1955

-1.57°F

ran -1.57°F cooler than the 1996–2025 average across 364 cities — the 98th warmest of 157 years on record.

Extremes

118.0°F

Needles, CA · Jun 8

-57.0°F

Bettles, AK · Jan 4

1,043

calendar-day record highs set in 1955 that still stand today

1,539

calendar-day record lows set in 1955 that still stand today

Each city's 1955 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 1955 — 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.

-1.71J

-3.11F

-2.34M

+0.94A

-0.04M

-3.51J

-0.04J

+0.37A

-0.73S

-0.56O

-4.61N

-3.86D

Warmest states of 1955

Michigan+0.26°Missouri+0.10°Mississippi-0.06°Illinois-0.16°Ohio-0.26°Arkansas-0.30°

Coolest states of 1955

Nevada-4.90°Utah-4.84°Alaska-4.56°Washington-3.83°Montana-3.76°Arizona-3.29°

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