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Minneapolis, MN: -36F on a windy night. I don't know what the windchills were that night but it was so cold that I couldn't get warm no matter what I did/wore.
Bowling Green, KY: 106F & it was humid that day, too. Tied with Austin, TX with 108 F and a bit drier. Both horrifically hot and miserable...
Location: East of Seattle since 1992, 615' Elevation, Zone 8b - originally from SF Bay Area
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Hottest was Redding, CA at 113F the summer before last. Coldest was here at home about 10 years ago when it got down to 10F. Not very exciting, but I’m not interested in trying it hotter and colder than that.
The coldest temperature I experienced was -16° F in Grand Forks, North Dakota on the morning of January 5th, 2018, during a stretch break while riding Amtrak across the country. Later that morning, the temperature dropped to -21° F in Staples, Minnesota, but I was not able to go outside and feel it. Both temperatures were the result of Googling the weather at the time I experienced it. Looking back at weather records, the highest temperature I experienced was 100° F on August 9, 2001 in Long Island, New York, but I was less than a year old so obviously don't remember it. The hottest I remember was 98° F on July 3, 2016 in Sandy Springs, Georgia as well as May 17 and 19, 2017 in Largo, Florida. My sources are from nearby NOAA stations, so may not be exact due to elevation, bodies of water, and development.
For more the coldest place.and temps were in Harbin China at -10f and the hottest here in Kuwait at 120 or 50c
I've experienced -44F (-42C) in Mongolia and 126F (52C) in Kuwait.
When the temp his 126F in Kuwait, my balcony glass door shattered from the temperature difference between inside and the hot air outside. In Mongolia, my breath was freezing to my beard when I breathed out.
Coldest was doing a job in NC back in the fall of 1986 at 17f. Coldest when i lived in Tampa was 19f. Hottest i ever had to deal with was around 99f in Atlanta doing a job in the heat wave summer of 1986. Seen 98f in the Tampa area a few times also.
Hottest: Kinston, NC around 1993 - It was around 102 (f) but the heat index was around 110.
Coldest: Hauppauge, NY (Long Island) January, 1981 - it was -5 (f)
Hottest- 123* Yuma Az. Early 1990's
Coldest -25 Flagstaff Az, 1977 or 78
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