The Year in Heat & Cold
1944
-1.12°F
ran -1.12°F cooler than the 1996–2025 average across 324 cities — the 63rd warmest of 157 years on record.
Extremes
Hottest Day of 1944
117.0°F
Needles, CA · Aug 12
Coldest Day of 1944
-52.0°F
Mcgrath, AK · Jan 29
Records Set in 1944
Daily Heat Records Set
1,000
calendar-day record highs set in 1944 that still stand today
Daily Cold Records Set
699
calendar-day record lows set in 1944 that still stand today
Where the Year Ran Warm & Cold
Each city's 1944 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 1944 — 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.
+1.18J
+0.22F
-4.07M
-2.80A
+1.32M
-0.65J
-1.63J
-0.94A
-0.97S
+0.04O
-0.94N
-4.06D
Warmest Stations & States
Warmest Stations of 1944
| 1 | Hibbing MN | +2.71°F |
| 2 | Eau Claire WI | +1.80°F |
| 3 | Dubuque IA | +1.75°F |
| 4 | Dayton OH | +1.62°F |
| 5 | Pine Bluff AR | +1.45°F |
| 6 | Saranac Lake NY | +1.40°F |
| 7 | Quincy IL | +1.29°F |
| 8 | Omak WA | +1.21°F |
| 9 | Great Falls MT | +1.18°F |
| 10 | Rhinelander WI | +1.16°F |
Coolest Stations of 1944
| 1 | Elko NV | -6.53°F |
| 2 | Phoenix AZ | -6.30°F |
| 3 | Reno NV | -6.22°F |
| 4 | Lander WY | -5.51°F |
| 5 | Riverside CA | -5.23°F |
| 6 | Salt Lake City UT | -5.01°F |
| 7 | Las Vegas NV | -4.77°F |
| 8 | Needles CA | -4.47°F |
| 9 | Yuma AZ | -4.43°F |
| 10 | Palmdale CA | -4.25°F |
By State
Warmest states of 1944
Arkansas+0.35°Mississippi+0.27°Washington+0.20°Illinois+0.18°Minnesota+0.13°Wisconsin+0.04°
Coolest states of 1944
Utah-5.01°Nevada-4.78°Arizona-3.56°Puerto Rico-3.16°New Mexico-3.05°New Hampshire-3.04°
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