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Lowest hot days by state

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