The Year in Heat & Cold
1987
-0.33°F
ran -0.33°F cooler than the 1996–2025 average across 365 cities — the 28th warmest of 157 years on record.
Extremes
Hottest Day of 1987
117.0°F
Lake Havasu City, AZ · Jul 15
Coldest Day of 1987
-53.0°F
Bettles, AK · Jan 11
Records Set in 1987
Daily Heat Records Set
1,219
calendar-day record highs set in 1987 that still stand today
Daily Cold Records Set
893
calendar-day record lows set in 1987 that still stand today
Where the Year Ran Warm & Cold
Each city's 1987 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 1987 — 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.
-0.86J
+0.91F
-0.48M
+0.28A
+1.35M
+0.16J
-0.77J
-1.00A
-1.18S
-2.98O
+0.55N
+0.00D
Warmest Stations & States
Warmest Stations of 1987
| 1 | Sisseton SD | +4.75°F |
| 2 | Ashland WI | +4.21°F |
| 3 | Williston ND | +4.13°F |
| 4 | Aberdeen SD | +4.05°F |
| 5 | International Falls MN | +4.00°F |
| 6 | Glasgow MT | +3.84°F |
| 7 | Great Falls MT | +3.68°F |
| 8 | Fargo ND | +3.50°F |
| 9 | Hibbing MN | +3.41°F |
| 10 | Huron SD | +3.20°F |
Coolest Stations of 1987
| 1 | El Paso TX | -5.02°F |
| 2 | Barrow AK | -4.52°F |
| 3 | Childress TX | -4.10°F |
| 4 | Del Rio TX | -3.96°F |
| 5 | San Angelo TX | -3.75°F |
| 6 | Lumberton NC | -3.66°F |
| 7 | Midland-Odessa TX | -3.63°F |
| 8 | Leesburg FL | -3.52°F |
| 9 | Borger TX | -3.50°F |
| 10 | Las Vegas NV | -3.32°F |
By State
Warmest states of 1987
North Dakota+3.31°South Dakota+3.18°Minnesota+2.66°Iowa+2.37°Wisconsin+2.13°Montana+1.88°
Coolest states of 1987
New Mexico-2.58°Texas-2.31°Vermont-1.82°Louisiana-1.69°Massachusetts-1.67°South Carolina-1.56°
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