Solar by location: 318 US cities and towns

318 locations with a climate origin traced to a real weather station (§ methodology), grouped by state. Each links to its coldest, sunniest and current month.

AK

Anchorage design low −25.1 °C
Fairbanks design low −43.2 °C
Homer design low −20.2 °C
Seward design low −17.2 °C

AL

Birmingham design low −10.3 °C
Huntsville design low −11.2 °C
Mobile design low −6.1 °C
Montgomery design low −8.2 °C
Tuscaloosa design low −8.9 °C

AR

Little Rock design low −10.2 °C

AZ

Cottonwood design low −7.9 °C
Flagstaff design low −20.8 °C
Lake Havasu City design low −0.1 °C
Mesa design low 1.0 °C
Peoria design low 1.0 °C
Phoenix design low 1.0 °C
Prescott design low −12.0 °C
Quartzsite design low −1.3 °C
Sedona design low −7.9 °C
Show Low design low −16.7 °C
Tucson design low −3.5 °C
Wickenburg design low −1.6 °C
Williams design low −20.8 °C
Yuma design low 2.1 °C

CA

Anaheim design low 2.4 °C
Bakersfield design low −2.0 °C
Barstow design low −5.2 °C
Big Bear Lake design low −15.1 °C
Big Pine design low −13.5 °C
Bishop design low −13.5 °C
Blythe design low −1.3 °C
Borrego Springs design low −4.7 °C
Chico design low −3.9 °C
Concord design low 3.7 °C
El Cajon design low 4.9 °C
Elk Grove design low −2.8 °C
Escondido design low 4.9 °C
Fairfield design low −2.8 °C
Fremont design low 1.9 °C
Fresno design low −1.8 °C
Idyllwild design low −7.3 °C
Irvine design low 2.4 °C
Joshua Tree design low −6.3 °C
Julian design low −9.0 °C
Lancaster design low −9.6 °C
Long Beach design low 2.4 °C
Los Angeles design low 4.0 °C
Modesto design low −2.3 °C
Mount Shasta design low −10.8 °C
Needles design low −0.1 °C
Oceanside design low 4.9 °C
Ojai design low −1.1 °C
Oxnard design low −4.0 °C
Rancho Cucamonga design low 2.9 °C
Riverside design low 2.9 °C
Roseville design low −0.9 °C
Sacramento design low −0.9 °C
Salinas design low −1.3 °C
San Diego design low 4.9 °C
San Francisco design low 3.7 °C
San Jose design low 1.9 °C
San Mateo design low 1.9 °C
Santa Clarita design low −2.3 °C
Santa Maria design low −2.2 °C
Santa Rosa design low −0.5 °C
South Lake Tahoe design low −21.8 °C
Stockton design low −3.3 °C
Thousand Oaks design low 4.1 °C
Truckee design low −21.8 °C
Twentynine Palms design low −3.9 °C
Vallejo design low 3.7 °C
Victorville design low −5.2 °C
Visalia design low −4.4 °C
West Covina design low 4.0 °C
Yreka design low −11.8 °C

CO

Alamosa design low −29.9 °C
Boulder design low −22.3 °C
Buena Vista design low −25.0 °C
Centennial design low −22.3 °C
Colorado Springs design low −21.7 °C
Cortez design low −20.1 °C
Crested Butte design low −35.0 °C
Denver design low −22.3 °C
Durango design low −22.8 °C
Estes Park design low −24.3 °C
Fairplay design low −28.9 °C
Fort Collins design low −22.0 °C
Glenwood Springs design low −18.7 °C
Greeley design low −22.9 °C
Gunnison design low −32.9 °C
Leadville design low −28.9 °C
Ouray design low −27.5 °C
Pagosa Springs design low −16.9 °C
Pueblo design low −23.5 °C
Salida design low −25.0 °C
Silverton design low −31.1 °C
Steamboat Springs design low −30.1 °C
Telluride design low −31.1 °C
Trinidad design low −22.7 °C

CT

Bridgeport design low −15.2 °C
Hartford design low −17.7 °C
New Haven design low −15.2 °C
Stamford design low −15.2 °C
Waterbury design low −17.7 °C

