The Year in Heat & Cold
1965
-1.76°F
ran -1.76°F cooler than the 1996–2025 average across 373 cities — the 43rd coldest of 157 years on record.
Extremes
Coldest Day of 1965
-56.0°F
Delta Junction, AK · Jan 1
Hottest Day of 1965
116.0°F
Needles, CA · Aug 1
Records Set in 1965
Daily Cold Records Set
1,873
calendar-day record lows set in 1965 that still stand today
Daily Heat Records Set
770
calendar-day record highs set in 1965 that still stand today
Where the Year Ran Warm & Cold
Each city's 1965 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 1965 — 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.
-1.32J
-3.15F
-5.90M
-0.60A
-0.04M
-2.93J
-2.44J
-2.09A
-2.94S
-1.14O
+0.67N
+0.52D
Coolest Stations & States
Coolest Stations of 1965
| 1 | Phoenix AZ | -7.33°F |
| 2 | Reno NV | -5.55°F |
| 3 | Barrow AK | -5.42°F |
| 4 | Las Vegas NV | -5.16°F |
| 5 | Yakutat AK | -5.15°F |
| 6 | Talkeetna AK | -5.02°F |
| 7 | Fairbanks AK | -4.77°F |
| 8 | Fargo ND | -4.77°F |
| 9 | King Salmon AK | -4.71°F |
| 10 | Minneapolis-St Paul MN | -4.57°F |
Warmest Stations of 1965
| 1 | Kansas City MO | +1.39°F |
| 2 | Tri-Cities WA | +1.23°F |
| 3 | Carbondale IL | +1.22°F |
| 4 | Dequeen AR | +1.13°F |
| 5 | Burns OR | +0.94°F |
| 6 | McCall ID | +0.92°F |
| 7 | Houston TX | +0.89°F |
| 8 | Seattle City WA | +0.88°F |
| 9 | Jonesboro AR | +0.88°F |
| 10 | Blacksburg VA | +0.71°F |
By State
Warmest states of 1965
Oklahoma+0.28°Missouri-0.05°Arkansas-0.05°Washington-0.21°Oregon-0.49°Idaho-0.77°
Coolest states of 1965
North Dakota-4.20°Vermont-4.15°Utah-3.88°Alaska-3.58°Minnesota-3.55°Arizona-3.54°
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