Coldest temperature in Mobile ever (-1 below) (office, station)

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Mobile Climate - Cold Wave

On February 12 and 13, 1899 one of the strongest cold waves in U.S. history hit the eastern half of the nation. This great outbreak of Siberian origin produced daily, monthly, and all-time low temperatures that lasted for decades. In fact, many of the records still remain nearly 100 years later. For the Gulf Coast, the cold wave was intense. Mobile recorded -1 on the morning of February 13. To this day, this is the coldest temperature ever recorded in the port city. The high temperature that day of 21 remains the coldest high temperature ever recorded in the city. When these records were set, the observing station was located in the downtown area of the city, a short distance from the water front. The official records for Mobile are now recorded at the National Weather Service office at Mobile Regional Airport, some six miles west of the downtown area. The current location usually produces low temperatures of five to ten degrees colder than downtown. Since the 1899 reading, the closest a low temperature has been to the record was 3 degrees in January of 1985. The coldest high temperature since 1899 was 23 on Christmas Day in 1983. If you look at the NWS entry in the pic, you'll see it was at or below 32 degrees each morning for 8 days straight.