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Climate Rankings - Mar 2026

144 regions ranked by this month’s temperature anomaly vs their 1961–1990 baseline - every country, US state and UK region we track.

Warmest this month

  1. 1.🇺🇸Arizona+7.80°C
  2. 2.🇺🇸Utah+7.72°C
  3. 3.🇺🇸Colorado+7.21°C
  4. 4.🇺🇸Nevada+7.18°C
  5. 5.☀️California+7.01°C

Coolest this month

  1. 234th🇺🇸Alaska-5.93°C
  2. 233rd🇧🇼Botswana+0.27°C
  3. 232nd🇻🇳Vietnam+0.29°C
  4. 231st🇸🇷Suriname+0.42°C
  5. 230th🇵🇹Portugal+0.43°C

Monthly cross-region analysis

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By continent

Europe (23)+2.95°C
Asia (23)+1.95°C
Africa (15)+1.60°C
Oceania (2)+1.32°C
Americas (14)+1.14°C

By US Census region

West (12)+4.91°C
South (16)+4.42°C
Midwest (12)+4.22°C
Northeast (9)+2.30°C

By region type

US states (49)+4.10°C
UK regions (16)+2.37°C
Countries (169)+2.08°C

Temperature Anomaly Map

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Source: NOAA Climate at a Glance · Met Office (UK) · each region ranked against its own record, so colour reflects relative warming.

