The Year in Heat & Cold
1926
-1.40°F
ran -1.40°F cooler than the 1996–2025 average across 271 cities — the 70th coldest of 157 years on record.
Extremes
Coldest Day of 1926
-44.0°F
Barrow, AK · Feb 27
Hottest Day of 1926
118.0°F
Palm Springs, CA · Jul 14
Records Set in 1926
Daily Cold Records Set
767
calendar-day record lows set in 1926 that still stand today
Daily Heat Records Set
679
calendar-day record highs set in 1926 that still stand today
Where the Year Ran Warm & Cold
Each city's 1926 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 1926 — 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.
-0.55J
+1.64F
-4.15M
-2.60A
-0.55M
-2.40J
-1.44J
-0.61A
-1.56S
+0.12O
-2.32N
-2.77D
Coolest Stations & States
Coolest Stations of 1926
| 1 | Burlington VT | -5.98°F |
| 2 | Sault Ste Marie MI | -5.60°F |
| 3 | Newark NJ | -5.24°F |
| 4 | Buffalo NY | -5.20°F |
| 5 | Phoenix AZ | -5.02°F |
| 6 | Washington DC | -4.77°F |
| 7 | New York-Central Park NY | -4.63°F |
| 8 | Flint MI | -4.61°F |
| 9 | Brainerd MN | -4.58°F |
| 10 | Alpena MI | -4.53°F |
Warmest Stations of 1926
| 1 | Fairbanks AK | +4.23°F |
| 2 | Yakutat AK | +3.40°F |
| 3 | Crescent City CA | +2.99°F |
| 4 | Omak WA | +2.93°F |
| 5 | Kodiak AK | +2.90°F |
| 6 | Klamath Falls OR | +2.79°F |
| 7 | Talkeetna AK | +2.59°F |
| 8 | Bethel AK | +2.38°F |
| 9 | Great Falls MT | +2.37°F |
| 10 | McMinnville OR | +2.27°F |
By State
Warmest states of 1926
Alaska+2.02°Oregon+1.49°Washington+1.36°Montana+1.03°Idaho+0.62°South Dakota+0.44°
Coolest states of 1926
Vermont-5.98°District of Columbia-4.77°New Jersey-4.27°Rhode Island-4.08°Michigan-3.80°New York-3.79°
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