Winter weather: What is the coldest temperature ever recorded in each state?

You don’t need someone to ask, “Cold enough for you?,” or hear “Bundle up!” when you head out.

The nation is in the grip of an extended spell of cold weather that has seen temperatures plummet to as low as 33 below zero (in Whitehead, N.H. on Tuesday morning.)

As the cold weather has taken hold across the country, records have been set and broken. Even states in the usually moderate South have seen lows in the 20s and teens.

The list below shows the coldest temperature ever logged in all 50 states since such records have been kept, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

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Only one state, Hawaii, has escaped a record low below zero. The coldest recorded low was in Alaska where on Jan. 23, 1971 in Prospect Creek, the temperature was recorded at -80 degrees.

1. Alabama: −27 °F, Jan. 30, 1966, New Market
2. Alaska: −80 °F, Jan. 23, 1971, Prospect Creek
3. Arizona: −40 °F, Jan. 7, 1971, McNary
4. Arkansas: −29 °F, Feb. 13, 1905, Gravette
5. California: −45 °F, Jan. 20, 1937, Boca
6. Colorado: −61 °F, Feb. 1, 1985, Maybell
7. Connecticut: −37 °F, Feb. 16, 1943, Norfolk
8. Delaware: −17 °F, Jan. 17, 1893, Millsboro
9. District of Columbia: −15 °F, Feb. 11, 1899, Washington
10. Florida: −2 °F, Feb. 13, 1899, Tallahassee
11. Georgia: −17 °F, Jan. 27, 1940, Chatsworth
12. Hawaii: 15 °F, Jan. 5, 1975, Mauna Kea Observatories
13. Idaho: −60 °F, Jan. 18, 1943, Island Park
14. Illinois: −36 °F, Jan. 5, 1999, Congerville
15. Indiana: −36 °F, Jan. 19, 1994, New Whiteland
16. Iowa: −47 °F, Feb. 3, 1996, Elkader
17. Kansas: −40 °F, Feb. 13, 1905, Lebanon
18. Kentucky: −37 °F, Jan. 19, 1994, Shelbyville
19. Louisiana: −16 °F, Feb. 13, 1899, Minden
20. Maine: −50 °F, Jan. 16, 2009, Clayton Lake
21. Maryland: −40 °F, Jan. 13, 1912, Oakland
22. Massachusetts: −40 °F, Jan. 22, 1984, Chester
23. Michigan: −51 °F, Feb. 9, 1934, Vanderbilt
24. Minnesota: −60 °F, Feb. 2, 1996, Tower
25. Mississippi: −19 °F, Jan. 30, 1966, Corinth
26. Missouri: −40 °F, Feb. 13, 1905, Warsaw
27. Montana: −70 °F, Jan. 20, 1954, Lincoln (Rogers Pass)
28. Nebraska: −47 °F, Dec. 22, 1989, Oshkosh
29. Nevada: −50 °F, Jan. 8, 1937, San Jacinto
30. New Hampshire: −47 °F, Jan. 22, 1885, Randolph
31. New Jersey: −34 °F, Jan. 5, 1904, River Vale
32. New Mexico: −50 °F, Feb. 1, 1951, Gavilan
33. New York: −52 °F, Feb. 18, 1979, Old Forge
34. North Carolina, −34 °F, Jan. 21, 1985, Burnsville
35. North Dakota, −60 °F, Feb. 15, 1936, Parshall
36. Ohio, −39 °F, Feb. 10, 1899, Milligan
37. Oklahoma, −31 °F, Feb. 10, 2011, Nowata
38. Oregon, −54 °F, Feb. 10, 1933, Seneca
39. Pennsylvania, −42 °F, Jan. 5, 1904, Smethport
40. Rhode Island, −28 °F, Jan. 17, 1942, Richmond
41. South Carolina, −22 °F, Jan. 21, 1985, Landrum
42. South Dakota, −58 °F, Feb. 17, 1936, McIntosh
43. Tennessee, −32 °F, Dec. 30, 1917, Mountain City
44. Texas, −23 °F, Feb. 8, 1933, Seminole
45. Utah, −50 °F, Jan. 5, 1913, Strawberry Tunnel
46. Vermont, −50 °F, Dec. 30, 1933, Bloomfield
47. Virginia, −30 °F, Jan. 22, 1985, Pembroke
48. Washington, −48 °F, Dec. 30, 1968, Mazama
49. West Virginia, −37 °F, Dec. 30, 1917, Lewisburg
50. Wisconsin, −55 °F, Feb. 4, 1996, Couderay
51. Wyoming, −63 °F, Feb. 9, 1933, Moran

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