The Year in Heat & Cold
1876
-2.50°F
ran -2.50°F cooler than the 1996–2025 average across 52 cities — the 17th coldest of 157 years on record.
Extremes
Coldest Day of 1876
-30.0°F
Bismarck, ND · Jan 24
Hottest Day of 1876
108.0°F
Dodge City, KS · Jul 29
Records Set in 1876
Daily Cold Records Set
270
calendar-day record lows set in 1876 that still stand today
Daily Heat Records Set
85
calendar-day record highs set in 1876 that still stand today
Where the Year Ran Warm & Cold
Each city's 1876 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 1876 — 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.
+4.41J
+0.58F
-6.28M
-2.39A
-1.47M
-0.78J
+0.11J
-0.48A
-3.95S
-5.09O
-3.00N
-11.15D
Coolest Stations & States
Coolest Stations of 1876
| 1 | Bismarck ND | -6.18°F |
| 2 | Minneapolis-St Paul MN | -5.08°F |
| 3 | Atlantic City Marina NJ | -5.05°F |
| 4 | Milwaukee WI | -4.98°F |
| 5 | Newark NJ | -4.75°F |
| 6 | Washington DC | -4.73°F |
| 7 | Boston MA | -4.54°F |
| 8 | Philadelphia PA | -4.31°F |
| 9 | Cleveland OH | -4.01°F |
| 10 | New York-Central Park NY | -4.01°F |
Warmest Stations of 1876
| 1 | Cincinnati OH | +0.35°F |
| 2 | Concord NH | +0.06°F |
| 3 | Dubuque IA | -0.18°F |
| 4 | Pittsburgh PA | -0.25°F |
| 5 | Jacksonville FL | -0.54°F |
| 6 | Augusta GA | -0.71°F |
| 7 | Portland ME | -0.76°F |
| 8 | Key West FL | -1.00°F |
| 9 | Savannah GA | -1.23°F |
| 10 | Mobile AL | -1.27°F |
By State
Warmest states of 1876
New Hampshire+0.06°Iowa-0.18°Maine-0.76°Florida-0.77°Georgia-0.97°Alabama-1.28°
Coolest states of 1876
North Dakota-6.18°New Jersey-4.90°District of Columbia-4.73°Massachusetts-4.54°Minnesota-4.11°Michigan-3.51°
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