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Lowest freezing days by state
Days at or below freezing.
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 low reached 32°F or below. This describes cold frequency, not winter-storm risk.
- 1Florida2 days
- 2California5 days
- 3Hawaii10 days
- 4Arizona13 days
- 5Louisiana19 days
- 6Texas25 days
- 7Mississippi36 days
- 8Nevada41 days
- 9South Carolina47 days
- 10Alabama48 days
- 11Georgia49 days
- 12Oregon51 days
- 13Arkansas60 days
- 14Washington64 days
- 15Oklahoma64 days
- 16North Carolina65 days
- 17Tennessee72 days
- 18Virginia79 days
- 19Missouri90 days
- 20Kentucky90 days
- 21Maryland91 days
- 22Delaware92 days
- 23Kansas94 days
- 24New Jersey101 days
- 25New York107 days
- 26West Virginia109 days
- 27Illinois109 days
- 28New Mexico111 days
- 29Indiana117 days
- 30Pennsylvania118 days
- 31Rhode Island118 days
- 32Ohio120 days
- 33Utah121 days
- 34Nebraska124 days
- 35Idaho125 days
- 36Connecticut125 days
- 37Iowa128 days
- 38Massachusetts130 days
- 39Michigan143 days
- 40Wisconsin149 days
- 41Minnesota150 days
- 42Colorado151 days
- 43New Hampshire154 days
- 44Maine155 days
- 45South Dakota158 days
- 46Vermont165 days
- 47Montana171 days
- 48North Dakota174 days
- 49Wyoming179 days
- 50Alaska182 days
Not ranked, because this measure is not published for them: District of Columbia.
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<iframe src="https://movermath.com/embed/freezing-days" width="100%" height="420" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Days at or below freezing by state"></iframe>Source: NOAA NCEI nClimGrid-Daily. · How this is built