DC

Washington design low −10.9 °C

FL

Cape Coral design low 2.2 °C
Clearwater design low 0.4 °C
Coral Springs design low 3.2 °C
Fort Lauderdale design low 5.9 °C
Gainesville design low −5.1 °C
Jacksonville design low −2.0 °C
Key West design low 10.1 °C
Lakeland design low 0.4 °C
Miami design low 5.9 °C
Orlando design low −0.4 °C
Palm Bay design low 0.5 °C
Port Saint Lucie design low 0.5 °C
St. Petersburg design low 0.4 °C
Tallahassee design low −6.5 °C
Tampa design low 0.4 °C
West Palm Beach design low 3.2 °C

GA

Athens design low −9.4 °C
Atlanta design low −9.3 °C
Columbus design low −7.1 °C
Dahlonega design low −9.4 °C
Savannah design low −5.8 °C
South Fulton design low −9.3 °C

HI

Honolulu design low 14.7 °C

IA

Cedar Rapids design low −27.2 °C
Davenport design low −25.6 °C
Des Moines design low −24.1 °C

ID

Boise design low −14.9 °C
Coeur d'Alene design low −19.4 °C
Driggs design low −26.1 °C
Ketchum design low −20.9 °C
McCall design low −25.9 °C
Salmon design low −23.3 °C
Sandpoint design low −22.2 °C

IL

Aurora design low −22.5 °C
Chicago design low −22.5 °C
Elgin design low −22.5 °C
Joliet design low −22.5 °C
Peoria design low −22.8 °C
Rockford design low −25.5 °C
Springfield design low −22.4 °C

IN

Evansville design low −16.8 °C
Fort Wayne design low −21.7 °C
Indianapolis design low −20.5 °C
South Bend design low −22.0 °C

KS

Olathe design low −18.2 °C
Topeka design low −20.0 °C
Wichita design low −17.2 °C

KY

Lexington design low −17.6 °C
Louisville design low −15.5 °C

LA

Baton Rouge design low −5.2 °C
Lafayette design low −4.1 °C
New Orleans design low −1.3 °C
Shreveport design low −6.9 °C

MA

Boston design low −16.3 °C
Lowell design low −16.3 °C
New Bedford design low −16.6 °C
Springfield design low −19.7 °C
Worcester design low −20.1 °C

MD

Baltimore design low −13.9 °C

ME

Portland design low −22.8 °C

MI

Ann Arbor design low −19.8 °C
Detroit design low −18.0 °C
Grand Rapids design low −21.3 °C
Lansing design low −23.0 °C
Sterling Heights design low −19.2 °C

MN

Minneapolis design low −27.2 °C
Rochester design low −28.6 °C

MO

Columbia design low −19.6 °C
Kansas City design low −18.2 °C
Springfield design low −18.3 °C
St. Louis design low −17.1 °C

MS

Jackson design low −8.0 °C

MT

Anaconda design low −33.0 °C
Big Timber design low −29.1 °C
Billings design low −26.5 °C
Bozeman design low −32.2 °C
Dillon design low −28.3 °C
Livingston design low −29.1 °C
Missoula design low −23.8 °C
Red Lodge design low −27.2 °C
West Yellowstone design low −39.1 °C
Whitefish design low −26.1 °C

NC

Asheville design low −14.0 °C
Blowing Rock design low −16.8 °C
Boone design low −16.8 °C
Brevard design low −13.6 °C
Charlotte design low −10.7 °C
Durham design low −11.0 °C
Fayetteville design low −9.2 °C
Greensboro design low −11.8 °C
High Point design low −11.8 °C
Raleigh design low −11.0 °C
Wilmington design low −8.0 °C
Winston-Salem design low −11.8 °C

ND

Fargo design low −31.7 °C

NE

Lincoln design low −24.3 °C
Omaha design low −23.4 °C

NH

Manchester design low −24.6 °C

NJ

Cape May design low −16.7 °C
Edison design low −13.9 °C
Paterson design low −14.5 °C

NM

Albuquerque design low −11.7 °C
Angel Fire design low −30.3 °C
Chama design low −26.2 °C
Las Cruces design low −7.8 °C
Ruidoso design low −13.0 °C
Taos design low −24.2 °C

