The hottest temperature recorded in every state
Summer 2023 was the warmest summer on record for global temperatures, but some states had their hottest days hundreds of years ago.
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- Global temperatures continue to increase, with 2023 recording the warmest numbers on record.
- In 2021, Oregon, Utah, and Washington broke heat records.
- The hottest temperature recorded in US history was 134 degrees Fahrenheit in California in 1913.
2023 was the hottest year on record, and 2024 is shaping up to be a scorcher too, with temperature records being shattered from Nevada to North Carolina. However, many of the highest recorded temperatures in each state happened decades ago.
According to the official climate government website, Earth's temperature has risen by an average of 0.11 degrees Fahrenheit per decade, and 2023 was the warmest year since global records began in 1850.
But global temperature rise doesn't mean it just gets hotter everywhere at the same rate. In fact, according to data released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), some states in the US reached their all-time toastiest temperatures hundreds of years ago.
Here's a list of every state and its hottest day on record, from the high 90s to above 130 degrees Fahrenheit, according to NOAA.
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Date: September 6, 1925
Location: Centreville
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Date: June 27, 1915
Location: Fort Yukon
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Date: June 29, 1994
Location: Lake Havasu City
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Date: August 10, 1936
Location: Ozark
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Date: July 10, 1913
Location: Furnace Creek (formerly Greenland Ranch)
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Date: July 10, 2019
Location: John Martin Dam
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Date: July 15, 1995
Location: Danbury
Torrington, Connecticut, also reached 106 degrees Fahrenheit on August 23, 1916.
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Date: July 21, 1930
Location: Millsboro
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Date: June 29, 1931
Location: Monticello
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Date: August 20, 1983
Location: Greenville
Louisville, Georgia, also reached 112 degrees Fahrenheit on July 24, 1952.
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Date: April 27, 1931
Location: Pahala
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Date: July 28, 1934
Location: Orofino
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Date: July 14, 1954
Location: East St. Louis
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Date: July 14, 1936
Location: Collegeville
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Date: July 20, 1934
Location: Keokuk
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Date: July 24, 1936
Location: Alton
Fredonia, Kansas, also reached 121 degrees Fahrenheit on July 18, 1936.
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Date: July 28, 1930
Location: Greensburg
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Date: August 10, 1936
Location: Plain Dealing
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Date: July 10, 1911
Location: North Bridgton
North Bridgton, Maine, also reached 105 degrees Fahrenheit on July 4, 1911.
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Dates: July 10, 1936
Location: Cumberland
Frederick, Maryland, also reached 109 degrees Fahrenheit on July 10, 1936. Cumberland, Maryland, reached 109 degrees Fahrenheit on August 7, 1918, and August 6, 1918. Keedysville, Maryland, reached 109 degrees Fahrenheit on August 6, 1918. Boettcherville, Maryland, reached 109 degrees Fahrenheit on July 3, 1898.
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Date: August 2, 1975
Location: New Bedford
Chester, Massachusetts, also reached 107 degrees Fahrenheit on August 2, 1975.
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Date: July 13, 1936
Location: Mio
Stanwood, Michigan, also reached 112 degrees Fahrenheit on July 13, 1936.
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Date: July 29, 1917
Location: Beardsley
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Date: July 29, 1930
Location: Holly Springs
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Date: July 14, 1954
Location: Union
Warsaw, Missouri, also hit 118 degrees Fahrenheit on July 14, 1954.
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Date: July 5, 1937
Location: Medicine Lake
Glendive, Montana, also reached 117 degrees Fahrenheit on July 20, 1893.
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Date: July 24, 1936
Location: Minden
Hartington, Nebraska, also reached 118 degrees Fahrenheit on July 17, 1936. Geneva, Nebraska, reached 118 degrees Fahrenheit on July 15, 1934.
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Date: June 29, 1994
Location: Laughlin
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Date: July 4, 1911
Location: Nashua
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Date: July 10, 1936
Location: Runyon (near Sayreville)
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Date: June 27, 1994
Location: Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (near Loving)
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Date: July 22, 1926
Location: Troy
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Date: August 21, 1983
Location: Fayetteville
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Date: July 6, 1936
Location: Steele
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Date: July 21, 1934
Location: Gallipolis
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Date: August 12, 1936
Location: Altus
Altus, Oklahoma, first hit the record on July 19, 1936. Poteau, Oklahoma, also reached 120 degrees Fahrenheit on August 10, 1936. Alva, Oklahoma, reached 120 degrees Fahrenheit on July 18, 1936.
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Date: June 29, 2021
Location: Pelton Dam
Moody Farms Agrimet, Oregon, also reached 120 degrees Fahrenheit on June 29, 2021. Pendleton, Oregon, reached 120 degrees Fahrenheit on August 10, 1898.
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Date: July 10, 1936
Location: Phoenixville
Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, also hit 111 degrees Fahrenheit on July 9, 1936.
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Date: August 2, 1975
Location: Providence
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Date: June 29, 2012
Location: Columbia
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Date: July 15, 2006
Location: Fort Pierre
Gann Valley, South Dakota, also hit 120 degrees Fahrenheit on July 5, 1936.
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Date: August 9, 1930
Location: Perryville
Perryville, Tennessee, also hit 113 degrees Fahrenheit on July 29, 1930.
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Date: June 28, 1994
Location: Monahans
Seymour, Texas, also hit 120 degrees Fahrenheit on August 12, 1936.
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Date: July 10, 2021
Location: St. George
St. George, Utah, also hit 117 degrees Fahrenheit on July 5, 1985.
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Date: July 7, 1912
Location: Vernon
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Date: July 15, 1954
Location: Balcony Falls
Columbia, Virginia, also hit 110 degrees Fahrenheit on July 7, 1900, and July 5, 1900.
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Date: June 29, 2021
Location: Hanford
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Date: July 10, 1936
Location: Martinsburg
Moorefield, West Virginia, also hit 112 degrees Fahrenheit on August 4, 1930.
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Date: July 13, 1936
Location: Wisconsin Dells
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Date: July 15, 1988
Location: Diversion Dam
Basin, Wyoming, also hit 115 degrees Fahrenheit on August 8, 1983.
Sara Kiley Watson contributed to an earlier version of this article.