During the first week of December 1982 Texas was over 90F, thirteen states were over 80F, twenty-nine states were over 70F and forty-three states were over 60F.
Texas 93
Florida 88 Georgia 87 Louisiana 85 Mississippi 85 South Carolina 84 Alabama 82 Arkansas 82 Kentucky 82 North Carolina 81 West Virginia 81 Oklahoma 80 Tennessee 80
Ohio 79 California 78 Illinois 78 Missouri 78 Virginia 78 Indiana 77 Maryland 77 Pennsylvania 77 New Jersey 76 Arizona 75 Delaware 75 New York 75 Kansas 74 Colorado 70 Connecticut 70 Massachusetts 70
Maine 69 New Hampshire 69 Michigan 68 Washington 68 New Mexico 67 Oregon 67 Rhode Island 67 Vermont 66 Iowa 65 Nebraska 65 Wisconsin 65 South Dakota 64 Minnesota 63 Nevada 60
