The Year in Heat & Cold
1983
-1.42°F
ran -1.42°F cooler than the 1996–2025 average across 362 cities — the 91st warmest of 157 years on record.
Extremes
Hottest Day of 1983
117.0°F
Lake Havasu City, AZ · Jul 7
Coldest Day of 1983
-57.0°F
Bettles, AK · Jan 12
Records Set in 1983
Daily Heat Records Set
837
calendar-day record highs set in 1983 that still stand today
Daily Cold Records Set
1,650
calendar-day record lows set in 1983 that still stand today
Where the Year Ran Warm & Cold
Each city's 1983 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 1983 — 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.
+0.10J
+0.67F
-0.75M
-3.90A
-2.97M
-2.07J
-0.39J
+1.30A
-1.06S
-0.35O
-0.14N
-7.69D
Warmest Stations & States
Warmest Stations of 1983
| 1 | Crescent City CA | +2.99°F |
| 2 | Kodiak AK | +2.84°F |
| 3 | Los Angeles Downtown CA | +2.82°F |
| 4 | San Diego CA | +2.70°F |
| 5 | Eureka CA | +2.70°F |
| 6 | Nome AK | +2.10°F |
| 7 | Omak WA | +1.67°F |
| 8 | Sheridan WY | +1.54°F |
| 9 | Santa Maria CA | +1.52°F |
| 10 | Grand Junction CO | +1.31°F |
Coolest Stations of 1983
| 1 | Tyler TX | -5.43°F |
| 2 | Barrow AK | -5.28°F |
| 3 | New Orleans LA | -4.43°F |
| 4 | College Station TX | -4.41°F |
| 5 | Albany GA | -4.37°F |
| 6 | Austin TX | -4.30°F |
| 7 | Dallas-Fort Worth TX | -4.26°F |
| 8 | Reno NV | -4.15°F |
| 9 | Borger TX | -4.11°F |
| 10 | Houston TX | -4.11°F |
By State
Warmest states of 1983
Puerto Rico+1.27°Rhode Island+0.66°Guam+0.43°Indiana+0.04°Massachusetts+0.02°North Dakota-0.04°
Coolest states of 1983
Louisiana-3.78°Alabama-3.27°Texas-3.20°South Carolina-2.80°Tennessee-2.61°Arkansas-2.59°
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