The Year in Heat & Cold
1934
+0.39°F
ran +0.39°F warmer than the 1996–2025 average across 291 cities — the 13th warmest of 157 years on record.
Extremes
Hottest Day of 1934
118.0°F
Needles, CA · Jul 11
Coldest Day of 1934
-66.0°F
Fairbanks, AK · Jan 14
Records Set in 1934
Daily Heat Records Set
1,953
calendar-day record highs set in 1934 that still stand today
Daily Cold Records Set
774
calendar-day record lows set in 1934 that still stand today
Where the Year Ran Warm & Cold
Each city's 1934 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 1934 — 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.
+3.20J
-3.46F
-1.87M
+0.90A
+2.41M
+1.47J
+1.38J
-0.44A
-1.71S
+1.35O
+2.33N
-1.83D
Warmest Stations & States
Warmest Stations of 1934
| 1 | Jerome ID | +5.43°F |
| 2 | Sisseton SD | +5.27°F |
| 3 | Hastings NE | +4.69°F |
| 4 | Great Falls MT | +4.59°F |
| 5 | Goodland KS | +4.45°F |
| 6 | Challis ID | +4.41°F |
| 7 | Grand Island NE | +4.40°F |
| 8 | North Platte NE | +4.36°F |
| 9 | Aberdeen SD | +4.33°F |
| 10 | Quincy IL | +4.30°F |
Coolest Stations of 1934
| 1 | Barrow AK | -4.85°F |
| 2 | Manchester NH | -4.63°F |
| 3 | Burlington VT | -4.38°F |
| 4 | Newark NJ | -4.27°F |
| 5 | Mount Pocono PA | -4.02°F |
| 6 | Sault Ste Marie MI | -3.99°F |
| 7 | Boston MA | -3.49°F |
| 8 | Milton MA | -3.49°F |
| 9 | Millinocket ME | -3.46°F |
| 10 | Washington DC | -3.26°F |
By State
Warmest states of 1934
South Dakota+3.59°Idaho+3.47°Washington+3.37°Nebraska+3.21°Montana+2.99°Kansas+2.93°
Coolest states of 1934
Vermont-4.38°District of Columbia-3.26°New Jersey-3.17°New Hampshire-3.15°Puerto Rico-3.10°Rhode Island-2.43°
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