US states by average annual temperature

Florida had the highest average annual temperature of 50 states in 2014, at 70.6 °F. Alaska had the lowest, at 30.3 °F. The median was 50.1 °F and the figure for the United States was 52.5 °F. Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

Highest70.6Florida

Lowest30.3Alaska

Median50.150 states

United States52.5History

All states, 2014

°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	2014 °F	Change on 2013
1	Florida	70.6	-1.5%
2	Hawaii	66.9	+0.9%
3	Louisiana	65.1	-1.8%
4	Texas	64.9	-0.3%
5	Georgia	63	-0.6%
6	Arizona	62.3	+3%
6	Mississippi	62.3	-1.3%
8	South Carolina	62.2	-0.2%
9	Alabama	62	-1%
10	California	61.5	+3.7%
11	Oklahoma	58.9	+0.2%
12	Arkansas	58.7	-1.5%
13	North Carolina	58.4	-0.3%
14	Tennessee	56.6	-0.9%
15	New Mexico	54.8	+2%
16	Delaware	54.7	-2%
17	Virginia	54.4	-1.3%
18	Kentucky	54.3	-1.3%
19	Kansas	53.7	0%
20	Maryland	53.6	-2%
21	Nevada	53	+5%
22	Missouri	52.9	-1.3%
23	New Jersey	51.9	-2.4%
24	West Virginia	50.8	-1.9%
25	Utah	50.4	+5.4%
26	Rhode Island	49.7	-2%
27	Oregon	49.6	+4.2%
28	Illinois	49.5	-3.1%
29	Indiana	49.4	-3.5%
30	Ohio	49.2	-3.3%
31	Connecticut	48.7	-2.2%
32	Washington	48.4	+2.5%
33	Nebraska	48	-1%
34	Massachusetts	47.7	-2.3%
35	Pennsylvania	47.4	-3.3%
36	Colorado	46.1	+2.2%
37	Iowa	45.5	-2.6%
38	Idaho	45.1	+3.2%
39	New York	44.5	-2.6%
40	South Dakota	43.7	-0.7%
41	New Hampshire	43.1	-2.5%
42	Wyoming	42.1	+1%
43	Vermont	42	-2.8%
44	Michigan	41.9	-5%
44	Montana	41.9	-1.2%
46	Maine	41.2	-1.9%
47	Wisconsin	40.2	-3.8%
48	North Dakota	39	+0.5%
49	Minnesota	38.6	-1.8%
50	Alaska	30.3	+9%

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.

How to cite

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, 2014) [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, 2014. 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?period=2014. 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, 2014. 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?period=2014.

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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, 2014 [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?period=2014 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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@misc{noaa_us_states_by_average_2014,
  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, 2014}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/statewide/time-series/8/tavg/12/12/1895-2025/data.json},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/average-annual-temperature/us-states?period=2014. 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 70.6 °F in 2014, according to NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

Which state has the lowest average annual temperature?

Alaska, with 30.3 °F in 2014.

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.