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ALABAMA
Birmingham -23.3 42.2
Centreville -21.1 44.4
Huntsville -26.7 43.9
Mobile -18.3 40.6
Montgomery -20.6 41.7
New Market -32.8 39.4
ALASKA
Anchorage -38.9 30* * 33.3C recorded in 1931 is likely incorrect
Barrow -48.9 26.1
Cold Bay -25 25.6
Fairbanks -54.4 37.2
Fort Yukon -56.7 37.8* * dubious
Juneau -30 32.2
Kodiak -26.7 30
Nome -47.8 30
St Paul Island -32.2 18.9
Prospect Creek -62.1
Yakutat -31.1 31.1
Mt. Mc Kinley -73.5* * unofficial
ARIZONA
Flagstaff -34.4* 37.2 * -38.3C also recorded in the city suburbia in 1985
Hawley Lake -40.6 31.1
Lake Havasu C. -12.8 53.3
Phoenix -8.9 50
Tucson -14.4 47.8
Winslow -28.3 42.8
Yuma -5.6* 51.1 * extremes of -15.0C and 51.7C were recorded in the city suburbia
ARKANSAS
Brook Farm Pond -33.9
Fort Smith -26.1 45
Little Rock -24.4 44.4
Texarcana -22.8 47.2
Ozark -26.7 48.9* * dubious, likely recorded with not proper instruments
Gravette (Pond)-33.9 45.6
CALIFORNIA
Bakersfield -11.1 47.8
Bishop -26.1 44.4
Boca -42.8 39.4
Blue Canyon -25.6 40
Death Valley -9.4 53.9
Eureka -6.7* 30.6 * -8.3C recorded in the Arcata Station in 1990
Farallon Islands 3.3 27.2
Fort Bragg -7.8 35.6
Fresno -8.3 46.1
Los Angeles -5 44.4
Palm Springs -7.8 50.6
Red Bluff -8.3 49.4
Redding -8.3 47.8
Sacramento -8.3 46.1
San Diego -3.9 43.9
San Francisco -2.7 39.4
San Francisco AP-6.7 41.1
San Jose -8.3 42.8
Santa Barbara -6.7 46.1
Santa Maria -6.7 43.3
Stockton -10.6 46.1
Truckee -33.3 38.3
COLORADO
Alamosa -45.6 35.6
Aspen -36.1 34.4
Bennett 47.8* * faulty data, recorded with not proper instruments
Col.Springs -35.6 38.3
Denver -34.4 41.1
Durango -34.4 38.9
Grand Junction -30.6 41.7
Lamar -34.4 43.9
Las Animas -35.6 45.6
Maybell -51.7 38.9
Pueblo -35 42.8
Sedgwick -34.4* 45.6 * a dubious -40C also recorded in January 1912
CONNECTICUT
Bridgeport -28.9 39.4
Danbury -27.8 41.1
Falls Village -35.6 39.4
Hartford -32.8 38.9
Norfolk -31.7* 33.9 * an unofficial and dubious record of -38.3C also claimed
Torrington 41.1* * very dubious
DELAWARE
Millsboro -27.2 41.1* * 43.3C recorded in 1930 was recorded under not proper conditions
Wilmington -26.1 41.7* * very dubious, likely taken with not proper instruments
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Washington -27.8 41.1
FLORIDA
Apalachicola -12.8 40
Bonifay 41.7
Daytona Beach -9.4 38.9
De Funiak -17.8 41.7
Everglades City -5 37.8
Fort Myers -4.4 39.4
Gainesville -14.4 40
Jacksonville -13.9 40.6
Key West 5 36.1
Lakeland -6.7 40.6
Melbourne -8.3 38.9
Miami -2.8* 37.8 * -3.9C recorded in the southern outskirts in January 1977
Middleburg -11.1 41.7
Monticello -16.1 42.8* * very dubious, likely taken with not proper instruments
Niceville -15.6 41.7* * dubious
Orlando -7.2 39.4
