The Year in Heat & Cold
2001
-0.49°F
ran -0.49°F cooler than the 1996–2025 average across 384 cities — the 35th warmest of 157 years on record.
Extremes
Hottest Day of 2001
120.0°F
Needles, CA · Jul 2
Coldest Day of 2001
-49.0°F
Bettles, AK · Dec 19
Records Set in 2001
Daily Heat Records Set
946
calendar-day record highs set in 2001 that still stand today
Daily Cold Records Set
620
calendar-day record lows set in 2001 that still stand today
Where the Year Ran Warm & Cold
Each city's 2001 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 2001 — 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.
-1.21J
-1.00F
-3.02M
+0.57A
+0.06M
-1.01J
-1.47J
+0.17A
-2.04S
-1.51O
+3.18N
+1.39D
Warmest Stations & States
Warmest Stations of 2001
| 1 | Havre MT | +2.83°F |
| 2 | International Falls MN | +1.89°F |
| 3 | Marquette County MI | +1.74°F |
| 4 | McCook NE | +1.66°F |
| 5 | Alpena MI | +1.55°F |
| 6 | Ashland WI | +1.29°F |
| 7 | Great Falls MT | +1.28°F |
| 8 | Casper WY | +1.16°F |
| 9 | Helena MT | +1.12°F |
| 10 | Sault Ste Marie MI | +1.10°F |
Coolest Stations of 2001
| 1 | Barrow AK | -4.14°F |
| 2 | Nome AK | -2.48°F |
| 3 | Bethel AK | -2.32°F |
| 4 | Long Beach CA | -2.26°F |
| 5 | McCall ID | -2.14°F |
| 6 | Los Angeles Downtown CA | -2.01°F |
| 7 | Muscle Shoals AL | -2.01°F |
| 8 | Houston TX | -2.00°F |
| 9 | San Diego CA | -1.96°F |
| 10 | Dallas-Fort Worth TX | -1.91°F |
By State
Warmest states of 2001
Montana+0.74°Wyoming+0.65°Minnesota+0.63°Wisconsin+0.51°North Dakota+0.49°Michigan+0.46°
Coolest states of 2001
Alabama-1.59°Mississippi-1.37°Louisiana-1.36°Washington-1.23°Texas-1.02°Oregon-1.00°
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