U.S. state
temperature
extremes
Following is a list
of the highest
temperatures
recorded in each state
of the United States ,
since the late 1800's.
Note how many heat
records were set
in the ten years of the 1930's
( red ink / yellow highlight ),
... and how few heat records
were set in the 38 years after 1979
( blue ink / green highlight ):
Alabama
112 °F / 44 °C
September 5, 1925
Centreville
Alaska
100 °F / 38 °C
June 27, 1915
Fort Yukon
Arizona
128 °F / 53 °C
June 29, 1994
Lake Havasu City
Arkansas
120 °F / 49 °C
August 10, 1936
Ozark
California
134 °F / 57 °C
July 10, 1913
Furnace Creek
( Death Valley )
Colorado
118 °F / 46 °C
July 11, 1888
Bennett
Connecticut
106 °F / 41 °C
July 15, 1995
Danbury
Delaware
110 °F / 43 °C
July 21, 1930
Millsboro
Florida
109 °F / 43 °C
June 29, 1931
Monticello
Georgia
112 °F / 44 °C
August 20, 1983
Greenville
Hawaii
100 °F / 37 °C
July 14, 1957
Puunene
Idaho
118 °F / 48 °C
July 28, 1934
Orofino
Illinois
117 °F / 47 °C
July 14, 1954
East Saint Louis
Indiana
116 °F / 47 °C
July 14, 1936
Collegeville
Iowa
118 °F / 48 °C
July 20, 1934
Keokuk
Kansas
121 °F / 49 °C
July 24, 1936
Alton
Kentucky
114 °F / 46 °C
July 28, 1930
Greensburg
Louisiana
114 °F / 46 °C
August 10, 1936
Plain Dealing
Maine
105 °F / 41 °C
July 10, 1911
North Bridgton
Maryland
109 °F / 43 °C
July 10, 1936
Cumberland
Massachusetts
107 °F / 42 °C
August 2, 1975
New Bedford
Michigan
112 °F / 44 °C
July 13, 1936
Mio
Minnesota
115 °F / 46 °C
July 29, 1917
Beardsley
Mississippi
115 °F / 46 °C
July 29, 1930
Holly Springs
Missouri
118 °F / 48 °C
July 14, 1954
Warsaw
Montana
117 °F / 47 °C
July 5, 1937
Medicine Lake
Nebraska
118 °F / 48 °C
July 24, 1936
Minden
Nevada
125 °F / 52 °C
June 29, 1994
Laughlin
New Hampshire
106 °F / 41 °C
July 4, 1911
Nashua
New Jersey
110 °F / 43 °C
July 10, 1936
Runyon
New Mexico
122 °F / 50 °C
June 27, 1994
Waste Isolation Pilot Plant
New York
109 °F / 43 °C
July 22, 1926
Troy
North Carolina
110 °F / 43 °C
August 21, 1983
Fayetteville
North Dakota
121 °F / 49 °C
July 6, 1936
Steele
Ohio
113 °F / 45 °C
July 21, 1934
Gallipolis
Oklahoma
120 °F / 49 °C
August 12, 1936
Altus
Oregon
117 °F / 47 °C
July 27, 1939
Umatilla
Pennsylvania
111 °F / 44 °C
July 10, 1936
Phoenixville
Rhode Island
104 °F / 40 °C
August 2, 1975
Providence
South Carolina
113 °F / 45 °C
June 30, 2012
Camden
South Dakota
120 °F / 49 °C
July 15, 2006
Fort Pierre*
Tennessee
113 °F / 45 °C
August 9, 1930
Perryville
Texas
120 °F / 49 °C
June 28, 1994
Monahans
Utah
117 °F / 47 °C
July 5, 1985
Saint George
Vermont
105 °F / 41 °C
July 4, 1911
Vernon[2]
Virginia
110 °F / 43 °C
July 15, 1954
Balcony Falls
Washington
118 °F / 48 °C
July 24, 1928
Wahluke
August 5, 1961
Ice Harbor Dam
West Virginia
112 °F / 44 °C
July 10, 1936
Martinsburg
Wisconsin
114 °F / 46 °C
July 13, 1936
Wisconsin Dells
Wyoming
115 °F / 46 °C
August 8, 1983
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