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The highest recorded temperature was 104°F in 1988.
The lowest recorded temperature was -20°F in 1994.
I will add there was probably no windchill to that either. Even though it's the Weather Channel, these numbers seem off to me. Oh well, it's not like I can go back in a time machine and record temperatures.
The highest recorded temperature was 104°F in 1988.
The lowest recorded temperature was -20°F in 1994.
I will add there was probably no windchill to that either. Even though it's the Weather Channel, these numbers seem off to me. Oh well, it's not like I can go back in a time machine and record temperatures.
Those numbers might be from the National Weather Service (NWS) for Toledo:
I've seen 107 here and I've seen -58 with no wind.
But I was looking over the web to see what the records were. I come across something that Jammie would be interested in. Several years ago, South Dakota had a fenomenon. It was -4 degrees and a shanook blew in. This is all recorded by meteorologists. In 4.5 minutes the temp went up 54 degrees. Snow started melting. But 20 minutes later, the wind died out. In 3.5 minutes it dropped back to -4 degrees. Wow!
YES, that may be one of the extremes in weather I was referring to in another post on here. It seems there was also something with a high temp plummeting in just minutes. Bet those poor people thought the earth was coming to an end that day. Do you by any chance know what year it was?
I couldn't figure out how to do this without having an area already in there. But just in case you don't know the exact numbers for your area, this site will give them to you.
International Falls isn't my area, but that's what is in there right at the moment.
I live in southeastern So. Dak. and the record high for my town was set in 1940. The high is 116.
The record low for my town was set in 1955 (YAY~my birth year). It was -50. That's without windchill, of course.
So what are the records for everyone else?
Oklahoma
Coldest recorded temperature (in Watts, far eastern Oklahoma)
-27 degrees Jan. 18, 1930
Hottest recorded temperature (in Alva, northern Oklahoma)
120 degrees July 18, 1936
The highest recorded temperature was 104°F in 1988.
The lowest recorded temperature was -20°F in 1994.
I will add there was probably no windchill to that either. Even though it's the Weather Channel, these numbers seem off to me. Oh well, it's not like I can go back in a time machine and record temperatures.
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You can check these numbers on the midwest climate center page...as they have historical data for each data location in the midwest. Here is the post for Ohio you can click on the county and then choose available stations).
For Findlay I found two sites one is for data from the Findlay WPCC (water pollution control center) which is the official climate station for the city of Findlay with data going back to 1896. Here is the link to historical climate data and it has for the city -21 back in Jan 1912 and -21 in Feb 1929
For the Findlay airport (which the data above is taken from TWC) data goes back to 1948 and -20 is indeed the coldest at that location with -20 in 1994
Synopsis, -27???? I didn't realize that any place in OK would get that cold.
Dan, those links are interesting. The only state I checked was my own and now I'm ashamed. I'm commenting on our low of -50 and here is poor McIntosh with a record of MINUS 58!
Synopsis, -27???? I didn't realize that any place in OK would get that cold.
Dan, those links are interesting. The only state I checked was my own and now I'm ashamed. I'm commenting on our low of -50 and here is poor McIntosh with a record of MINUS 58!
Is ANY state besides Mn. colder then So. Dak?
North Dakota would be coldest lower 48 states (on average). I know Parshall ND was -60 in 1936 (same year Steele ND hit 121) and Tower MN also dropped to -60. I did a check on lowest temps by state and -66 was recorded in Wyoming. Some of the valleys in the Rockies can get very cold due to cold air drainage.
Overall the coldest place in the lower 48 based on yearly average temp is Langdon ND in northeast ND. This is based on sites with data records....
Well, officially for our area (Tri-Cities, TN).....
All Time Highest Temperature 102° F - July 29, 1952
All Time Lowest Temperature -21° F - January 21, 1985 (we have been nowhere near that cold since!)
These are #s recorded at the Tri-Cities airport in Blountville, TN (around 1500 ft. in elevation), which is located off of I-81. It is not too far from a river valley, so their temperature is normally cooler that any other location in any of the actual Tri-Cities.
This past August, the all-time record there was in jeopardy, when the airport hit 99°! Only 3° from the all-time record. It was actually 104° at my house that day!
Yeah, thats the site I was going to recommend... its good data! I used to have another link to a site that was easier to read, but I cannot find it now..... It also showed the elevation of that location.
Looks like Alaska is the winner with a -80° all-time record... followed by Montana, with a -70° reading.
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Reason: found link!
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Do you by any chance know what year it was?
I'm commenting on our low of -50 and here is poor McIntosh with a record of MINUS 58!
It also showed the elevation of that location.
