1898

-1.44°F

ran -1.44°F cooler than the 1996–2025 average across 180 cities — the 93rd warmest of 157 years on record.

Extremes

119.0°F

Pendleton, OR · Aug 10

-39.0°F

International Falls, MN · Dec 30

248

calendar-day record highs set in 1898 that still stand today

615

calendar-day record lows set in 1898 that still stand today

Each city's 1898 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 1898 — 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.

+1.17J

-0.30F

-0.20M

-2.29A

-1.40M

-0.74J

-1.56J

-0.84A

-0.38S

-2.63O

-3.97N

-4.75D

Warmest states of 1898

Vermont+0.64°Ohio+0.33°New York+0.28°Kentucky+0.10°Indiana+0.02°Arkansas-0.03°

Coolest states of 1898

Arizona-5.28°Nevada-4.74°Utah-4.68°Idaho-4.15°Wyoming-4.08°New Mexico-3.28°

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