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

Order: lowest value first. Lower is better.

Muggy days (dew point ≥ +20 °C): ranking of US metro areas: Albuquerque ranks first (0 days per year) and Miami last (234 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
1AlbuquerqueNM0 days per year
2AnchorageAK0 days per year
3Colorado SpringsCO0 days per year
4DenverCO0 days per year
5FresnoCA0 days per year
6ModestoCA0 days per year
7OgdenUT0 days per year
8RenoNV0 days per year
9SacramentoCA0 days per year
10SalemOR0 days per year
11Salt Lake CityUT0 days per year
12San FranciscoCA0 days per year
13San JoseCA0 days per year
14Santa MariaCA0 days per year
15SpokaneWA0 days per year
16StocktonCA0 days per year
17VallejoCA0 days per year
18VisaliaCA0 days per year
19BakersfieldCA0 days per year
20Boise CityID0 days per year
21El PasoTX0 days per year
22EugeneOR0 days per year
23PortlandOR0 days per year
24RiversideCA0 days per year
25SeattleWA0 days per year
26Las VegasNV1 days per year
27Los AngelesCA1 days per year
28San DiegoCA3 days per year
29TucsonAZ6 days per year
30PhoenixAZ7 days per year
31MinneapolisMN9 days per year
32PortlandME12 days per year
33SyracuseNY14 days per year
34MilwaukeeWI14 days per year
35BuffaloNY15 days per year
36RochesterNY15 days per year
37ManchesterNH15 days per year
38MadisonWI15 days per year
39ChicagoIL16 days per year
40AlbanyNY17 days per year
41LansingMI18 days per year
42PittsburghPA18 days per year
43FlintMI18 days per year
44Grand RapidsMI18 days per year
45AllentownPA19 days per year
46ReadingPA19 days per year
47YoungstownOH19 days per year
48ClevelandOH19 days per year
49BostonMA20 days per year
50New YorkNY20 days per year
51AkronOH20 days per year
52CantonOH20 days per year
53DetroitMI21 days per year
54ScrantonPA21 days per year
55WorcesterMA22 days per year
56RockfordIL23 days per year
57ToledoOH23 days per year
58AshevilleNC24 days per year
59SpringfieldMA24 days per year
60HartfordCT26 days per year
61Des MoinesIA26 days per year
62Fort WayneIN28 days per year
63HarrisburgPA29 days per year
64LancasterPA29 days per year
65YorkPA29 days per year
66OmahaNE29 days per year
67ProvidenceRI30 days per year
68IndianapolisIN32 days per year
69BridgeportCT34 days per year
70New HavenCT34 days per year
71DavenportIA35 days per year
72PeoriaIL37 days per year
73JacksonMS38 days per year
74CincinnatiOH38 days per year
75HuntingtonWV39 days per year
76PhiladelphiaPA41 days per year
77TrentonNJ41 days per year
78LexingtonKY41 days per year
79St. LouisMO42 days per year
80WichitaKS42 days per year
81GreenvilleSC45 days per year
82SpringfieldMO47 days per year
83Kansas CityMO48 days per year
84LouisvilleKY48 days per year
85BaltimoreMD48 days per year
86WashingtonDC49 days per year
87NashvilleTN51 days per year
88GreensboroNC52 days per year
89WinstonNC52 days per year
90Oklahoma CityOK54 days per year
91KnoxvilleTN55 days per year
92AtlantaGA58 days per year
93HickoryNC59 days per year
94SalisburyMD61 days per year
95CharlotteNC62 days per year
96RichmondVA63 days per year
97ChattanoogaTN65 days per year
98TulsaOK68 days per year
99DurhamNC72 days per year
100RaleighNC72 days per year
101Virginia BeachVA73 days per year
102BirminghamAL78 days per year
103MemphisTN79 days per year
104FayettevilleNC85 days per year
105ColumbiaSC88 days per year
106DallasTX90 days per year
107AugustaGA91 days per year
108Urban HonoluluHI96 days per year
109MontgomeryAL108 days per year
110SavannahGA108 days per year
111CharlestonSC109 days per year
112Myrtle BeachSC112 days per year
113AustinTX123 days per year
114TallahasseeFL130 days per year
115San AntonioTX130 days per year
116MobileAL134 days per year
117OcalaFL142 days per year
118JacksonvilleFL145 days per year
119HoustonTX158 days per year
120GulfportMS162 days per year
121DeltonaFL163 days per year
122OrlandoFL165 days per year
123Port St. LucieFL171 days per year
124BeaumontTX172 days per year
125New OrleansLA174 days per year
126LakelandFL176 days per year
127TampaFL176 days per year
128Palm BayFL182 days per year
129Corpus ChristiTX205 days per year
130BrownsvilleTX227 days per year
131MiamiFL234 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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