polar conditions may not have as broad an appeal as , say , a curt autumn day or a bats summer one . That said , it does have certain ransom caliber . C sportsare a lot easier when there ’s actual snow on the earth , for object lesson , and curl up with abookand a steaming phiz of tea is indisputably cozier when it ’s cold outside .
If those are your top activities , maybe you ’d want to consider moving to one of the coldest province in the nation . Extreme Weather Watchused data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) to receive the overall average temperature of each U.S. state from 1991 through 2020.World Population Reviewthen plotted the points from cold to hot on a handy chart .
Unsurprisingly , Alaska took the " cold state " crown with an mean temperature of just 28.1 ° F — a self-colored 13 degree frostier than runner - up North Dakota at 41.1 ° F. The gap between first and 2d position is far and away the large on the full graph . The averages for the ease of the top 20 fall between 41.8 ° F ( Minnesota ) and 49.5 ° F ( Nebraska ) .
There were n’t exactly any shockers on the list ; every state is situate in the upper one-half of the state . More interesting , perhaps , is the differences between neighbors . North Dakota is about five degrees colder than South Dakota , and Vermont is a undivided grade colder than New Hampshire . Washington abut out Oregon by just 0.6 degree .
Is your province one of America ’s chilliest ? Find out below , and see where all 50 province fall onWorld Population Review ’s chart here .
1 . Alaska // 28.1 ° F2 . North Dakota // 41.1 ° F3 . Minnesota // 41.8 ° F4 . Maine // 41.9 ° F5 . WY // 42.3 ° F6 . Montana // 42.6 ° F7 . Vermont // 43.2 ° F8 . Idaho // 44 ° F9 . Wisconsin // 44 ° F10 . New Hampshire // 44.2 ° F11 . Michigan // 45.3 ° F12 . South Dakota // 45.8 ° F13 . New York // 46.1 ° F14 . Colorado // 46.3 ° F15 . Washington // 47.4 ° F16 . Oregon // 48 ° F17 . Iowa // 48.4 ° 18 . Massachusetts // 48.9 ° F19 . Utah // 49.3 ° F20 . Nebraska // 49.5 ° degree Fahrenheit
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