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1Arizona+7.80+4.87+2.80
2Utah+7.72+5.43+3.27
3Colorado+7.21+5.08+2.74
4Nevada+7.18+4.51+2.83
5California+7.01+4.14+2.32
6New Mexico+6.79+4.42+2.69
7Wyoming+6.69+5.37+3.08
8Belarus+6.52+5.41+3.63
9Ukraine+6.26+4.57+3.46
10Oklahoma+6.15+4.50+2.16
11Moldova+6.08+4.13+3.15
12Nebraska+5.87+5.10+2.56
13Texas+5.74+4.28+2.58
14Kansas+5.63+4.50+2.11
15Estonia+5.51+5.23+3.48
16Latvia+5.50+5.20+3.48
17Arkansas+5.46+3.42+2.03
18Lithuania+5.40+4.98+3.41
19Tennessee+5.17+2.71+1.71
20Missouri+5.13+3.48+1.86
21Kentucky+5.11+2.19+1.49
22Mississippi+5.10+3.40+2.11
23South Dakota+4.84+4.77+2.28
24Indiana+4.82+2.19+1.19
25Idaho+4.79+3.94+2.75
26Kazakhstan+4.78+4.70+2.30
27Illinois+4.72+2.86+1.59
28Armenia+4.71+2.62+1.84
29West Virginia+4.57+1.56+1.25
30Romania+4.53+3.10+2.60
31Bulgaria+4.47+2.39+2.25
32Ohio+4.36+1.41+1.02
33Norway+4.34+4.94+3.49
34Sweden+4.33+4.18+2.61
35Iowa+4.32+3.63+1.82
36Louisiana+4.24+3.27+1.94
37Virginia+4.23+1.62+1.16
38Alabama+4.18+2.62+1.51
39Montana+4.15+4.72+2.68
40Bosnia and Herzegovina+4.13+3.60+3.13
41North Carolina+4.12+1.56+1.07
42Turkey+4.09+2.09+2.18
43Mali+4.08+2.14+1.80
44Poland+4.07+3.49+2.88
45Tunisia+4.06+2.38+2.57
46Syria+4.05+2.01+2.38
47Uzbekistan+4.03+3.23+1.82
48Finland+4.02+4.75+3.07
49Oregon+3.99+3.09+2.35
50Serbia+3.99+2.76+2.43
51Azerbaijan+3.91+2.16+1.63
52Niger+3.89+2.99+1.80
53Turkmenistan+3.89+2.49+1.55
54Kosovo+3.84+2.45+2.32
55Georgia+3.70+2.22+1.37
56Slovakia+3.64+3.06+2.66
57Libya+3.63+2.57+2.64
58Georgia+3.61+1.66+1.54
59Pennsylvania+3.58+0.91+0.84
60South Carolina+3.57+1.66+1.09
61Maryland+3.55+0.96+0.96
62Algeria+3.52+2.03+2.60
63Iceland+3.51+2.95+1.37
64Montenegro+3.51+2.71+2.58
65Lebanon+3.48+1.74+2.25
66Austria+3.34+3.02+2.75
67United States+3.29+1.93+1.87
68Russia+3.25+3.93+2.97
69Croatia+3.24+2.94+2.64
70Denmark+3.23+2.58+1.99
71Wisconsin+3.20+2.54+1.43
72Greenland+3.13+2.10+1.52
73Iran+3.09+2.24+2.13
74Albania+3.08+2.70+2.30
75North Korea+3.07+2.25+2.55
76Delaware+3.06+0.61+0.82
77Czechia+3.02+2.33+2.36
78Slovenia+3.01+2.96+2.33
79Burkina Faso+2.97+2.08+1.32
80Switzerland+2.94+2.83+2.34
81Greece+2.93+1.99+2.12
82New Jersey+2.87+0.59+0.88
83Midlands+2.80+2.20+2.20
84Minnesota+2.80+3.03+1.83
85Florida+2.79+1.20+1.25
86England North+2.75+1.86+2.03
87Palestine+2.75+1.42+1.89
88Mongolia+2.75+2.35+2.57
89Israel+2.72+1.52+2.05
90England East & North East+2.70+1.85+2.11
91England+2.65+2.19+2.14
92Iraq+2.64+1.31+1.96
93England SE & Central South+2.62+2.58+2.22
94Cyprus+2.62+1.12+1.64
95England and Wales+2.60+2.14+2.08
96England SW & South Wales+2.59+2.21+1.97
97England South+2.58+2.35+2.18
98Hungary+2.58+2.14+1.98
99Vermont+2.57+0.95+0.99
100South Korea+2.57+1.45+2.19
101Wales+2.56+2.02+1.88
102New York+2.55+0.77+0.75
103England NW & North Wales+2.52+1.81+1.84
104North Dakota+2.52+3.79+1.96
105Luxembourg+2.50+1.73+1.67
106Germany+2.46+2.07+2.07
107Jordan+2.45+1.18+1.95
108East Anglia+2.43+2.26+2.23
109Belgium+2.43+1.54+1.67
110Michigan+2.42+1.51+1.08
111Central African Republic+2.42+2.01+1.81
112United Kingdom+2.37+1.48+1.34
113Italy+2.31+2.42+2.20
114Scotland East+2.21+1.42+1.70
115Connecticut+2.18+0.33+0.87
116Bhutan+2.17+2.69+2.08
117Uganda+2.16+2.40+2.06
118Benin+2.13+1.80+1.42
119Netherlands+2.09+1.48+1.74
120Cameroon+2.07+1.81+1.64
121Mexico+2.04+1.87+2.04
122Australia+2.02+1.94+1.22
123New Hampshire+1.98+0.63+0.95
124DR Congo+1.98+2.08+2.12
125Nigeria+1.97+1.50+1.23
