Muggy days (dew point ≥ +20 °C): ranking of US metro areas

Order: highest value first. Lower is better.

Muggy days (dew point ≥ +20 °C): ranking of US metro areas: Miami ranks first (234 days per year) and Visalia last (0 days per year). The median across 131 metro areas is 29 days per year. Observation period: 2021-2025. Source: Meteostat (CC BY 4.0).

Average number of days per year when the dew point reached +20 °C or higher. An estimate from mean daily temperature and humidity, not from hourly data.

Data quality: measured at a single station; only measured values were used, years with incomplete data are excluded.

#Metro areaValue
1MiamiFL234 days per year
2BrownsvilleTX227 days per year
3Corpus ChristiTX205 days per year
4Palm BayFL182 days per year
5LakelandFL176 days per year
6TampaFL176 days per year
7New OrleansLA174 days per year
8BeaumontTX172 days per year
9Port St. LucieFL171 days per year
10OrlandoFL165 days per year
11DeltonaFL163 days per year
12GulfportMS162 days per year
13HoustonTX158 days per year
14JacksonvilleFL145 days per year
15OcalaFL142 days per year
16MobileAL134 days per year
17San AntonioTX130 days per year
18TallahasseeFL130 days per year
19AustinTX123 days per year
20Myrtle BeachSC112 days per year
21CharlestonSC109 days per year
22MontgomeryAL108 days per year
23SavannahGA108 days per year
24Urban HonoluluHI96 days per year
25AugustaGA91 days per year
26DallasTX90 days per year
27ColumbiaSC88 days per year
28FayettevilleNC85 days per year
29MemphisTN79 days per year
30BirminghamAL78 days per year
31Virginia BeachVA73 days per year
32DurhamNC72 days per year
33RaleighNC72 days per year
34TulsaOK68 days per year
35ChattanoogaTN65 days per year
36RichmondVA63 days per year
37CharlotteNC62 days per year
38SalisburyMD61 days per year
39HickoryNC59 days per year
40AtlantaGA58 days per year
41KnoxvilleTN55 days per year
42Oklahoma CityOK54 days per year
43GreensboroNC52 days per year
44WinstonNC52 days per year
45NashvilleTN51 days per year
46WashingtonDC49 days per year
47BaltimoreMD48 days per year
48Kansas CityMO48 days per year
49LouisvilleKY48 days per year
50SpringfieldMO47 days per year
51GreenvilleSC45 days per year
52St. LouisMO42 days per year
53WichitaKS42 days per year
54LexingtonKY41 days per year
55PhiladelphiaPA41 days per year
56TrentonNJ41 days per year
57HuntingtonWV39 days per year
58CincinnatiOH38 days per year
59JacksonMS38 days per year
60PeoriaIL37 days per year
61DavenportIA35 days per year
62BridgeportCT34 days per year
63New HavenCT34 days per year
64IndianapolisIN32 days per year
65ProvidenceRI30 days per year
66OmahaNE29 days per year
67HarrisburgPA29 days per year
68LancasterPA29 days per year
69YorkPA29 days per year
70Fort WayneIN28 days per year
71Des MoinesIA26 days per year
72HartfordCT26 days per year
73SpringfieldMA24 days per year
74AshevilleNC24 days per year
75ToledoOH23 days per year
76RockfordIL23 days per year
77WorcesterMA22 days per year
78ScrantonPA21 days per year
79DetroitMI21 days per year
80AkronOH20 days per year
81CantonOH20 days per year
82New YorkNY20 days per year
83BostonMA20 days per year
84ClevelandOH19 days per year
85AllentownPA19 days per year
86ReadingPA19 days per year
87YoungstownOH19 days per year
88FlintMI18 days per year
89Grand RapidsMI18 days per year
90PittsburghPA18 days per year
91LansingMI18 days per year
92AlbanyNY17 days per year
93ChicagoIL16 days per year
94MadisonWI15 days per year
95ManchesterNH15 days per year
96RochesterNY15 days per year
97BuffaloNY15 days per year
98MilwaukeeWI14 days per year
99SyracuseNY14 days per year
100PortlandME12 days per year
101MinneapolisMN9 days per year
102PhoenixAZ7 days per year
103TucsonAZ6 days per year
104San DiegoCA3 days per year
105Las VegasNV1 days per year
106Los AngelesCA1 days per year
107BakersfieldCA0 days per year
108Boise CityID0 days per year
109El PasoTX0 days per year
110EugeneOR0 days per year
111PortlandOR0 days per year
112RiversideCA0 days per year
113SeattleWA0 days per year
114AlbuquerqueNM0 days per year
115AnchorageAK0 days per year
116Colorado SpringsCO0 days per year
117DenverCO0 days per year
118FresnoCA0 days per year
119ModestoCA0 days per year
120OgdenUT0 days per year
121RenoNV0 days per year
122SacramentoCA0 days per year
123SalemOR0 days per year
124Salt Lake CityUT0 days per year
125San FranciscoCA0 days per year
126San JoseCA0 days per year
127Santa MariaCA0 days per year
128SpokaneWA0 days per year
129StocktonCA0 days per year
130VallejoCA0 days per year
131VisaliaCA0 days per year

Only places with a value for the indicator are ranked; a gap is not a zero. A ranking on one indicator is not an assessment of a place to live.

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