The Year in Heat & Cold
2004
-0.72°F
ran -0.72°F cooler than the 1996–2025 average across 385 cities — the 41st warmest of 157 years on record.
Extremes
Hottest Day of 2004
117.0°F
Needles, CA · Aug 9
Coldest Day of 2004
-52.0°F
Bettles, AK · Dec 24
Records Set in 2004
Daily Heat Records Set
597
calendar-day record highs set in 2004 that still stand today
Daily Cold Records Set
677
calendar-day record lows set in 2004 that still stand today
Where the Year Ran Warm & Cold
Each city's 2004 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 2004 — 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.
-3.36J
-1.73F
+2.16M
+0.22A
+0.92M
-1.59J
-1.73J
-2.66A
-0.69S
+0.29O
+0.57N
-0.60D
Warmest Stations & States
Warmest Stations of 2004
| 1 | Kotzebue AK | +2.64°F |
| 2 | Nome AK | +2.27°F |
| 3 | Talkeetna AK | +2.15°F |
| 4 | Bethel AK | +2.01°F |
| 5 | King Salmon AK | +1.83°F |
| 6 | Mcgrath AK | +1.65°F |
| 7 | Annette AK | +1.37°F |
| 8 | Juneau AK | +1.35°F |
| 9 | St Paul Island AK | +1.22°F |
| 10 | Eureka CA | +1.20°F |
Coolest Stations of 2004
| 1 | Burlington VT | -2.92°F |
| 2 | Plattsburgh NY | -2.70°F |
| 3 | Sault Ste Marie MI | -2.64°F |
| 4 | Caribou ME | -2.45°F |
| 5 | Salt Lake City UT | -2.34°F |
| 6 | El Paso TX | -2.31°F |
| 7 | Islip NY | -2.24°F |
| 8 | Glens Falls NY | -2.22°F |
| 9 | Grand Forks ND | -2.18°F |
| 10 | Millinocket ME | -2.16°F |
By State
Warmest states of 2004
Alaska+1.05°Washington+0.47°Hawaii+0.31°Oregon+0.19°Wyoming+0.06°South Dakota-0.03°
Coolest states of 2004
Vermont-2.92°Utah-2.34°Maine-2.08°Massachusetts-1.80°New York-1.71°Rhode Island-1.70°
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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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