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Hottest Cities in the U.S.

Name the warmest cities in the United States, by average yearly temperature.
Average of high and low temperatures, 1991–2020
Cities with a population over 200,000 and that are the main city in their metro area
Source: Extreme Weather Watch
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First submittedSeptember 13, 2010
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Average score69.6%
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° F
City
° C
80.1
San Juan
27.2
78.1
Honolulu
25.6
77.7
Miami
25.4
75.6
Phoenix
24.2
75.0
Laredo
23.9
74.0
Tampa
23.3
73.3
Orlando
22.9
72.9
Corpus Christi
22.7
° F
City
° C
71.1
Houston
21.7
70.6
Tucson
21.4
70.3
San Antonio
21.3
70.3
New Orleans
21.3
69.8
Las Vegas
21.0
69.1
Jacksonville
20.6
68.7
Austin
20.4
68.5
Baton Rouge
20.3
° F
City
° C
68.0
Dallas
20.0
66.5
Riverside
19.1
66.0
Bakersfield
18.9
66.0
El Paso
18.9
65.3
Fresno
18.5
64.3
San Diego
17.9
63.8
Birmingham
17.6
63.7
Los Angeles
17.6
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61 Comments
johnnyaitch
+8
Level 72
Sep 13, 2010
Good quiz! The real trick is knowing which cities have over 200,000 people. What about Ft Lauderdale and St Petersburg? Are they considered suburbs?
ChrisTheG815
+3
Level 19
Sep 12, 2012
Yes they are Fort Lauderdale is part of Miami & St. Petersburg is part of Tampa
Freestatebear
+1
Level 86
Apr 28, 2015
Maybe as part of a US Government "statistical area," but that's about it. They are separate incorporated cities, separated by more than 15 miles - in addition to having their own local governments, they have their own airports and other infrastucture, and just as importantly, their own (very different) cultures. Lauderdale didn't make the quiz because it has only about 160,000 people.
Quizmaster
+7
Level ∞
Jul 25, 2016
Go tell the census bureau then.
giuliano78
+1
Level 60
Jul 30, 2016
I don't know what information from the Census Bureau you are reading, since Miami and Fort Lauderdale are not even on the same county. Miami info would be under Miami Dade County and Ft Lauderdale would be under Broward's
prs17
+8
Level 75
Aug 2, 2016
County boundaries are irrelevant. Otherwise you'd have to consider New York 5 different cities (Manhattan, Queens, Kings, Bronx, and Richmond counties).
IsleAuHaulte
+5
Level 90
Nov 20, 2018
If you pedants want to go by city limits, just guess one city and some suburbs 3 feet away and be done.
BuckDonk
+1
Level 65
Jun 14, 2011
Actually, Puerto Rico is represented in the US Congress, and its citizens (Puerto Ricans are United States citizens) vote in United States national elections.
kalbahamut
+5
Level 81
Feb 3, 2013
Puerto Rico only votes in primaries. Puerto Ricans don't vote for president unless they move to one of the states. Though they are full US citizens so they are free to do so whenever they want to... and if they establish residence somewhere in the states then they can go back to Puerto Rico and vote absentee.
Jerry928
+2
Level 76
Jun 21, 2014
Just like Washington DC - so if Washington was warm enough would you leave that one out too?
kalbahamut
+3
Level 81
Jul 4, 2019
While both Washington DC and Puerto Rico have a delegate in Congress (not a full representative), residents of the district actually do vote in presidential elections and they can do this without having to establish residence anywhere else. They get 3 electoral votes in the electoral college. Their main political axe to grind is the lack of representation in Congress particularly given that Congress governs Washington DC.
partdavid
+5
Level 72
Jan 22, 2013
This is an interesting quiz. It's more of a "where doesn't it get cold" quiz so it favors places where colder winter temperatures don't bring the average down. That's why there are so many mild cities where the temperature is constant but not high, seemingly.

