The Year in Heat & Cold
1918
-1.23°F
ran -1.23°F cooler than the 1996–2025 average across 254 cities — the 84th coldest of 157 years on record.
Extremes
Coldest Day of 1918
-50.0°F
Fairbanks, AK · Dec 10
Hottest Day of 1918
122.0°F
Needles, CA · Jun 11
Records Set in 1918
Daily Cold Records Set
1,123
calendar-day record lows set in 1918 that still stand today
Daily Heat Records Set
1,000
calendar-day record highs set in 1918 that still stand today
Where the Year Ran Warm & Cold
Each city's 1918 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 1918 — 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.
-8.60J
-0.95F
+2.44M
-2.85A
+0.54M
-0.34J
-2.76J
-0.15A
-5.11S
+1.64O
-1.26N
+1.52D
Coolest Stations & States
Coolest Stations of 1918
| 1 | Phoenix AZ | -6.84°F |
| 2 | Nome AK | -5.91°F |
| 3 | Needles CA | -4.64°F |
| 4 | Burlington VT | -4.46°F |
| 5 | Roswell NM | -4.46°F |
| 6 | Yuma AZ | -4.39°F |
| 7 | Albuquerque NM | -4.28°F |
| 8 | Sault Ste Marie MI | -4.12°F |
| 9 | Reno NV | -4.08°F |
| 10 | El Paso TX | -4.05°F |
Warmest Stations of 1918
| 1 | Beckley WV | +2.36°F |
| 2 | Kalispell MT | +1.64°F |
| 3 | Charleston WV | +1.60°F |
| 4 | Spokane WA | +1.56°F |
| 5 | Great Falls MT | +1.50°F |
| 6 | Worcester MA | +1.38°F |
| 7 | Astoria OR | +1.20°F |
| 8 | Tri-Cities WA | +1.18°F |
| 9 | Pine Bluff AR | +1.17°F |
| 10 | Pendleton OR | +1.10°F |
By State
Warmest states of 1918
Oregon+0.28°Washington+0.25°Mississippi+0.13°Montana+0.05°Iowa-0.07°Arkansas-0.09°
Coolest states of 1918
Vermont-4.46°New Mexico-4.01°Puerto Rico-3.80°District of Columbia-3.63°Arizona-3.61°New Jersey-3.13°
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