March - May 1997 Contiguous U.S. Statewide Average Temperature
-99
1901-2000 base period
Degrees Fahrenheit
129 years
1901-2000
1
Alabama
62.4
-0.5
43
62.9
2
Arizona
60.6
3.5
121
57.1
3
Arkansas
58.9
-1.2
23
60.1
4
California
59.1
4.6
128
54.5
5
Colorado
43.1
0.4
74
42.7
6
Connecticut
45.1
-1
35
46.1
7
Delaware
52.1
-0.2
54
52.3
8
Florida
71.2
1.7
109
69.5
9
Georgia
63.2
0.1
62
63.1
10
Idaho
41.8
0.9
87
40.9
11
Illinois
49.4
-1.8
24
51.1
12
Indiana
48.5
-2
20
50.5
13
Iowa
45.2
-2.3
24
47.5
14
Kansas
52
-1.1
36
53.1
15
Kentucky
52.6
-2.4
11
55
16
Louisiana
65.9
-0.3
46
66.3
17
Maine
35.5
-2.8
9
38.2
18
Maryland
51.5
-0.8
37
52.3
19
Massachusetts
43.4
-1.5
24
44.9
20
Michigan
39.1
-2.3
20
41.5
21
Minnesota
37.5
-2.8
24
40.3
22
Mississippi
62.8
-0.7
38
63.5
23
Missouri
52.3
-1.9
22
54.1
24
Montana
39.6
-0.5
50
40.1
25
Nebraska
45.9
-1.4
31
47.3
26
Nevada
50.1
3.1
117
47
27
New Hampshire
38.1
-2.7
13
40.7
28
New Jersey
48.9
-0.6
44
49.5
29
New Mexico
52.4
0.7
78
51.7
30
New York
40.3
-2.3
18
42.6
31
North Carolina
57.1
-0.8
40
57.9
32
North Dakota
36.9
-3
25
39.9
33
Ohio
47.3
-1.9
20
49.2
34
Oklahoma
57.3
-1.6
19
58.9
35
Oregon
46.5
2.2
115
44.3
36
Pennsylvania
45
-1.8
21
46.8
37
Rhode Island
45.4
-0.5
42
46
38
South Carolina
61.9
-0.1
55
62
39
South Dakota
41.5
-2.3
25
43.8
40
Tennessee
55.8
-1.6
20
57.4
41
Texas
63.2
-1.3
24
64.5
42
Utah
47.5
1.7
92
45.8
43
Vermont
36.8
-3
12
39.8
44
Virginia
52.5
-1.4
21
54
45
Washington
45.6
0.4
76
45.2
46
West Virginia
48.7
-2.1
10
50.8
47
Wisconsin
39.8
-2.1
25
41.9
48
Wyoming
38.9
0.1
62
38.8