The hottest temperature recorded in every state
Date: September 6, 1925
Location: Centreville
Date: June 27, 1915
Location: Fort Yukon
Date: June 29, 1994
Location: Lake Havasu City
Date: August 10, 1936
Location: Ozark
Date: July 10, 1913
Location: Furnace Creek (formerly Greenland Ranch)
Date: July 10, 2019
Location: John Martin Dam
Date: July 15, 1995
Location: Danbury
Torrington, Connecticut, also reached 106 degrees Fahrenheit on August 23, 1916.
Date: July 21, 1930
Location: Millsboro
Date: June 29, 1931
Location: Monticello
Date: August 20, 1983
Location: Greenville
Louisville, Georgia, also reached 112 degrees Fahrenheit on July 24, 1952.
Date: April 27, 1931
Location: Pahala
Date: July 28, 1934
Location: Orofino
Date: July 14, 1954
Location: East St. Louis
Date: July 14, 1936
Location: Collegeville
Date: July 20, 1934
Location: Keokuk
Date: July 24, 1936
Location: Alton
Fredonia, Kansas, also reached 121 degrees Fahrenheit on July 18, 1936.
Date: July 28, 1930
Location: Greensburg
Date: August 10, 1936
Location: Plain Dealing
Date: July 10, 1911
Location: North Bridgton
North Bridgton, Maine, also reached 105 degrees Fahrenheit on July 4, 1911.
Dates: July 10, 1936
Location: Cumberland
Frederick, Maryland, also reached 109 degrees Fahrenheit on July 10, 1936. Cumberland, Maryland, reached 109 degrees Fahrenheit on August 7, 1918, and August 6, 1918. Keedysville, Maryland, reached 109 degrees Fahrenheit on August 6, 1918. Boettcherville, Maryland, reached 109 degrees Fahrenheit on July 3, 1898.
Date: August 2, 1975
Location: New Bedford
Chester, Massachusetts, also reached 107 degrees Fahrenheit on August 2, 1975.
Date: July 13, 1936
Location: Mio
Stanwood, Michigan, also reached 112 degrees Fahrenheit on July 13, 1936.
Date: July 29, 1917
Location: Beardsley
Date: July 29, 1930
Location: Holly Springs
Date: July 14, 1954
Location: Union
Warsaw, Missouri, also hit 118 degrees Fahrenheit on July 14, 1954.
Date: July 5, 1937
Location: Medicine Lake
Glendive, Montana, also reached 117 degrees Fahrenheit on July 20, 1893.
Date: July 24, 1936
Location: Minden
Hartington, Nebraska, also reached 118 degrees Fahrenheit on July 17, 1936. Geneva, Nebraska, reached 118 degrees Fahrenheit on July 15, 1934.
Date: June 29, 1994
Location: Laughlin
Date: July 4, 1911
Location: Nashua
Date: July 10, 1936
Location: Runyon (near Sayreville)
Date: June 27, 1994
Location: Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (near Loving)
Date: July 22, 1926
Location: Troy
Date: August 21, 1983
Location: Fayetteville
Date: July 6, 1936
Location: Steele
Date: July 21, 1934
Location: Gallipolis
Date: August 12, 1936
Location: Altus
Altus, Oklahoma, first hit the record on July 19, 1936. Poteau, Oklahoma, also reached 120 degrees Fahrenheit on August 10, 1936. Alva, Oklahoma, reached 120 degrees Fahrenheit on July 18, 1936.
Date: June 29, 2021
Location: Pelton Dam
Moody Farms Agrimet, Oregon, also reached 120 degrees Fahrenheit on June 29, 2021. Pendleton, Oregon, reached 120 degrees Fahrenheit on August 10, 1898.
Date: July 10, 1936
Location: Phoenixville
Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, also hit 111 degrees Fahrenheit on July 9, 1936.
Date: August 2, 1975
Location: Providence
Date: June 29, 2012
Location: Columbia
Date: July 15, 2006
Location: Fort Pierre
Gann Valley, South Dakota, also hit 120 degrees Fahrenheit on July 5, 1936.
Date: August 9, 1930
Location: Perryville
Perryville, Tennessee, also hit 113 degrees Fahrenheit on July 29, 1930.
Date: June 28, 1994
Location: Monahans
Seymour, Texas, also hit 120 degrees Fahrenheit on August 12, 1936.
Date: July 10, 2021
Location: St. George
St. George, Utah, also hit 117 degrees Fahrenheit on July 5, 1985.
Date: July 7, 1912
Location: Vernon
Date: July 15, 1954
Location: Balcony Falls
Columbia, Virginia, also hit 110 degrees Fahrenheit on July 7, 1900, and July 5, 1900.
Date: June 29, 2021
Location: Hanford
Date: July 10, 1936
Location: Martinsburg
Moorefield, West Virginia, also hit 112 degrees Fahrenheit on August 4, 1930.
Date: July 13, 1936
Location: Wisconsin Dells
Date: July 15, 1988
Location: Diversion Dam
Basin, Wyoming, also hit 115 degrees Fahrenheit on August 8, 1983.
Sara Kiley Watson contributed to an earlier version of this article.