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The Year in Heat & Cold

1906

-1.40°F
ran -1.40°F cooler than the 1996–2025 average across 211 cities — the 87th warmest of 157 years on record.

Extremes

Hottest Day of 1906

113.0°F
Bakersfield, CA · Jul 24

Coldest Day of 1906

-64.0°F
Fairbanks, AK · Jan 19

Records Set in 1906

Daily Heat Records Set

379
calendar-day record highs set in 1906 that still stand today

Daily Cold Records Set

660
calendar-day record lows set in 1906 that still stand today

Where the Year Ran Warm & Cold

Each city's 1906 average temperature versus its 1996–2025 normal — blue where the year ran cool, red where it ran hot.
1906 U.S. temperature anomaly map

Hottest & Coldest at Every City

Each city's single hottest and coldest reading of 1906 — the number is the temperature, coloured hot-to-cold. Toggle between the two.
1906 — hottest and coldest temperature at each U.S. city

Month by Month

National temperature anomaly by month — red above the line is a warm month, blue below is cool.
+2.54J
-2.13F
-7.31M
+0.55A
-1.68M
-2.13J
-2.73J
-0.87A
+0.43S
-2.34O
-1.83N
-0.44D

Warmest Stations & States

Warmest Stations of 1906

1Rockford IL+2.14°F
2Charleston WV+1.93°F
3Pullman WA+1.41°F
4Astoria OR+1.13°F
5Dubuque IA+1.03°F
6Lynchburg VA+0.93°F
7Spokane WA+0.76°F
8Kalispell MT+0.71°F
9Santa Maria CA+0.67°F
10Pittsburgh PA+0.62°F

Coolest Stations of 1906

1Phoenix AZ-6.26°F
2Riverside CA-5.46°F
3Yuma AZ-4.54°F
4Greenville-Spartanburg SC-4.43°F
5Reno NV-4.18°F
6Roswell NM-4.17°F
7Needles CA-4.07°F
8Tucson AZ-3.91°F
9Del Rio TX-3.61°F
10Lander WY-3.46°F

By State

Warmest states of 1906
Oregon+0.46°Washington+0.35°West Virginia-0.07°Illinois-0.34°Iowa-0.49°Virginia-0.53°
Coolest states of 1906
Arizona-4.17°District of Columbia-3.36°Utah-3.17°Wyoming-3.06°Oklahoma-3.03°Alaska-3.01°
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