The Year in Heat & Cold
1874
-1.72°F
ran -1.72°F cooler than the 1996–2025 average across 38 cities — the 49th coldest of 157 years on record.
Extremes
Coldest Day of 1874
-28.0°F
Concord, NH · Feb 2
Hottest Day of 1874
105.0°F
Omaha, NE · Jul 25
Records Set in 1874
Daily Cold Records Set
121
calendar-day record lows set in 1874 that still stand today
Daily Heat Records Set
90
calendar-day record highs set in 1874 that still stand today
Where the Year Ran Warm & Cold
Each city's 1874 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 1874 — 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.
+1.79J
-1.64F
-3.08M
-8.43A
-0.80M
+0.50J
-0.93J
-2.15A
-0.80S
-1.73O
-2.58N
-1.59D
Coolest Stations & States
Coolest Stations of 1874
| 1 | Newark NJ | -5.54°F |
| 2 | Atlantic City Marina NJ | -4.70°F |
| 3 | Minneapolis-St Paul MN | -4.47°F |
| 4 | New York-Central Park NY | -4.40°F |
| 5 | Philadelphia PA | -3.88°F |
| 6 | Boston MA | -3.75°F |
| 7 | Washington DC | -3.51°F |
| 8 | Albany NY | -3.39°F |
| 9 | Buffalo NY | -3.16°F |
| 10 | Lansing MI | -2.83°F |
Warmest Stations of 1874
| 1 | Cincinnati OH | +2.14°F |
| 2 | Indianapolis IN | +1.40°F |
| 3 | Jacksonville FL | +0.56°F |
| 4 | Montgomery AL | +0.49°F |
| 5 | Mobile AL | +0.29°F |
| 6 | Savannah GA | -0.12°F |
| 7 | Toledo OH | -0.23°F |
| 8 | Key West FL | -0.27°F |
| 9 | Lexington KY | -0.38°F |
| 10 | Chicago IL | -0.62°F |
By State
Warmest states of 1874
Indiana+1.40°Alabama+0.39°Florida+0.15°Ohio+0.01°Georgia-0.12°Kentucky-0.54°
Coolest states of 1874
New Jersey-5.12°Minnesota-4.47°Massachusetts-3.75°District of Columbia-3.51°New York-3.35°Michigan-2.73°
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