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The Year in Heat & Cold

1912

-2.62°F
ran -2.62°F cooler than the 1996–2025 average across 248 cities — the 149th warmest of 157 years on record.

Extremes

Hottest Day of 1912

115.0°F
Yuma, AZ · Jun 5

Coldest Day of 1912

-47.0°F
Fairbanks, AK · Dec 30

Records Set in 1912

Daily Heat Records Set

306
calendar-day record highs set in 1912 that still stand today

Daily Cold Records Set

954
calendar-day record lows set in 1912 that still stand today

Where the Year Ran Warm & Cold

Each city's 1912 average temperature versus its 1996–2025 normal — blue where the year ran cool, red where it ran hot.
1912 U.S. temperature anomaly map

Hottest & Coldest at Every City

Each city's single hottest and coldest reading of 1912 — the number is the temperature, coloured hot-to-cold. Toggle between the two.
1912 — 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.
-7.85J
-5.12F
-6.84M
-0.62A
-0.19M
-3.47J
-2.09J
-3.10A
-1.95S
-0.53O
-0.43N
+0.05D

Warmest Stations & States

Warmest Stations of 1912

1Fairbanks AK+2.12°F
2Nome AK+1.50°F
3Fort Pierce FL+1.14°F
4Brooksville FL+0.70°F
5Great Falls MT+0.62°F
6Charlottesville VA+0.39°F
7Astoria OR+0.19°F
8Jacksonville FL+0.15°F
9Pendleton OR-0.10°F
10Worcester MA-0.10°F

Coolest Stations of 1912

1Phoenix AZ-7.84°F
2Albuquerque NM-6.82°F
3Harrison AR-6.07°F
4Tucson AZ-5.91°F
5Colorado Springs CO-5.79°F
6Lander WY-5.70°F
7Reno NV-5.70°F
8Yuma AZ-5.64°F
9Roswell NM-5.56°F
10Glasgow MT-5.38°F

By State

Warmest states of 1912
Alaska+1.81°Florida-0.95°Washington-1.11°Oregon-1.17°Virginia-1.19°Mississippi-1.46°
Coolest states of 1912
New Mexico-6.19°Arizona-5.79°Vermont-5.34°Wyoming-4.86°District of Columbia-4.80°Colorado-4.28°
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