The Year in Heat & Cold
1899
-1.93°F
ran -1.93°F cooler than the 1996–2025 average across 184 cities — the 37th coldest of 157 years on record.
Extremes
Coldest Day of 1899
-50.0°F
Glasgow, MT · Feb 10
Hottest Day of 1899
113.0°F
Needles, CA · Jul 1
Records Set in 1899
Daily Cold Records Set
1,014
calendar-day record lows set in 1899 that still stand today
Daily Heat Records Set
391
calendar-day record highs set in 1899 that still stand today
Where the Year Ran Warm & Cold
Each city's 1899 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 1899 — 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.
-1.38J
-9.46F
-5.73M
-1.10A
-0.81M
-0.97J
-1.99J
-1.03A
-2.41S
+0.41O
+2.13N
-2.17D
Coolest Stations & States
Coolest Stations of 1899
| 1 | Glasgow MT | -6.75°F |
| 2 | Phoenix AZ | -6.31°F |
| 3 | Reno NV | -5.60°F |
| 4 | Sioux Falls SD | -5.27°F |
| 5 | Williston ND | -5.17°F |
| 6 | Havre MT | -5.08°F |
| 7 | Bismarck ND | -4.93°F |
| 8 | Washington DC | -4.78°F |
| 9 | Newark NJ | -4.67°F |
| 10 | Tucson AZ | -4.50°F |
Warmest Stations of 1899
| 1 | Cedar Rapids IA | +1.48°F |
| 2 | Pittsburgh PA | +1.45°F |
| 3 | Glens Falls NY | +1.03°F |
| 4 | Gainesville FL | +0.98°F |
| 5 | Dayton OH | +0.89°F |
| 6 | Burlington IA | +0.78°F |
| 7 | Zanesville OH | +0.71°F |
| 8 | Birmingham AL | +0.53°F |
| 9 | Brooksville FL | +0.48°F |
| 10 | Dubuque IA | +0.41°F |
By State
Warmest states of 1899
Vermont+0.20°Ohio-0.39°Indiana-0.40°Iowa-0.53°New York-0.63°Alabama-0.66°
Coolest states of 1899
District of Columbia-4.78°North Dakota-4.56°New Jersey-4.53°Arizona-4.35°Montana-4.03°Wyoming-4.02°
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