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Extreme Climates in the U.S. |
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Station Name | Mean Temp °F | Station Name | Mean Temp °F | |
Key West, FL | 78.1°F | Mount Washington, NH | 27.2°F | |
Miami, FL | 76.7°F | International Falls, MN | 37.4°F | |
Yuma, AZ | 75.3°F | Marquette, MI | 38.7°F | |
West Palm Beach, FL | 75.3°F | Duluth, MN | 39.1°F | |
Fort Wayne, FL | 74.9°F | Caribou, ME | 39.2°F | |
Phoenix, AZ | 74.2°F | Sault Ste. Marie, MI | 40.1°F | |
Brownsville, TX | 73.3°F | Grand Forks, ND | 40.3°F | |
Vero Beach, FL | 73.2°F | Alamosa, CO | 40.8°F | |
Tampa, FL | 73.1°F | Williston, ND | 40.9°F | |
Orlando, FL | 72.8°F | Fargo, ND | 41.5°F |
Driest/Wettest
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Station Name | Precip in Inches | Station Name | Precip in Inches | |
Yuma, AZ | 3.01 | Mount Washington, NH | 101.91 | |
Las Vegas, NV | 4.49 | Quillayute, WA | 101.72 | |
Bishop, CA | 5.02 | Astoria, OR | 67.13 | |
Bakersfield, CA | 6.49 | Mobile, AL | 66.29 | |
Alamosa, CO | 7.25 | Pensacola, FL | 64.28 | |
Reno, NV | 7.48 | New Orleans, LA | 64.16 | |
Winslow, AZ | 8.03 | Tallahassee, FL | 63.21 | |
Yakima, WA | 8.26 | Baton Rouge, LA | 63.08 | |
Phoenix, AZ | 8.29 | West Palm Beach, FL | 61.39 | |
Winnemucca, NV | 8.33 | Port Arthur, TX | 59.89 |
Windiest/Snowiest |
Station Name | Mean Wind Speed (mph) | Station Name | Snowfall in Inches | |
Mount Washington, NH | 35.1 | Mount Washington, NH | 260.6 | |
Blue Hill, MA | 15.2 | Blue Cayon, CA | 240.3 | |
Dodge City, KS | 13.9 | Marquette, MI | 144.1 | |
Amarillo, TX | 13.5 | Syracuse, NY | 118.1 | |
Cheyenne, WY | 12.9 | Sault Ste. Marie, MI | 117.4 | |
Rochester, MN | 12.8 | Caribou, ME | 112.3 | |
Casper, WY | 12.7 | Mount Shasta, CA | 104.9 | |
Goodland, KS | 12.5 | Flagstaff, AZ | 100.6 | |
Great Falls, MT | 12.5 | Lander, WY | 100.1 | |
Boston, MA | 12.4 | Sexton Summit, OR | 97.8 |
Sunniest/Cloudiest |
Station Name | % of Possible Sunshine | Station Name | # of Cloudy Days | |
Yuma, AZ | 90 | Mount Washington, NH | 244 | |
Redding, CA | 88 | Astoria, OR | 239 | |
Tucson, AZ | 85 | Quillayute, WA | 239 | |
Phoenix, AZ | 85 | Olympia, WA | 228 | |
Las Vegas, NV | 85 | Seattle Sea-Tac AP, WA | 226 | |
El Paso, TX | 84 | Portland, OR | 222 | |
Reno, NV | 79 | Kalispell, MT | 214 | |
Fresno, CA | 79 | Binghamton, NY | 212 | |
Flagstaff, AZ | 78 | Elkins, WV | 212 | |
Sacramento, CA | 78 | Beckley, WV | 210 |
Most Humid/Least Himid |
Station Name | % of Relative Humidity | Station Name | % of Relative Humidity | |
Quillayute, WA | 83.5 | Yuma, AZ | 22.5 | |
Mount Washington, NH | 83.0 | Las Vegas, NV | 30.0 | |
Astoria, OR | 81.0 | Phoenix, AZ | 36.0 | |
Port Arthur, TX | 80.0 | Tucson, AZ | 38.5 | |
Lake Charles, LA | 79.5 | Bishop, CA | 38.5 | |
Corpus Christi, TX | 78.5 | El Paso, TX | 41.5 | |
Victoria, TX | 78.5 | Albuquerque, NM | 43.5 | |
Brownsville, TX | 78.0 | Winslow, AZ | 44.5 | |
Houston, TX | 78.0 | Mount Shasta, CA | 47.0 | |
Olympia, WA | 78.0 | Grand Junction, CO | 48.5 |
Most Frequent Rain and Snow/Least Frequent Rain and Snow |
Station Name | # of Days with Precip | Station Name | # of Days with Precip | |
Mount Washington, NH | 204 | Yuma, AZ | 16 | |
Quillayute, WA | 202 | Las Vegas, NV | 20 | |
Astoria, OR | 188 | Bishop, CA | 22 | |
Syracuse, NY | 166 | Phoenix, AZ | 28 | |
Elkins, WV | 164 | Santa Barbara, CA | 30 | |
Buffalo, NY | 162 | Long Beach, CA | 33 | |
Sault Ste. Marie, MI | 160 | Los Angeles AP, CA | 33 | |
Marquette, MI | 159 | Los Angeles C.O., CA | 34 | |
Erie, PA | 156 | Bakersfield, CA | 35 | |
Olympia, WA | 156 | San Diego, CA | 38 |
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