2016

+1.49°F

ran +1.49°F warmer than the 1996–2025 average across 387 cities — the 156th coldest of 157 years on record.

Extremes

-44.0°F

Bettles, AK · Nov 30

125.0°F

Needles, CA · Jun 20

210

calendar-day record lows set in 2016 that still stand today

1,724

calendar-day record highs set in 2016 that still stand today

Each city's 2016 average temperature versus its 1996–2025 normal — blue where the year ran cool, red where it ran hot.

Each city's single hottest and coldest reading of 2016 — the number is the temperature, coloured hot-to-cold. Toggle between the two.

National temperature anomaly by month — red above the line is a warm month, blue below is cool.

+0.40J

+2.95F

+4.14M

+1.08A

-0.32M

+1.43J

+0.95J

+1.19A

+1.37S

+2.65O

+3.58N

-1.08D

Warmest states of 2016

Alaska+3.74°North Dakota+3.46°South Dakota+2.64°Iowa+2.18°Wisconsin+2.01°Illinois+1.95°

Coolest states of 2016

Hawaii+0.46°Puerto Rico+0.50°New Mexico+0.63°Florida+0.67°Arizona+0.68°Maryland+0.73°

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