Coldest Temperatures Ever Recorded In All 50 U.S. States


Well, the weather outside can be frightful, but there’s cold and then there’s cold. So, do you know the all-time, brrr-brrr-BRRR! record low in the state you live in?
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Coldest Temperatures Ever Recorded In All 50 U.S. States
Alabama
Temperature: -27°F. Where/when: Jan. 30, 1966, New Market.
Alaska
Temperature: -80°F. When/where: Jan. 23, 1971, Prospect Creek.
Arizona
Temperature: -45°F. When/where: Jan. 7, 1971, McNary.
Arkansas
Temperature: -29°F. When/where: Feb. 13, 1905, Gavette.
Colorado
Temperature: -61°F. When/where: Feb. 1, 1985, Maybell.
Connecticut
Temperature: -37°F. When/where: Feb. 16, 1943, Danbury.
Delaware
Temperature: -17°F. Where/when: Jan 27, 1940, Millsboro.
Florida
Temperature: -2°F. Where/when: Feb 13, 1899, Tallahassee.
Georgia
Temperature: -17°F. Where/when: Jan. 27, 1940, Chatsworth.
Hawaii
Temperature: 12°F. Where/when: May 17, 1979, Mauna Kea Observatory 111.
Idaho
Temperature: -60°F. Where/when: Jan. 18, 1943, Island Park.
Illinois
Temperature: -38°F. Where/when: January 31, 2019, Mount Carroll.
Indiana
Temperature: -36°F. Where/when: Jan. 19, 1994, New Whiteland.
Iowa
Coldest (tie): -47°F. Where/when: Feb. 3, 1996, in Elkader and Jan. 12, 1912 in Washta.
Kansas
Temperature: -40°F. Where/when: Feb. 13, 1905, Lebanon.
Kentucky
Temperature: -37°F. Where/when: Jan. 19, 1994, Shelbyville.
Louisiana
Temperature: -16°F. Where/when: Feb. 13, 1899, Minden.
Maine
Temperature: -50°F. Where/when: Jan. 16, 2009, Big Black River.
Maryland
Temperature: -40°F. Where/when: Jan. 13, 1912, Oakland.
Massachusetts
Temperature: (three-way tie): -40°F. Where/when: Jan. 22, 1984, Chester.
Michigan
Temperature: -51°F. Where/when: Feb 9, 1934, Vanderbilt.
Minnesota
Temperature: -60°F. Where/when: Feb. 2, 1996, Tower.
Mississippi
Temperature: -19°F. Where/when: Jan. 30, 1966, Corinth.
Missouri
Temperature: -40°F. Where/when: Feb. 13, 1905, Warsaw.
Montana
Temperature: -70°F. Where/when: Jan. 20, 1954, Lincoln (Rogers Pass).
Nebraska
Coldest (tie): -47°F. Where/when: Dec. 22, 1989, Oshkosh and Feb. 12, 1899, Bridgeport.
Nevada
Temperature: -50°F. Where/when: Jan. 8, 1937, San Jacinto.
New Hampshire
Temperature: -50°F. Where/when: Jan. 22, 1885, on Mount Washington.
New Jersey
Temperature: -34°F. Where/when: Jan. 5, 1904, River Vale.
New Mexico
Temperature: -50°F. Where/when: Feb. 1, 1951, Gavilan.
New York
Temperature: -52°F. Where/when: Feb. 18, 1979, Old Forge.
North Carolina
Temperature: -34°F. Where/when: Jan. 21, 1985, on Mount Mitchell.
North Dakota
Temperature: -60°F. Where/when: Feb. 15, 1936, Parshall.
Ohio
Temperature: -39°F. Where/when: Feb. 10, 1899, Milligan.
Oklahoma
Temperature: -31°F. Where/when: Feb. 10, 2011, Nowata.
Oregon
Coldest (tie): -54°F. Where/when: Feb. 10, 1933, Seneca and Feb. 9, 1933, Ukiah.
Pennsylvania
Temperature: -42°F. Where/when: Jan. 5, 1904, Smethport.
Rhode Island
Temperature: -28°F. Where/when: Jan. 11, 1942, Richmond.
South Carolina
Temperature: -22°F. Where/when: Jan. 25, 1985, Landrum (Hogback Mountain).
South Dakota
Temperature: -58°F. Where/when: Feb. 17, 1936, McIntosh.
Tennessee
Temperature: -32°F. Where/when: Dec. 30, 1917, in Mountain City.
Texas
Coldest (tie): -23°F. Where/when: Feb. 8, 1933, Seminole.
Utah
Temperature: -69F. Where/when: Feb. 1, 1985, Peter Sinks (natural sinkhole).
Vermont
Temperature: -50°F. Where/when: Dec. 30, 1933, Bloomfield.
Virginia
Temperature: -30°F. Where/when: Jan. 21, 1985, Pembroke.
Washington
Temperature: -48°F. Where/when: Dec. 30, 1968, Winthrop.
West Virginia
Temperature: -37°F. Where/when: Dec. 30, 1917, Lewisburg.
Wisconsin
Coldest (tie): -55°F. Where/when: Feb. 2 and Feb. 4, 1996, in Couderay.
Wyoming
Temperature: -66°F. Where/when: Feb. 9, 1933, in Yellowstone National Park.