Using the NOAA data I thought I would look and see when the warmest 10 years were for each state.

17 states warmest 10 years were well in the past. Only 2 were 2002 to 2011. All of the rest but one overlapped 1998. And California was an outlier with 1988 to 1997 as the warmest 10 years. At the bottom of this post is the list with some highlighting.

Here is an animated gif of the 48 states with the warmest 10 years highlighted in gray. Click on it for the full effect.