Pensacola -15 41.1
Tallahassee -18.9 40
Tampa -7.8 37.2
Vero Beach -6.1 38.9
West Palm Beach -2.8 38.3
GEORGIA
Albany -18.9 41.7
Athens -23.3 42.2
Atlanta -22.8 40.6
Augusta -20 42.8
Columbus -19.4 41.1
Greenville -19.4 44.4* * very dubious
Louisville -18.9 44.4
Macon -21.1 42.2
Lake Marvin -27.2* * recorded in the Floyd Co. former CCC Camp F-16
Rome -22.8 42.8
Savannah -17.8 41.1
HAWAII
French Frigate Sh.12.2 35.6
Hilo 10.6 34.4
Honolulu 9.4 35
Kahului 8.9 35.6
Keawakapu Beach 35.6
Lihue 7.8 32.8
Mauna Kea Obs. -12.8 27.8
Pahala 8.9 35.6* * a record of 37.8C is a wrong data caused by a typo error
Waialua 8.3 35.6
IDAHO
Boise -33.3 45
Island Park Dam-51.1 36.1
Lewiston -30.6 47.2
Orofino -33.3 47.8* * dubious, likely recorded with not proper instruments
Pocatello -36.1 41.1
Salmon -38.3 41.1
Sandpoint -38.3 40
Stanley -47.8 36.7
ILLINOIS
Cairo -26.7 41.1
Centralia -23.9* 46.1* * dubious, like recorded with not proper instruments
Chicago -32.8 41.7
Congerville -37.8 43.3
East St.Louis -23.9 47.2* * very dubious, like recorded with not proper instruments
Greenville -29.4 46.1
Griggsville -32.2 46.1
Pana -31.7 46.1
Peoria -32.8 45
Quincy -30 45.6
Rockford -32.8 44.4
Springfield -31.1 44.4
Urbana -31.7 42.8
INDIANA
Collegeville -32.8 45* * a 46.7C recorded in the airport in 1936 was likely taken with not proper instruments
Evansville -30.6 43.9
Fort Wayne -31.1 41.1
Indianapolis -32.8 41.7
New Whiteland -37.8 38.3
Princeton -28.9 45
South Bend -30 42.8
Terre Haute -31.1 43.3
IOWA
Atlantic -38.3 47.2
Burlington -32.8 43.9
Des Moines -34.4 43.3
Dubuque -35.6 43.3
Elkader -43.9 43.9
Keokuk -32.8 47.8* * faulty data, recorded under not proper exposure conditions
Logan -37.2 47.2
Mason City -37.2 41.7
Sioux City -38.3 43.9
Washta -43.9 41.7
Waterloo -36.7 44.4
KANSAS
Alton -35 49.4* * dubious, likely recorded with not proper instruments
Concordia -32.2 46.7
Dodge City -32.2 43.3
Fredonia -29.4 49.4
Goodland -32.8 43.9
Lebanon -40 44.4
Topeka -32.2 45.6
Wichita -30 45.6
KENTUCKY
Bowling Green -29.4 45
Greensburg -33.9 45.6
Jackson -27.8 38.9
Lexington -29.4 42.2
Louisville -30 41.7
Shelbyville -38.3 44.4
LOUISIANA
Baton Rouge -16.7 43.3
Lake Charles -16.1 41.7
Minden -26.7 44.4
New Orleans -14.4 40
Plain Dealing -25.6 45.6
Shreveport -20.6 43.9
MAINE
Bangor -40 40
Big Black River-45.3
Caribou -40.6 35.6
Eastport -30.6 36.7
North Bridgton -40 40.6
Portland -39.4 39.4
Van Buren -44.4 35
MARYLAND
Baltimore -23.3 41.7
Cumberland -25.6 42.8
Frederick -29.4 42.8
Keedysville -32.2 42.8
Oakland -40 38.3
Salisbury -25 41.1
MASSACHUSETTS
Boston -27.8 40
Chester -40 41.7
New Bedford -24.4 41.7
Nantucket -21.1 37.8
Pittsfield -35.6 38.3
Worcester -31.1 38.9
MICHIGAN
Alpena -38.3 41.1
Detroit -31.1 40.6
Escanaba -34.4 37.8
