1959

-1.13°F

ran -1.13°F cooler than the 1996–2025 average across 369 cities — the 65th warmest of 157 years on record.

Extremes

119.0°F

Palm Springs, CA · Jun 22

-50.0°F

Fairbanks, AK · Jan 6

807

calendar-day record highs set in 1959 that still stand today

1,074

calendar-day record lows set in 1959 that still stand today

Each city's 1959 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 1959 — 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.

-2.75J

-1.78F

-2.54M

-0.52A

+0.25M

-0.42J

-1.33J

+0.13A

-1.00S

-0.84O

-3.75N

+0.66D

Warmest states of 1959

California+0.16°Virginia+0.16°New York-0.05°Delaware-0.20°West Virginia-0.23°Maryland-0.26°

Coolest states of 1959

Alaska-3.16°Utah-2.69°Texas-2.52°Puerto Rico-2.39°Nevada-2.36°New Mexico-2.31°

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