The Year in Heat & Cold
1917
-3.32°F
ran -3.32°F cooler than the 1996–2025 average across 251 cities — the 3rd coldest of 157 years on record.
Extremes
Coldest Day of 1917
-53.0°F
Fairbanks, AK · Jan 4
Hottest Day of 1917
120.0°F
Needles, CA · Jun 17
Records Set in 1917
Daily Cold Records Set
1,834
calendar-day record lows set in 1917 that still stand today
Daily Heat Records Set
519
calendar-day record highs set in 1917 that still stand today
Where the Year Ran Warm & Cold
Each city's 1917 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 1917 — 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.
-1.46J
-4.91F
-3.04M
-2.75A
-6.23M
-3.08J
-0.97J
-2.30A
-3.03S
-5.21O
-0.85N
-7.24D
Coolest Stations & States
Coolest Stations of 1917
| 1 | Sault Ste Marie MI | -7.49°F |
| 2 | Phoenix AZ | -7.08°F |
| 3 | Wausau WI | -6.77°F |
| 4 | Minneapolis-St Paul MN | -6.60°F |
| 5 | Burlington VT | -6.57°F |
| 6 | La Crosse WI | -6.53°F |
| 7 | Duluth MN | -6.34°F |
| 8 | Muskegon MI | -6.21°F |
| 9 | Washington DC | -6.20°F |
| 10 | Sioux Falls SD | -5.97°F |
Warmest Stations of 1917
| 1 | Beckley WV | +0.60°F |
| 2 | Astoria OR | +0.34°F |
| 3 | Fort Pierce FL | +0.30°F |
| 4 | Crescent City CA | +0.16°F |
| 5 | Pendleton OR | +0.04°F |
| 6 | Victoria TX | -0.02°F |
| 7 | Spokane WA | -0.03°F |
| 8 | Tri-Cities WA | -0.13°F |
| 9 | Pullman WA | -0.14°F |
| 10 | Salem OR | -0.39°F |
By State
Warmest states of 1917
Oregon-0.95°Washington-1.00°Idaho-1.46°Mississippi-1.69°Florida-1.92°Texas-1.94°
Coolest states of 1917
Vermont-6.57°District of Columbia-6.20°Michigan-5.60°Minnesota-5.50°Wisconsin-5.41°South Dakota-5.16°
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