May - August 1940 Contiguous U.S. Statewide Average Temperature Degrees Fahrenheit -99 1901-2000 base period 1901-2000 0100 Alabama 75.5 12 76.9 -1.4 0200 Arizona 76.6 115 74.2 2.4 0300 Arkansas 74.2 7 76.2 -2.0 0400 California 71.4 109 69.4 2.0 0500 Colorado 63.0 109 61.4 1.6 0600 Connecticut 64.1 14 65.4 -1.3 0700 Delaware 69.7 23 70.5 -0.8 0800 Florida 78.4 11 79.2 -0.8 0900 Georgia 75.9 21 76.7 -0.8 1000 Idaho 61.7 119 58.6 3.1 1100 Illinois 70.3 53 70.6 -0.3 1200 Indiana 69.6 56 69.7 -0.1 1300 Iowa 68.5 63 68.5 -0.0 1400 Kansas 73.5 70 73.2 0.3 1500 Kentucky 71.4 39 72 -0.6 1600 Louisiana 77.3 3 79.2 -1.9 1700 Maine 59.7 56 59.7 0.0 1800 Maryland 69.7 30 70.3 -0.6 1900 Massachusetts 63.0 13 64.4 -1.4 2000 Michigan 62.1 40 62.7 -0.6 2100 Minnesota 62.7 44 63.3 -0.6 2200 Mississippi 75.9 5 77.7 -1.8 2300 Missouri 71.7 36 72.7 -1.0 2400 Montana 62.2 117 59.5 2.7 2500 Nebraska 70.0 103 68.4 1.6 2600 Nevada 68.6 121 65.3 3.3 2700 New Hampshire 60.6 30 61.2 -0.6 2800 New Jersey 67.0 15 68.3 -1.3 2900 New Mexico 68.5 63 68.3 0.2 3000 New York 62.4 33 63 -0.6 3100 North Carolina 73.1 51 73.1 -0.0 3200 North Dakota 64.2 90 63.1 1.1 3300 Ohio 68.1 52 68.2 -0.1 3400 Oklahoma 75.6 22 76.9 -1.3 3500 Oregon 61.7 115 59.1 2.6 3600 Pennsylvania 65.0 38 65.6 -0.6 3700 Rhode Island 63.2 9 65 -1.8 3800 South Carolina 76.0 30 76.5 -0.5 3900 South Dakota 67.6 96 66.2 1.4 4000 Tennessee 71.9 16 73.3 -1.4 4100 Texas 77.7 14 79 -1.3 4200 Utah 68.2 120 64.9 3.3 4300 Vermont 60.3 41 60.6 -0.3 4400 Virginia 69.9 25 70.4 -0.5 4500 Washington 61.3 114 59.3 2.0 4600 West Virginia 67.6 50 67.7 -0.1 4700 Wisconsin 62.8 35 63.5 -0.7 4800 Wyoming 61.5 117 58.6 2.9