NOAA-Based Rankings List Hottest Novembers for Colorado, Texas, and California
Drawing on NOAA archives, the lists highlight how recent years increasingly dominate state heat records.
Overview
- Stacker compiled top-10 state rankings from NCEI data back to 1895, ordering Novembers by average statewide temperature and including monthly highs, lows, and precipitation.
- Colorado’s warmest November on record is 2017 with a 41.3°F statewide average.
- Texas’s warmest November is 1927 at 61.6°F, with 2024 appearing third at 60.8°F.
- California’s warmest November is 1995 at 55.9°F, with 2021 in second place at 54.8°F.
- The coverage cites NOAA findings that global temperatures have risen about 0.14°F per decade since 1880, contributing to more frequent record heat.