It would be interesting to make another quiz with the cities that have the highest highs.

beetboy12
+3
Level 37
Aug 15, 2014
It DEFINITELY gets cold in Dallas. And Montgomery.
ChocolateMoose
+2
Level 28
Jan 18, 2016
I live in Dallas, and winters are COLD. I remember it being 16 degrees there!
DeusCaritasEst
+5
Level 55
Jul 30, 2016
I've lived in Austin, St. Louis, and Kansas City, for at least three years each. Texas winters have got nothing on Kansas City winters. I had to drive to a final exam in a foot of snow and a freaking ice blizzard, and I've walked to class in temperatures so cold I could barely see. Then again, my friends from Minnesota would just laugh, wear a light jacket, and tell me about the six feet of snow they got back home, so I suppose I shouldn't be talking!
FlyingG
+2
Level 69
Aug 23, 2021
I live north of Dallas and it snows about once in every 5 years...
What
+3
Level 27
Mar 25, 2013
As a BB fan, I hoped to find Albuquerque on this list!
clr231
+4
Level 61
May 1, 2013
I thought it was weird they were always walking around in jackets on that show. Then I went there. It's pretty chilly in the high desert!
kalbahamut
+2
Level 81
May 31, 2013
I was in Albuquerque in January one year and it was damn cold.
deathscythe002
+2
Level 60
Jun 13, 2013
spelt honolulu wrong
joeythelemur
+2
Level 83
Aug 17, 2021
Looks right to me. :-)
Yankees2003
+1
Level 28
Aug 21, 2021
Considering that comment was from years ago, it probably was spelled incorrectly at the time
Rolo
+2
Level 15
Nov 3, 2013
I got Bakersfield and my score was 13/20
kalbahamut
+2
Level 81
Dec 7, 2013
I missed only Bakersfield and Montgomery.
kalbahamut
+1
Level 81
Aug 21, 2021
This time I just missed Laredo... Montgomery seems to have been swapped out.. for Birmingham or LA?
ander217
+2
Level 74
Jul 19, 2014
I thought about Corpus but didn't even try it because I didn't think it was big enough. It was the only one I missed. Face smack.
cosmokim
+2
Level 67
Jul 30, 2016
Have you been there?
ander217
+2
Level 74
Jul 30, 2016
Drove around it on the way to Port Aransas, but never stayed there.
NotaRealPerson
+1
Level 54
Jul 15, 2024
Same
ThatEmoShyGuy
+2
Level 79
Apr 17, 2015
How did I miss Orlando?
mishmosh
+3
Level 46
Aug 17, 2015
Fort Worth? Birmingham? Mobile barely misses the cut.
moparornocar
+2
Level 20
Sep 23, 2015
This the type of town I could spend a few days in

Miami the city that keeps the roof blazin

[Chorus:]

Party in the city where the heat is on

All night, on the beach till the break of dawn

thank you Will Smith, Miami is is hot for more than one reason...

