The Year in Heat & Cold
1962
-1.79°F
ran -1.79°F cooler than the 1996–2025 average across 374 cities — the 116th warmest of 157 years on record.
Extremes
Hottest Day of 1962
117.0°F
Needles, CA · Aug 14
Coldest Day of 1962
-57.0°F
Bettles, AK · Jan 25
Records Set in 1962
Daily Heat Records Set
1,215
calendar-day record highs set in 1962 that still stand today
Daily Cold Records Set
1,775
calendar-day record lows set in 1962 that still stand today
Where the Year Ran Warm & Cold
Each city's 1962 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 1962 — 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.
-4.07J
-0.82F
-4.52M
-0.99A
+0.99M
-1.84J
-2.58J
-1.28A
-2.86S
+0.56O
-1.15N
-3.00D
Warmest Stations & States
Warmest Stations of 1962
| 1 | Redding CA | +1.34°F |
| 2 | Houston TX | +1.27°F |
| 3 | McCook NE | +1.02°F |
| 4 | Challis ID | +0.70°F |
| 5 | Carbondale IL | +0.64°F |
| 6 | McCall ID | +0.62°F |
| 7 | Burns OR | +0.58°F |
| 8 | Punta Gorda FL | +0.47°F |
| 9 | Mount Ida AR | +0.45°F |
| 10 | Tri-Cities WA | +0.44°F |
Coolest Stations of 1962
| 1 | Reno NV | -6.51°F |
| 2 | Phoenix AZ | -5.40°F |
| 3 | Burlington VT | -5.37°F |
| 4 | Minneapolis-St Paul MN | -4.86°F |
| 5 | Philadelphia PA | -4.79°F |
| 6 | Camarillo CA | -4.46°F |
| 7 | Milwaukee WI | -4.09°F |
| 8 | Riverside CA | -4.01°F |
| 9 | Medford OR | -4.00°F |
| 10 | Portland ME | -3.98°F |
By State
Warmest states of 1962
Arkansas-0.28°Mississippi-0.44°Wyoming-0.65°Alabama-0.78°Colorado-0.81°Guam-0.88°
Coolest states of 1962
Vermont-5.37°Connecticut-3.82°Utah-3.79°Rhode Island-3.59°Maine-3.47°District of Columbia-3.47°
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