1971

-1.70°F

ran -1.70°F cooler than the 1996–2025 average across 375 cities — the 50th coldest of 157 years on record.

Extremes

-68.0°F

Bettles, AK · Jan 24

120.0°F

Palm Springs, CA · Sep 12

1,638

calendar-day record lows set in 1971 that still stand today

907

calendar-day record highs set in 1971 that still stand today

Each city's 1971 average temperature versus its 1996–2025 normal — blue where the year ran cool, red where it ran hot.

Each city's single hottest and coldest reading of 1971 — the number is the temperature, coloured hot-to-cold. Toggle between the two.

National temperature anomaly by month — red above the line is a warm month, blue below is cool.

-3.67J

-2.01F

-4.31M

-2.37A

-3.25M

-0.39J

-2.52J

-1.59A

-1.05S

+1.26O

-1.74N

+0.76D

Warmest states of 1971

Guam+0.67°Northern Marianas-0.16°Illinois-0.22°Mississippi-0.27°Puerto Rico-0.34°Missouri-0.36°

Coolest states of 1971

Alaska-5.47°Nevada-3.98°Utah-3.93°Vermont-3.92°Arizona-3.89°New Hampshire-3.40°

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