suhdud
+3
Level 43
May 28, 2016
Is subarea counted arizona would have 6 or 7 cities on the list
DrWatson
+5
Level 73
Jul 13, 2016
Ironic that Honolulu is the hottest. It may have the highest average temperature because it is warm all year long, but most of the places on this get much hotter during the summer than Honolulu ever does.
IsleAuHaulte
+3
Level 90
Sep 14, 2020
Honolulu rarely hits 90. Upper 70s / low 80s every single day and very little temperature drop at night.
ddavis63
+4
Level 28
Aug 1, 2016
I can't believe that atlanta is not on the list!
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Aug 15, 2021
Just missed. Atlanta has an average of 63.4.
Confabulously
+2
Level 78
Apr 14, 2017
Add to the list of quizzes that would change if Puerto Rico became a state.
blizzrd33
+5
Level 80
Feb 12, 2020
Which country is it part of, if not the USA? I live in a country (Australia) that has six states and two territories plus external territories. They are all relevant as comprising Australia. I think American's have a massive issue about Puerto Rico that smacks of racial bias.
Confabulously
+3
Level 78
Jan 28, 2021
Absolutely agree. America refuses to let go of the island, yet excludes and oppresses its inhabitants. Independencia ya!
joeythelemur
+5
Level 83
Aug 17, 2021
Wow, massive assumption there about some racist motivation. Puerto Ricans have had several referendums on the idea of statehood and it seems to be pretty split down the middle: some want it and some don't. Are those that don't want statehood racist toward themselves??? Lots of people there want to break away from the USA too, so as usual, there is a whole spectrum of opinions and perspectives that are almost certainly 99% NOT about race. Things aren't as black and white as you happen to see them.
TheQuizzler
+3
Level 64
Aug 23, 2021
I am so sick of non-Americans accusing Americans of being racist. Your media is almost constantly awash with anti-Americanism and you know little to nothing of what you speak regarding the history of the US and Puerto Rico. Please keep your mouth shut.
calvord
+2
Level 63
Jul 4, 2017
Good quiz. And issue with our living in Corpus Christi is the extremely high humidity but, unlike Baton Rouge, we have a good amount of wind off the Gulf to help counter the heat index.
Geographer2017
+5
Level 24
May 18, 2018
Guys, Honolulu is there because Hawaii is a state but Puerto Rico isn't. Jesus Christ, some of you need to go back to geography and history class.
riverdale
+3
Level 43
Jul 8, 2018
What is 'Laredo'? Some kind of sausage?
HectorVortac
+2
Level 48
Nov 20, 2018
As I walked out on the streets of Laredo/

As I walked out on Laredo one day/

I spied a poor cowboy wrapped in white linen/

Wrapped in white linen as cold as the clay.

ander217
+1
Level 74
Aug 21, 2021
I started singing that as soon as I saw the name.
FallenAngel
+1
Level 57
Aug 21, 2021
Thank you for that. The song started playing in my head as well.
Devvik2
+2
Level 73
Nov 27, 2019
When I went through Fresno this summer, and it was 110 degrees!
blizzrd33
+4
Level 80
Feb 12, 2020
I don't understand why Puerto Rico is constantly excluded from quizzes. It's part of the USA.
chailattee
+3
Level 62
Jan 14, 2021
I'm surprised more southern cities didn't make the list, but I guess the winter temperatures would bring the average down.
XanderFerguson10
+2
Level 17
Feb 10, 2021
Great Quiz! I knew there wasn't going to be any in my home state of Pennsylvania!
veggiepapa
+2
Level 76
Aug 16, 2021
Riverside is absolutely within the metro area of Los Angeles, and according to the rules, should not be included.
Quizmaster
+2
Level ∞
Aug 16, 2021
It's complicated. Riverside / San Bernardino is a separate MSA (Metropolitan Statistical Area). It is however, part of the larger Los Angeles CSA (Combined Statistical Area).
Angbo
+1
Level 65
Aug 17, 2021
I'm surprise that Port St Lucie arent inside
UG332
+1
Level 69
Aug 22, 2021
Surprised that there's no Albuquerque
Jiaozira
+1
Level 71
Jan 23, 2024
I heard Albuqeurque can get fairly cold due to the high elevation.
Jared0309
+1
Level 75
Aug 25, 2021
Kinda surprised Cape Coral/Ft Myers didn't make it... it's pretty hot and well over 200k in its metro
Lpro
+1
Level 41
May 7, 2022
Good quiz dude!!
luke0g
+1
Level 48
Jun 9, 2024
is it city proper 200,000? because st. george, ut gets just as hot as las vegas and sometimes even phoenix in the spring, summer, and fall. but it does get cold ish in winter. the metro is 210,000 but city proper is only 109,000.
NotaRealPerson
+1
Level 54
Jul 15, 2024
If the quiz went by city proper, it would be less of name the hottest cities and more name Los Angeles suburbs, with a few texas and Florida cities
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