Flint -33.3 42.2
Grand Rapids -31.1 42.2
Houghton -35 40
Houghton Lake -44.4 41.7
Lansing -33.9 38.9
Luther -38.3 43.9
Marquette -36.7 42.2
Mio -43.9 44.4* * very dubious, likely taken under not proper conditions
Muskegon -34.4 37.2
Newaygo Hardy Dam-38.3 43.9
Saginaw -30.6 43.9
Sault Ste.Marie-38.3 36.7
Stanwood 44.4
Vanderbilt -46.1 42.2
MINNESOTA
Beardsley -40.6 45.8* * very dubious, likely recorded with not proper instruments
Bemidji -45.6 41.7
Duluth -46.7 41.1
Internat.Falls -48.3 39.4
Minneapolis -40.6 42.2
Moorhead -44.4 45.6* * dubious
Rochester -41.1 42.2
St. Cloud -41.7 41.7
Tower -50.8* 38.3 * originally -59.5F (-50.8C) was later rounded to -60F (-51.1C)
MISSISSIPPI
Aberdeen -30.6 45.6
Corinth -28.3 43.9
Holly Springs -24.4 46.1* * dubious, likely recorded with not proper instruments
Jackson -20.6 41.7
Meridian -21.7 41.7
Tupelo -25.6 42.8
Vicksburg -18.3 43.3
MISSOURI
Columbia -32.2 45
Clinton -35 47.8
Kansas City -30.6 45.6
Lamar -33.3 47.8
St.Joseph -31.7 43.3
St. Louis -30.6 46.1
Springfield -33.9 45
Union -32.2 47.8
Warsaw -40 47.8
MONTANA
Billings -45 44.4
Butte -46.7 37.8
Glasgow -50.6 45
Glendive -50.6 47.2* * very dubious, likely recorded with not proper instruments
Great Falls -45 41.7
Havre -49.4 43.9
Helena -41.1 40.6
Kalispell -38.9 40.6
Medicine Lake -50.6 47.2* * dubious, likely recorded with not proper instruments
Miles City -45 45
Missoula -41.1 41.7
Rogers Pass -56.5 37.8
NEBRASKA
Bridgeport -43.9* 43.9 * recorded in the former Camp Clarke Station
Geneva -35.6 47.8
Grand Island -36.7 47.2* * dubious
Hartington -38.9 47.8
Lincoln -36.1 46.1
Minden -36.1 47.8* * dubious
Norfolk -39.4 46.7
North Platte -37.8 44.4
Omaha -35.6 45.6
Oshkosh -43.9 43.9
Scottsbluff -43.3 43.3
Valentine -39.4 45.6
NEVADA
Austin -37.8 40.6
Elko -41.7 42.2
Ely -37.8 38.3
Las Vegas -13.3 47.8
Laughlin -10.6 51.7
Reno -28.3 42.2
San Jacinto -45.6 42.2
Tonopah -26.1 40
Winnemucca -38.3 42.8
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Concord -38.3 38.9
Mt.Washington -45.6 22.2
Nashua -37.2 41.1
Pittsburg -43.3 33.9
NEW JERSEY
Atlantic City -23.9 41.1
Flemington -27.8 42.2
Newark -25.6 40.6
River Vale -36.7
Runyon -32.2 43.3* * dubious, likely recorded under not proper conditions
Somerville -28.9 42.2
Trenton -25.6 41.1
NEW MEXICO
Albuquerque -27.2 41.7
Artesia -28.9 46.7
Ciniza -49.4* * unofficial, dubious
Clayton -30.6 41.1
Gavilan -45.6 36.1
Gallup -36.7 38.3
Lakewood -28.9 50* * very dubious, taken with not proper instruments
Ochoa -21.1 47.8
Orogrande -25 46.7
Roswell -33.9 45.6
Santa Fe -33.9 37.8
Silver City -25 41.1
NEW YORK
Albany -35.6 40
Binghamton -33.3 39.4
Buffalo -29.4 37.2
New York City -26.1* 41.7 * unofficial -26.7C also recorded in 1780
Old Forge -46.7 35
