The Year in Heat & Cold
2010
-0.48°F
ran -0.48°F cooler than the 1996–2025 average across 386 cities — the 124th coldest of 157 years on record.
Extremes
Coldest Day of 2010
-56.0°F
Bettles, AK · Jan 15
Hottest Day of 2010
120.0°F
Needles, CA · Jul 15
Records Set in 2010
Daily Cold Records Set
516
calendar-day record lows set in 2010 that still stand today
Daily Heat Records Set
1,094
calendar-day record highs set in 2010 that still stand today
Where the Year Ran Warm & Cold
Each city's 2010 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 2010 — 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.
-2.16J
-3.57F
+0.05M
+1.49A
-0.05M
+0.86J
+0.34J
+1.04A
+0.07S
+0.56O
-0.64N
-4.17D
Coolest Stations & States
Coolest Stations of 2010
| 1 | St Paul Island AK | -3.79°F |
| 2 | Brooksville FL | -3.44°F |
| 3 | Havre MT | -3.40°F |
| 4 | Marathon FL | -3.22°F |
| 5 | Sarasota-Bradenton FL | -2.98°F |
| 6 | King Salmon AK | -2.97°F |
| 7 | Orlando FL | -2.94°F |
| 8 | Bethel AK | -2.86°F |
| 9 | Punta Gorda FL | -2.82°F |
| 10 | Sanford FL | -2.77°F |
Warmest Stations of 2010
| 1 | Caribou ME | +3.27°F |
| 2 | Millinocket ME | +3.03°F |
| 3 | Bangor ME | +2.85°F |
| 4 | Marquette County MI | +2.39°F |
| 5 | Rhinelander WI | +2.06°F |
| 6 | Hibbing MN | +2.06°F |
| 7 | Sault Ste Marie MI | +2.05°F |
| 8 | Holland MI | +1.98°F |
| 9 | Saranac Lake NY | +1.89°F |
| 10 | Portland ME | +1.86°F |
By State
Warmest states of 2010
Maine+2.75°Rhode Island+1.44°Michigan+1.40°Massachusetts+1.29°New Hampshire+1.29°Minnesota+1.18°
Coolest states of 2010
Florida-2.59°Utah-1.72°Montana-1.56°Georgia-1.36°California-1.34°Mississippi-1.15°
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