The Year in Heat & Cold
2014
-0.89°F
ran -0.89°F cooler than the 1996–2025 average across 386 cities — the 107th coldest of 157 years on record.
Extremes
Coldest Day of 2014
-47.0°F
Bettles, AK · Jan 13
Hottest Day of 2014
118.0°F
Needles, CA · Jul 24
Records Set in 2014
Daily Cold Records Set
893
calendar-day record lows set in 2014 that still stand today
Daily Heat Records Set
807
calendar-day record highs set in 2014 that still stand today
Where the Year Ran Warm & Cold
Each city's 2014 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 2014 — 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.
-2.44J
-3.56F
-3.31M
-0.09A
+0.58M
-0.05J
-1.48J
-0.50A
-0.11S
+1.25O
-3.51N
+2.12D
Coolest Stations & States
Coolest Stations of 2014
| 1 | Rhinelander WI | -5.09°F |
| 2 | Hayward WI | -4.60°F |
| 3 | Wausau WI | -4.46°F |
| 4 | Marquette County MI | -4.33°F |
| 5 | Indianapolis IN | -4.06°F |
| 6 | Green Bay WI | -4.03°F |
| 7 | Toledo OH | -4.02°F |
| 8 | Moline IL | -4.01°F |
| 9 | Milwaukee WI | -3.96°F |
| 10 | Eau Claire WI | -3.92°F |
Warmest Stations of 2014
| 1 | Kotzebue AK | +4.60°F |
| 2 | Santa Maria CA | +4.45°F |
| 3 | King Salmon AK | +4.38°F |
| 4 | Homer AK | +4.26°F |
| 5 | Yuma AZ | +3.93°F |
| 6 | Nome AK | +3.54°F |
| 7 | Fresno CA | +3.43°F |
| 8 | Mcgrath AK | +3.42°F |
| 9 | Bethel AK | +3.39°F |
| 10 | San Francisco Airport CA | +3.34°F |
By State
Warmest states of 2014
California+2.37°Alaska+2.32°Nevada+2.19°Oregon+1.48°Arizona+1.34°Washington+1.33°
Coolest states of 2014
Wisconsin-4.01°Michigan-3.26°Indiana-3.08°Illinois-3.08°Iowa-3.07°Minnesota-3.02°
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