1990

+0.19°F

ran +0.19°F warmer than the 1996–2025 average across 368 cities — the 140th coldest of 157 years on record.

Extremes

-55.0°F

Bettles, AK · Jan 1

122.0°F

Phoenix, AZ · Jun 26

795

calendar-day record lows set in 1990 that still stand today

1,702

calendar-day record highs set in 1990 that still stand today

Each city's 1990 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 1990 — 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.

+4.57J

+1.15F

+1.26M

+0.17A

-2.05M

+0.00J

-1.09J

-0.59A

+0.14S

-0.56O

+1.21N

-2.07D

Warmest states of 1990

South Carolina+1.59°North Carolina+1.50°North Dakota+1.33°Virginia+1.31°Maryland+1.13°Georgia+1.10°

Coolest states of 1990

Alaska-1.89°Nevada-1.82°Arizona-1.31°New Mexico-1.21°Utah-1.05°Puerto Rico-0.90°

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