The Year in Heat & Cold
2011
-0.16°F
ran -0.16°F cooler than the 1996–2025 average across 387 cities — the 133rd coldest of 157 years on record.
Extremes
Coldest Day of 2011
-54.0°F
Bettles, AK · Jan 23
Hottest Day of 2011
119.0°F
Lake Havasu City, AZ · Jul 3
Records Set in 2011
Daily Cold Records Set
422
calendar-day record lows set in 2011 that still stand today
Daily Heat Records Set
1,390
calendar-day record highs set in 2011 that still stand today
Where the Year Ran Warm & Cold
Each city's 2011 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 2011 — 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.
-2.93J
-1.63F
-0.71M
+0.45A
-0.95M
+0.17J
+1.46J
+1.08A
-0.55S
-0.29O
+0.54N
+1.21D
Coolest Stations & States
Coolest Stations of 2011
| 1 | Homer AK | -3.13°F |
| 2 | Omak WA | -2.74°F |
| 3 | Baker City OR | -2.64°F |
| 4 | Salt Lake City UT | -2.62°F |
| 5 | Mobridge SD | -2.56°F |
| 6 | Burns OR | -2.51°F |
| 7 | Stanley ID | -2.49°F |
| 8 | Stockton CA | -2.47°F |
| 9 | Winnemucca NV | -2.45°F |
| 10 | Madera CA | -2.44°F |
Warmest Stations of 2011
| 1 | Laredo TX | +2.65°F |
| 2 | San Angelo TX | +2.51°F |
| 3 | Bluefield WV | +2.16°F |
| 4 | Trenton NJ | +2.13°F |
| 5 | Childress TX | +1.99°F |
| 6 | Longview TX | +1.96°F |
| 7 | Wichita Falls TX | +1.94°F |
| 8 | Baltimore Downtown MD | +1.93°F |
| 9 | Salisbury MD | +1.92°F |
| 10 | Tyler TX | +1.87°F |
By State
Warmest states of 2011
New Jersey+1.48°Texas+1.28°Oklahoma+1.22°Maryland+1.18°Virginia+0.88°Massachusetts+0.80°
Coolest states of 2011
Utah-2.62°Oregon-2.06°Idaho-1.80°Washington-1.79°California-1.71°Nevada-1.29°
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