The Year in Heat & Cold
1893
-2.75°F
ran -2.75°F cooler than the 1996–2025 average across 127 cities — the 150th warmest of 157 years on record.
Extremes
Hottest Day of 1893
111.0°F
Needles, CA · Jul 2
Coldest Day of 1893
-45.0°F
Havre, MT · Feb 1
Records Set in 1893
Daily Heat Records Set
154
calendar-day record highs set in 1893 that still stand today
Daily Cold Records Set
430
calendar-day record lows set in 1893 that still stand today
Where the Year Ran Warm & Cold
Each city's 1893 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 1893 — 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.
-6.35J
-3.95F
-4.43M
-2.07A
-3.22M
-1.58J
-1.42J
-2.69A
-2.67S
-1.82O
-3.10N
-0.79D
Warmest Stations & States
Warmest Stations of 1893
| 1 | Jacksonville FL | +0.45°F |
| 2 | College Station TX | +0.10°F |
| 3 | Blacksburg VA | -0.02°F |
| 4 | Denver CO | -0.27°F |
| 5 | Abilene TX | -0.35°F |
| 6 | Scottsbluff NE | -0.36°F |
| 7 | Montgomery AL | -0.41°F |
| 8 | San Antonio TX | -0.47°F |
| 9 | Lynchburg VA | -0.50°F |
| 10 | Peoria IL | -0.55°F |
Coolest Stations of 1893
| 1 | Fargo ND | -7.53°F |
| 2 | San Jose CA | -6.63°F |
| 3 | Riverside CA | -6.25°F |
| 4 | Newark NJ | -6.18°F |
| 5 | Bakersfield CA | -6.09°F |
| 6 | Washington DC | -5.54°F |
| 7 | Ukiah CA | -5.45°F |
| 8 | Bismarck ND | -5.41°F |
| 9 | Concord NH | -5.40°F |
| 10 | Atlantic City Marina NJ | -5.39°F |
By State
Warmest states of 1893
Alabama-0.71°Colorado-0.78°South Carolina-1.11°Virginia-1.13°Louisiana-1.31°Texas-1.41°
Coolest states of 1893
North Dakota-6.47°District of Columbia-5.54°New Hampshire-5.40°Idaho-5.08°Massachusetts-4.61°California-4.47°
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