The Year in Heat & Cold
1902
-1.63°F
ran -1.63°F cooler than the 1996–2025 average across 192 cities — the 57th coldest of 157 years on record.
Extremes
Coldest Day of 1902
-39.0°F
Hayward, WI · Jan 28
Hottest Day of 1902
116.0°F
Phoenix, AZ · Jun 24
Records Set in 1902
Daily Cold Records Set
568
calendar-day record lows set in 1902 that still stand today
Daily Heat Records Set
415
calendar-day record highs set in 1902 that still stand today
Where the Year Ran Warm & Cold
Each city's 1902 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 1902 — 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.
-1.79J
-5.28F
-0.74M
-1.52A
+0.50M
-2.55J
-2.31J
-2.39A
-3.57S
-0.17O
+2.38N
-3.38D
Coolest Stations & States
Coolest Stations of 1902
| 1 | Riverside CA | -6.48°F |
| 2 | Reno NV | -6.22°F |
| 3 | Phoenix AZ | -5.71°F |
| 4 | Yuma AZ | -5.07°F |
| 5 | Los Angeles Downtown CA | -4.85°F |
| 6 | Newark NJ | -4.85°F |
| 7 | Stockton CA | -4.47°F |
| 8 | Washington DC | -4.37°F |
| 9 | San Diego CA | -4.25°F |
| 10 | Greenville-Spartanburg SC | -4.14°F |
Warmest Stations of 1902
| 1 | Beaumont-Port Arthur TX | +1.77°F |
| 2 | Waco TX | +1.03°F |
| 3 | Hayward WI | +0.98°F |
| 4 | Pittsburgh PA | +0.97°F |
| 5 | Klamath Falls OR | +0.90°F |
| 6 | Charlottesville VA | +0.71°F |
| 7 | Glens Falls NY | +0.56°F |
| 8 | Gainesville FL | +0.54°F |
| 9 | Jackson MS | +0.50°F |
| 10 | Dubuque IA | +0.46°F |
By State
Warmest states of 1902
Mississippi-0.06°Alabama-0.47°Virginia-0.47°Oregon-0.61°Minnesota-0.71°Wisconsin-0.79°
Coolest states of 1902
District of Columbia-4.37°Arizona-4.22°California-3.17°New Jersey-2.93°North Dakota-2.82°Puerto Rico-2.82°
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