The Year in Heat & Cold
1936
-0.95°F
ran -0.95°F cooler than the 1996–2025 average across 296 cities — the 54th warmest of 157 years on record.
Extremes
Hottest Day of 1936
119.0°F
El Centro, CA · Jul 14
Coldest Day of 1936
-59.0°F
Glasgow, MT · Feb 15
Records Set in 1936
Daily Heat Records Set
2,202
calendar-day record highs set in 1936 that still stand today
Daily Cold Records Set
1,229
calendar-day record lows set in 1936 that still stand today
Where the Year Ran Warm & Cold
Each city's 1936 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 1936 — 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.
-3.74J
-9.26F
+0.90M
-2.20A
+1.89M
+0.09J
+1.61J
+1.41A
+0.51S
-0.65O
-2.98N
+0.70D
Warmest Stations & States
Warmest Stations of 1936
| 1 | Crescent City CA | +2.64°F |
| 2 | Klamath Falls OR | +2.55°F |
| 3 | Quincy IL | +2.43°F |
| 4 | Kodiak AK | +1.96°F |
| 5 | Jerome ID | +1.78°F |
| 6 | Tulsa OK | +1.73°F |
| 7 | Redding CA | +1.64°F |
| 8 | Blacksburg VA | +1.50°F |
| 9 | Kansas City MO | +1.42°F |
| 10 | Goodland KS | +1.39°F |
Coolest Stations of 1936
| 1 | Barrow AK | -6.04°F |
| 2 | Needles CA | -4.85°F |
| 3 | Sault Ste Marie MI | -4.27°F |
| 4 | Manchester NH | -4.25°F |
| 5 | Hagerstown MD | -4.14°F |
| 6 | Brownsville TX | -4.04°F |
| 7 | Fargo ND | -3.84°F |
| 8 | Newark NJ | -3.78°F |
| 9 | Del Rio TX | -3.67°F |
| 10 | Burlington VT | -3.58°F |
By State
Warmest states of 1936
Oklahoma+0.86°Kansas+0.58°Arkansas+0.28°Colorado+0.26°Illinois+0.06°Missouri+0.04°
Coolest states of 1936
Vermont-3.58°Minnesota-3.08°District of Columbia-2.99°Puerto Rico-2.96°North Dakota-2.83°New Jersey-2.71°
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