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 | September 5, 1925 | Centreville | −27 °F / −33 °C | January 30, 1966 | New Market |
Alaska | 100 °F / 38 °C | June 27, 1915 | Fort Yukon | −80 °F / −62 °C | January 23, 1971 | Prospect Creek |
Arizona | 128 °F / 53 °C | June 29, 1994 | Lake Havasu City | −40 °F / −40 °C | January 7, 1971 | Hawley Lake |
Arkansas | 120 °F / 49 °C | August 10, 1936 | Ozark | −29 °F / −34 °C | February 13, 1905 | Gravette |
California | 134 °F / 57 °C | July 10, 1913 | Death Valley | −45 °F / −43 °C | January 20, 1937 | Boca |
Colorado | 118 °F / 48 °C | July 11, 1888 | Bennett | −61 °F / −52 °C | February 1, 1985 | Maybell, Colorado |
Connecticut | 106 °F / 41 °C | July 15, 1995 | Danbury | −37 °F / −38 °C | February 16, 1943 | Norfolk Valley |
Delaware | 110 °F / 43 °C | July 21, 1930 | Millsboro | −17 °F / −27 °C | January 17, 1893 | Millsboro |
District of Columbia | 106 °F / 41 °C | July 20, 1930 | Washington | −15 °F / −26 °C | February 11, 1899 | Washington |
Florida | 109 °F / 43 °C | June 29, 1931 | Monticello | −2 °F / −19 °C | February 13, 1899 | Tallahassee |
Georgia | 112 °F / 44 °C | August 20, 1983* | Greenville | −17 °F / −27 °C | January 27, 1940 | Northern Floyd County |
Hawaii | 100 °F / 38 °C | April 27, 1931* | Pahala | 12 °F / −11°C | January 5, 1975 | Mauna Kea |
Idaho | 118 °F / 48 °C | July 28, 1934 | Orofino | −60 °F / −51 °C | January 18, 1943 | Island Park Dam |
Illinois | 117 °F / 47 °C | July 14, 1954 | East Saint Louis | −36 °F / −38 °C | January 5, 1999 | Congerville |
Indiana | 116 °F / 47 °C | July 14, 1936 | Collegeville | −36 °F / −38 °C | January 19, 1994 | New Whiteland |
Iowa | 118 °F / 48 °C | July 20, 1934 | Keokuk | −47 °F / −44 °C | February 3, 1996* | Elkader |
Kansas | 121 °F / 49 °C | July 24, 1936* | Alton | −40 °F / −40 °C | February 13, 1905 | Lebanon |
Kentucky | 114 °F / 46 °C | July 28, 1930 | Greensburg | −37 °F / −38 °C | January 19, 1994 | Shelbyville |
Louisiana | 114 °F / 46 °C | August 10, 1936 | Plain Dealing | −16 °F / −27 °C | February 13, 1899 | Minden |
Maine | 105 °F / 41 °C | July 10, 1911* | North Bridgton | −50 °F / −45 °C | January 16, 2009 | Big Black River |
Maryland | 109 °F / 43 °C | July 10, 1936* | Cumberland, Frederick | −40 °F / −40 °C | January 13, 1912 | Oakland |
Massachusetts | 107 °F / 42 °C | August 2, 1975 | New Bedford; Chester | −40 °F / −40 °C | January 22, 1984 | Chester |
Michigan | 112 °F / 44 °C | July 13, 1936 | Mio | −51 °F / −46 °C | February 9, 1934 | Vanderbilt |
Minnesota | 114 °F / 46 °C | July 29, 1917 | Beardsley | −60 °F / −51.1 °C | February 2, 1996 | Tower |
Mississippi | 115 °F / 46 °C | July 29, 1930 | Holly Springs | −19 °F / −28 °C | January 30, 1966 | Corinth |
Missouri | 118 °F / 48 °C | July 14, 1954* | Warsaw; Union | −40 °F / −40 °C | February 13, 1905 | Warsaw |
