The Year in Heat & Cold
1881
-0.87°F
ran -0.87°F cooler than the 1996–2025 average across 69 cities — the 110th coldest of 157 years on record.
Extremes
Coldest Day of 1881
-36.0°F
Fargo, ND · Jan 13
Hottest Day of 1881
113.0°F
Yuma, AZ · Jul 6
Records Set in 1881
Daily Cold Records Set
189
calendar-day record lows set in 1881 that still stand today
Daily Heat Records Set
205
calendar-day record highs set in 1881 that still stand today
Where the Year Ran Warm & Cold
Each city's 1881 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 1881 — 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.
-6.23J
-2.97F
-4.19M
-3.33A
+2.16M
-1.69J
-0.11J
+0.40A
+1.41S
+1.10O
-1.90N
+4.08D
Coolest Stations & States
Coolest Stations of 1881
| 1 | Fargo ND | -5.01°F |
| 2 | San Diego CA | -3.80°F |
| 3 | Los Angeles Downtown CA | -3.65°F |
| 4 | Atlantic City Marina NJ | -3.60°F |
| 5 | New York-Central Park NY | -3.55°F |
| 6 | Yuma AZ | -3.51°F |
| 7 | Brownsville TX | -3.38°F |
| 8 | Newark NJ | -3.12°F |
| 9 | Bismarck ND | -3.07°F |
| 10 | Washington DC | -2.88°F |
Warmest Stations of 1881
| 1 | Cincinnati OH | +3.10°F |
| 2 | Pittsburgh PA | +2.40°F |
| 3 | Albany NY | +1.65°F |
| 4 | Jacksonville FL | +1.63°F |
| 5 | Dubuque IA | +1.47°F |
| 6 | Augusta GA | +1.45°F |
| 7 | Concord NH | +0.99°F |
| 8 | Portland ME | +0.96°F |
| 9 | Toledo OH | +0.78°F |
| 10 | Morgantown WV | +0.73°F |
By State
Warmest states of 1881
New Hampshire+0.99°Maine+0.96°West Virginia+0.73°Kentucky+0.67°Maryland+0.64°Alabama+0.55°
Coolest states of 1881
North Dakota-4.04°Arizona-3.51°New Jersey-3.36°California-3.05°District of Columbia-2.88°Massachusetts-2.82°
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