The Year in Heat & Cold
1929
-1.80°F
ran -1.80°F cooler than the 1996–2025 average across 276 cities — the 117th warmest of 157 years on record.
Extremes
Hottest Day of 1929
119.0°F
Needles, CA · Jun 25
Coldest Day of 1929
-51.0°F
Fairbanks, AK · Dec 31
Records Set in 1929
Daily Heat Records Set
717
calendar-day record highs set in 1929 that still stand today
Daily Cold Records Set
1,013
calendar-day record lows set in 1929 that still stand today
Where the Year Ran Warm & Cold
Each city's 1929 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 1929 — 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.
-3.48J
-6.20F
+1.36M
+0.30A
-2.20M
-2.28J
-1.49J
-1.34A
-1.97S
-1.13O
-3.31N
-0.78D
Warmest Stations & States
Warmest Stations of 1929
| 1 | Fort Pierce FL | +2.80°F |
| 2 | Brooksville FL | +2.37°F |
| 3 | Kodiak AK | +1.72°F |
| 4 | Crescent City CA | +1.57°F |
| 5 | Daytona Beach FL | +1.47°F |
| 6 | Fairbanks AK | +1.37°F |
| 7 | Huntington WV | +0.95°F |
| 8 | Charleston WV | +0.83°F |
| 9 | Nome AK | +0.81°F |
| 10 | Lynchburg VA | +0.75°F |
Coolest Stations of 1929
| 1 | Phoenix AZ | -5.17°F |
| 2 | Salt Lake City UT | -5.12°F |
| 3 | Clayton NM | -4.53°F |
| 4 | Riverside CA | -4.52°F |
| 5 | Roswell NM | -4.51°F |
| 6 | Albuquerque NM | -4.38°F |
| 7 | Tucson AZ | -4.37°F |
| 8 | Minneapolis-St Paul MN | -4.31°F |
| 9 | Sheridan WY | -4.31°F |
| 10 | La Crosse WI | -4.29°F |
By State
Warmest states of 1929
Mississippi+0.11°Alaska+0.04°Florida-0.12°Virginia-0.19°Georgia-0.32°Arkansas-0.60°
Coolest states of 1929
Utah-5.12°New Mexico-4.47°Wyoming-4.11°Minnesota-3.77°North Dakota-3.58°Puerto Rico-3.51°
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