Rochester -30 38.9
Stillwater Res.-46.7 36.1
Syracuse -32.2 38.9
Troy -30.6 42.2
NORTH CAROLINA
Asheville -27.2 38.3
Cape Hatteras -14.4 36.1
Charlotte -20.6 40
Fayetteville -20.6 43.3* * dubious
Greensboro -22.2 40.6
Mt.Mitchell -36.7 30.6
Raleigh -22.8 40.6
Wilmington -17.8 40
NORTH DAKOTA
Bismarck -42.8 45.6
Devils Lake -43.3 44.4
Dickinson -43.9 45.6
Fargo Airport -39.4 41.1
Grand Forks -42.2 42.8
Parshall -51.1 44.4
Steele -45.6 49.4* * dubious
Williston -45.6 43.3
OHIO
Akron -31.7 40
Cincinnati -31.7 42.8
Cleveland -28.9 40
Columbus -33.3 41.7
Dayton -33.3 42.2
Gallipolis -33.3 45* * dubious
Milligan -39.4
Toledo -28.9 40.6
Youngstown -30.6 39.4
OKLAHOMA
Altus -24.4 48.9
Alva -27.2 48.9
Guthrie -32.8 46.7
Oklahoma City -27.2 45
Poteau -26.7 48.9
Tipton -28.3 48.9
Tulsa -26.7 46.1
Vinita -32.8 47.8* * very dubious, likely taken with not proper instruments
Watts -32.8 45.6
OREGON
Astoria -15.6 38.3
Bandon -13.3 37.8
Bend -32.2 41.1
Burns -35.6 41.7
Eugene -24.4 42.2
Lakeview -31.1 42.2
Medford -23.3 46.1
Pelton Dam -26.1 47.2
Pendleton -34.4 48.3* * faulty data, recorded under not proper exposure conditions
Portland -19.4 41.7
Prineville -37.2 48.3* * faulty data, recorded under not proper exposure conditions
Roseburg -21.1 43.3
Salem -24.4 42.2
Seneca -47.8 40
Ukiah -47.8 43.3
Umatilla -32.8 47.2
PENNSYLVANIA
Allentown -26.1 40.6
Bellefonte -30.6 42.2
Carlisle -27.8 42.2
Claysville -32.8 42.2
Erie -27.8 37.8
Everett -32.8 42.2
Farrell Sharon -30.6 42.2
Harrisburg -30 41.7
Marcus Hook -24.4 42.2
Philadelphia -24.4 41.7
Phoenixville -28.3 43.9* * dubious, likely recorded under not proper conditions
Pittsburgh -31.1 39.4
Smethport -41.1 36.7
Wilkes Barre -29.4 39.4
Williamsport -30 41.1
RHODE ISLAND
Block Island -23.3 35
Greene -31.7* * questioned
Kingston -30.6 37.8
Providence -32.2 40.6
Wood River Junc.-33.3* * unofficial, likely taken with not proper exposure conditions
SOUTH CAROLINA
Blackville -19.4 43.9
Calhoun Falls -18.9 43.9
Camden -19.4 43.9
Charleston -17.2 40.6
Columbia -18.9 42.8
Eutawville -19.4 43.9
Florence -18.3 42.2
Greenville -23.3 41.1
Hogback Mount. -30
SOUTH DAKOTA
Aberdeen -43.9 46.1
Fort Pierre -43.9 48.9
Gann Valley -42.2 48.9* * dubious
Huron -41.7 44.4
Mc Intosh -50 45.6
Pierre -40 47.2
Rapid City -40 43.9
Sioux Falls -41.1 43.3
Usta -45 48.9* * unofficial, dubious
TENNESSEE
Bristol -29.4 38.9
Chattanooga -23.3 41.1
Knoxville -31.1 40.6
Memphis -25 42.2
Mountain City -35.6 35
Nashville -27.2 41.7
Perryville -28.9 45
TEXAS
Abilene -22.8 43.9
Amarillo -26.7 42.2
Austin -20.6 44.4
Brownsville -11.1 41.1
Corpus Christi -11.7 42.8
Dallas -23.3 46.1
Del Rio -12.2 46.1
El Paso -22.2 45.6
Forth Worth -22.2 45
Galveston -13.3 40
Great Bend NP -19.4 40.6
Houston -15 43.3
Laredo -15 46.1
