Local Sites Publish NCEI-Based Rankings of Hottest Novembers by State
New compilations use NCEI records to place state heat rankings in a decades-long warming context.
Overview
- Stacker’s state-by-state lists, republished Nov. 3–4, 2025 by local outlets, draw on National Centers for Environmental Information data back to 1895.
- Colorado’s top November is 2017 at an average 41.3°F, Texas leads with 1927 at 61.6°F, California peaks in 1995 at 55.9°F, Arizona tops in 2017 at 57.6°F, and Oregon ranks 1995 first at 43.3°F.
- Recent years appear frequently in top-ten slots across states, with notable entries from 2016, 2017, 2020, 2021, and 2024.
- Each ranking lists the statewide average temperature alongside the month’s statewide high, low, and total precipitation for context.
- NOAA context cited in the pieces notes roughly 0.14°F of global warming per decade since 1880 and the continental U.S. posting its third-hottest July in 2022.