1973

-0.93°F

ran -0.93°F cooler than the 1996–2025 average across 362 cities — the 106th coldest of 157 years on record.

Extremes

-64.0°F

Bettles, AK · Jan 18

120.0°F

Needles, CA · Jun 27

968

calendar-day record lows set in 1973 that still stand today

636

calendar-day record highs set in 1973 that still stand today

Each city's 1973 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 1973 — 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.

-1.82J

-2.22F

+1.81M

-2.32A

-2.48M

-0.61J

-1.36J

-0.76A

-1.39S

+0.88O

-0.03N

-1.22D

Warmest states of 1973

Indiana+0.86°South Dakota+0.83°Ohio+0.69°New Jersey+0.56°New York+0.53°Iowa+0.46°

Coolest states of 1973

Alaska-3.55°New Mexico-3.30°Arizona-3.20°Utah-3.00°Nevada-2.59°Texas-2.47°

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