The Year in Heat & Cold
1970
-1.73°F
ran -1.73°F cooler than the 1996–2025 average across 374 cities — the 46th coldest of 157 years on record.
Extremes
Coldest Day of 1970
-55.0°F
Bettles, AK · Dec 28
Hottest Day of 1970
121.0°F
Needles, CA · Jun 25
Records Set in 1970
Daily Cold Records Set
1,425
calendar-day record lows set in 1970 that still stand today
Daily Heat Records Set
730
calendar-day record highs set in 1970 that still stand today
Where the Year Ran Warm & Cold
Each city's 1970 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 1970 — 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.
-5.97J
-1.12F
-3.90M
-1.36A
-0.23M
-1.26J
-1.02J
-0.46A
-1.14S
-1.53O
-1.48N
-1.46D
Coolest Stations & States
Coolest Stations of 1970
| 1 | Barrow AK | -7.41°F |
| 2 | Burlington VT | -4.91°F |
| 3 | Phoenix AZ | -4.55°F |
| 4 | Las Vegas NV | -4.47°F |
| 5 | Manchester NH | -4.18°F |
| 6 | Erie PA | -4.16°F |
| 7 | Del Rio TX | -3.88°F |
| 8 | McAllen TX | -3.85°F |
| 9 | Sault Ste Marie MI | -3.78°F |
| 10 | Reno NV | -3.74°F |
Warmest Stations of 1970
| 1 | Pueblo CO | +1.96°F |
| 2 | Kansas City MO | +1.80°F |
| 3 | Redding CA | +1.64°F |
| 4 | Challis ID | +1.43°F |
| 5 | Bakersfield CA | +1.19°F |
| 6 | Burns OR | +0.74°F |
| 7 | Hastings NE | +0.72°F |
| 8 | Jerome ID | +0.71°F |
| 9 | Klamath Falls OR | +0.53°F |
| 10 | Lihue HI | +0.35°F |
By State
Warmest states of 1970
Guam+0.05°Hawaii-0.33°Idaho-0.36°Northern Marianas-0.55°Oregon-0.82°Colorado-0.83°
Coolest states of 1970
Vermont-4.91°New Hampshire-3.19°New Mexico-3.05°North Dakota-3.00°Utah-2.86°Rhode Island-2.84°
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