The Year in Heat & Cold
1904
-2.59°F
ran -2.59°F cooler than the 1996–2025 average across 200 cities — the 14th coldest of 157 years on record.
Extremes
Coldest Day of 1904
-46.0°F
Saranac Lake, NY · Jan 19
Hottest Day of 1904
112.0°F
Phoenix, AZ · Jul 11
Records Set in 1904
Daily Cold Records Set
610
calendar-day record lows set in 1904 that still stand today
Daily Heat Records Set
299
calendar-day record highs set in 1904 that still stand today
Where the Year Ran Warm & Cold
Each city's 1904 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 1904 — 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.
-4.74J
-4.91F
-1.73M
-3.82A
-1.10M
-2.59J
-3.44J
-3.07A
-1.43S
-1.08O
-0.56N
-3.25D
Coolest Stations & States
Coolest Stations of 1904
| 1 | Newark NJ | -7.41°F |
| 2 | Washington DC | -7.12°F |
| 3 | Duluth MN | -6.46°F |
| 4 | Hagerstown MD | -6.35°F |
| 5 | Sault Ste Marie MI | -6.27°F |
| 6 | Greenville-Spartanburg SC | -6.11°F |
| 7 | Atlantic City Marina NJ | -6.05°F |
| 8 | Phoenix AZ | -5.65°F |
| 9 | Milton MA | -5.63°F |
| 10 | Middletown-Harrisburg PA | -5.45°F |
Warmest Stations of 1904
| 1 | Charleston WV | +2.80°F |
| 2 | Missoula MT | +1.91°F |
| 3 | Great Falls MT | +1.32°F |
| 4 | Spokane WA | +1.14°F |
| 5 | Lewiston ID | +0.94°F |
| 6 | Kalispell MT | +0.84°F |
| 7 | Waco TX | +0.55°F |
| 8 | North Platte NE | +0.49°F |
| 9 | Scottsbluff NE | +0.27°F |
| 10 | Monroe LA | +0.20°F |
By State
Warmest states of 1904
Montana+0.47°Idaho+0.16°Oregon-0.07°Washington-0.17°Mississippi-0.51°Louisiana-0.57°
Coolest states of 1904
District of Columbia-7.12°New Jersey-5.10°Michigan-5.02°Maryland-4.93°New Hampshire-4.76°Maine-4.74°
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