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The coldest states

Avg. annual temperature.

This measure has no better end. The order describes the states, it does not rank them — see the other direction.

Annual average temperature in °F. NOAA nClimGrid provides county area averages across the contiguous U.S.; Alaska and Hawaii retain the statewide figure.

  1. 1Alaska36.4°F
  2. 2North Dakota42.4°F
  3. 3Montana44.2°F
  4. 4Vermont44.3°F
  5. 5Maine44.8°F
  6. 6Wyoming45.1°F
  7. 7Minnesota45.6°F
  8. 8New Hampshire46.7°F
  9. 9Wisconsin46.7°F
  10. 10South Dakota47.4°F
  11. 11Michigan48.9°F
  12. 12Colorado49.7°F
  13. 13Washington50°F
  14. 14Massachusetts50.1°F
  15. 15Idaho50.2°F
  16. 16Iowa50.4°F
  17. 17Rhode Island50.9°F
  18. 18Connecticut51.3°F
  19. 19Utah51.6°F
  20. 20Oregon51.9°F
  21. 21Illinois52°F
  22. 22Ohio52°F
  23. 23Pennsylvania52°F
  24. 24Nebraska52.3°F
  25. 25New York52.4°F
  26. 26Indiana52.6°F
  27. 27West Virginia53.9°F
  28. 28New Jersey54.1°F
  29. 29Delaware55.7°F
  30. 30Maryland56.1°F
  31. 31Kansas56.7°F
  32. 32New Mexico56.8°F
  33. 33Kentucky56.9°F
  34. 34Missouri56.9°F
  35. 35Virginia57.6°F
  36. 36Tennessee60.1°F
  37. 37North Carolina60.3°F
  38. 38Oklahoma61.9°F
  39. 39Arkansas62.2°F
  40. 40California62.7°F
  41. 41Nevada62.8°F
  42. 42South Carolina63.4°F
  43. 43Georgia63.5°F
  44. 44Alabama64.2°F
  45. 45Mississippi66.2°F
  46. 46Louisiana69.3°F
  47. 47Texas69.7°F
  48. 48Arizona70.7°F
  49. 49Hawaii72.6°F
  50. 50Florida74°F

Not ranked, because this measure is not published for them: District of Columbia. Alaska and Hawaii fall outside the contiguous grid and show the statewide figure.

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Source: NOAA NCEI nClimGrid-Daily. · How this is built