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The states with the most freezing days
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.
- 1Alaska182 days
- 2Wyoming179 days
- 3North Dakota174 days
- 4Montana171 days
- 5Vermont165 days
- 6South Dakota158 days
- 7Maine155 days
- 8New Hampshire154 days
- 9Colorado151 days
- 10Minnesota150 days
- 11Wisconsin149 days
- 12Michigan143 days
- 13Massachusetts130 days
- 14Iowa128 days
- 15Connecticut125 days
- 16Idaho125 days
- 17Nebraska124 days
- 18Utah121 days
- 19Ohio120 days
- 20Rhode Island118 days
- 21Pennsylvania118 days
- 22Indiana117 days
- 23New Mexico111 days
- 24Illinois109 days
- 25West Virginia109 days
- 26New York107 days
- 27New Jersey101 days
- 28Kansas94 days
- 29Delaware92 days
- 30Maryland91 days
- 31Kentucky90 days
- 32Missouri90 days
- 33Virginia79 days
- 34Tennessee72 days
- 35North Carolina65 days
- 36Oklahoma64 days
- 37Washington64 days
- 38Arkansas60 days
- 39Oregon51 days
- 40Georgia49 days
- 41Alabama48 days
- 42South Carolina47 days
- 43Nevada41 days
- 44Mississippi36 days
- 45Texas25 days
- 46Louisiana19 days
- 47Arizona13 days
- 48Hawaii10 days
- 49California5 days
- 50Florida2 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