The Year in Heat & Cold
1974
-1.31°F
ran -1.31°F cooler than the 1996–2025 average across 370 cities — the 79th coldest of 157 years on record.
Extremes
Coldest Day of 1974
-59.0°F
Bettles, AK · Dec 30
Hottest Day of 1974
120.0°F
El Centro, CA · Jun 28
Records Set in 1974
Daily Cold Records Set
1,756
calendar-day record lows set in 1974 that still stand today
Daily Heat Records Set
941
calendar-day record highs set in 1974 that still stand today
Where the Year Ran Warm & Cold
Each city's 1974 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 1974 — 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.
+0.35J
-1.71F
+0.45M
-0.24A
-1.46M
-2.33J
-1.07J
-2.19A
-3.59S
-1.98O
-1.03N
-1.11D
Coolest Stations & States
Coolest Stations of 1974
| 1 | Barrow AK | -8.87°F |
| 2 | Reno NV | -5.51°F |
| 3 | Kotzebue AK | -5.36°F |
| 4 | Delta Junction AK | -4.78°F |
| 5 | Nome AK | -4.38°F |
| 6 | Mcgrath AK | -4.26°F |
| 7 | Bettles AK | -4.11°F |
| 8 | Brainerd MN | -4.02°F |
| 9 | Millinocket ME | -3.95°F |
| 10 | El Paso TX | -3.70°F |
Warmest Stations of 1974
| 1 | Pendleton OR | +2.12°F |
| 2 | Great Falls MT | +1.89°F |
| 3 | Burns OR | +1.67°F |
| 4 | Eugene OR | +1.66°F |
| 5 | Havre MT | +1.64°F |
| 6 | Jerome ID | +1.60°F |
| 7 | Klamath Falls OR | +1.43°F |
| 8 | Brooksville FL | +1.34°F |
| 9 | Bakersfield CA | +1.25°F |
| 10 | Gainesville FL | +1.23°F |
By State
Warmest states of 1974
Montana+0.32°Oregon+0.15°South Dakota-0.06°Hawaii-0.07°Idaho-0.20°Mississippi-0.34°
Coolest states of 1974
Alaska-3.64°Vermont-3.08°New Hampshire-2.95°Maine-2.66°Minnesota-2.53°North Dakota-2.29°
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