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The warmest states

Avg. annual temperature.

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

Annual average temperature in °F. NOAA nClimGrid provides county area averages across the contiguous U.S.; Alaska and Hawaii retain the statewide figure.

  1. 1Florida74°F
  2. 2Hawaii72.6°F
  3. 3Arizona70.7°F
  4. 4Texas69.7°F
  5. 5Louisiana69.3°F
  6. 6Mississippi66.2°F
  7. 7Alabama64.2°F
  8. 8Georgia63.5°F
  9. 9South Carolina63.4°F
  10. 10Nevada62.8°F
  11. 11California62.7°F
  12. 12Arkansas62.2°F
  13. 13Oklahoma61.9°F
  14. 14North Carolina60.3°F
  15. 15Tennessee60.1°F
  16. 16Virginia57.6°F
  17. 17Kentucky56.9°F
  18. 18Missouri56.9°F
  19. 19New Mexico56.8°F
  20. 20Kansas56.7°F
  21. 21Maryland56.1°F
  22. 22Delaware55.7°F
  23. 23New Jersey54.1°F
  24. 24West Virginia53.9°F
  25. 25Indiana52.6°F
  26. 26New York52.4°F
  27. 27Nebraska52.3°F
  28. 28Illinois52°F
  29. 29Ohio52°F
  30. 30Pennsylvania52°F
  31. 31Oregon51.9°F
  32. 32Utah51.6°F
  33. 33Connecticut51.3°F
  34. 34Rhode Island50.9°F
  35. 35Iowa50.4°F
  36. 36Idaho50.2°F
  37. 37Massachusetts50.1°F
  38. 38Washington50°F
  39. 39Colorado49.7°F
  40. 40Michigan48.9°F
  41. 41South Dakota47.4°F
  42. 42New Hampshire46.7°F
  43. 43Wisconsin46.7°F
  44. 44Minnesota45.6°F
  45. 45Wyoming45.1°F
  46. 46Maine44.8°F
  47. 47Vermont44.3°F
  48. 48Montana44.2°F
  49. 49North Dakota42.4°F
  50. 50Alaska36.4°F

Not ranked, because this measure is not published for them: District of Columbia. Alaska and Hawaii fall outside the contiguous grid and show the statewide figure.

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