The Year in Heat & Cold
1994
-0.73°F
ran -0.73°F cooler than the 1996–2025 average across 362 cities — the 42nd warmest of 157 years on record.
Extremes
Hottest Day of 1994
121.0°F
Needles, CA · Jun 29
Coldest Day of 1994
-54.0°F
Bettles, AK · Nov 23
Records Set in 1994
Daily Heat Records Set
719
calendar-day record highs set in 1994 that still stand today
Daily Cold Records Set
655
calendar-day record lows set in 1994 that still stand today
Where the Year Ran Warm & Cold
Each city's 1994 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 1994 — 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.
-3.75J
-3.14F
-0.03M
+1.04A
-1.23M
+0.84J
-0.92J
-1.57A
-1.20S
-0.72O
+0.39N
+1.25D
Warmest Stations & States
Warmest Stations of 1994
| 1 | Casper WY | +3.34°F |
| 2 | Burley ID | +2.62°F |
| 3 | Denver CO | +2.12°F |
| 4 | Lander WY | +2.01°F |
| 5 | Tri-Cities WA | +1.98°F |
| 6 | Klamath Falls OR | +1.94°F |
| 7 | Grand Junction CO | +1.57°F |
| 8 | Los Angeles Downtown CA | +1.51°F |
| 9 | Rapid City SD | +1.36°F |
| 10 | Missoula MT | +1.32°F |
Coolest Stations of 1994
| 1 | Barrow AK | -5.36°F |
| 2 | Sault Ste Marie MI | -3.45°F |
| 3 | Kotzebue AK | -3.19°F |
| 4 | Syracuse NY | -2.65°F |
| 5 | New Philadelphia OH | -2.51°F |
| 6 | Nome AK | -2.50°F |
| 7 | Muskegon MI | -2.46°F |
| 8 | Albany GA | -2.44°F |
| 9 | Millinocket ME | -2.41°F |
| 10 | Carbondale IL | -2.40°F |
By State
Warmest states of 1994
Wyoming+1.83°New Mexico+0.53°Idaho+0.45°Washington+0.45°Oregon+0.34°Colorado+0.31°
Coolest states of 1994
Vermont-2.31°Maine-1.78°New Hampshire-1.67°Michigan-1.58°Alaska-1.51°Delaware-1.51°
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