Earth:U.S. state temperature extremes
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The following table lists the highest and lowest temperatures recorded in each state in the United States , in both Fahrenheit and Celsius during the past two centuries.[1]
State | Record high temperature |
Date | Place(s) | Record low temperature |
Date | Place(s) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alabama | 112 °F / 44 °C | 1925-09-05 | Centreville | −27 °F / −33 °C | 1966-01-30 | New Market |
Alaska | 100 °F / 38 °C | 1915-06-27 | Fort Yukon | −80 °F / −62 °C | 1971-01-23 | Prospect Creek |
Arizona | 128 °F / 53 °C | 1994-06-29 | Lake Havasu City | −40 °F / −40 °C | 1971 | McNary |
Arkansas | 120 °F / 49 °C | 1936-08-10 | Ozark | −29 °F / −34 °C | 1905-02-13 | Gravette |
California | 134 °F / 56 °C | 1913-07-10 | Furnace Creek, California | −45 °F / −43 °C | 1937-01-20 | Boca |
Colorado | 118 °F / 46 °C | 1888-07-11 | Bennet | −61 °F / −52 °C | 1985-02-01 | Maybell |
Connecticut | 106 °F / 41 °C | 1995-07-15 | Danbury | −37 °F / −38 °C | 1943-02-16 | Norfolk[2] |
Delaware | 110 °F / 43 °C | 1930-07-21 | Millsboro | −17 °F / −27 °C | 1893-01-17 | Millsboro |
District of Columbia[citation needed] | 106 °F / 41 °C | 1930-07-20 | Washington | −15 °F / −26 °C | 1899-02-11 | Washington |
Florida | 109 °F / 43 °C | 1931-06-29 | Monticello | −2 °F / −19 °C | 1899-02-13 | Tallahassee |
Georgia | 112 °F / 44 °C | 1983-08-20* | Greenville | −17 °F / −27 °C | 1940-01-27 | Chatsworth |
Hawaii | 98 °F / 37 °C | 1957-07-14 | Puunene*[3] | 15 °F / -9 °C | 1975-01-05 | Mauna Kea Observatories[3] |
Idaho | 118 °F / 48 °C | 1934-07-28 | Orofino | −60 °F / −51 °C | 1943-01-18 | Island Park |
Illinois | 117 °F / 47 °C | 1954-07-14 | East Saint Louis | −36 °F / −38 °C | 1999-01-05 | Congerville |
Indiana | 116 °F / 47 °C | 1936-07-14 | Collegeville | −36 °F / −38 °C | 1994-01-19 | New Whiteland |
Iowa | 118 °F / 48 °C | 1934-07-20 | Keokuk | −47 °F / −44 °C | 1996-02-03* | Elkader |
Kansas | 121 °F / 49 °C | 1936-07-24* | Alton | −40 °F / −40 °C | 1905-02-13 | Lebanon |
Kentucky | 114 °F / 46 °C | 1930-07-28 | Greensburg | −37 °F / −38 °C | 1994-01-19 | Shelbyville |
Louisiana | 114 °F / 46 °C | 1936-08-10 | Plain Dealing | −16 °F / −27 °C | 1899-02-13 | Minden |
Maine | 105 °F / 41 °C | 1911-07-10* | North Bridgton | −50 °F / −46 °C | 2009-01-16 | Clayton Lake |
Maryland | 109 °F / 43 °C | 1936-07-10* | Cumberland | −40 °F / −40 °C | 1912-01-13 | Oakland |
Massachusetts | 107 °F / 42 °C | 1975-08-02 | New Bedford | −40 °F / −40 °C | 1984-01-22 | Chester[2] |
Michigan | 112 °F / 44 °C | 1936-07-13 | Mio | −51 °F / −46 °C | 1934-02-09 | Vanderbilt |
Minnesota | 115 °F / 46 °C | 1917-07-29 | Beardsley | −60 °F / −51 °C | 1996-02-02 | Tower |
Mississippi | 115 °F / 46 °C | 1930-07-29 | Holly Springs | −19 °F / −28 °C | 1966-01-30 | Corinth |
Missouri | 118 °F / 48 °C | 1954-07-14* | Warsaw | −40 °F / −40 °C | 1905-02-13 | Warsaw |
Montana | 117 °F / 47 °C | 1937-07-05 | Medicine Lake | −70 °F / −57 °C | 1954-01-20 | Lincoln (Rogers Pass) |
Nebraska | 118 °F / 48 °C | 1936-07-24* | Minden | −47 °F / −44 °C | 1989-12-22* | Oshkosh |
Nevada | 125 °F / 52 °C | 1994-06-29 | Laughlin | −50 °F / −46 °C | 1937-01-08 | San Jacinto |
New Hampshire | 106 °F / 41 °C | 1911-07-04 | Nashua | −50 °F / −46 °C | 1885-01-22 | Randolph |
New Jersey | 110 °F / 43 °C | 1936-07-10 | Runyon | −34 °F / −37 °C | 1904-01-05 | River Vale |
