The Year in Heat & Cold
1969
-2.01°F
ran -2.01°F cooler than the 1996–2025 average across 377 cities — the 31st coldest of 157 years on record.
Extremes
Coldest Day of 1969
-62.0°F
Bettles, AK · Jan 2
Hottest Day of 1969
121.0°F
Palm Springs, CA · Aug 4
Records Set in 1969
Daily Cold Records Set
1,284
calendar-day record lows set in 1969 that still stand today
Daily Heat Records Set
654
calendar-day record highs set in 1969 that still stand today
Where the Year Ran Warm & Cold
Each city's 1969 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 1969 — 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.
-3.04J
-2.90F
-6.28M
+0.27A
-0.42M
-2.16J
-0.87J
-0.92A
-1.28S
-2.48O
-2.18N
-2.03D
Coolest Stations & States
Coolest Stations of 1969
| 1 | Barrow AK | -5.60°F |
| 2 | Chattanooga TN | -5.02°F |
| 3 | Burlington VT | -4.81°F |
| 4 | Spencer IA | -4.68°F |
| 5 | Phoenix AZ | -4.62°F |
| 6 | Helena MT | -4.56°F |
| 7 | Raleigh NC | -4.50°F |
| 8 | Reno NV | -4.35°F |
| 9 | Albany GA | -4.31°F |
| 10 | Waterloo IA | -4.00°F |
Warmest Stations of 1969
| 1 | Challis ID | +2.05°F |
| 2 | Pueblo CO | +1.73°F |
| 3 | Redding CA | +1.17°F |
| 4 | McCall ID | +1.13°F |
| 5 | Burns OR | +0.89°F |
| 6 | Jerome ID | +0.80°F |
| 7 | Kotzebue AK | +0.52°F |
| 8 | Cold Bay AK | +0.48°F |
| 9 | Saipan MP | +0.37°F |
| 10 | Baker City OR | +0.31°F |
By State
Warmest states of 1969
Northern Marianas+0.37°Guam-0.08°Idaho-0.31°Wyoming-0.61°Colorado-0.67°Hawaii-1.03°
Coolest states of 1969
Vermont-4.81°Montana-3.30°Tennessee-3.20°New Hampshire-3.19°Georgia-3.14°Iowa-3.02°
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