The Year in Heat & Cold
1885
-2.94°F
ran -2.94°F cooler than the 1996–2025 average across 74 cities — the 6th coldest of 157 years on record.
Extremes
Coldest Day of 1885
-41.0°F
Duluth, MN · Jan 2
Hottest Day of 1885
114.0°F
Yuma, AZ · Aug 18
Records Set in 1885
Daily Cold Records Set
295
calendar-day record lows set in 1885 that still stand today
Daily Heat Records Set
49
calendar-day record highs set in 1885 that still stand today
Where the Year Ran Warm & Cold
Each city's 1885 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 1885 — 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.
-5.46J
-7.98F
-6.22M
-0.88A
-2.36M
-2.25J
-0.99J
-3.23A
-2.74S
-3.13O
-0.41N
-0.26D
Coolest Stations & States
Coolest Stations of 1885
| 1 | Milwaukee WI | -6.99°F |
| 2 | Lansing MI | -6.67°F |
| 3 | Washington DC | -5.81°F |
| 4 | Cleveland OH | -5.41°F |
| 5 | Atlantic City Marina NJ | -5.38°F |
| 6 | Madison WI | -5.28°F |
| 7 | New York-Central Park NY | -5.25°F |
| 8 | Buffalo NY | -5.18°F |
| 9 | Columbus OH | -4.94°F |
| 10 | Philadelphia PA | -4.89°F |
Warmest Stations of 1885
| 1 | Havre MT | +1.61°F |
| 2 | Spokane WA | +1.42°F |
| 3 | Winnemucca NV | +1.30°F |
| 4 | Sacramento CA | +0.68°F |
| 5 | Helena MT | +0.21°F |
| 6 | Lewiston ID | +0.11°F |
| 7 | Jacksonville FL | -0.61°F |
| 8 | Boise ID | -0.89°F |
| 9 | Pittsburgh PA | -1.24°F |
| 10 | Denver CO | -1.24°F |
By State
Warmest states of 1885
Washington+1.42°Nevada+1.30°Montana+0.91°Idaho-0.39°California-0.95°Colorado-1.24°
Coolest states of 1885
District of Columbia-5.81°Wisconsin-5.42°Michigan-5.28°Massachusetts-4.81°New Jersey-4.71°Ohio-4.42°
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