February - December 1972 Contiguous U.S. Statewide Average Temperature
-99
1901-2000 base period
Degrees Fahrenheit
129 years
1901-2000
1
Alabama
64.2
-0.5
33
64.7
2
Arizona
61.3
0.3
70
61.1
3
Arkansas
61.8
-0.5
34
62.3
4
California
58.8
0.1
58
58.7
5
Colorado
46.4
-0.1
51
46.5
6
Connecticut
49
-1.1
17
50.1
7
Delaware
55.2
-0.9
24
56.1
8
Florida
71.6
0.3
80
71.2
9
Georgia
64.5
-0.4
36
64.9
10
Idaho
44
-0.4
41
44.5
11
Illinois
52.7
-1.3
18
54
12
Indiana
52.4
-1.1
21
53.6
13
Iowa
48.3
-1.9
9
50.2
14
Kansas
55.5
-0.9
26
56.5
15
Kentucky
56.5
-1
23
57.5
16
Louisiana
67.7
-0.2
43
67.9
17
Maine
40.8
-1.8
9
42.5
18
Maryland
54.7
-1
18
55.7
19
Massachusetts
47.7
-1.3
14
49
20
Michigan
44
-1.8
7
45.9
21
Minnesota
41
-2.1
8
43.1
22
Mississippi
64.9
-0.4
37
65.3
23
Missouri
56
-0.8
34
56.8
24
Montana
42.3
-1.1
32
43.3
25
Nebraska
49.7
-1.1
27
50.8
26
Nevada
51.3
-0
60
51.3
27
New Hampshire
43.2
-1.4
9
44.6
28
New Jersey
52.7
-0.8
28
53.4
29
New Mexico
54.7
0.1
69
54.6
30
New York
45
-1.7
7
46.7
31
North Carolina
59.3
-0.9
19
60.2
32
North Dakota
40.8
-1.9
17
42.7
33
Ohio
51.4
-1.2
17
52.6
34
Oklahoma
61.3
-0.5
39
61.8
35
Oregon
47.8
-0.1
48
48
36
Pennsylvania
48.9
-1.3
12
50.2
37
Rhode Island
49.7
-0.8
25
50.5
38
South Carolina
63.2
-0.8
18
64
39
South Dakota
45.5
-1.7
16
47.2
40
Tennessee
58.8
-0.8
30
59.5
41
Texas
66
-0.4
37
66.4
42
Utah
49.9
0.3
72
49.6
43
Vermont
42.1
-1.6
8
43.7
44
Virginia
55.6
-1
18
56.6
45
Washington
47
-0.8
30
47.7
46
West Virginia
52.5
-1
21
53.5
47
Wisconsin
42.9
-2.2
7
45.1
48
Wyoming
42.4
-0.4
47
42.8