December 1901 Contiguous U.S. Statewide Average Temperature
-99
1901-2000 base period
Degrees Fahrenheit
129 years
1901-2000
1
Alabama
42.1
-4.3
15
46.4
2
Arizona
42.3
0.8
77
41.5
3
Arkansas
37.5
-4
13
41.5
4
California
44.2
1.1
87
43.1
5
Colorado
25.7
0.5
58
25.2
6
Connecticut
28
-1.2
39
29.2
7
Delaware
34
-2.2
30
36.2
8
Florida
55.6
-3.2
17
58.8
9
Georgia
43.1
-4
14
47.1
10
Idaho
25.9
2
92
23.9
11
Illinois
24.3
-5.1
19
29.4
12
Indiana
25.5
-4.8
20
30.3
13
Iowa
18.6
-4.1
26
22.7
14
Kansas
29.6
-1.9
29
31.5
15
Kentucky
31.3
-4.9
17
36.2
16
Louisiana
48.1
-2.8
19
50.9
17
Maine
19
0.3
57
18.7
18
Maryland
32.6
-2.7
26
35.3
19
Massachusetts
27
-1.1
41
28.1
20
Michigan
19.8
-3.5
21
23.3
21
Minnesota
10.1
-2.8
37
12.9
22
Mississippi
42.5
-4.3
16
46.8
23
Missouri
27.9
-5.1
12
33
24
Montana
23.1
2.5
79
20.6
25
Nebraska
22.8
-2.5
29
25.3
26
Nevada
33.6
2.4
92
31.2
27
New Hampshire
21.5
-0.2
47
21.7
28
New Jersey
30.7
-2.3
28
33
29
New Mexico
35
0.7
69
34.3
30
New York
23.6
-0.9
44
24.5
31
North Carolina
38.9
-2.6
27
41.5
32
North Dakota
11.8
-0.9
54
12.7
33
Ohio
26.8
-3.6
24
30.4
34
Oklahoma
36.4
-2.5
23
38.9
35
Oregon
32.5
0.7
74
31.8
36
Pennsylvania
26.8
-2.1
32
28.9
37
Rhode Island
29.6
-1.4
38
31
38
South Carolina
42.6
-3
21
45.6
39
South Dakota
18.5
-1.2
44
19.7
40
Tennessee
33.9
-5.3
14
39.2
41
Texas
45.5
-1.4
36
46.9
42
Utah
28.2
1.2
75
27
43
Vermont
20.7
0.5
51
20.2
44
Virginia
33.8
-3
25
36.8
45
Washington
32.6
2
90
30.6
46
West Virginia
30.5
-2.6
29
33.1
47
Wisconsin
15.1
-3
30
18.1
48
Wyoming
20
-0.6
48
20.6