Extreme temperatures in the USA

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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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