The Year in Heat & Cold
1905
-2.14°F
ran -2.14°F cooler than the 1996–2025 average across 209 cities — the 131st warmest of 157 years on record.
Extremes
Hottest Day of 1905
116.0°F
Phoenix, AZ · Jul 6
Coldest Day of 1905
-48.0°F
Havre, MT · Feb 2
Records Set in 1905
Daily Heat Records Set
289
calendar-day record highs set in 1905 that still stand today
Daily Cold Records Set
707
calendar-day record lows set in 1905 that still stand today
Where the Year Ran Warm & Cold
Each city's 1905 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 1905 — 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.
-5.17J
-8.78F
+1.46M
-1.55A
-1.47M
-1.90J
-2.78J
-1.51A
-0.66S
-2.28O
-0.98N
-2.07D
Warmest Stations & States
Warmest Stations of 1905
| 1 | Klamath Falls OR | +1.83°F |
| 2 | Albany GA | +0.91°F |
| 3 | Brooksville FL | +0.87°F |
| 4 | Charleston WV | +0.84°F |
| 5 | Waco TX | +0.74°F |
| 6 | Gainesville FL | +0.22°F |
| 7 | Great Falls MT | +0.20°F |
| 8 | Gulfport MS | +0.20°F |
| 9 | Astoria OR | +0.20°F |
| 10 | South Bend IN | +0.19°F |
Coolest Stations of 1905
| 1 | Phoenix AZ | -6.42°F |
| 2 | Tucson AZ | -5.83°F |
| 3 | Riverside CA | -5.53°F |
| 4 | Roswell NM | -5.17°F |
| 5 | Washington DC | -5.09°F |
| 6 | Reno NV | -5.00°F |
| 7 | Newark NJ | -4.66°F |
| 8 | Greenville-Spartanburg SC | -4.61°F |
| 9 | Yuma AZ | -4.56°F |
| 10 | Dallas-Fort Worth TX | -4.52°F |
By State
Warmest states of 1905
Oregon-0.36°Mississippi-0.86°Washington-0.94°Indiana-0.98°Montana-1.03°South Dakota-1.08°
Coolest states of 1905
District of Columbia-5.09°New Mexico-4.50°Arizona-4.36°Wyoming-3.91°Rhode Island-3.65°Nevada-3.38°
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