J
-2.75A
-2.50S
-2.13O
-0.21N
-2.55D

Coolest Stations & States

Coolest Stations of 1964

1Barrow AK-9.96°F
2Phoenix AZ-8.16°F
3Kotzebue AK-7.34°F
4Salt Lake City UT-6.09°F
5Bethel AK-5.97°F
6Reno NV-5.78°F
7Fairbanks AK-5.77°F
8Talkeetna AK-5.77°F
9Bettles AK-5.71°F
10Mcgrath AK-5.53°F

Warmest Stations of 1964

1Kansas City MO+1.60°F
2McCook NE+1.48°F
3Rhinelander WI+1.30°F
4Cedar Rapids IA+1.12°F
5Plattsburgh NY+0.96°F
6Carbondale IL+0.85°F
7Kalamazoo MI+0.69°F
8Chicago IL+0.62°F
9Jonesboro AR+0.60°F
10Midland-Odessa TX+0.58°F

By State

Warmest states of 1964
Missouri-0.14°Arkansas-0.30°Illinois-0.31°Oklahoma-0.46°Iowa-0.48°South Dakota-0.50°
Coolest states of 1964
Utah-6.09°Alaska-4.55°Nevada-4.47°Arizona-4.22°Vermont-3.39°New Mexico-3.28°
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