Montana | 117 °F / 47 °C | July 5, 1937 | Medicine Lake | −70 °F / −57 °C | January 20, 1954 | Rogers Pass |
Nebraska | 118 °F / 48 °C | July 24, 1936* | Minden | −47 °F / −44 °C | December 22, 1989* | Oshkosh |
Nevada | 125 °F / 52 °C | June 29, 1994 | Laughlin | −50 °F / −46 °C | January 8, 1937 | San Jacinto |
New Hampshire | 106 °F / 41 °C | July 4, 1911 | Nashua | −50 °F / −46 °C | January 22, 1885 | Mount Washington |
New Jersey | 110 °F / 43 °C | July 10, 1936 | Runyon | −34 °F / −37 °C | January 5, 1904 | River Vale |
New Mexico | 122 °F / 50 °C | June 27, 1994 | Lakewood | −50 °F / −46 °C | February 1, 1951 | Gavilan |
New York | 108 °F / 42 °C | July 22, 1926 | Troy | −52 °F / −46 °C | February 18, 1979* | Old Forge |
North Carolina | 110 °F / 43 °C | August 21, 1983 | Fayetteville | −34 °F / −37 °C | January 21, 1985 | Mount Mitchell |
North Dakota | 121 °F / 49 °C | July 6, 1936 | Steele | −60 °F / −51 °C | February 15, 1936 | Parshall |
Ohio | 113 °F / 45 °C | July 21, 1934 | Gallipolis | −39 °F / −39 °C | February 10, 1899 | Milligan |
Oklahoma | 120 °F / 49 °C | June 27, 1994* | Tipton | −31 °F / −35 °C | February 10, 2011 | Nowata |
Oregon | 119 °F / 48 °C | August 10, 1898* | Pendleton, Prineville | −54 °F / −48 °C | February 10, 1933* | Seneca |
Pennsylvania | 111 °F / 44 °C | July 10, 1936* | Phoenixville | −42 °F / −41 °C | January 5, 1904 | Smethport |
Rhode Island | 104 °F / 40 °C | August 2, 1975 | Providence | −28 °F / −34 °C | January 17, 1942 | Wood River Jct |
South Carolina | 113 °F / 45 °C | June 30, 2012* | USC Columbia | −22 °F / −30 °C | January 21, 1985 | Hogback Mountain |
South Dakota | 120 °F / 49 °C | July 15, 2006* | Usta/Fort Pierre (near) | −58 °F / −50 °C | February 17, 1936 | McIntosh |
Tennessee | 113 °F / 45 °C | August 9, 1930* | Perryville | −32 °F / −36 °C | December 30, 1917 | Mountain City |
Texas | 120 °F / 49 °C | June 28, 1994* | Monahans | −23 °F / −31 °C | February 8, 1933* | Seminole |
Utah | 117 °F / 47 °C | July 5, 1985 | Saint George | −69 °F / −56 °C | February 1, 1985 | Peter's Sink |
Vermont | 105 °F / 41 °C | July 4, 1911 | Vernon | −50 °F / −46 °C | December 30, 1933 | Bloomfield |
Virginia | 110 °F / 43 °C | July 15, 1954 | Balcony Falls | −30 °F / −34 °C | January 22, 1985 | Mountain Lake |
Washington | 118 °F / 48 °C | August 5, 1961* | Ice Harbor Dam | −48 °F / −44 °C | December 30, 1968 | Mazama; Winthrop |
West Virginia | 112 °F / 44 °C | July 10, 1936* | Martinsburg | −37 °F / −38 °C | December 30, 1917 | Lewisburg |
Wisconsin | 114 °F / 46 °C | July 13, 1936 | Wisconsin Dells | −55 °F / −48 °C | February 4, 1996 | Couderay |
Wyoming | 115 °F / 46 °C | July 12, 1900 | Basin | −66 °F / −54 °C | February 9, 1933 | Moran |
*Also on earlier date or dates in that state
References
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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