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The states with the most hot days

Days reaching 90°F.

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

Number of days in the latest complete year when the county-average daily high reached at least 90°F. This describes heat frequency, not heat-health risk.

1. 1Arizona145 days
2. 2Texas124 days
3. 3Florida111 days
4. 4Louisiana95 days
5. 5Nevada88 days
6. 6Mississippi86 days
7. 7Oklahoma66 days
8. 8Arkansas64 days
9. 9Alabama54 days
10. 10Georgia52 days
11. 11New Mexico52 days
12. 12South Carolina50 days
13. 13California48 days
14. 14Kansas45 days
15. 15Tennessee43 days
16. 16Missouri40 days
17. 17Kentucky34 days
18. 18North Carolina33 days
19. 19Idaho32 days
20. 20Virginia25 days
21. 21Utah25 days
22. 22Maryland25 days
23. 23Colorado25 days
24. 24Nebraska24 days
25. 25Illinois23 days
26. 26Delaware20 days
27. 27New Jersey20 days
28. 28Indiana19 days
29. 29West Virginia17 days
30. 30South Dakota16 days
31. 31Ohio16 days
32. 32Connecticut15 days
33. 33New York15 days
34. 34Massachusetts15 days
35. 35Iowa13 days
36. 36Pennsylvania12 days
37. 37New Hampshire12 days
38. 38Wyoming12 days
39. 39Michigan11 days
40. 40Oregon10 days
41. 41Hawaii10 days
42. 42Rhode Island8 days
43. 43Washington8 days
44. 44North Dakota7 days
45. 45Maine6 days
46. 46Minnesota6 days
47. 47Montana6 days
48. 48Wisconsin6 days
49. 49Vermont4 days
50. 50Alaska0 days

Not ranked, because this measure is not published for them: District of Columbia.

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