The coldest temperatures ever recorded in all 50 states
Brrrr!
Winter has provided plenty of chilly temps across the U.S., with a few specific dates on the historical calendar holding rank as the coldest all-time in each state.
Bundle up, and let’s take a look at all 50 states’ coldest temperatures ever recorded.
Alabama
Coldest: -27°F.
Where: Jan. 30, 1966.
Alaska
Coldest: -80°F.
When: Jan. 23, 1971.
Arkansas
Coldest: -29°F.
When: Feb. 13, 1905.
Arizona
Coldest: -40°F.
When: Jan. 7, 1971
California
Coldest: -45°F.
When: Jan. 20, 1937.
Colorado
Coldest: -61°F.
When: Feb. 1, 1985.
Connecticut
Coldest (tie): -32°F.
When: Feb. 16, 1943 and Jan. 22, 1961.
Delaware
Coldest: -17°F.
When: Jan 27, 1940
Florida
Coldest: -2°F.
When: Feb 13, 1899
Georgia
Coldest: -17°F.
When: 1940 in Civilian Conservation Corps Camp Fire F-16.
Hawaii
Coldest: 12°F.
When: May 17, 1979, at Mauna Kea Observatory 111.
Idaho
Coldest: -60°F.
When: Jan. 18, 1943, in Island Park.
Illinois
Coldest: -38°F.
When: January 31, 2019, in Mount Carroll.
Indiana
Coldest: -36°F.
When: Jan. 19, 1994, in New Whiteland.
Iowa
Coldest (tie): -47°F.
When: Feb. 3, 1996 and Jan. 12, 1912.
Kansas
Coldest: -40°F.
When: Feb. 13, 1905
Kentucky
Coldest: -37°F.
When: Jan. 19, 1994
Louisiana
Coldest: -16°F.
When: Feb. 13, 1899.
Maine
Coldest: -50°F.
When: Jan. 16, 2009.
Maryland
Coldest: -40°F.
When: Jan. 13, 1912.
Massachusetts
Coldest: (three-way tie): -35°F.
When: Feb, 15, 1943, Jan. 12, 1981, and Jan. 5, 1904.
Michigan
Coldest: -51°F.
When: Feb 9, 1934.
Minnesota
Coldest: -60°F.
When: Feb. 2, 1996.
Mississippi
Coldest: -19°F.
When: Jan. 30, 1966.
Missouri
Coldest: -40°F.
When: Feb. 13, 1905.
Montana
Coldest: -70°F.
Where/when: Jan. 20, 1954.
Nebraska
Coldest (tie): -47°F.
When: Dec. 22, 1989 and Feb. 12, 1899.
Nevada
Coldest: -50°F.
When: Jan. 8, 1937.
New Hampshire
Coldest: -50°F.
When: Jan. 22, 1885.
New Jersey
Coldest: -34°F.
When: Jan. 5, 1904.
New Mexico
Coldest: -50°F.
When: Feb. 1, 1951.
New York
Coldest: -52°F.
When: Feb. 18, 1979.
North Carolina
Coldest: -34°F.
When: Jan. 21, 1985.
North Dakota
Coldest: -60°F.
When: Feb. 15, 1936.
Ohio
Coldest: -39°F.
When: Feb. 10, 1899.
Oklahoma
Coldest: -31°F.
When: Feb. 10, 2011.
Oregon
Coldest (tie): -54°F.
When: Feb. 10, 1933 and Feb. 9, 1933.
Pennsylvania
Coldest: -42°F.
When: Jan. 5, 1904.
Rhode Island
Coldest: -28°F.
When: Jan. 11, 1942.
South Carolina
Coldest: -19°F.
When: Jan. 21, 1985.
South Dakota
Coldest: -58°F.
When: Feb. 17, 1936.
Tennessee
Coldest: -32°F.
When: Dec. 30, 1917.
Texas
Coldest (tie): -23°F.
When: Feb. 12, 1899 and Feb. 8, 1933.
Utah
Coldest: -50°F.
When: Jan. 5, 1913.
Vermont
Coldest: -50°F.
When: Dec. 30, 1933.
Virginia
Coldest: -30°F.
When: Jan. 21, 1985.
Washington
Coldest: -48°F.
When: Dec. 30, 1968.
West Virginia
Coldest: -37°F.
When: Dec. 30, 1917.
Wisconsin
Coldest (tie): -55°F.
When: Feb. 2 and Feb. 4, 1996.
Wyoming
Coldest: -66°F.
When: Feb. 9, 1933.