Lubbock -27.2 45.6
Midland -24.4 46.7
Monahans -22.8 48.9
Port Arthur -11.7 42.2
San Angelo -20 43.9
San Antonio -17.8 43.9
Seminole -30.6 45.6
Seymour -25.6 48.9
Tulia -30.6 43.3
Victoria -12.8 43.9
Waco -20.6 44.4
Wichita Falls -24.4 47.2
UTAH
Blanding -30.6 43.3
Milford -37.2 41.7
Peter's Sink -56.3* * originally -69.3F (-56.3C) was later rounded to -69F (-56.1C)
Saint George -23.9 47.2
Salt Lake City -34.4 41.7
Strawberry Tunnel-45.6 32.2* * recorded in the nearby East Station
Wendover -28.3 44.4
VERMONT
Bellows Falls -37.2 38.9
Bloomfield -45.6 37.2
Burlington -35.6 38.3
Cavendish -41.1 38.9* * dubious, likely taken with not proper instruments
Cornwall -35.6 40* * dubious, likely taken with not proper instruments
Vernon -36.7 40.6* * dubious, likely taken with not proper instruments
Woodstock -41.7 42.2* * faulty data, taken with not proper instruments
VIRGINIA
Balcony Falls -17.8 43.3* * dubious
Catawba -22.8 38.9* * a claimed record of 43.3C in 1932 is a wrong data
Colonial Beach -21.1 42.8
Columbia -26.1 43.3* * very dubious, likely taken with not proper instruments
Lincoln -26.1 42.8
Lynchburg -23.3 41.1
Mount Lake -34.4 31.1
Norfolk -19.4 40.6
Roanoke -24.4 41.1
Richmond -27.2 41.7
Williamsburg AP-21.7 42.8
Woodstock -30.6 42.8
WASHINGTON
Bellingham -20 36.1
Ice Harbor Dam -25.6 47.8
Mazama -44.4 40
Olympia -22.2 40
Omak -32.2 45.6
Seattle -17.8 40.6
Spokane -34.4 42.8
Tattoosh Island-14.9 31.1
Walla Walla -33.9 45.6
Winthrop -44.4 41.1
Yakima -31.7 43.9
WEST VIRGINIA
Beckley -30.6 39.4
Charleston -31.1 42.2
Elkins -33.3 37.2
Huntington -31.1 42.2
Lake Lynn -26.7 44.4
Lewisburg -38.3 38.9
Martinsburg -28.3 44.4* * dubious, likely taken with not proper instruments
Moorefield -32.8 44.4* * dubious, likely taken with not proper instruments
Parkersburg -32.8 41.1
WISCONSIN
Bayfield -36.7 40
Couderay -48.3 38.9
Danbury -48.3 42.2
Eau Claire -42.8 43.9
Green Bay -37.8 40
La Crosse -41.7 42.2
Madison -38.3 41.7
Milwaukee -34.4 42.2
Wasau -40 41.7
Wisconsin Dells-41.7 45.6* * dubious
WYOMING
Basin -46.1 46.1
Casper -40.6 42.8
Cheyenne -38.9 37.8
Jackson -46.7 38.3
Lander -40 38.9
Moran -52.8 33.9
Rawlins -37.8 38.9
Sheridan -42.8 42.8
West Yellowstone-51.1 37.2
Other Territories
PUERTO RICO
San Juan 15.6 36.7
Ponce 11.7 37.8
Aibonito 4.4 34.4
US VIRGIN ISLANDS
Saint Thomas AP 17.2 34.4
Catherineburg 15.6 35.6
Annaly 15 36.1
NORTHERN MARIANAS
Saipan Airport 17.8 35
GUAM
Agana Airport 18.3 35.6
Tiyan 18.3 35
AMERICAN SAMOA
Pago Pago AP 16.7 35.6
PACIFIC ISLANDS
Johnston Island 16.7 34.6* * dubious 35.0C also recorded in 7 occasions
Midway Island 7.2* 33.5 * suspicious
Palmyra Atoll 18.3 32.4
Wake Island 15.6 35
GUANTANAMO BAY 13.9 37.8
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