The Year in Heat & Cold
1897
-1.57°F
ran -1.57°F cooler than the 1996–2025 average across 170 cities — the 97th warmest of 157 years on record.
Extremes
Hottest Day of 1897
114.0°F
Needles, CA · Aug 18
Coldest Day of 1897
-45.0°F
Glasgow, MT · Mar 12
Records Set in 1897
Daily Heat Records Set
509
calendar-day record highs set in 1897 that still stand today
Daily Cold Records Set
620
calendar-day record lows set in 1897 that still stand today
Where the Year Ran Warm & Cold
Each city's 1897 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 1897 — 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.
-3.31J
-0.95F
-2.97M
-1.19A
-1.71M
-2.49J
-1.19J
-2.68A
+0.11S
+1.18O
-1.78N
-2.88D
Warmest Stations & States
Warmest Stations of 1897
| 1 | Birmingham AL | +1.48°F |
| 2 | Pine Bluff AR | +1.33°F |
| 3 | Zanesville OH | +1.19°F |
| 4 | Jacksonville FL | +1.08°F |
| 5 | Pittsburgh PA | +1.02°F |
| 6 | Lynchburg VA | +0.97°F |
| 7 | Dayton OH | +0.81°F |
| 8 | Meridian MS | +0.51°F |
| 9 | Brooksville FL | +0.50°F |
| 10 | Gulfport MS | +0.40°F |
Coolest Stations of 1897
| 1 | Phoenix AZ | -7.21°F |
| 2 | Reno NV | -7.20°F |
| 3 | Glasgow MT | -5.65°F |
| 4 | Mitchell SD | -4.57°F |
| 5 | Yuma AZ | -4.55°F |
| 6 | Roswell NM | -4.54°F |
| 7 | Tucson AZ | -4.41°F |
| 8 | Washington DC | -4.34°F |
| 9 | Los Angeles Downtown CA | -4.22°F |
| 10 | Bismarck ND | -4.00°F |
By State
Warmest states of 1897
Alabama+0.29°Mississippi+0.15°Arkansas-0.11°Louisiana-0.20°Missouri-0.23°Kentucky-0.28°
Coolest states of 1897
Arizona-5.39°District of Columbia-4.34°Nevada-4.00°South Dakota-3.79°Utah-3.78°North Dakota-3.56°
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