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The Year in Heat & Cold

2017

+1.00°F
ran +1.00°F warmer than the 1996–2025 average across 386 cities — the 7th warmest of 157 years on record.

Extremes

Hottest Day of 2017

125.0°F
Needles, CA · Jun 20

Coldest Day of 2017

-56.0°F
Bettles, AK · Jan 19

Records Set in 2017

Daily Heat Records Set

2,053
calendar-day record highs set in 2017 that still stand today

Daily Cold Records Set

355
calendar-day record lows set in 2017 that still stand today

Where the Year Ran Warm & Cold

Each city's 2017 average temperature versus its 1996–2025 normal — blue where the year ran cool, red where it ran hot.
2017 U.S. temperature anomaly map

Hottest & Coldest at Every City

Each city's single hottest and coldest reading of 2017 — the number is the temperature, coloured hot-to-cold. Toggle between the two.
2017 — hottest and coldest temperature at each U.S. city

Month by Month

National temperature anomaly by month — red above the line is a warm month, blue below is cool.
+2.22J
+5.47F
+0.80M
+2.72A
-0.47M
+0.35J
+0.68J
-1.06A
+0.40S
+1.51O
+1.02N
-1.32D

Warmest Stations & States

Warmest Stations of 2017

1Barrow AK+3.80°F
2Salina KS+3.25°F
3Augusta GA+3.12°F
4Kotzebue AK+2.93°F
5Mcgrath AK+2.83°F
6Mount Ida AR+2.70°F
7McAllen TX+2.68°F
8Springfield IL+2.62°F
9Cleveland OH+2.62°F
10Needles CA+2.53°F

Coolest Stations of 2017

1Burns OR-1.87°F
2Tri-Cities WA-1.58°F
3Pendleton OR-1.27°F
4Hibbing MN-1.18°F
5Ontario OR-1.10°F
6Lewiston ID-1.01°F
7Omak WA-0.92°F
8Juneau AK-0.91°F
9Portland OR-0.91°F
10Kalispell MT-0.88°F

By State

Warmest states of 2017
Georgia+1.89°Missouri+1.77°Colorado+1.72°Utah+1.72°Kentucky+1.62°Illinois+1.59°
Coolest states of 2017
Oregon-0.48°Washington-0.25°Montana-0.15°Minnesota-0.01°Idaho+0.06°Massachusetts+0.07°
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