How Hot is Too Hot State by State

Ingram Publishing/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Some states are just too hot to handle.

A list compiled by Weather.com has determined the threshold of temperatures that are unbearable for residents in each of in the Lower 48 states. And proving that people can get used to anything, the too-hot temperature varies between 85 and 100 degrees, depending on the state.

Arizona and Nevada tied for being the states with the highest too-hot  tmps, while the lowest temperatures are in Michigan, Massachusetts, Wisconsin, Washington, Vermont, Rhode Island, Idaho and South Dakota.

About 68 percent of those surveyed associated a temperature between 85 and 95 degrees with being too hot, while 90 degrees was the breaking point for about 22 percent of respondents nationwide. Some people surveyed identified any temperature between 70 and 79 as too hot, while others said they can withstand the hot temperatures until it reached between 101-105 degrees.

Here is the list of states and their too-hot numbers:

• 100 degrees: Arizona, Nevada
• 95 degrees: Texas, Arkansas, Utah
• 93 degrees: Mississippi, North Dakota
• 90 degrees: Florida, Illinois, Virginia, California, North Carolina, Georgia, Missouri, Tennessee, Maryland, Connecticut, South Carolina, Kansas, Nebraska, Kentucky, Alabama, Delaware, Oregon, West Virginia, Oklahoma, Louisiana, New Mexico
• 89 degrees: Pennsylvania, Wyoming
• 88 degrees: New Jersey, Indiana, Colorado, New Hampshire, Maine
• 87 degrees: New York, Ohio, Minnesota, Iowa, Montana
• 85 degrees: Michigan, Massachusetts, Wisconsin, Washington, Vermont, Rhode Island, Idaho, South Dakota

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