Rankings · Weather
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.
- 1Arizona145 days
- 2Texas124 days
- 3Florida111 days
- 4Louisiana95 days
- 5Nevada88 days
- 6Mississippi86 days
- 7Oklahoma66 days
- 8Arkansas64 days
- 9Alabama54 days
- 10Georgia52 days
- 11New Mexico52 days
- 12South Carolina50 days
- 13California48 days
- 14Kansas45 days
- 15Tennessee43 days
- 16Missouri40 days
- 17Kentucky34 days
- 18North Carolina33 days
- 19Idaho32 days
- 20Virginia25 days
- 21Utah25 days
- 22Maryland25 days
- 23Colorado25 days
- 24Nebraska24 days
- 25Illinois23 days
- 26Delaware20 days
- 27New Jersey20 days
- 28Indiana19 days
- 29West Virginia17 days
- 30South Dakota16 days
- 31Ohio16 days
- 32Connecticut15 days
- 33New York15 days
- 34Massachusetts15 days
- 35Iowa13 days
- 36Pennsylvania12 days
- 37New Hampshire12 days
- 38Wyoming12 days
- 39Michigan11 days
- 40Oregon10 days
- 41Hawaii10 days
- 42Rhode Island8 days
- 43Washington8 days
- 44North Dakota7 days
- 45Maine6 days
- 46Minnesota6 days
- 47Montana6 days
- 48Wisconsin6 days
- 49Vermont4 days
- 50Alaska0 days
Not ranked, because this measure is not published for them: District of Columbia.
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<iframe src="https://movermath.com/embed/hot-days" width="100%" height="420" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Days reaching 90°F by state"></iframe>Source: NOAA NCEI nClimGrid-Daily. · How this is built