Florida

New Hampshire

Rhode Island

Washington

Maine

Virginia

Delaware

Mississippi

Texas

Louisiana

North Carolina

Oregon

Alabama

Wisconsin

New Jersey

South Carolina

Michigan

Connecticut

Pennsylvania

Massachusetts

Georgia

New York

Maryland

California

Ohio

Indiana

Illinois

None

A world map shows the major manufacturing regions (shaded red) in North America: Vancouver, Portland, San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, San Diego, Houston, Atlanta, Washington, Boston, Chicago, Detroit, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, and Québec City.

Locations of major manufacturing regions in North America

Major Manufacturing Regions

North America

nature

Alaska

Northwest Territories

Nunavut

Nova Scotia

Prince Edward Island

Hawaii

New Brunswick

British Columbia

Newfoundland and Labrador

Québec

Ontario

Mean sea-surface temperatures shown using patterns of latitudinal bands extend roughly east to west. The coldest temperatures are shown in the northern latitudes. Temperatures warm as latitudes near the equator.

Average sea-surface temperatures between 1990 and 2020

Mean Sea-Surface Temperature

Sea-surface temperatures create latitudinal bands extending east to west, influenced by ocean currents and continents. In the tropics, temperatures range from 24.0 to 32.0 degrees Celsius; in the midlatitudes, from 8.0 to 23.9 degrees Celsius; and in higher latitudes and polar regions, from negative 2.0 to 7.9 degrees Celsius. Significant deviations occur along the Atlantic coast of western Europe, where temperatures are warmer than the east coast of North America at the same latitude, and along the Pacific coast of Canada, the Atlantic coasts of Canada and the northeastern United States, and the western coasts of South America and southern Africa, where waters are cooler than expected. The hottest ocean areas are between Indonesia and Australia (30.0 to 32.0 degrees Celsius), followed by tropical parts of the western Pacific and Indian oceans, and small areas along the coasts of West Africa and Central America (28.0 to 29.9 degrees Celsius).

Display by:	Major Manufacturing Regions	Mean Sea-Surface Temperature
	Major Manufacturing Regions	-2.0 to 0.0	0.0 to 1.9	2.0 to 3.9	4.0 to 5.9	6.0 to 7.9	8.0 to 9.9	10.0 to 11.9	12.0 to 13.9	14.0 to 15.9	18.0 to 19.9	20.0 to 21.9	22.0 to 23.9	24.0 to 25.9	26.0 to 27.9	28.0 to 29.9
New Hampshire	9.56%
Mississippi	7.80%
Oregon	3.46%
South Carolina	4.41%
Pennsylvania	8.60%
Ohio	13.6%
Indiana	3.18%
Illinois	6.47%
Alaska		0.243%			0.756%	0.368%
Northwest Territories		0.540%
Florida	1.05%										0.797%	0.110%	0.317%	0.665%
Rhode Island	95.4%				4.89%
Washington	2.09%						0.825%
Nunavut		2.12%
Maine	1.13%					0.534%
Nova Scotia			1.84%	0.489%	0.275%	0.472%
Virginia	1.67%					0.725%
Delaware	99.2%					1.06%
Prince Edward Island			5.18%
Texas	4.52%										0.214%
Louisiana	41.4%										1.00%
Hawaii														10.0%	0.778%	4.46%
North Carolina	25.1%							0.239%	0.183%		0.286%
New Brunswick			0.647%			0.219%
Alabama	21.3%										0.114%
Wisconsin	5.64%			0.545%
British Columbia						1.06%
Newfoundland and Labrador		1.04%	0.607%
New Jersey	99.7%				0.163%	1.14%
Michigan	7.08%			1.89%
Connecticut	96.8%				0.194%
Massachusetts	69.1%				1.32%	2.66%						0.220%
Georgia	16.0%										0.230%
New York	5.11%				0.265%	0.344%
Maryland	44.6%					2.09%
Québec		0.165%
Ontario				0.375%
California	9.09%								0.120%	0.206%

MapMaster 3

Major Manufacturing Regions