Alabama - 9th Warmest Year on Record
Arizona - 7th Warmest Year on Record
Arkansas - 2nd Warmest Year on Record
California - 4th Warmest Year on Record
Colorado - 2nd Warmest Year on Record
Connecticut - Warmest Year on Record
Delaware - Warmest Year on Record
Florida - 8th Warmest Year on Record
Georgia - 11th Warmest Year on Record
Idaho - 3rd Warmest Year on Record
Illinois - 2nd Warmest Year on Record
Indiana - 2nd Warmest Year on Record
Iowa - 2nd Warmest Year on Record
Kansas - Warmest Year on Record
Kentucky - 3rd Warmest Year on Record
Louisiana - 6th Warmest Year on Record
Maine - 4th Warmest Year on Record
Maryland - 2nd Warmest Year on Record
Massachusetts - Warmest Year on Record
Michigan - 3rd Warmest Year on Record
Minnesota - 3rd Warmest Year on Record
Mississippi - 9th Warmest Year on Record
Missouri - Warmest Year on Record
Montana - 3rd Warmest Year on Record
Nebraska - Warmest Year on Record
Nevada - 2nd Warmest Year on Record
New Hampshire - Warmest Year on Record
New Jersey - Warmest Year on Record
New Mexico - Warmest Year on Record
New York - Warmest Year on Record
North Carolina - 6th Warmest Year on Record
North Dakota - 3rd Warmest Year on Record
Ohio - 2nd Warmest Year on Record
Oklahoma - Warmest Year on Record
Oregon - 13th Warmest Year on Record
Pennsylvania - 3rd Warmest Year on Record
Rhode Island - Warmest Year on Record
South Carolina - 6th Warmest Year on Record
South Dakota - Warmest Year on Record
Tennessee - 3rd Warmest Year on Record
Texas - Warmest Year on Record
Utah - Warmest Year on Record
Vermont - Warmest Year on Record
Virginia - 3rd Warmest Year on Record
Washington - 34th Warmest Year on Record
West Virginia - 3rd Warmest Year on Record
Wisconsin - 2nd Warmest Year on Record
Wyoming - Warmest Year on Record
Contiguous U.S. - Warmest Year on Record
NOAA announced on Tuesday that 2012 was officially the warmest year on record in the contiguous 48 states, based on 118 years of temperature records dating back to 1895. While not every state set a record, more than one-third (19 states) recorded their warmest years, and three-quarters of the lower 48 states recorded their first-, second-, or third-hottest years on record. Ninety-five percent -- 46 states -- had one of their top 10 warmest years ever recorded, and even in the coolest state, Washington, 2012 was warmer than 72 percent of the years on record.
Click on a state to view graph of annual average temperatures.