The Year in Heat & Cold
1949
-0.81°F
ran -0.81°F cooler than the 1996–2025 average across 353 cities — the 45th warmest of 157 years on record.
Extremes
Hottest Day of 1949
118.0°F
Needles, CA · Jul 15
Coldest Day of 1949
-53.0°F
Mcgrath, AK · Jan 2
Records Set in 1949
Daily Heat Records Set
1,175
calendar-day record highs set in 1949 that still stand today
Daily Cold Records Set
1,204
calendar-day record lows set in 1949 that still stand today
Where the Year Ran Warm & Cold
Each city's 1949 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 1949 — 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.
-2.16J
-1.39F
-1.67M
-0.76A
+-0.00M
-0.37J
-0.42J
-1.20A
-2.98S
+0.45O
+0.96N
-0.57D
Warmest Stations & States
Warmest Stations of 1949
| 1 | Baltimore MD | +2.73°F |
| 2 | Blacksburg VA | +2.47°F |
| 3 | Plattsburgh NY | +2.40°F |
| 4 | Dubuque IA | +2.37°F |
| 5 | Jacksonville FL | +2.34°F |
| 6 | Wilmington OH | +2.30°F |
| 7 | Gainesville FL | +2.30°F |
| 8 | Parkersburg WV | +2.22°F |
| 9 | Reading PA | +2.11°F |
| 10 | Beckley WV | +2.10°F |
Coolest Stations of 1949
| 1 | Reno NV | -7.07°F |
| 2 | Riverside CA | -6.29°F |
| 3 | Las Vegas NV | -5.94°F |
| 4 | Phoenix AZ | -5.25°F |
| 5 | Talkeetna AK | -5.24°F |
| 6 | Needles CA | -4.62°F |
| 7 | Helena MT | -4.61°F |
| 8 | Elko NV | -4.55°F |
| 9 | Omak WA | -4.35°F |
| 10 | Salt Lake City UT | -4.29°F |
By State
Warmest states of 1949
Pennsylvania+1.17°Massachusetts+1.11°West Virginia+1.03°New York+0.98°Mississippi+0.92°Virginia+0.85°
Coolest states of 1949
Nevada-4.67°Utah-4.29°Puerto Rico-3.69°Arizona-3.33°New Mexico-2.77°California-2.69°
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