How much does your weather change day-to-day?

The subject of temperature variability has always been a popular topic among people who like to talk about the weather. The quip, "If you don't like the weather, wait a few hours," is a popular one in areas where the weather changes frequently.

But exactly how much does the weather change from one day to the next? Where are the places where it changes a lot, and where are the places where it doesn't? Before now, it was hard to quantify those answers. But with the tables we've created below, it's easy to see.

Click on the links below to view the tables for the daily change in high temperature, low temperature, and precipitation in each of our 990 monitored United States locations.

High Temperature  |   Low Temperature  |   Precipitation

Low Temperature

The following table ranks how much low temperature changed day-to-day in 2023 in each of the 990 locations we monitor. The more changeable the weather is, the higher the rank. Locations with little changeability are ranked lower in this list. Occasionally, a city will be listed more than once. This occurs because the city is big enough to have multiple observation locations, and each location may experience different weather.

The "Temp. Change" column depicts the average daily change in low temperature in the given city. This is the value upon which the rankings are based. The higher the number of degrees, the more the low temperature changes from day to day, and the higher the ranking. Places where there is little change in low temperature each day are ranked lower.

The "Largest Decrease" column is the maximum amount the low temperature decreased in 2023 from one day to the next. The "Largest Increase" column is the maximum amount the low temperature increased in 2023 from on day to the next.

All values are measured in degrees Fahrenheit.

How Much Did Low Temperature Change Day-to-Day in 2023?

