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.
Hottest Day of 1975
117.0°F
Needles, CA · Aug 8
Coldest Day of 1975
-70.0°F
Bettles, AK · Jan 4
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.
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.
National temperature anomaly by month — red above the line is a warm month, blue below is cool.
Warmest Stations & States
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°