Cities with the most fluctuating temps? (hottest, records, temp, days)

[Saritra]

Look at data from February 2011 for Olive Branch, MS. Snow to 70s.

[Maxwell Senf]

Originally Posted by ben86

One of my favourite stats: on 11 November 1911 Oklahoma City recorded a high of 83F and low of 17F, and more than a hundred years later those figures are still the record high and record low for the date! That's extra impressive when you live somewhere that likely won't see 83F or 17F at all in a whole year

Great Blue Norther of November 11, 1911 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

My birthday

[tenkier7]

Absolutely Denver is in my mind, the highest reputed major city as fluctuating temperatures.



December 2013 (Ignore that 1,910 inches lol)



May 2014

[chicagogeorge]

I was just reading this on our local weather blog

On Jan. 13, cold air quickly returned to Chicago in the storm’s wake, sending the mercury plunging to minus 9 after a balmy early morning high of 42.

Was Chicago affected by 1888 blizzard? | Chicago Weather Center: Skilling's Forecast and Chicago Severe Weather Alerts


From 6C to -23C within 24 hours....



And I do remember January 2008... A wild first week of that month. -17C on the 3rd to 18C on the 7th. We even had tornadoes that week

[cloudcrash619]

Originally Posted by Saritra

Look at data from February 2011 for Olive Branch, MS. Snow to 70s.

YA it was crazy I was trapped in my house for weeks and had to drink toilet water

I say Springfield Missouri because almost anything can happen there from blizzards, tornadoes, extreme heat and cold, and flooding

[Ethereal]

Originally Posted by Mhc1985

Well, first of all we must ask about fluctuating in which way? If within a single day, within a week, etc.

Preferably over a 24 hour span (to weeks). Even the same month applies.

I didn't really ask for temperature fluctuation within a few hours. I want people to list cities that are, say, 25C today and a couple of days later they're around 0C (the highs).

I should've been specific on that I guess.

[tom77falcons]

In the US, the highest deviations are in winter, and within the US the highest std deviations are in the Upper Midwest. North Dakota has a Jan monthly mean std deviation of 9F, while New Orleans would be around 4F.

[tom77falcons]

Originally Posted by tenkier7

Absolutely Denver is in my mind, the highest reputed major city as fluctuating temperatures.



December 2013 (Ignore that 1,910 inches lol)



May 2014

You would be wrong. Denver has daily std deviation in Jan of around 13F on the high temp, and 10F on the low. Bismarck, ND had 16F on both the high and low temp.

[ben86]

Sioux City, Iowa went from a high of -17C on 2 March this year to a high of 22C one week later:

[nei]

Originally Posted by tom77falcons

You would be wrong. Denver has daily std deviation in Jan of around 13F on the high temp, and 10F on the low. Bismarck, ND had 16F on both the high and low temp.

10°F for the high and about 12.5°F for the low here in January. Lancaster, NH is 11°F for the high and 16°F for the low.