2006

+0.36°F

ran +0.36°F warmer than the 1996–2025 average across 386 cities — the 14th warmest of 157 years on record.

Extremes

121.0°F

Needles, CA · Jul 15

-55.0°F

Barrow, AK · Feb 3

1,223

calendar-day record highs set in 2006 that still stand today

456

calendar-day record lows set in 2006 that still stand today

Each city's 2006 average temperature versus its 1996–2025 normal — blue where the year ran cool, red where it ran hot.

Each city's single hottest and coldest reading of 2006 — the number is the temperature, coloured hot-to-cold. Toggle between the two.

National temperature anomaly by month — red above the line is a warm month, blue below is cool.

+5.62J

-1.03F

-1.08M

+2.18A

+0.06M

-0.02J

+1.10J

-0.12A

-2.80S

-2.31O

+0.30N

+2.10D

Warmest states of 2006

Minnesota+2.32°North Dakota+2.27°Oklahoma+2.22°South Dakota+2.20°Wisconsin+1.87°Montana+1.82°

Coolest states of 2006

Alaska-2.02°Utah-0.61°California-0.58°Florida-0.57°Puerto Rico-0.53°Arizona-0.44°

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