The raw data below
show the United States
was hotter in the past.
According to
NOAA's data,
23 of the 50
U.S. state
all-time
record high
temperatures
were set
during the 1930s,
while 36 of 50
were before 1960.
ALABAMA -- 1925
September 6, 1925,
112F (44.4C)
in Centreville
(about 50 miles south
of Birmingham).
ALASKA -- 1915
June 27, 1915
100F (37.8C)
Fort Yukon,
north of the
Arctic Circle.
ARIZONA -- 1994
June 29, 1994.
128F (53.3C)
Lake Havasu City,
on the western edge
of Arizona
ARKANSAS -- 1936
Ozark, located along
the Arkansas River,
120F (48.9C)
August 10, 1936.
CALIFORNIA -- 1913
July 10, 1913,
Greenland Ranch,
now Furnace
Creek Ranch,
in California’s
Death Valley
134F (56.7C) --
( the United States’
hottest day on record ).
COLORADO -- 1933 & 1954
114F (45.6F) twice
July 1, 1933,
in Las Animas,
and in Sedgwick
July 11, 1954.
CONNECTICUT -- 1916
106F (41.1C) twice
August, 1916
in Torrington,
and in July, 1995
in Danbury.
DELAWARE -- 1930
Millsboro
110F (43.3C)
July 21, 1930.
FLORIDA -- 1931
June 29, 1931,
Monticello in
Northern Florida
109F (42.8C).
GEORGIA -- 1952 & 1983
112F (44.4C) twice
— Greenville in August
of 1983, and Louisville
in July 1952.
HAWAII -- 1931
100F (37.8C)
Pahala
April, 1931.
IDAHO -- 1934
118F (47.8C)
July 28, 1934,
Orofino.
ILLINOIS -- 1954
Eastern St. Louis
117F (47.2F)
July 14, 1954.
INDIANA -- 1936
116F (46.7C)
July 14, 1936,
St. Joseph County.
IOWA -- 1934
Keokuk —
118F (47.8C)
July 20, 1934.
KANSAS -- 1936
21F (49.4C) twice,
on July 18 , 1936
in Fredonia, and
six days later in Alton.
KENTUCKY-- 1930
Greensburg
114F (45.6C)
July 28, 1930.
LOUISIANA -- 1936
August 10, 1936 —
P lain Dealing
114F (45.6C).
MAINE -- 1911
North Bridgton
105F (40.6C)
Independence Day 1911,
and again 6 days later.
MARYLAND -- 1898, 1918 & 1936
109F four times
— twice in
August 1918
in Cumberland,
once in Frederick
in July 1936,
and July 3, 1898,
in Boettcherville.
MASSACHUSETTS -- 1975
Chester
107F (41.7C)
August 2, 1975.
MICHIGAN -- 1936
Stanwood
112F (44.4F)
July 13, 1936.
MINNESOTA -- 1917
115F (46.1C)
in Beardsley
in western MN
oJuly 29, 1917.
MISSISSIPPI -- 1930
July 29, 1930,
Holly Springs
115F (46.1F).
MISSOURI -- 1954
Warsaw
118F (47.8C)
July 14, 1954.
MONTANA -- 1937 & 1983
117F (47.2C)
— once in Glendive
in July 1983,
and once near
Medicine Lake
in July 1937.
NEBRASKA -- 1934 & 1936
118F (47.8C) —
Geneva on
July 15, 1934,
and both Hartington
and Minden during
the same week
in July 1936.
NEVADA -- 1994
Laughlin, Nevada
125F (51.7C)
June 29, 1994.
NEW HAMPSHIRE -- 1911
Independence
Day in 1911,
Nashua
106F (41.1C).
NEW JERSEY -- 1936
Old Bridge
110F (43.3C)
July 10, 1936.
NEW MEXICO -- 1994
The Waste Isolation
Pilot Plant 122F (50C)
June 27, 1994.
NEW YORK -- 1926
Troy
108F (42.2C)
July 22, 1926.
NORTH CAROLINA -- 1983
Fayetteville
110F (43.3C)
August 21, 1983.
NORTH DAKOTA -- 1936
Steele
121F (49.4C)
July 6, 1936.
OHIO -- 1934
Gallipolis,
on the Ohio River,
113F (45C)
July 21, 1934.
OKLAHOMA -- 1936
120F (48.9C)
four times in 1936
— once in Poteau,
twice in Altus,
and once in Alva.
OREGON -- 1898
119F (48.3C) twice
— in Prineville, and in
downtown Pendleton,
in 1898.
PENNSYLVANIA -- 1936
July 9 and 10, 1936,
Phoenixville
111F (43.9C).
RHODE ISLAND -- 1975
Providence
104F (40C)
August 2, 1975.
SOUTH CAROLINA -- 2012
Columbia
113F (45C)
June 29, 2012.
SOUTH DAKOTA -- 1936 & 2006
120F (48.9C)
July 5, 1936
in Gann Valley,
and July 15, 2006
in Fort Pierre.
TENNESSEE -- 1930
Perryville on
the Tennesee River
113F (45C)
twice in 1930.
TEXAS -- 1936 & 1994
120F (48.9C) twice —
August 12, 1936,
in Seymour,
and once on
June 28, 1994,
in Monahans.
UTAH -- 1985
St. George
115F (46.1C)
July 5, 1985.
VERMONT -- 1912
Vernon
107F (41.7C)
July 7, 1912.
VIRGINIA -- 1900 & 1954
100F (37.8C) three times
— twice in the first week
of July 1900 in Columbia,
and once on July 15, 1954,
in Balcony Falls, Glasgow.
WASHINGTON -- 1928 & 1961
118F (47.8C) twice —
once on
Ice Harbor Dam
near Ash on
August 5, 1961,
and in Wahluke
on July 24, 1928.
WEST VIRGINIA -- 1930 & 1936
112F (44.4C) twice
— in Moorefield
on August 4, 1930,
and Martinsburg
on July 10, 1936.
WISCONSIN -- 1936
Wisconsin Dells
on the Wisconsin River
114F (45.6C)
July 13, 1936.
WYOMING -- 1983 & 1988
115F (46.1C) twice,
once in Basin
on August 8, 1983
and once on the
Diversion Dam
by Wind River
Reservation
on July 15, 1988.