1894

-1.01°F

ran -1.01°F cooler than the 1996–2025 average across 141 cities — the 57th warmest of 157 years on record.

Extremes

113.0°F

Needles, CA · Jul 25

-38.0°F

Valentine, NE · Jan 24

299

calendar-day record highs set in 1894 that still stand today

658

calendar-day record lows set in 1894 that still stand today

Each city's 1894 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 1894 — 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.

-0.08J

-4.97F

+0.71M

-0.03A

-0.97M

-1.55J

-1.80J

-1.80A

-1.39S

-0.65O

-2.38N

+0.41D

Warmest states of 1894

Iowa+1.38°Indiana+0.60°Vermont+0.58°Minnesota+0.47°Ohio+0.44°Missouri+0.41°

Coolest states of 1894

Arizona-4.82°New Mexico-3.91°California-3.89°Utah-3.44°District of Columbia-2.84°Wyoming-2.21°

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