The Year in Heat & Cold
1901
-1.72°F
ran -1.72°F cooler than the 1996–2025 average across 184 cities — the 48th coldest of 157 years on record.
Extremes
Coldest Day of 1901
-38.0°F
Hayward, WI · Dec 14
Hottest Day of 1901
116.0°F
Jonesboro, AR · Jul 12
Records Set in 1901
Daily Cold Records Set
661
calendar-day record lows set in 1901 that still stand today
Daily Heat Records Set
456
calendar-day record highs set in 1901 that still stand today
Where the Year Ran Warm & Cold
Each city's 1901 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 1901 — 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.
+0.42J
-6.32F
-2.43M
-3.08A
-1.50M
-1.13J
+1.32J
-0.68A
-2.64S
+0.27O
-2.85N
-3.71D
Coolest Stations & States
Coolest Stations of 1901
| 1 | Newark NJ | -5.55°F |
| 2 | Phoenix AZ | -5.35°F |
| 3 | Reno NV | -5.19°F |
| 4 | Washington DC | -5.13°F |
| 5 | Greenville-Spartanburg SC | -5.08°F |
| 6 | Atlantic City Marina NJ | -4.77°F |
| 7 | Stockton CA | -4.74°F |
| 8 | Tampa FL | -4.42°F |
| 9 | Atlanta GA | -4.21°F |
| 10 | Yuma AZ | -4.16°F |
Warmest Stations of 1901
| 1 | Jonesboro AR | +3.45°F |
| 2 | Great Falls MT | +1.98°F |
| 3 | Poplar Bluff MO | +1.27°F |
| 4 | Saint Cloud MN | +1.10°F |
| 5 | Dubuque IA | +1.06°F |
| 6 | Zanesville OH | +1.03°F |
| 7 | Cedar Rapids IA | +1.00°F |
| 8 | North Platte NE | +0.83°F |
| 9 | Kansas City MO | +0.65°F |
| 10 | Lewiston ID | +0.56°F |
By State
Warmest states of 1901
Montana+0.35°Iowa+0.24°Arkansas+0.17°Nebraska+0.14°Missouri+0.11°South Dakota-0.15°
Coolest states of 1901
New Jersey-5.16°District of Columbia-5.13°South Carolina-3.87°Arizona-3.26°Tennessee-3.11°Florida-3.10°
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