New Mexico | 122 °F / 50 °C | 1994-06-27 | Waste Isolation Pilot Plant | −50 °F / −46 °C | 1951-02-01 | Gavilan |
New York | 109 °F / 43 °C | 1926-07-22 | Troy | −52 °F / −47 °C | 1979-02-18* | Old Forge |
North Carolina | 110 °F / 43 °C | 1983-08-21 | Fayetteville | −34 °F / −37 °C | 1985-01-21 | Burnsville |
North Dakota | 121 °F / 49 °C | 1936-07-06 | Steele | −60 °F / −51 °C | 1936-02-15 | Parshall |
Ohio | 113 °F / 45 °C | 1934-07-21 | Gallipolis | −39 °F / −39 °C | 1899-02-10 | Milligan |
Oklahoma | 120 °F / 49 °C | 1936-08-12* | Altus | −31 °F / −35 °C | 2011-02-10 | Nowata |
Oregon | 117 °F / 47 °C | 1939-07-27 | Umatilla[2] | −54 °F / −48 °C | 1933-02-10* | Seneca |
Pennsylvania | 111 °F / 44 °C | 1936-07-10* | Phoenixville | −42 °F / −41 °C | 1904-01-05 | Smethport |
Rhode Island | 104 °F / 40 °C | 1975-08-02 | Providence | −28 °F / −33 °C | 1942-01-17 | Richmond |
South Carolina | 113 °F / 45 °C | 2012-06-30* | Camden | −22 °F / −30 °C | 1985-01-21 | Landrum[2] |
South Dakota | 120 °F / 49 °C | 2006-07-15* | Fort Pierre* | −58 °F / −50 °C | 1936-02-17 | McIntosh |
Tennessee | 113 °F / 45 °C | 1930-08-09* | Perryville | −32 °F / −36 °C | 1917-12-30 | Mountain City |
Texas | 120 °F / 49 °C | 1994-06-28* | Monahans | −23 °F / −31 °C | 1933-02-08* | Seminole |
Utah | 117 °F / 47 °C | 1985-07-05 | Saint George | −69 °F / −56 °C | 1985-02-01 | Peter Sinks[4] |
Vermont | 105 °F / 41 °C | 1911-07-04 | Vernon[2] | −50 °F / −46 °C | 1933-12-30 | Bloomfield |
Virginia | 110 °F / 43 °C | 1954-07-15 | Balcony Falls | −30 °F / −34 °C | 1985-01-22 | Pembroke |
Washington (state) | 118 °F / 48 °C | 1961-08-05* | Burbank | −48 °F / −44 °C | 1968-12-30 | Mazama |
West Virginia | 112 °F / 44 °C | 1936-07-10* | Martinsburg | −37 °F / −38 °C | 1917-12-30 | Lewisburg |
Wisconsin | 114 °F / 46 °C | 1936-07-13 | Wisconsin Dells | −55 °F / −48 °C | 1996-02-04 | Couderay |
Wyoming | 115 °F / 46 °C | 1983-08-08 | Basin | −63 °F / −53 °C | 1933-02-09 | Moran[2] |
*Also on earlier date or dates in that state
See Also
Canadian provincial and territorial temperature extremes
References
- ↑ National Climatic Data Center. "State Climate Extremes Committee (SCsEC)". http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/extremes/scec/records. Retrieved 2015-02-14.
- ↑ Jump up to: 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5
- Christopher C. Burt. "Some Errors in the NCDC U.S.A. State Weather Extreme Records Data: Part 2". Archived from the original on 2015-10-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20151012131142/http://www.wunderground.com/blog/weatherhistorian/comment.html?entrynum=19.
- ↑ Jump up to: 3.0 3.1
- Christopher C. Burt. "Some Errors in the NCDC U.S.A. State Weather Extreme Records Data: Part 1". Archived from the original on 2015-10-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20151012131142/http://www.wunderground.com/blog/weatherhistorian/comment.html?entrynum=18.
- ↑ "Peter Sinks Temperature Monitoring". Utah Climate Center. https://climate.usurf.usu.edu/PeterSinks/index.php. Retrieved February 20, 2018.
External links
- NOAA Satellite and Information Service, National Climatic Data Center
- NOAA Website - Weather Extremes
- NOAA Website - Record Highest Temperatures by State
- NOAA Website - Record Lowest Temperatures by State
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