March - May 1978 Contiguous U.S. Statewide Average Temperature
-99
1901-2000 base period
Degrees Fahrenheit
129 years
1901-2000
1
Alabama
61.7
-1.2
24
62.9
2
Arizona
57.6
0.5
71
57.1
3
Arkansas
59.4
-0.8
34
60.1
4
California
55.1
0.6
78
54.5
5
Colorado
44
1.4
93
42.7
6
Connecticut
44.5
-1.6
21
46.1
7
Delaware
50.5
-1.8
19
52.3
8
Florida
69.2
-0.3
46
69.5
9
Georgia
62.4
-0.7
33
63.1
10
Idaho
41.6
0.7
79
40.9
11
Illinois
49
-2.1
18
51.1
12
Indiana
48
-2.5
12
50.5
13
Iowa
46.2
-1.3
40
47.5
14
Kansas
53
-0.1
54
53.1
15
Kentucky
53.3
-1.7
23
55
16
Louisiana
65.6
-0.7
36
66.3
17
Maine
37.6
-0.6
40
38.2
18
Maryland
50.5
-1.8
16
52.3
19
Massachusetts
43.4
-1.4
24
44.9
20
Michigan
40.3
-1.2
36
41.5
21
Minnesota
40.9
0.6
75
40.3
22
Mississippi
62.4
-1.1
27
63.5
23
Missouri
52.5
-1.6
23
54.1
24
Montana
40.5
0.4
71
40.1
25
Nebraska
47.1
-0.2
54
47.3
26
Nevada
47.4
0.4
68
47
27
New Hampshire
39.6
-1.1
33
40.7
28
New Jersey
47.7
-1.8
20
49.5
29
New Mexico
53
1.3
91
51.7
30
New York
40.7
-1.9
20
42.6
31
North Carolina
56.6
-1.2
26
57.9
32
North Dakota
41.1
1.2
83
39.9
33
Ohio
46.9
-2.3
13
49.2
34
Oklahoma
59
0
62
58.9
35
Oregon
44.8
0.5
78
44.3
36
Pennsylvania
44.7
-2.1
16
46.8
37
Rhode Island
44.7
-1.3
27
46
38
South Carolina
61.2
-0.8
33
62
39
South Dakota
43.6
-0.2
60
43.8
40
Tennessee
56.5
-0.9
35
57.4
41
Texas
65.7
1.2
88
64.5
42
Utah
46.8
1
79
45.8
43
Vermont
38.6
-1.2
33
39.8
44
Virginia
52.4
-1.6
18
54
45
Washington
45.3
0.1
70
45.2
46
West Virginia
49.3
-1.5
22
50.8
47
Wisconsin
41.3
-0.6
50
41.9
48
Wyoming
39.9
1.1
91
38.8