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The Year in Heat & Cold

1975

-1.66°F
ran -1.66°F cooler than the 1996–2025 average across 369 cities — the 104th warmest of 157 years on record.

Extremes

Hottest Day of 1975

117.0°F
Needles, CA · Aug 8

Coldest Day of 1975

-70.0°F
Bettles, AK · Jan 4

Records Set in 1975

Daily Heat Records Set

700
calendar-day record highs set in 1975 that still stand today

Daily Cold Records Set

1,270
calendar-day record lows set in 1975 that still stand today

Where the Year Ran Warm & Cold

Each city's 1975 average temperature versus its 1996–2025 normal — blue where the year ran cool, red where it ran hot.
1975 U.S. temperature anomaly map

Hottest & Coldest at Every City

Each city's single hottest and coldest reading of 1975 — the number is the temperature, coloured hot-to-cold. Toggle between the two.
1975 — hottest and coldest temperature at each U.S. city

Month by Month

National temperature anomaly by month — red above the line is a warm month, blue below is cool.
+0.51J
-1.94F
-4.39M
-4.66A
+0.03M
-1.88J
-1.30J
-1.32A
-3.48S
-0.14O
-0.11N
-1.51D

Warmest Stations & States

Warmest Stations of 1975

1Saranac Lake NY+1.98°F
2Gulfport MS+1.60°F
3Gainesville FL+1.59°F
4Plattsburgh NY+1.43°F
5Pendleton OR+1.28°F
6Brooksville FL+1.20°F
7Wilmington NC+1.19°F
8New Bern NC+1.03°F
9Fort Pierce FL+1.02°F
10Aberdeen SD+0.92°F

Coolest Stations of 1975

1Barrow AK-8.83°F
2King Salmon AK-7.17°F
3Mcgrath AK-6.53°F
4Reno NV-6.40°F
5Talkeetna AK-5.94°F
6Kotzebue AK-5.76°F
7Nome AK-5.48°F
8Bethel AK-5.36°F
9Helena MT-5.35°F
10Kodiak AK-5.22°F

By State

Warmest states of 1975
District of Columbia+0.10°Florida-0.14°Connecticut-0.23°North Carolina-0.34°New York-0.40°Indiana-0.41°
Coolest states of 1975
Alaska-4.81°Arizona-4.06°Utah-3.63°Nevada-3.61°New Mexico-3.43°Montana-3.14°
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