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Best Wedding Weather State?

Mother Nature seems to favor some states more than others, when it comes to doling out good weather on wedding days.

Based on submissions to the Farmers' Almanac® Worst Wedding Weather Contest, couples marrying in Texas, Florida, Indiana, Ohio, and Pennsylvania have experienced the soggiest, snowiest, windiest, most hurricane-hampered and hail-ridden wedding weather.

Meanwhile, brides and grooms who walk down the aisle in South Carolina, Arizona, Oregon, Utah, or North Dakota had the fewest amount of Worst Wedding Weather contest entries, suggesting couples may experience less wedding weather surprises in these states.

“Judging by contest entries alone, Texas is not the best place to tie the knot,” said Peter Geiger, Philom., editor of the Farmers' Almanac and advisor to Farmers’ Almanac TV. "The Lone Star state had the highest number of worst wedding weather stories, everything from freezing rain in April, to floods, to stifling hot temperatures."

How did other states fare?
In order from the most submissions to our contest to the least:

• Texas
• Florida
• Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania
• Maine
• Illinois
• Michigan, Virginia
• Iowa, Illinois
• North Carolina
• New Jersey, Tennessee
• Massachusetts, Wisconsin, California, Minnesota, Kansas
• Nebraska, Missouri, New York, Oklahoma
• Maryland, Colorado, Nevada
• Alabama, Georgia
• Kentucky, Washington, Louisiana, Connecticut, Hawaii
• Rhode Island, Arkansas, Mississippi, Montana, Vermont, New Hampshire
• South Carolina, Arizona, Oregon, Utah, North Dakota

No submissions:
Delaware, Idaho, New Mexico, West Virginia, South Dakota, Wyoming

Check out how bad the weater was in our Top Ten Worst Wedding Weather Stories and Cast your Vote!

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