1928

-1.19°F

ran -1.19°F cooler than the 1996–2025 average across 271 cities — the 89th coldest of 157 years on record.

Extremes

-49.0°F

Barrow, AK · Mar 19

121.0°F

Palm Springs, CA · Aug 8

722

calendar-day record lows set in 1928 that still stand today

625

calendar-day record highs set in 1928 that still stand today

Each city's 1928 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 1928 — 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.

+0.57J

-0.21F

-0.62M

-3.67A

-0.68M

-3.93J

-1.33J

-0.90A

-3.45S

+0.90O

-0.69N

-0.32D

Warmest states of 1928

South Dakota+0.60°Iowa+0.39°Illinois-0.02°Arkansas-0.18°Washington-0.22°Nebraska-0.29°

Coolest states of 1928

Utah-3.71°District of Columbia-3.28°Puerto Rico-3.15°New Mexico-3.09°Wyoming-2.84°Vermont-2.62°

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