--- title: Study pinpoints states with steepest warming trends... description: A new MIT study pinpoints which U.S. states have warmed fastest since 1980. Alaska, Utah, New Mexico, Colorado, and Nevada showed the strongest warming trends,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/study-pinpoints-states-with-steepest-warming-trends-since-1980-wq2ywdt9h twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Study pinpoints states with steepest warming trends since 1980 | daily.dev og:description: A new MIT study pinpoints which U.S. states have warmed fastest since 1980. Alaska, Utah, New Mexico, Colorado, and Nevada showed the strongest warming trends,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/study-pinpoints-states-with-steepest-warming-trends-since-1980-wq2ywdt9h og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/wq2ywdT9h.png og:image:alt: Study pinpoints states with steepest warming trends since 1980 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Study pinpoints states with steepest warming trends since 1980 **[MIT News](https://daily.dev/sources/mit)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A new MIT study pinpoints which U.S. states have warmed fastest since 1980. Alaska, Utah, New Mexico, Colorado, and Nevada showed the strongest warming trends, while Hawaii, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Arkansas showed the weakest. Alaska's maximum daily temperature rises 2.5 C per degree of global warming, compared to just 0.8 C in Hawaii. The researchers, from MIT's Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy, used MERRA2 and ERA5 climate datasets from 1980 to 2022, and found warming was most pronounced in September and November. Co-author C. Adam Schlosser says decision-makers should assess states with the steepest increases. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### Which US states have warmed the most since 1980? Alaska, Utah, New Mexico, Colorado, and Nevada have experienced the strongest average warming trends in maximum daily temperature from 1980 to 2022, according to an MIT Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy study using MERRA2 and ERA5 climate datasets. Alaska's warming rate was 2.5 C per degree of global warming, the highest of any state. _Researchers tracking regional climate risk can follow studies like this on daily.dev._ ### Which US states have warmed the least since 1980? Hawaii, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Arkansas showed the lowest average warming trends in maximum daily temperature between 1980 and 2022. Hawaii had the smallest increase overall, at 0.8 degrees Celsius of monthly-averaged maximum daily temperature per degree of global warming, according to the MIT study using MERRA2 and ERA5 datasets. _Anyone comparing regional climate exposure can keep up with findings like this on daily.dev._ ### During which months is warming most pronounced across US states? Warming trends across the United States were most pronounced during the summer and fall, particularly in September and November, based on an analysis of monthly-averaged maximum daily temperatures from 1980 to 2022 using MERRA2 and ERA5 climate datasets conducted by MIT's Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy. _Planners prioritizing seasonal climate adaptation can track such findings on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [How to study a swiftly melting climate disaster](https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-study-a-swiftly-melting-climate-disaster-evkedqwem) · MIT Technology Review · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Study reveals climatic fingerprints of wildfires and volcanic eruptions](https://daily.dev/posts/study-reveals-climatic-fingerprints-of-wildfires-and-volcanic-eruptions-btijadfqi) · MIT News · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Under the Uzès Sun: When Historical Data Reveals the Climate Change](https://daily.dev/posts/under-the-uz-s-sun-when-historical-data-reveals-the-climate-change-krm5qemee) · Towards Data Science · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Our climate models have a big, dangerous blind spot](https://daily.dev/posts/our-climate-models-have-a-big-dangerous-blind-spot-icvcc69g2) · MIT Technology Review · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Wadler's Blog: The Gargantuan Lie That is Collapsing the World's Climate](https://daily.dev/posts/wadler-s-blog-the-gargantuan-lie-that-is-collapsing-the-world-s-climate-wljkj9b84) · Planet Haskell · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/study-pinpoints-states-with-steepest-warming-trends-since-1980-wq2ywdt9h) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Study pinpoints states with steepest warming trends since 1980","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/study-pinpoints-states-with-steepest-warming-trends-since-1980-wq2ywdt9h","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/study-pinpoints-states-with-steepest-warming-trends-since-1980-wq2ywdt9h"},"datePublished":"2026-10-30T19:26:33.253Z","dateModified":"2026-10-30T19:26:55.367Z","description":"A new MIT study pinpoints which U.S. states have warmed fastest since 1980. 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