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.
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— NWS (@NWS) January 2, 2018
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).
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.
- Alabama: −27 °F, Jan. 30, 1966, New Market
- Alaska: −80 °F, Jan. 23, 1971, Prospect Creek
- Arizona: −40 °F, Jan. 7, 1971, McNary
- Arkansas: −29 °F, Feb. 13, 1905, Gravette
- California: −45 °F, Jan. 20, 1937, Boca
- Colorado: −61 °F, Feb. 1, 1985, Maybell
- Connecticut: −37 °F, Feb. 16, 1943, Norfolk
- Delaware: −17 °F, Jan. 17, 1893, Millsboro
- District of Columbia: −15 °F, Feb. 11, 1899, Washington
- Florida: −2 °F, Feb. 13, 1899, Tallahassee
- Georgia: −17 °F, Jan. 27, 1940, Chatsworth
- Hawaii: 15 °F, Jan. 5, 1975, Mauna Kea Observatories
- Idaho: −60 °F, Jan. 18, 1943, Island Park
- Illinois: −36 °F, Jan. 5, 1999, Congerville
- Indiana: −36 °F, Jan. 19, 1994, New Whiteland
- Iowa: −47 °F, Feb. 3, 1996, Elkader
- Kansas: −40 °F, Feb. 13, 1905, Lebanon
- Kentucky: −37 °F, Jan. 19, 1994, Shelbyville
- Louisiana: −16 °F, Feb. 13, 1899, Minden
- Maine: −50 °F, Jan. 16, 2009, Clayton Lake
- Maryland: −40 °F, Jan. 13, 1912, Oakland
- Massachusetts: −40 °F, Jan. 22, 1984, Chester
- Michigan: −51 °F, Feb. 9, 1934, Vanderbilt
- Minnesota: −60 °F, Feb. 2, 1996, Tower
- Mississippi: −19 °F, Jan. 30, 1966, Corinth
- Missouri: −40 °F, Feb. 13, 1905, Warsaw
- Montana: −70 °F, Jan. 20, 1954, Lincoln (Rogers Pass)
- Nebraska: −47 °F, Dec. 22, 1989, Oshkosh
- Nevada: −50 °F, Jan. 8, 1937, San Jacinto
- New Hampshire: −47 °F, Jan. 22, 1885, Randolph
- New Jersey: −34 °F, Jan. 5, 1904, River Vale
- New Mexico: −50 °F, Feb. 1, 1951, Gavilan
- New York: −52 °F, Feb. 18, 1979, Old Forge
- North Carolina, −34 °F, Jan. 21, 1985, Burnsville
- North Dakota, −60 °F, Feb. 15, 1936, Parshall
- Ohio, −39 °F, Feb. 10, 1899, Milligan
- Oklahoma, −31 °F, Feb. 10, 2011, Nowata
- Oregon, −54 °F, Feb. 10, 1933, Seneca
- Pennsylvania, −42 °F, Jan. 5, 1904, Smethport
- Rhode Island, −28 °F, Jan. 17, 1942, Richmond
- South Carolina, −22 °F, Jan. 21, 1985, Landrum
- South Dakota, −58 °F, Feb. 17, 1936, McIntosh
- Tennessee, −32 °F, Dec. 30, 1917, Mountain City
- Texas, −23 °F, Feb. 8, 1933, Seminole
- Utah, −50 °F, Jan. 5, 1913, Strawberry Tunnel
- Vermont, −50 °F, Dec. 30, 1933, Bloomfield
- Virginia, −30 °F, Jan. 22, 1985, Pembroke
- Washington, −48 °F, Dec. 30, 1968, Mazama
- West Virginia, −37 °F, Dec. 30, 1917, Lewisburg
- Wisconsin, −55 °F, Feb. 4, 1996, Couderay
- Wyoming, −63 °F, Feb. 9, 1933, Moran
If its too cold for you outside, it is most likely too cold for your pet outside. Bring pets inside during cold weather. Be safe and warm! pic.twitter.com/6pUIh510UT
— SCG Emergency Svcs (@scgovEOC) January 2, 2018
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