The Year in Heat & Cold
2000
-1.09°F
ran -1.09°F cooler than the 1996–2025 average across 383 cities — the 60th warmest of 157 years on record.
Extremes
Hottest Day of 2000
118.0°F
Needles, CA · Jun 15
Coldest Day of 2000
-56.0°F
Mcgrath, AK · Jan 1
Records Set in 2000
Daily Heat Records Set
1,287
calendar-day record highs set in 2000 that still stand today
Daily Cold Records Set
826
calendar-day record lows set in 2000 that still stand today
Where the Year Ran Warm & Cold
Each city's 2000 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 2000 — 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.
-0.34J
+3.25F
+2.30M
-0.80A
+0.80M
-1.22J
-2.12J
-0.65A
-1.87S
-0.51O
-4.23N
-6.99D
Warmest Stations & States
Warmest Stations of 2000
| 1 | Burley ID | +2.55°F |
| 2 | Nome AK | +1.31°F |
| 3 | Bethel AK | +1.29°F |
| 4 | King Salmon AK | +1.27°F |
| 5 | Grand Junction CO | +0.90°F |
| 6 | San Angelo TX | +0.87°F |
| 7 | Gulkana AK | +0.74°F |
| 8 | Alamosa CO | +0.64°F |
| 9 | Astoria OR | +0.56°F |
| 10 | Victoria TX | +0.55°F |
Coolest Stations of 2000
| 1 | Barrow AK | -3.83°F |
| 2 | Poughkeepsie NY | -3.78°F |
| 3 | Myrtle Beach SC | -2.83°F |
| 4 | Spokane WA | -2.78°F |
| 5 | Manchester NH | -2.74°F |
| 6 | Charlottesville VA | -2.70°F |
| 7 | Plattsburgh NY | -2.64°F |
| 8 | Hagerstown MD | -2.63°F |
| 9 | Reading PA | -2.63°F |
| 10 | Avoca PA | -2.59°F |
By State
Warmest states of 2000
Colorado+0.05°New Mexico-0.03°Alaska-0.20°Texas-0.22°Arizona-0.29°Kansas-0.31°
Coolest states of 2000
Vermont-2.49°District of Columbia-2.33°Delaware-2.23°New York-2.22°Connecticut-2.22°Virginia-2.11°
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part of Weather Trader · supported by Substack Subscribers · data: NWS NDFD forecast + NOAA/ACIS ThreadEx records · updated 2026-07-12 22:52Z
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