The Year in Heat & Cold
1992
-1.15°F
ran -1.15°F cooler than the 1996–2025 average across 367 cities — the 91st coldest of 157 years on record.
Extremes
Coldest Day of 1992
-50.0°F
Bettles, AK · Dec 23
Hottest Day of 1992
116.0°F
Needles, CA · Aug 16
Records Set in 1992
Daily Cold Records Set
1,050
calendar-day record lows set in 1992 that still stand today
Daily Heat Records Set
773
calendar-day record highs set in 1992 that still stand today
Where the Year Ran Warm & Cold
Each city's 1992 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 1992 — 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.
+1.22J
+2.87F
-0.15M
-0.52A
-1.19M
-2.28J
-2.50J
-3.22A
-2.05S
-1.53O
-2.03N
-2.03D
Coolest Stations & States
Coolest Stations of 1992
| 1 | Kotzebue AK | -5.01°F |
| 2 | Barrow AK | -4.96°F |
| 3 | Alamosa CO | -4.79°F |
| 4 | Nome AK | -4.38°F |
| 5 | Winslow AZ | -4.08°F |
| 6 | Bethel AK | -3.93°F |
| 7 | Borger TX | -3.70°F |
| 8 | Sault Ste Marie MI | -3.65°F |
| 9 | Talkeetna AK | -3.63°F |
| 10 | Fairbanks AK | -3.30°F |
Warmest Stations of 1992
| 1 | Klamath Falls OR | +4.71°F |
| 2 | McCall ID | +3.39°F |
| 3 | Challis ID | +2.85°F |
| 4 | Crescent City CA | +2.72°F |
| 5 | Eureka CA | +2.34°F |
| 6 | Burley ID | +2.18°F |
| 7 | Casper WY | +2.08°F |
| 8 | Tri-Cities WA | +1.98°F |
| 9 | Hillsboro OR | +1.91°F |
| 10 | Eugene OR | +1.87°F |
By State
Warmest states of 1992
Oregon+1.63°Idaho+1.58°Washington+0.99°Montana+0.97°Wyoming+0.92°California+0.52°
Coolest states of 1992
Vermont-3.14°Massachusetts-2.85°District of Columbia-2.60°Alaska-2.50°Connecticut-2.48°Maine-2.46°
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