1970

-1.73°F

ran -1.73°F cooler than the 1996–2025 average across 374 cities — the 112th warmest of 157 years on record.

Extremes

121.0°F

Needles, CA · Jun 25

-55.0°F

Bettles, AK · Dec 28

730

calendar-day record highs set in 1970 that still stand today

1,425

calendar-day record lows set in 1970 that still stand today

Each city's 1970 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 1970 — 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.

-5.97J

-1.12F

-3.90M

-1.36A

-0.23M

-1.26J

-1.02J

-0.46A

-1.14S

-1.53O

-1.48N

-1.46D

Warmest states of 1970

Guam+0.05°Hawaii-0.33°Idaho-0.36°Northern Marianas-0.55°Oregon-0.82°Colorado-0.83°

Coolest states of 1970

Vermont-4.91°New Hampshire-3.19°New Mexico-3.05°North Dakota-3.00°Utah-2.86°Rhode Island-2.84°

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