Hottest day ever for each state

[RandomPoster]

I looked at the current record for the hottest day for each year by state.

Nationally, the current records were set in the following years. Almost half were set in one decade, the 1930s.

U.S. state temperature extremes - Wikipedia

1936 - 13 state records that still stand were set that year (there were more set that have since been beaten)

Hottest day ever - 1913 - 134 degrees in California

I broke it down by decade:
1930s - 23 state records that still stand were set in that decade, almost half the states.
1910s - 6 records
1950s - 5 records
1990s - 5 records
1980s - 4 records
1920s - 2 records
1970s - 2 records
1960s - 1 record
2000s - 1 record
2010s - 1 record

One thing that surprised me is that North Dakota's record of 121 degrees in 1936 beats that of Texas, Georgia, Mississippi, most Southern states, and that of 44 other states in total. It has both one of the hottest days, 121 degrees, and one the coldest days, -60 degrees. It's hottest day on record actually beats the hottest day on record in Nigeria, Vietnam, Cambodia, Cuba, Brazil or any South American country for that matter, and it ties that of Sudan and Niger.

List of weather records - Wikipedia
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[JOSweetHeart]

113 is the hottest for my state, but the city it took place in I believe is somewhere on the west end and not the east end where I am.

God bless you and the people of Perryville, TN always!!!

Holly

 

[harmonica]

we have air conditioning in the US, so no big deal

 

[my2¢]

I recall it hitting 122° in Phoenix back in 1990. Since hotter air is less dense it caused delays at the airport. The heat exceeded the maximum operating temperature of some planes while others did not have performance data for temperatures that high and were unsure how much extra runway they would need to get enough lift from the thinner air.

We just had our hottest July on record and set our record for days in the year where temperatures have exceeded 110°.