NV

Ely design low −26.1 °C
Henderson design low −2.5 °C
Las Vegas design low −2.5 °C
Reno design low −14.1 °C
Tonopah design low −16.6 °C

NY

Albany design low −22.4 °C
Buffalo design low −19.3 °C
New York City design low −13.5 °C
Rochester design low −19.8 °C
Staten Island design low −13.9 °C
Syracuse design low −23.1 °C
Yonkers design low −14.5 °C

OH

Akron design low −19.6 °C
Cincinnati design low −17.6 °C
Cleveland design low −19.0 °C
Columbus design low −18.2 °C
Dayton design low −20.3 °C
Toledo design low −20.6 °C

OK

Broken Arrow design low −14.3 °C
Norman design low −13.6 °C
Oklahoma City design low −13.6 °C
Tulsa design low −14.3 °C

OR

Astoria design low −5.2 °C
Baker City design low −22.2 °C
Bend design low −21.0 °C
Enterprise design low −22.3 °C
Eugene design low −8.2 °C
Hillsboro design low −6.2 °C
Hood River design low −11.8 °C
John Day design low −17.7 °C
Klamath Falls design low −19.5 °C
La Pine design low −19.5 °C
Portland design low −6.2 °C
Prineville design low −21.0 °C
Salem design low −7.8 °C
Sisters design low −21.0 °C

PA

Allentown design low −16.8 °C
Philadelphia design low −13.0 °C
Pittsburgh design low −18.6 °C

RI

Providence design low −16.6 °C

SC

Charleston design low −2.8 °C
Columbia design low −8.5 °C

SD

Custer design low −27.5 °C
Rapid City design low −27.3 °C
Sioux Falls design low −28.4 °C

TN

Chattanooga design low −10.6 °C
Clarksville design low −13.8 °C
Knoxville design low −12.8 °C
Memphis design low −10.2 °C
Murfreesboro design low −12.7 °C
Nashville design low −12.7 °C

TX

Abilene design low −10.0 °C
Alpine design low −11.5 °C
Amarillo design low −15.7 °C
Austin design low −4.3 °C
Beaumont design low −3.2 °C
Brownsville design low 1.0 °C
College Station design low −5.3 °C
Corpus Christi design low −1.9 °C
Cypress design low −3.3 °C
Dallas design low −7.2 °C
Denton design low −8.0 °C
El Paso design low −7.8 °C
Fort Worth design low −8.8 °C
Houston design low −2.0 °C
Laredo design low −2.2 °C
Lewisville design low −8.0 °C
Lubbock design low −12.7 °C
Marfa design low −11.5 °C
McAllen design low 0.7 °C
McKinney design low −7.2 °C
Midland design low −10.2 °C
Odessa design low −10.2 °C
Pearland design low −2.0 °C
Plano design low −7.2 °C
Round Rock design low −4.3 °C
San Antonio design low −4.7 °C
Tyler design low −7.4 °C
Waco design low −7.6 °C
Wichita Falls design low −11.2 °C

UT

Kanab design low −15.1 °C
Moab design low −13.9 °C
Park City design low −23.7 °C
Provo design low −14.8 °C
Salt Lake City design low −16.1 °C

VA

East Hampton design low −7.6 °C
Norfolk design low −7.6 °C
Richmond design low −12.7 °C
Roanoke design low −12.7 °C
Virginia Beach design low −9.4 °C

VT

Burlington design low −26.3 °C
Stowe design low −28.4 °C

WA

Everett design low −5.3 °C
Kent design low −5.8 °C
Port Angeles design low −9.0 °C
Seattle design low −5.3 °C
Spokane design low −19.4 °C
Tacoma design low −5.8 °C
Tri-Cities design low −12.5 °C

WI

Green Bay design low −26.5 °C
Madison design low −25.5 °C
Milwaukee design low −22.1 °C

WY

Cody design low −26.7 °C
Jackson design low −31.3 °C
Lander design low −27.0 °C
Sheridan design low −28.8 °C

These results are for reference. Wiring must be installed by a qualified electrician. Mobile installations follow ABYC E-11; stationary ones NEC 690/706.