The Year in Heat & Cold
1985
-1.98°F
ran -1.98°F cooler than the 1996–2025 average across 355 cities — the 34th coldest of 157 years on record.
Extremes
Coldest Day of 1985
-56.0°F
Bettles, AK · Feb 20
Hottest Day of 1985
122.0°F
Palm Springs, CA · Aug 24
Records Set in 1985
Daily Cold Records Set
1,653
calendar-day record lows set in 1985 that still stand today
Daily Heat Records Set
896
calendar-day record highs set in 1985 that still stand today
Where the Year Ran Warm & Cold
Each city's 1985 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 1985 — 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.
-5.33J
-3.98F
+0.21M
+1.24A
+0.16M
-2.21J
-1.02J
-2.22A
-2.83S
-0.41O
-1.99N
-5.78D
Coolest Stations & States
Coolest Stations of 1985
| 1 | Boise ID | -7.68°F |
| 2 | Burley ID | -6.17°F |
| 3 | Vancouver WA | -5.35°F |
| 4 | Ontario OR | -5.33°F |
| 5 | Helena MT | -5.17°F |
| 6 | Burns OR | -5.03°F |
| 7 | Mobridge SD | -4.99°F |
| 8 | Pocatello ID | -4.97°F |
| 9 | Spokane WA | -4.93°F |
| 10 | Reno NV | -4.78°F |
Warmest Stations of 1985
| 1 | New Bern NC | +1.25°F |
| 2 | Wilmington NC | +1.24°F |
| 3 | Austin-Bergstrom Airport TX | +0.96°F |
| 4 | Los Angeles Downtown CA | +0.94°F |
| 5 | Elizabeth City NC | +0.91°F |
| 6 | Augusta GA | +0.87°F |
| 7 | Winter Haven FL | +0.73°F |
| 8 | Lynchburg VA | +0.52°F |
| 9 | Annapolis MD | +0.41°F |
| 10 | Charleston WV | +0.40°F |
By State
Warmest states of 1985
Guam+0.14°Virginia-0.44°Maryland-0.46°North Carolina-0.50°Georgia-0.66°South Carolina-0.73°
Coolest states of 1985
Idaho-4.80°Montana-3.79°Washington-3.60°Minnesota-3.40°Oregon-3.36°North Dakota-3.35°
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