The Year in Heat & Cold
1908
-0.98°F
ran -0.98°F cooler than the 1996–2025 average across 229 cities — the 103rd coldest of 157 years on record.
Extremes
Coldest Day of 1908
-51.0°F
Fairbanks, AK · Jan 21
Hottest Day of 1908
118.0°F
Bakersfield, CA · Jul 28
Records Set in 1908
Daily Cold Records Set
644
calendar-day record lows set in 1908 that still stand today
Daily Heat Records Set
594
calendar-day record highs set in 1908 that still stand today
Where the Year Ran Warm & Cold
Each city's 1908 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 1908 — 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.
+0.72J
-2.99F
+1.11M
+0.44A
-1.66M
-2.52J
-1.55J
-2.55A
-0.65S
-2.09O
-0.02N
-0.42D
Coolest Stations & States
Coolest Stations of 1908
| 1 | Phoenix AZ | -6.93°F |
| 2 | Riverside CA | -5.28°F |
| 3 | Yuma AZ | -5.26°F |
| 4 | Reno NV | -5.20°F |
| 5 | Tucson AZ | -5.02°F |
| 6 | San Jose CA | -4.49°F |
| 7 | San Diego CA | -4.40°F |
| 8 | Salt Lake City UT | -4.27°F |
| 9 | Los Angeles Downtown CA | -4.20°F |
| 10 | Lander WY | -4.03°F |
Warmest Stations of 1908
| 1 | Ashland WI | +2.67°F |
| 2 | Astoria OR | +1.98°F |
| 3 | Great Falls MT | +1.91°F |
| 4 | Saint Cloud MN | +1.75°F |
| 5 | Rhinelander WI | +1.74°F |
| 6 | Cincinnati OH | +1.62°F |
| 7 | Brooksville FL | +1.53°F |
| 8 | Dubuque IA | +1.37°F |
| 9 | Grand Island NE | +1.26°F |
| 10 | Charleston WV | +1.24°F |
By State
Warmest states of 1908
Indiana+0.45°Mississippi+0.41°Iowa+0.35°Wisconsin+0.35°Illinois+0.23°Ohio+0.08°
Coolest states of 1908
Arizona-4.61°Utah-4.27°District of Columbia-3.86°New Mexico-3.79°Nevada-3.49°Vermont-3.20°
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