The Year in Heat & Cold
1979
-2.19°F
ran -2.19°F cooler than the 1996–2025 average across 368 cities — the 24th coldest of 157 years on record.
Extremes
Coldest Day of 1979
-58.0°F
Bettles, AK · Feb 6
Hottest Day of 1979
120.0°F
Palm Springs, CA · Jun 27
Records Set in 1979
Daily Cold Records Set
1,471
calendar-day record lows set in 1979 that still stand today
Daily Heat Records Set
836
calendar-day record highs set in 1979 that still stand today
Where the Year Ran Warm & Cold
Each city's 1979 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 1979 — 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.
-7.66J
-8.22F
-0.48M
-1.43A
-1.63M
-2.08J
-1.60J
-1.82A
-0.56S
-0.35O
-1.27N
+0.46D
Coolest Stations & States
Coolest Stations of 1979
| 1 | Tyler TX | -5.61°F |
| 2 | Bismarck ND | -5.28°F |
| 3 | Fort Smith AR | -4.90°F |
| 4 | Peoria IL | -4.79°F |
| 5 | Fargo ND | -4.74°F |
| 6 | Topeka KS | -4.72°F |
| 7 | College Station TX | -4.64°F |
| 8 | Carbondale IL | -4.58°F |
| 9 | Saint Cloud MN | -4.52°F |
| 10 | Grand Forks ND | -4.49°F |
Warmest Stations of 1979
| 1 | St Paul Island AK | +3.48°F |
| 2 | Crescent City CA | +2.22°F |
| 3 | Kodiak AK | +2.21°F |
| 4 | Elko NV | +1.91°F |
| 5 | Bakersfield CA | +1.50°F |
| 6 | Nome AK | +1.40°F |
| 7 | Cold Bay AK | +1.35°F |
| 8 | San Diego CA | +1.24°F |
| 9 | Burns OR | +1.05°F |
| 10 | Klamath Falls OR | +1.01°F |
By State
Warmest states of 1979
Alaska+0.02°Maine-0.22°Puerto Rico-0.25°Oregon-0.53°Guam-0.54°Hawaii-0.72°
Coolest states of 1979
North Dakota-4.41°Missouri-3.82°Illinois-3.75°Minnesota-3.63°Wisconsin-3.62°Arkansas-3.61°
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