Florida and South Carolina was coldest state by ranking. 5th coldest out of 119 for March 2013. 114 were warmer.

Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama were amazingly cold at 6th/7th coldest out of 119.

In fact the list of really cold states was very long. Twelve states had an average temperature below freezing!

31 of the lower 48 states were ranked less than 60 out of 119, which is pretty cold.

The warmest state in terms of ranking was California at 111, still colder than 8 March’s.

The biggest difference between March 2013 and the warmest March was North Dakota, 23F colder than 2012.

No state broke a warm record. No sign of “global warming” in March 2013 in the USA.

State	Mar_2013	Current Rank	Warmest Year	Warmest Temp	Difference From Warmest
Florida	59	5	1997	70.6	11.6
South Carolina	48.2	5	1945	63.1	14.9
Kentucky	38.9	6	1945	55.6	16.7
Mississippi	50.2	6	1907	65.1	14.9
North Carolina	44.1	6	2012	58.7	14.6
Tennessee	42.6	6	1921	58.6	16
Georgia	50.3	7	1921	64.6	14.3
Alabama	49.9	8	2012	64.3	14.4
Virginia	40.3	10	1921	55	14.7
Illinois	34	11	1946	51.6	17.6
Arkansas	46.2	12	1907	61.2	15
West Virginia	36.3	13	1921	51.6	15.3
Iowa	28.7	14	1910	47.7	19
Missouri	38.2	14	1910	55	16.8
Indiana	35	15	1946	52.1	17.1
Louisiana	55.2	16	1921	67.6	12.4
North Dakota	17.3	16	2012	40.3	23
Wisconsin	23.8	17	1910	40.7	16.9
Minnesota	20.7	22	1910	40.6	19.9
Ohio	35	23	1946	49.5	14.5
Maryland	39	25	2012	52.3	13.3
Kansas	40	34	1910	54.7	14.7
Pennsylvania	34.3	35	1945	47.2	12.9
South Dakota	28.3	35	1910	46.3	18
Nebraska	34	37	1910	50	16
Oklahoma	47.3	38	2007	58.3	11
Delaware	41.2	40	1945	52.6	11.4
Michigan	27.9	42	1945	41.2	13.3
New Jersey	38.8	47	1945	49.5	10.7
Texas	57	53	1904	63.7	6.7
New York	30.6	57	1946	42	11.4
Massachusetts	34.7	60	2012	43.8	9.1
Montana	31.1	60	1910	41.4	10.3
Connecticut	36	63	1946	44	8
Colorado	34.6	66	2012	42	7.4
Rhode Island	37.6	67	1946	44	6.4
Wyoming	31.7	77	1986	39.8	8.1
Oregon	41.7	79	1986	46.2	4.5
Vermont	30.3	83	1946	38.9	8.6
Idaho	36.3	85	1992	42.8	6.5
Washington	42	87	1934	46.2	4.2
New Hampshire	31.8	88	1946	39.4	7.6
New Mexico	46.5	95	2004	49.7	3.2
Utah	41	95	1986	45.6	4.6
Maine	30.7	99	1903	34.5	3.8
Arizona	55.1	110	1895	57.1	2
Nevada	44.6	110	2004	47.8	3.2
California	55.2	111	2004	58.5	3.3