1920

-2.16°F

ran -2.16°F cooler than the 1996–2025 average across 257 cities — the 26th coldest of 157 years on record.

Extremes

-48.0°F

Fairbanks, AK · Jan 13

118.0°F

Needles, CA · Jul 6

943

calendar-day record lows set in 1920 that still stand today

327

calendar-day record highs set in 1920 that still stand today

Each city's 1920 average temperature versus its 1996–2025 normal — blue where the year ran cool, red where it ran hot.

Each city's single hottest and coldest reading of 1920 — the number is the temperature, coloured hot-to-cold. Toggle between the two.

National temperature anomaly by month — red above the line is a warm month, blue below is cool.

-3.36J

-2.51F

-2.22M

-4.62A

-2.51M

-2.32J

-2.63J

-2.59A

-0.64S

+0.97O

-2.86N

-0.53D

Warmest states of 1920

Iowa-0.71°South Dakota-0.73°Illinois-0.74°Montana-0.90°Arkansas-0.99°Louisiana-1.10°

Coolest states of 1920

Arizona-4.63°District of Columbia-4.61°Vermont-4.18°Wyoming-3.79°New Mexico-3.76°New Jersey-3.66°

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