The Year in Heat & Cold
1980
-1.37°F
ran -1.37°F cooler than the 1996–2025 average across 368 cities — the 74th coldest of 157 years on record.
Extremes
Coldest Day of 1980
-54.0°F
Delta Junction, AK · Jan 12
Hottest Day of 1980
120.0°F
Lake Havasu City, AZ · Jul 29
Records Set in 1980
Daily Cold Records Set
955
calendar-day record lows set in 1980 that still stand today
Daily Heat Records Set
1,392
calendar-day record highs set in 1980 that still stand today
Where the Year Ran Warm & Cold
Each city's 1980 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 1980 — 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.
-1.12J
-3.45F
-3.27M
-0.56A
-0.66M
-1.76J
+0.69J
+0.02A
-0.12S
-2.44O
-1.37N
-2.11D
Coolest Stations & States
Coolest Stations of 1980
| 1 | Barrow AK | -6.06°F |
| 2 | Sault Ste Marie MI | -4.46°F |
| 3 | Lumberton NC | -4.35°F |
| 4 | Saranac Lake NY | -4.32°F |
| 5 | Erie PA | -4.24°F |
| 6 | Atlantic City NJ | -4.18°F |
| 7 | Rhinelander WI | -4.14°F |
| 8 | Wilmington OH | -4.12°F |
| 9 | Youngstown OH | -4.01°F |
| 10 | Cleveland OH | -3.89°F |
Warmest Stations of 1980
| 1 | Los Angeles Downtown CA | +1.63°F |
| 2 | San Diego CA | +1.53°F |
| 3 | Scottsbluff NE | +1.53°F |
| 4 | Elko NV | +1.52°F |
| 5 | Kahului HI | +1.44°F |
| 6 | Crescent City CA | +1.31°F |
| 7 | San Juan PR | +1.21°F |
| 8 | Williston ND | +1.14°F |
| 9 | McCall ID | +1.12°F |
| 10 | Tulsa OK | +1.05°F |
By State
Warmest states of 1980
Puerto Rico+1.21°Colorado+0.37°District of Columbia+0.24°Oklahoma+0.12°South Dakota+0.08°Hawaii+0.05°
Coolest states of 1980
Vermont-3.17°Ohio-3.11°New Hampshire-3.00°Michigan-2.91°Maine-2.66°Wisconsin-2.38°
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