Coldest U.S. State Capitals

I don't feel like the year-round temperature is a good measure for this. I would argue that it would be better to use winter averages instead of yearly averages, to account for the oceanic effect. I am going to bet that Juneau is towards the warmer end of these states, winter wise, due to a strong oceanic effect, while cities like Bismarck, St. Paul, and Helena receive winters colder than the others due to a strong continental effect that creates extreme temperature highs in the summer and extreme colds in the winter.

Using a yearly average, you just smooth over the temperature variations that continental locations get, even if Bismarck might get 20 degrees colder than Juneau in the winter because Bismarck is much hotter in the summer, it has a higher temperature average overall

took me embarrassingly long to realize that it was state capitals not states

Surprised to see Juneau at #1. Would have thought that being on the coast would have made it warmer than it is. Also surprised to see Saint Paul in the bottom half considering how cold MN is.

Well, it is really far north...

and in Alaska it’s freezing cold and it’s near the Arctic circle…