The Year in Heat & Cold
1895
-2.60°F
ran -2.60°F cooler than the 1996–2025 average across 152 cities — the 145th warmest of 157 years on record.
Extremes
Hottest Day of 1895
116.0°F
Needles, CA · Aug 16
Coldest Day of 1895
-49.0°F
Hayward, WI · Feb 5
Records Set in 1895
Daily Heat Records Set
478
calendar-day record highs set in 1895 that still stand today
Daily Cold Records Set
880
calendar-day record lows set in 1895 that still stand today
Where the Year Ran Warm & Cold
Each city's 1895 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 1895 — 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.
-4.33J
-8.63F
-3.47M
+0.40A
-1.41M
-1.62J
-3.77J
-1.69A
-0.04S
-4.34O
-2.74N
-1.54D
Warmest Stations & States
Warmest Stations of 1895
| 1 | Cedar Rapids IA | +1.21°F |
| 2 | Dubuque IA | +0.94°F |
| 3 | Pine Bluff AR | +0.91°F |
| 4 | Waterloo IA | +0.14°F |
| 5 | Pittsburgh PA | +0.10°F |
| 6 | Lynchburg VA | +0.03°F |
| 7 | Burlington VT | -0.08°F |
| 8 | Crescent City CA | -0.15°F |
| 9 | Spokane WA | -0.18°F |
| 10 | Astoria OR | -0.31°F |
Coolest Stations of 1895
| 1 | Elko NV | -5.31°F |
| 2 | San Jose CA | -5.23°F |
| 3 | Amarillo TX | -5.09°F |
| 4 | Washington DC | -4.99°F |
| 5 | Colorado Springs CO | -4.79°F |
| 6 | Albuquerque NM | -4.77°F |
| 7 | Atlantic City Marina NJ | -4.65°F |
| 8 | Missoula MT | -4.56°F |
| 9 | College Station TX | -4.51°F |
| 10 | Lander WY | -4.49°F |
By State
Warmest states of 1895
Vermont-0.08°Iowa-0.35°Washington-1.15°Oregon-1.25°New Hampshire-1.36°Indiana-1.47°
Coolest states of 1895
District of Columbia-4.99°New Jersey-4.43°New Mexico-4.33°Idaho-4.13°Utah-4.03°Texas-3.97°
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