1908

-0.98°F

ran -0.98°F cooler than the 1996–2025 average across 229 cities — the 55th warmest of 157 years on record.

Extremes

118.0°F

Bakersfield, CA · Jul 28

-51.0°F

Fairbanks, AK · Jan 21

594

calendar-day record highs set in 1908 that still stand today

644

calendar-day record lows set in 1908 that still stand today

Each city's 1908 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 1908 — 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.

+0.72J

-2.99F

+1.11M

+0.44A

-1.66M

-2.52J

-1.55J

-2.55A

-0.65S

-2.09O

-0.02N

-0.42D

Warmest states of 1908

Indiana+0.45°Mississippi+0.41°Iowa+0.35°Wisconsin+0.35°Illinois+0.23°Ohio+0.08°

Coolest states of 1908

Arizona-4.61°Utah-4.27°District of Columbia-3.86°New Mexico-3.79°Nevada-3.49°Vermont-3.20°

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