Extreme temperatures in the USA

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ALABAMA
 
Birmingham     -23.3   42.2
Centerville    -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   33.3
Barrow         -48.9   26.1
Cold Bay         -25   25.6
Fairbanks      -54.4   37.2
Fort Yukon     -56.7   37.8
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
Hawley Lake    -40.6
Lake Havasu C. -12.8   53.3
Phoenix         -8.9   50
Tucson         -14.4   47.2
Winslow        -28.3   42.8
Yuma            -5.6*  51.1   * temperatures as low as -10C were recorded in the outskirts of the town in 1937
 
 
ARKANSAS
 
Fort Smith     -26.1   45
Little Rock    -24.4   44.4
Texarcana      -22.8   47.2
Ozark          -26.7   48.9*   * very dubious, likely overstimated for incorrect exposure conditions
Pond           -33.9


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
Farallon Islands 3.3   27.2
Fort Bregg      -7.8   34.4
Fresno          -8.3   46.1
Los Angeles       -5   44.4
Los Angeles AP  -3.9   38.9
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        -8.3   46.1
Truckee        -33.3   37.8
 
 
COLORADO
 
Alamosa        -45.6   35.6
Aspen          -36.1   34.4
Bennett                47.8*  * very faulty data, recorde with not proper instruments
Col.Springs    -35.6   38.3
Denver         -34.4   40.6
Durango        -34.4   38.9
Grand Junction -30.6   41.1
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     -21.7   39.4
Danbury        -27.8   41.1
Falls Village  -35.6   38.3
Hartford       -32.8   38.9
New Haven      -30.6   38.3

 
DELAWARE
 
Millsboro        -27   43
Wilmington     -26.1   41.7

 
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
 
Washington City-26.7   41.1
Dulles Airport -27.8   40
 
 
FLORIDA
 
Apalachicola   -12.8   40
Daytona Beach   -9.4   38.9
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
Monticello     -16.1   42.8
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   42.2
Columbus       -19.4   41.1
Louisville     -18.9   44.4*   * dubious
Macon          -21.1   42.2
North Floyd Co.-27.2
Rome           -22.8   42.8
Savannah       -17.8   40.6
 
 
HAWAII

French Frigate Sh.12.2 35.6 
Hilo            10.6   34.4
Honolulu         9.4   35
Kahului          8.9   36.1*   * very dubious
Lihue            7.8   32.8
Mauna Kea Obs. -11.1   27.8
Pahala           8.9   37.8*   *  wrong data caused by a typo error

 
IDAHO
 
Boise          -33.3   45
Island Park Dam-51.1   36.1
Lewiston       -30.6   47.2
Orofino          -30   47.8*   * very dubious, likely taken with not proper instruments
Pocatello      -36.1   40.6
Salmon         -38.3   41.1
Sandpoint      -38.3   40
Stanley        -47.8   36.7
 
 
ILLINOIS
 
Cairo          -26.7   41.1
Chicago        -32.8   41
Chicago Midway -31.7   42.8
Congerville    -37.8   39.4*   * a 43.3C in 1936 was recorded with not proper instruments
East St.Louis  -23.9   47.2*   * very faulty data, recorded with not proper instruments
Moline         -33.3   43.9
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           46.7*   * very dubious
Evansville     -30.6   43.9
Fort Wayne     -31.1   41.1
Indianapolis   -32.8   41.7
New Whiteland  -37.8   38.3
South Bend       -30   42.8
Terre Haute    -31.1   43.3

 
IOWA
 
Burlington     -32.8   43.9
Des Moines     -34.4   43.3
Dubuque        -35.6   43.3
Elkader        -43.9   41.1*   * an old recorded of 43.9C was recorded under not proper conditions
Keokuk           -32   47.8*   * very faulty data, recorded under terrible exposure conditions
Mason City     -37.2   41.7
Sioux City     -37.2   43.9
Waterloo       -36.7   44.4

 
KANSAS
 
Alton            -35   49.4*   * very dubious, likely taken with not proper instruments
Concordia      -32.2   46.7
Dodge City     -32.2   43.3
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*   *  * very dubious, likely taken with not proper instruments
Jackson        -27.8   38.3
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   43.9
New Orleans    -13.9   40
Plain Dealing  -21.1   45.6
Shreveport     -20.6   43.3
 
 
MAINE
 
Bangor           -40   40
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
Big Black River-45.6
 
 
MARYLAND

Baltimore      -23.3   41.7
Cumberland     -25.6   42.8
Frederick      -29.4   42.8
Oakland          -40   38.3
Salisbury      -22.8   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
Marquette      -36.7   42.2
Mio              -43   44.4
Muskegon       -34.4   37.2
Sault Ste.Marie-38.3   36.7
Vanderbilt     -46.1   42.2
 
 
MINNESOTA

Bemidji        -45.6   41.7
Duluth         -46.7   41.1
Internat.Falls -48.3   39.4
Minneapolis    -40.6   42.2
Moorhead       -39.4   45.6*   * very dubious, recorded with not proper instruments
Rochester      -41.1   42.2
St. Cloud      -41.7   41.7
Tower          -51.1   38.3
 
 
MISSISSIPPI
 
Corinth        -28.3   43.9
Holly Springs  -24.4   46.1*   * very faulty data recorded under terrible exposure conditions
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
Kansas City    -30.6   45
St.Joseph      -31.7   43.3
St. Louis      -30.6   46.1
Springfield    -33.9   45
Warsaw           -40   47.8*   * very dubious
 
