The Year in Heat & Cold
2002
-0.50°F
ran -0.50°F cooler than the 1996–2025 average across 383 cities — the 36th warmest of 157 years on record.
Extremes
Hottest Day of 2002
117.0°F
Needles, CA · Jul 13
Coldest Day of 2002
-49.0°F
Bettles, AK · Jan 25
Records Set in 2002
Daily Heat Records Set
1,277
calendar-day record highs set in 2002 that still stand today
Daily Cold Records Set
1,074
calendar-day record lows set in 2002 that still stand today
Where the Year Ran Warm & Cold
Each city's 2002 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 2002 — 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.
+2.64J
+0.52F
-2.85M
+0.77A
-2.37M
-0.05J
+0.34J
-0.64A
+0.38S
-2.56O
-1.56N
-0.50D
Warmest Stations & States
Warmest Stations of 2002
| 1 | Talkeetna AK | +3.42°F |
| 2 | Mcgrath AK | +2.90°F |
| 3 | Bethel AK | +2.83°F |
| 4 | Delta Junction AK | +2.31°F |
| 5 | King Salmon AK | +2.25°F |
| 6 | Kotzebue AK | +2.16°F |
| 7 | Fairbanks AK | +2.04°F |
| 8 | Nome AK | +1.93°F |
| 9 | Bettles AK | +1.61°F |
| 10 | McCook NE | +1.57°F |
Coolest Stations of 2002
| 1 | Salt Lake City UT | -2.42°F |
| 2 | Jerome ID | -2.38°F |
| 3 | Mount Ida AR | -2.25°F |
| 4 | Lawton OK | -2.24°F |
| 5 | Camarillo CA | -2.19°F |
| 6 | Dallas-Fort Worth TX | -2.19°F |
| 7 | McCall ID | -2.15°F |
| 8 | Oklahoma City OK | -2.12°F |
| 9 | Glasgow MT | -2.11°F |
| 10 | Challis ID | -2.11°F |
By State
Warmest states of 2002
Alaska+1.29°New Jersey+0.49°Rhode Island+0.37°Indiana+0.25°Delaware+0.20°New York+0.15°
Coolest states of 2002
Utah-2.42°Idaho-1.86°Oklahoma-1.75°Montana-1.54°Texas-1.39°Arkansas-1.35°
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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
© 2026 Weather Trader · All rights reserved