126Egypt+1.97+1.73+2.08
127Rwanda+1.94+2.13+2.22
128Japan+1.93+1.37+2.06
129Ireland+1.90+1.24+0.88
130Chad+1.88+2.03+1.67
131Massachusetts+1.87+0.27+0.79
132Scotland+1.85+1.21+1.58
133Pakistan+1.85+1.76+1.51
134South Sudan+1.85+2.42+2.43
135Guatemala+1.84+1.93+2.09
136United Arab Emirates+1.77+1.67+2.04
137Burundi+1.73+1.83+1.94
138Scotland North+1.72+0.92+1.47
139Rhode Island+1.72+0.06+0.86
140Guinea+1.71+1.35+1.37
141Scotland West+1.67+1.35+1.55
142Nepal+1.67+1.97+1.86
143Yemen+1.67+1.52+2.31
144Honduras+1.66+1.63+1.76
145Northern Ireland+1.63+1.28+1.59
146El Salvador+1.63+1.87+1.45
147Togo+1.62+1.70+1.51
148Mauritania+1.61+0.77+1.47
149Jamaica+1.58+1.72+1.73
150France+1.57+1.46+1.43
151Ghana+1.56+1.56+1.53
152Ethiopia+1.55+1.56+1.64
153Venezuela+1.53+1.45+1.58
154Papua New Guinea+1.52+1.53+1.47
155Tajikistan+1.52+1.59+1.70
156Myanmar+1.51+1.55+1.57
157Equatorial Guinea+1.51+1.67+1.72
158Congo+1.47+1.51+1.67
159Dominican Republic+1.47+1.43+1.54
160Washington+1.46+1.84+2.00
161Belize+1.45+1.59+1.78
162Kyrgyzstan+1.44+2.21+1.59
163Zambia+1.43+1.18+1.18
164China+1.42+1.78+2.05
165Tanzania+1.41+1.58+1.27
166Canada+1.40+2.47+2.83
167Saudi Arabia+1.40+1.13+2.22
168Lesotho+1.40+1.51+1.78
169Afghanistan+1.39+1.22+1.56
170Maine+1.38+0.89+0.97
171Djibouti+1.31+1.20+1.70
172Haiti+1.30+1.53+1.57
173Brunei+1.29+1.30+1.56
174Angola+1.28+1.15+1.34
175Sierra Leone+1.28+1.50+1.37
176Gabon+1.27+1.42+1.54
177Oman+1.25+1.25+1.38
178Indonesia+1.24+1.29+1.51
179Cote d'Ivoire+1.23+1.43+1.36
180Liberia+1.18+1.51+1.39
181South Africa+1.15+1.20+1.48
182Eritrea+1.13+1.05+1.36
183East Timor+1.13+1.07+0.84
184Nicaragua+1.12+1.20+1.36
185Philippines+1.11+1.29+1.40
186Brazil+1.07+0.90+1.29
187Madagascar+1.06+1.29+1.51
188Kenya+1.05+1.17+1.45
189India+1.04+1.11+1.10
190Paraguay+1.04+2.03+1.78
191Uruguay+1.01+1.00+0.49
192Malaysia+1.00+1.07+1.45
193Ecuador+1.00+0.98+1.43
194Eswatini+0.99+0.89+1.20
195Somalia+0.98+0.54+1.25
196Trinidad and Tobago+0.95+1.00+1.41
197Puerto Rico+0.94+1.20+1.49
198Solomon Islands+0.92+1.08+1.20
199New Caledonia+0.87+0.67+0.99
200Mozambique+0.86+1.22+1.52
201Qatar+0.84+0.83+1.55
202Argentina+0.82+1.79+0.87
203Peru+0.82+0.87+1.53
204Bolivia+0.81+1.13+1.71
205Senegal+0.78+0.28+0.87
206Kuwait+0.77+0.49+1.54
207Sudan+0.77+1.36+1.56
208Malawi+0.75+0.94+1.13
209Costa Rica+0.74+0.72+1.00
210Bangladesh+0.73+0.70+1.34
211Namibia+0.73+1.02+1.65
212Zimbabwe+0.72+0.83+1.76
213Colombia+0.71+0.68+1.34
214Bahamas+0.71+0.96+1.09
215Fiji+0.71+0.73+1.03
216Cuba+0.70+1.03+1.19
217Guinea-Bissau+0.69+0.65+0.99
218Gambia+0.65+0.73+1.01
219Chile+0.63+0.98+0.58
220New Zealand+0.63+0.65+0.90
221Thailand+0.61+0.37+1.30
222Panama+0.61+0.68+1.06
223Morocco+0.59+0.92+1.97
224Cambodia+0.56+0.40+1.37
225Vanuatu+0.52+0.69+0.84
226Spain+0.50+1.42+1.76
227Laos+0.50+0.27+1.34
228Sri Lanka+0.48+0.82+0.97
229Guyana+0.46+0.62+1.40
230Portugal+0.43+1.26+1.35
231Suriname+0.42+0.51+1.34
232Vietnam+0.29+0.28+1.19
233Botswana+0.27+0.01+1.27
234Alaska-5.93-2.21+0.38

All anomalies vs 1961–1990 baseline. 234 regions total. Snapshot generated 25 April 2026.

Methodology

Anomaly = monthly mean temperature − 1961–1990 mean for the same calendar month. The 12-month figure is the trailing 12-month mean minus the 12-month baseline. Country data is from Our World in Data / NOAA; UK regions from the Met Office Regional Series; US states from NOAA Climate at a Glance.

Data snapshot: 25 April 2026 at 16:09.