Rank Zip City Temp. Change Largest Decrease Largest Increase
1 99709 Bettles, AK 9.55° -46.0° 46.0°
2 99588 Glennallen, AK 9.13° -36.0° 37.0°
3 99676 Talkeetna, AK 8.68° -45.0° 38.0°
4 99615 King Salmon, AK 8.37° -44.0° 31.0°
5 72701 Fayetteville, AR 8.09° -38.0° 31.0°
6 99737 Fort Greely, AK 7.98° -33.0° 28.0°
7 99688 Nome, AK 7.66° -29.0° 37.0°
8 99780 Northway, AK 7.64° -47.0° 29.0°
9 99775 Fairbanks, AK 7.58° -35.0° 35.0°
10 99611 Kenai, AK 7.35° -37.0° 38.0°
11 35661 Muscle Shoals, AL 7.33° -30.0° 28.0°
12 36081 Troy, AL 7.21° -35.0° 35.0°
13 72718 Bentonville, AR 7.16° -31.0° 27.0°
14 99760 Kotzebue, AK 7.06° -36.0° 36.0°
15 35212 Birmingham, AL 7.06° -32.0° 30.0°
16 36401 Evergreen, AL 7.01° -36.0° 35.0°
17 72712 Bentonville, AR 7.00° -31.0° 28.0°
18 35813 Madison, AL 6.98° -27.0° 28.0°
19 99712 Prudhoe Bay, AK 6.97° -35.0° 27.0°
20 72801 Russellville, AR 6.94° -26.0° 30.0°
21 72315 Blytheville, AR 6.93° -24.0° 26.0°
22 36201 Oxford, AL 6.92° -30.0° 33.0°
23 71730 El Dorado, AR 6.89° -38.0° 32.0°
24 72537 Gassville, AR 6.88° -23.0° 25.0°
25 71913 Hot Springs, AR 6.81° -31.0° 30.0°
26 36108 Montgomery, AL 6.74° -37.0° 33.0°
27 99556 Iliamna, AK 6.71° -34.0° 28.0°
28 36695 Mobile, AL 6.71° -32.0° 36.0°
29 99639 Bethel, AK 6.70° -43.0° 30.0°
30 35401 Tuscaloosa, AL 6.68° -33.0° 29.0°
31 36421 Andalusia, AL 6.61° -32.0° 34.0°
32 36615 Mobile, AL 6.55° -28.0° 33.0°
33 71601 Pine Bluff, AR 6.53° -30.0° 30.0°
34 71854 Texarkana, AR 6.49° -31.0° 29.0°
35 99709 Utqiagvik, AK 6.45° -48.0° 37.0°
36 72202 Little Rock, AR 6.37° -28.0° 28.0°
37 86046 Grand Canyon Village, AZ 6.34° -32.0° 40.0°
38 99645 Palmer, AK 6.27° -29.0° 33.0°
39 35007 Calera, AL 6.25° -35.0° 30.0°
40 72041 Stuttgart, AR 6.19° -26.0° 30.0°
41 36303 Midland City, AL 6.13° -29.0° 30.0°
42 99501 Anchorage, AK 6.09° -26.0° 26.0°
43 99686 Cordova, AK 6.03° -26.0° 27.0°
44 72903 Fort Smith, AR 5.97° -24.0° 26.0°
45 93534 Lancaster, CA 5.87° -23.0° 21.0°
46 86001 Flagstaff, AZ 5.81° -23.0° 25.0°
47 85546 Safford, AZ 5.77° -26.0° 18.0°
48 86047 Winslow, AZ 5.76° -23.0° 19.0°
49 96067 Mount Shasta, CA 5.40° -21.0° 19.0°
50 99603 Homer, AK 5.37° -22.0° 27.0°
51 99517 Anchorage, AK 5.30° -22.0° 23.0°
52 99517 Anchorage, AK 5.27° -22.0° 21.0°
53 99615 Cold Bay, AK 5.09° -27.0° 21.0°
54 86301 Prescott, AZ 5.05° -17.0° 19.0°
55 99801 Juneau, AK 5.04° -28.0° 18.0°
56 86409 Kingman, AZ 5.02° -14.0° 17.0°
57 85621 Nogales, AZ 4.97° -21.0° 17.0°
58 92327 Daggett, CA 4.86° -20.0° 16.0°
59 85714 Tucson, AZ 4.84° -22.0° 14.0°
60 95521 McKinleyville, CA 4.81° -16.0° 18.0°
61 99615 Kodiak, AK 4.74° -21.0° 23.0°
62 99827 Haines, AK 4.74° -22.0° 22.0°
63 95961 Olivehurst, CA 4.66° -20.0° 17.0°
64 99603 Seldovia, AK 4.65° -18.0° 24.0°
65 94589 Napa, CA 4.63° -15.0° 15.0°
66 99664 Seward, AK 4.42° -16.0° 23.0°
67 86036 Page, AZ 4.28° -17.0° 21.0°
68 85260 Scottsdale, AZ 4.24° -19.0° 16.0°
69 99901 Ketchikan, AK 4.23° -17.0° 18.0°
70 93230 Hanford, CA 4.21° -16.0° 16.0°
71 95343 Merced, CA 4.17° -18.0° 19.0°
72 92363 Needles, CA 4.10° -15.0° 18.0°
73 85215 Mesa, AZ 4.03° -16.0° 17.0°
74 93301 Bakersfield, CA 4.03° -14.0° 15.0°
75 85024 Phoenix, AZ 3.99° -16.0° 15.0°
76 95354 Modesto, CA 3.98° -16.0° 15.0°
77 91709 Chino, CA 3.96° -12.0° 17.0°
78 99827 Skagway, AK 3.95° -18.0° 18.0°
79 94550 Livermore, CA 3.87° -15.0° 14.0°
80 99835 Sitka, AK 3.87° -14.0° 16.0°
81 93727 Fresno, CA 3.79° -16.0° 18.0°
82 85055 Phoenix, AZ 3.71° -18.0° 17.0°
83 94621 Alameda, CA 3.42° -13.0° 13.0°
84 91504 Burbank, CA 3.24° -11.0° 12.0°
85 92833 Fullerton, CA 3.15° -13.0° 14.0°
86 93940 Monterey, CA 3.12° -12.0° 14.0°
87 90007 Los Angeles, CA 2.66° -11.0° 12.0°
88 92106 Coronado, CA 2.64° -10.0° 13.0°
89 90250 Inglewood, CA 2.46° -10.0° 9.0°

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