US states by average annual temperature, 2025

Florida had the highest average annual temperature of 50 states in 2025, at 72.3 °F. Alaska had the lowest, at 29.6 °F. The median was 53 °F and the figure for the United States was 54.6 °F. Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

Highest72.3Florida

Lowest29.6Alaska

Median5350 states

United States54.6History

All states, 2025

°F. Source: NOAA NCEI, NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December average temperature, contiguous US and statewide. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	States	2025 °F	Change on 2024
1	Florida	72.3	-0.8%
2	Louisiana	68.6	-1%
3	Texas	67.8	-1.2%
4	Hawaii	67	+0.4%
5	Mississippi	65.9	-0.9%
6	Georgia	64.9	-1.5%
7	Alabama	64.5	-1.5%
8	South Carolina	63.7	-1.8%
9	Arizona	62.8	+0.5%
10	Arkansas	62.6	-1.1%
11	Oklahoma	61.5	-2.5%
12	California	60.4	-0.2%
13	North Carolina	60	-1.8%
14	Tennessee	59.5	-1.8%
15	Kentucky	57.2	-2.9%
16	Missouri	56.5	-2.4%
16	Virginia	56.5	-2.8%
18	New Mexico	56.2	0%
19	Delaware	56.1	-2.6%
20	Kansas	56	-2.8%
21	Maryland	55.7	-3.1%
22	New Jersey	53.8	-3.2%
23	Illinois	53.6	-3.4%
24	Nevada	53.2	+1.1%
25	West Virginia	53.1	-3.8%
26	Indiana	52.8	-4.3%
27	Ohio	51.9	-5.5%
28	Utah	51.8	+1.4%
29	Rhode Island	51.1	-2.3%
30	Nebraska	51	-1.9%
31	Connecticut	50.4	-3.3%
32	Oregon	49.8	+1.6%
33	Iowa	49.7	-3.5%
34	Pennsylvania	49.6	-4.8%
35	Massachusetts	49.2	-3.9%
36	Washington	49.1	+1.7%
37	Colorado	47.7	0%
38	South Dakota	47	-2.7%
39	New York	46.3	-5.3%
40	Idaho	45.9	+1.3%
41	Michigan	45.7	-6.4%
42	Wisconsin	44.6	-6.3%
43	New Hampshire	44.5	-5.3%
44	Wyoming	44.1	-0.2%
45	Montana	43.9	-0.9%
46	Vermont	43.6	-5.8%
47	Minnesota	42.9	-5.9%
48	Maine	42.3	-6%
49	North Dakota	42	-4.1%
50	Alaska	29.6	+2.4%

Other periods

About this ranking

Mean air temperature from January to December, in degrees Fahrenheit: the average of the 12 monthly mean temperatures. NOAA computes it from its climate divisional dataset (nClimDiv): station readings interpolated onto a 5 km grid and averaged over the area.

Values are area averages, so a county with mountains and valleys has one value for very different local climates. NOAA revises the last two years every month.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the states are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

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NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Climate at a Glance. NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December average temperature, contiguous US and statewide. From the NOAA Monthly U.S. Climate Divisional Database (nClimDiv), doi:10.7289/V5M32STR. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/statewide/time-series/8/tavg/12/12/1895-2025/data.json. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. (2026). NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December average temperature, contiguous US and statewide (US states by average annual temperature, 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/statewide/time-series/8/tavg/12/12/1895-2025/data.json

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NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December average temperature, contiguous US and statewide, US states by average annual temperature, 2025. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, 6 Oct. 2026, https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/statewide/time-series/8/tavg/12/12/1895-2025/data.json. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/average-annual-temperature/us-states. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. 2026. NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December average temperature, contiguous US and statewide. US states by average annual temperature, 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/statewide/time-series/8/tavg/12/12/1895-2025/data.json. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/average-annual-temperature/us-states.

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NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (2026) NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December average temperature, contiguous US and statewide, US states by average annual temperature, 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/statewide/time-series/8/tavg/12/12/1895-2025/data.json, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/average-annual-temperature/us-states (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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@misc{noaa_us_states_by_average_2025,
  author = {{NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information}},
  title = {{NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December average temperature, contiguous US and statewide: US states by average annual temperature, 2025}},
  year = {2026},
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/average-annual-temperature/us-states. Publisher attribution: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Climate at a Glance. NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December average temperature, contiguous US and statewide. From the NOAA Monthly U.S. Climate Divisional Database (nClimDiv), doi:10.7289/V5M32STR. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/statewide/time-series/8/tavg/12/12/1895-2025/data.json. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}

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Which state has the highest average annual temperature?

Florida, with 72.3 °F in 2025, according to NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

Which state has the lowest average annual temperature?

Alaska, with 29.6 °F in 2025.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December average temperature, contiguous US and statewide. Retrieved 2026-10-12.