 
MONTANA
 
Billings         -45   44.4
Butte          -46.7   37.8
Glasgow        -50.6   45
Great Falls      -45   41.7
Havre          -49.4   43.9
Helena         -41.1   40.6
Kalispell      -38.9   40.6
Medicine Lake    -50   47.2*   * very faulty data, recorded under terrible exposure conditions
Miles City       -45   45
Missoula       -41.1   41.7
Rogers Pass    -56.5   37.8
 
 
NEBRASKA
 
Camp Clarke    -43.9 
Grand Isle     -36.7   47.2
Lincoln        -36.1   46.1
Minden         -36.1   47.8*   8 very faulty data, recorded under terrible exposure conditions
Norfolk        -39.4   46.7
North Platte   -37.2   44.4
Omaha          -35.6   45.6
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         -33.9   41.1
Pittsburg      -43.3   33.9
 
 
NEW JERSEY
 
Atlantic City  -23.9   41.1
Newark         -25.6   40.6
River Vale     -36.7
Runyon         -32.2   43.3
Trenton        -25.6   41.1
 
 
NEW MEXICO
  
Albuquerque    -27.2   41.7
Clayton        -29.4   40.6
Gavilan        -45.6   36.1
Ciniza         -49.4*        * unofficial, dubious
Gallup         -36.7   38.3
Roswell        -33.9   45.6
Lakewood       -28.9   50*   * very faulty data, taken with terrible instruments
Orogrande        -25   46.7
Artesia        -28.9   46.7
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
Old Forge      -46.7   35
Rochester        -30   38.9
Syracuse       -32.2   38.9
Troy           -30.6   42.2
 
 
NORTH CAROLINA
 
Asheville      -26.7   38.3
Cape Hatteras  -14.4   36.1
Charlotte      -20.6   40
Fayetteville   -20.6   43.3
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          -44.4   45.6
Grand Forks    -42.2   42.8
Parshall       -51.1   44.4
Steele         -45.6   49.4*   * very dubious, taken under not proper exposure conditions
Williston      -45.6   43.3
 
 
OHIO
  
Akron          -31.7   40
Cincinnati     -31.7   42.8
Cleveland      -28.9   40
Columbus       -31.1   41.1
Dayton         -33.3   42.2
Gallipolis     -33.3   45*    * very faulty data, recorded terrible exposure conditions
Milligan       -39.4
Toledo         -28.9   40.6
Youngstown     -30.6   39.4
 
 
OKLAHOMA
  
Oklahoma City  -27.2   45
Tipton         -23.9   48.9*   * very faulty data, recorded under terrible exposure conditions
Tulsa          -26.7   46.1
Watts          -32.8   45.6
 
 
OREGON
  
Astoria        -14.4   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
Pendleton      -33.3   48.3*   * very faulty data, recorded under terrible exposure conditions
Portland       -19.4   41.7
Roseburg       -21.1   43.3
Salem          -24.4   42.2
Seneca         -47.8   40
 
 
PENNSYLVANIA
  
Allentown      -26.1   40.6
Erie           -27.8   37.8
Harrisburg       -30   41.7
Philadelphia   -23.9   41.1
Phoenixville   -28.3   43.9*   * very dubious
Pittsburgh     -31.1   39.4
Smethport      -41.1   36.7
WB-Scranton    -29.4   39.4
Williamsport     -30   41.1
 
 
RHODE ISLAND
 
Block Island   -23.3   35
Greene         -31.7 
Kingston       -30.6   37.8
Providence     -32.2   40.6
 
 
SOUTH CAROLINA
 
Camden         -19.4   43.9*   * dubious
Charleston     -17.2   40.6
Columbia       -18.9   41.7
Florence       -18.3   42.2
Greenville     -23.3   41.1
Hogshead Mount.  -30

 
SOUTH DAKOTA
  
Aberdeen       -43.9   46.1
Gann Valley    -42.2   48.9*   * very dubious, lkely taken with not proper instruments
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           -43.3   48.9

 
TENNESSEE
 
Bristol        -29.4   38.9
Chattanooga    -23.3   41.1
Knoxville      -31.1   40
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   42.8
Laredo           -15   46.1
Lubbock        -27.2   45.6
Midland        -23.9   46.7
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
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   -56.1
Saint George   -23.9   47.2
Salt Lake City -34.4   41.7
Wendover       -28.3   44.4
 
 
VERMONT
 
Bloomfield     -45.6   37.2
Burlington     -35.6   38.3
Vernon         -36.1   40.6
 

VIRGINIA
 
Balcony Falls          43.3*   * very dubious, likely taken with not proper instruments 
Lynchburg      -23.3   41.1
Mtn.Lake Bio.Stn.-34.4
Norfolk        -19.4   40.6
Richmond       -27.2   41.7
Roanoke        -24.4   41.1

 
WASHINGTON
 
Bellingham       -20   36.1
Ice Harbor Dam -25.6   47.8*   * very dubious
Mazama         -44.4   40
Olympia        -22.2   40
Omak           -32.2   45.6
Seattle        -17.8   40.6
Spokane        -34.4   42.2
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
Lewisburg      -38.3   38.9
Martinsburg    -28.3   44.4
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*   * very faulty data, recorded under terrible exposure conditions
 
 
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   41.7
West Yellowstone-51.1  37.2
 
 
 
Other Territories
 
PUERTO RICO
 
San Juan        15.6   36.7
Aibonito         4.4   34.4
San Lorenzo            39.4
 

US VIRGIN ISLANDS
 
Saint Thomas AP   15   35
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         15   36.7*   * suspicious
Pago Pago Airport 15.6 35.6
Amouli          16.1   33
 

PACIFIC ISLANDS

Johnston Island 16.7   35
Midway Island   10.6*  33.3   * a suspicious temperature 7.2C also recorded
Palmyra Atoll   18.3   32.2
Wake Island     15.6   35


GUANTANAMO BAY  13.9   37.8



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