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I "took" this from a meteorologist fella...and yes, it's cold outside!!

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This chart shows the annual average number of days reaching 95°F, 100°F and 105°F at all 657 United States NOAA GHCNd stations (weighted by area) with at least 100 years of daily temperature data (90% daily completeness) between 1895 and 2025.

Despite the endless scare mongering all summer, in terms of U.S. heat extremes, it wasn't exceptional.

Tmax ?95°F (35°C): 12.1 days (98th most)
Tmax ?100°F (38°C): 2.5 days (103rd most)
Tmax ?105°F (40°C): 0.4 day (105th most)

Top 10 years with most Tmax = or > 95dF

1- 1936
2- 1934
3- 1954
4- 1931
5- 1933
6- 1913
7- 1925
8- 1980 (most recent)
9- 1930
10-1911

Interestingly, only one of top 15 has been recorded in the last 70 years, and only two in the 21st century made the top 20 (2011 and 2012, which sit at 17th and 19th place, respectively).

Top 10 years with most Tmax = or > 100dF

1-1936
2-1934
3-1954
4-1930
5-1901
6-1913
7-1980 (most recent)
8-1931
9-1925
10-1918

Top 10 years with most Tmax = or > 105dF

1-1936
2-1934
3-1954
4-1930
5-1901
6-1980
7-1913
8-2023 (most recent)
9-1918
10-1933

The searing heatwave in Texas and Oklahoma back in 2023 bumped it up to 8th place for national average annual number of days with a Tmax ?105°F.