Temperature Blanket 2027
Your 2027 blanket starts on January 1. Plan it now: the preview below uses 2025 weather from your city, so you can set the colors and buy yarn before the first row.
1. City and year
285 US cities. Each one uses the nearest NOAA weather station that reports every day.
2. Temperature ranges and colors
Each band includes its lower number and stops just below its upper number. Free: up to 8 bands.
3. Style
4. Craft and gauge
Yards per stitch depends on yarn weight and stitch. The defaults are typical for worsted yarn; measure a swatch and edit them.
Pick a city to see its year
Your blanket appears here as soon as the weather loads: one colored row for every day, with the number of days and yards for each color.
Colors, days and yarn
| Color | Range °F | Days | Rows | Yards | Skeins | Match to your yarn |
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Daily table: date, temperature, color
| Date | High °F | Color | Data |
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What the preview shows
The year 2027 has not happened, so no one can chart it yet. The planner fills it with the daily temperatures of 2025 at your station and says so on screen. The shape of the year will be close: cold months at the ends, warm in the middle. The day-to-day details will differ, which is why the real blanket is worth working a day at a time.
Use the preview to choose how many colors to use, to see which ranges will be long stripes, and to estimate the yarn. Counts can move by a few days per color once the real weather arrives, so buy a little extra of the colors near a range edge.
Follow the real year
Once January starts, choose 2027 (in progress) in the year list. The days the station has reported appear as real weather. The remaining days stay lighter and are labeled as preview. NOAA posts daily summaries with a delay of a day or two, so on the first of the month the last day or two may still be preview. Your table of colors then fills in as the year goes.
Following the year is free. The free planner covers any city and year, up to 8 color bands, the preview, counts and a daily table. The Planner Pack ($3.99, one-time) adds the printable chart, checklist and yarn list. See pricing.
A checklist before January 1
- Choose your city and look at the station the planner picked and how far away it is.
- Decide how many colors to use and pick a palette (see colors).
- Set your width, gauge and rows per day, then read the yards and skeins for each color (see the yarn calculator).
- Buy the yarn, plus one extra skein for any color close to a skein boundary.
- Print or save the chart so you can follow it each day.
Questions
Can I plan a blanket before the year starts?
Yes. Choose 2027 (starts Jan 1) and the planner shows a preview made from 2025 weather at the same station, clearly labeled, so you can choose colors and buy yarn early.
Where does the weather come from?
From NOAA, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, through its National Centers for Environmental Information daily summaries. Each city uses the nearest airport-grade weather station with a long record. NOAA data is public domain.
Will the real year match the preview?
The shape will be similar, but individual days will not match. Counts per color typically shift by a few days, so keep a little spare yarn.
Why does my city show a different station?
Weather stations sit at airports and observatories, often a few miles from the middle of town. The planner picks the nearest one that reports a high and a low almost every day, and it names the station and its distance on screen.