The Year in Heat & Cold
1915
-1.61°F
ran -1.61°F cooler than the 1996–2025 average across 253 cities — the 100th warmest of 157 years on record.
Extremes
Hottest Day of 1915
116.0°F
Yuma, AZ · Aug 19
Coldest Day of 1915
-47.0°F
Fairbanks, AK · Feb 16
Records Set in 1915
Daily Heat Records Set
543
calendar-day record highs set in 1915 that still stand today
Daily Cold Records Set
770
calendar-day record lows set in 1915 that still stand today
Where the Year Ran Warm & Cold
Each city's 1915 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 1915 — 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.
-2.04J
+1.30F
-6.68M
+2.61A
-2.91M
-3.60J
-3.42J
-3.59A
-1.10S
+0.78O
+0.74N
-1.54D
Warmest Stations & States
Warmest Stations of 1915
| 1 | International Falls MN | +1.87°F |
| 2 | Great Falls MT | +1.57°F |
| 3 | Crescent City CA | +1.35°F |
| 4 | Worcester MA | +1.32°F |
| 5 | Glens Falls NY | +1.32°F |
| 6 | Klamath Falls OR | +1.19°F |
| 7 | Spokane WA | +1.18°F |
| 8 | Pendleton OR | +1.14°F |
| 9 | Astoria OR | +1.14°F |
| 10 | Charleston WV | +1.13°F |
Coolest Stations of 1915
| 1 | Needles CA | -7.99°F |
| 2 | Phoenix AZ | -7.29°F |
| 3 | Albuquerque NM | -5.37°F |
| 4 | Yuma AZ | -4.86°F |
| 5 | Lubbock TX | -4.84°F |
| 6 | Roswell NM | -4.72°F |
| 7 | El Paso TX | -4.22°F |
| 8 | Flagstaff AZ | -4.10°F |
| 9 | San Angelo TX | -3.99°F |
| 10 | Miami FL | -3.95°F |
By State
Warmest states of 1915
Oregon+0.43°Washington+0.12°Alaska-0.09°New Hampshire-0.31°Montana-0.35°Mississippi-0.38°
Coolest states of 1915
Arizona-4.59°New Mexico-4.41°District of Columbia-3.71°Oklahoma-2.75°Wyoming-2.74°South Dakota-2.59°
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