The Year in Heat & Cold
2005
-0.26°F
ran -0.26°F cooler than the 1996–2025 average across 385 cities — the 27th warmest of 157 years on record.
Extremes
Hottest Day of 2005
125.0°F
Needles, CA · Jul 17
Coldest Day of 2005
-57.0°F
Bettles, AK · Jan 11
Records Set in 2005
Daily Heat Records Set
976
calendar-day record highs set in 2005 that still stand today
Daily Cold Records Set
375
calendar-day record lows set in 2005 that still stand today
Where the Year Ran Warm & Cold
Each city's 2005 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 2005 — 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.
+0.12J
+1.28F
-1.88M
-0.18A
-2.07M
-0.02J
+0.32J
+0.44A
+0.99S
+0.07O
+0.60N
-2.57D
Warmest Stations & States
Warmest Stations of 2005
| 1 | Hayward WI | +2.12°F |
| 2 | Delta Junction AK | +2.03°F |
| 3 | Sioux City IA | +2.01°F |
| 4 | St Paul Island AK | +1.96°F |
| 5 | Clarksburg WV | +1.87°F |
| 6 | Gulkana AK | +1.86°F |
| 7 | Rapid City SD | +1.74°F |
| 8 | Talkeetna AK | +1.73°F |
| 9 | Homer AK | +1.73°F |
| 10 | Norfolk NE | +1.61°F |
Coolest Stations of 2005
| 1 | Salisbury MD | -2.50°F |
| 2 | McCall ID | -2.42°F |
| 3 | Ontario OR | -2.34°F |
| 4 | Burley ID | -2.11°F |
| 5 | Louisville KY | -1.70°F |
| 6 | Winnemucca NV | -1.69°F |
| 7 | Elko NV | -1.68°F |
| 8 | Palmdale CA | -1.68°F |
| 9 | Brooksville FL | -1.63°F |
| 10 | Lakeland FL | -1.61°F |
By State
Warmest states of 2005
South Dakota+1.24°Alaska+0.88°Iowa+0.88°Wyoming+0.77°Minnesota+0.76°North Dakota+0.71°
Coolest states of 2005
Maryland-1.46°Idaho-1.32°District of Columbia-1.27°Delaware-1.13°Florida-1.05°Utah-1.03°
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