The Year in Heat & Cold
1916
-2.09°F
ran -2.09°F cooler than the 1996–2025 average across 253 cities — the 29th coldest of 157 years on record.
Extremes
Coldest Day of 1916
-60.0°F
Fairbanks, AK · Jan 21
Hottest Day of 1916
116.0°F
Yuma, AZ · Jun 15
Records Set in 1916
Daily Cold Records Set
919
calendar-day record lows set in 1916 that still stand today
Daily Heat Records Set
686
calendar-day record highs set in 1916 that still stand today
Where the Year Ran Warm & Cold
Each city's 1916 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 1916 — 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.
-0.64J
-2.82F
-2.71M
-2.03A
-1.43M
-4.09J
-0.38J
-0.96A
-2.80S
-1.78O
-1.79N
-4.32D
Coolest Stations & States
Coolest Stations of 1916
| 1 | Needles CA | -8.83°F |
| 2 | Phoenix AZ | -7.15°F |
| 3 | Glasgow MT | -6.64°F |
| 4 | Havre MT | -5.82°F |
| 5 | Reno NV | -5.82°F |
| 6 | Williston ND | -5.70°F |
| 7 | Missoula MT | -5.65°F |
| 8 | Helena MT | -5.60°F |
| 9 | Bismarck ND | -5.36°F |
| 10 | Sheridan WY | -5.19°F |
Warmest Stations of 1916
| 1 | Charleston WV | +2.42°F |
| 2 | Beckley WV | +1.76°F |
| 3 | Gainesville FL | +1.20°F |
| 4 | Fort Pierce FL | +0.95°F |
| 5 | Greenville MS | +0.90°F |
| 6 | Beaumont-Port Arthur TX | +0.82°F |
| 7 | Carbondale IL | +0.64°F |
| 8 | Russellville AR | +0.61°F |
| 9 | Grand Island NE | +0.58°F |
| 10 | Victoria TX | +0.57°F |
By State
Warmest states of 1916
Mississippi-0.12°Arkansas-0.23°Louisiana-0.32°West Virginia-0.41°Georgia-0.55°Missouri-0.82°
Coolest states of 1916
North Dakota-5.41°Montana-5.37°Wyoming-4.56°District of Columbia-4.31°Nevada-4.28°Arizona-4.13°
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